WhateverHappenedToNorman
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WhateverHappenedToNorman
2d ago
Do you grill?
Yes.
What do you grill?
Let me get my translation guide... Usually a combination of Tenderloin, Ribeye, Short Rib, Flank, Skirt, Pork Rose Meat, black pudding and Chorizo, though I have dabbled in weirder cuts/meats.
How do you grill?
You put the meat on the grill, turn it around and then serve it. The "hard" part of grilling is the logistics: knowing where to buy, knowing what the people you're grilling for like, and staggering so as to keep the cuts flowing in the "correct" order (sausages and thin cuts first, and then proceed to the meatier stuff).
What are you grilling with?
Charcoal built grill, no shade to propane, it's just what I was raised with (also, running out of gas in the middle of grilling is truly a nightmare, though in reality making sure you have enough is probably easier than going out to buy charcoal bags every time), sometimes add wood for extra smokey flavour, sometimes do it only with wood for the spectacle.
How often?
About once a week.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
9d ago
As far as what I see in Twitter, it does seem that the "meme infrastructure" still seems to run on 4chan (based & cringe, wojak variations, greentext story structure), but newer things like "brainrot" and the like probably come from elsewhere.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
9d ago
Almost all memes on the internet originate from 4Chan and without it, the wellspring of internet creativity and culture will die with it.
This was true for the longest time, but is it still the case? My impression is that 4chan's influence has been declining the past few years.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
10d ago
The SSCbowl. We narrowly beat ratanon for coolest offshoot community. DSL need not apply.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
12d ago
Compute / electricity complicate this, but there are various scenarios around that anyway.
Which scenarios would these be? Massive overcapacity buildup? Hoping that in the path of self improvement the AI figures out a more efficient use of resources that doesn't require significant infrastructure modifications?
WhateverHappenedToNorman
19d ago
I don't know what you mean exactly by "comparable", but I think Scott has a great track record of being better and more trustworthy than Hanania.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
23d ago
but who knows what rates will do in the future and it seems like leaving money on the table (which at her age might be fine to buy some security)
It is! you're managing your mother's finances, not running a hedge fund
If you don't mind me asking: how old is she? What kind of health coverage does she have? Does she have any sort of pension already?
WhateverHappenedToNorman
28d ago
I don't think that's true. The truscum/tucute divide exists, and it wouldn't surprise me if the former regained power in this new environment.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
28d ago
That happened before the Floydenning, though.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
29d ago
Well, this obviously depends on what "desirable" real estate means to you, but I see a few possible drivers:
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Unbundling of economic opportunity from specific places rearranges the leves of desirability, kind of like remote work on steroids. Some claim this would lead to even more agglomeration, but I'm not sure about that, people are often varied enough in their interests and wants that I believe you'd experience a big surge in lesser cities.
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Pushing skilled workers down the value chain would improve the services in a lot of places, making them more livable.
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On the higher end of outcomes, there's a lot of places that are very similar to very desirable ones, but are hampered by poor governance and infrastructure, a fully machine operated world would bring those places up to standard, increasing the supply of desirable space.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
29d ago
This is silly. Yes, more resources mean more capacity to misallocate them, but it's better than not having them.
If we get paperclips or fully automated luxury gay space communism, all the money in the world will do you no good, but there are a lot of other possible scenarios.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
29d ago
I am not an AI hype man, but if it gets to the point of genuinely disrupting white collar work on a large scale, the amount of available desirable real estate could increase a lot.
Should I develop a nicotine addiction?
For a while now, I've been curious about nicotine. Smoking, of any kind, is something I've always despised: It smells bad, blackens the teeth, has a terrible risk profile, and almost all my experiences with it have been unpleasant (I had a cigar recently, and it cleared the bar of "I'm not hating it"). Nonetheless, I've always been interested in the "good parts" of nicotine, and with its resurgent popularity, it's more available than ever, in several forms: gum, tablet or whatever that thing swedish people use is.
I am, however, slightly worried about giving it a try: I know myself to be quite a compulsive consumer with a few things (most notably food and candy, but also internet forum discussions), and I fear I might develop dependency. Have any of you guys tried it? Did it make you feel noticably different? Was it easy to quit? Any suggestions regarding dosage?
People are emotionally primed to associate particular styles with particular positive or negative things. If you see something in a tudor style you probably think of a wealthy old neighborhood or a european tourist trap-- both of which would be pleasant places to exist in regardless of what architectural style they were built in. If we built all our prisons, hospitals, and corporate offices in the same style it would take a bit of the shine off of it.
I don't know about that, one of the building considered most beautiful in my city was built for the purpose of holding water tanks.
I agree that the novelty might wear off a bit, but Paris is chock full of beautiful buildings, and people all over the world seem to like it all the same.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. Basically when your muscles hurt the following day after working out.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
In my experience, mouth tape won't do you much good if your nose is congested, you'll just remove the tape in your sleep
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
With respect, did you actually vote for Trump? I've noticed a lot of this type of critique lately from people who voted for Harris.
Be kind: as a Brit, their voting choices are somehow even worse.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
Aside from what has already been suggested, I listen to Derek Thompson's podcast, which while not always political, when it is, it's solidly center-left blue.
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
I'd implore anyone reading this to avoid plunging into normie-feminist rage responses.
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A world without women? The closest approximation we have to that is roughly prison.
Not so much recently, but maybe the army?
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
I'm just waiting for it to pass, it's currently hot in the news cycle, but we will soon be able to get at each other's throats for something else
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
I don't want to be glib, but this isn't new. It's a significant plot point of a recent Oscar winning movie.
Does this paper provide a useful taxonomy? A relevant analysis? An unexplored perspective?
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
I am unavoidably reminded of Twitter Smell Lady, who was held up as an example of silly research only to be repeatedly vindicated
Was she? How?
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
I was hoping it was for the Nazi joke, but thank you nonetheless, guys!
WhateverHappenedToNorman
1mo ago
That maps roughly to the same thing, though, it just changes who the burden of "feeling comfortable" falls on.
An old hairdryer will also do
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