birb_cromble
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birb_cromble
12hr ago
Would you prefer 990 and no show?
birb_cromble
14hr ago
I know it feels good to blackpill, but it does look like roughly 90 people from multiple states are facing charges so far.
You can argue that those 90 people don't matter because the Democrats/Illuminati/Jews/WEF/Rosthschilds/Saurian Aliens from Zeta Reticuli aren't catching a RICO rap, but I'll take whatever wins I can get right now.
birb_cromble
17hr ago
I feel like you may have far higher standards than me for instrument quality.
In 1995 I was dealing with bad frets and a warped neck. Now I'm just dealing with bad frets on a cheaper tool. To me, that's huge progress.
birb_cromble
17hr ago
Thank you for what you do.
birb_cromble
1d ago
I have always had a soft spot in my heart for the Christmas carol "Oh Holy Night". Something about it feels hopeful in a way that almost no other sacred music ever has to me.
Jesper Kyd manages to really nail the aesthetic in the Darktide OST.
birb_cromble
1d ago
If you want to stay inside the lines but be a little subversive, maybe consider Blood Over Bright Haven. The first half of the book feels like the same trauma porn and girl power mashup that you describe above, but the protagonist has a pretty heavy heel-turn as the book progresses.
birb_cromble
1d ago
Like guns, musical instruments today are fantastic quality for the price. A new $300 Squier is better than a MIA Fender equivalent from the 90s, in my opinion. Manufacturers with less of a "lifestyle" position are even better.
CNC machining has been a real game changer.
birb_cromble
1d ago
I'd be very leery of the legal aspects to something like this. I have some vague recollections about a donor in a similar scenario still being on the hook for child support.
birb_cromble
1d ago
Well this will keep me busy for a while. Thanks
birb_cromble
1d ago
I don't really consume a lot of ads in my daily life, so it's hard to tell. I don't really watch much TV, and my computer is pretty locked down with both ad blockers and a pi hole
All of the ads I've been seeing are gross and off-putting, but the few that are clearly AI are especially bad.
birb_cromble
1d ago
I've been spending a lot of time with my father recently. Because of the cancer, he's not as energetic as he was, and he's watching football as a comfort and a way to pass the time.
I've noticed that a surprising amount of the advertising is using AI animation. I'm not exactly an anti-AI, "it's killing art" type, but there's something about it that's absolutely revolting when I see it in action. It's like everything is a worm-ridden mass of semi-biological matter that writhes and wriggles across every single frame. It's an aesthetic that would be more fitting in a particularly unpleasant horror short than a commercial trying to sell me Coca-Cola.
The crazy thing to me is that nobody else in the room even seems to notice it. Maybe I'm just some kind of freak, but it occurred to me when you said this:
The character's appearances are consistent throughout. There's no weird physics or physical deformities
Is that actually true, or is it just that you aren't bothered by it?
birb_cromble
1d ago
Do you have a few examples of what they're recommending, what might squeak by, and what would be right out?
birb_cromble
1d ago
Three to five hours, mostly, with most of that being rural interstate.
Any recommendations on podcasts? I've never really looked into them at all. Tagging @Southkraut too in case he has any input as well.
birb_cromble
1d ago
Does anyone here have recommendations for making long drives more tolerable? I've been on the road a lot lately, and by the time I get toy destination, I'm pretty wiped out.
birb_cromble
2d ago
I'll take whatever I can get.
birb_cromble
2d ago
Where do hospitals need to have weapon checks
It only takes one gang banger coming in to finish the job before the hospital changes policy.
birb_cromble
2d ago
but you can't make it go away. Many have tried, none have succeeded.
Maybe one day we'll be so lucky.
birb_cromble
3d ago
It looks like my father will be starting chemotherapy next week. He did not qualify for a clinical trial that might have extended his life further had he gotten into the experimental group. We're all holding on to hope, but the prognosis isn't good.
If you are home for the holidays, hug your family members. It's easy to take their continued presence for granted. Regardless of what differences you might have, there will be a void in your life that you can't imagine until they aren't there. I can only see the outline of it around him right now, and it's devastating.
birb_cromble
4d ago
Also, shouldn't this be in the Friday Fun Thread
I took it as a warning that Avatar leads to vaping
And we all know the dangers of vaping.
birb_cromble
5d ago
Chained CPI was also uncomfortably high.
birb_cromble
5d ago
Does anybody know why phones keep increasing in size? I'd say 85% or more of the people that I know complain about how uncomfortable and inconvenient they are, but they keep growing. There must be some incentive on the design and production side that I don't understand. More room for batteries or something, maybe?
I had the second phase of my dental implant done yesterday - the "endosseous implant". Essentially, the implant specialist drills a hole in your skull and then literally hammers a very expensive, titanium drywall anchor into it.
Recovery is not so bad as the extraction, but they have me on the Panic Attack Antibiotic and dexamethasone this time.
In an effort to mitigate the panic attacks a bit, the dentist has adjusted the dosage. She also said the dexamethasone should help with that response a bit (or potentially make it waaaaay worse).
Dexamethasone is interesting. All the chronic pains I deal with from auto immune issues are absolutely gone, but I'm paying the price with peculiar mental side effects. I feel agitated and energetic, but not anxious, depressed, or angry. This is annoying because I have been explicitly instructed to take it easy for a few days when all I really want to do is rearrange my house and build a shelf.
I'm allowing myself to turn my heat up, knowing that I'm going to be calorie-deficient again for a while. I've also bought a very warm robe. Thanks to everyone who talked me into it last time.
birb_cromble
5d ago
The truth is that it's probably everyone who does this, and I just don't see it from men as much because I'm straight.
birb_cromble
6d ago
I probably should have had one removed - it grew in sideways and shattered the roots of the molar in front of it.
If you have insurance and regular appointments, consistent monitoring is probably fine.
I've seen Elon Musk making some noises that it is downstream of DOGE investigations, but the man is unashamed about self-aggrandizement.
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