Loquat
13d ago
I'm a big fan of Blue Lions myself, though you could probably chalk most of that up to Dimitri being chick-bait. One of these days I should really go back and finish that game, lol.
Loquat
14d ago
I saw that interview, and I saw her with Colbert, and also with some other journalist whose name escapes me now, and man oh man this lady does not want to acknowledge that anyone could have any legitimate concerns about Biden. It's like watching the Monty Python sketch about the dead parrot - Biden's just resting, see, he's pining for the fjords!
Loquat
16d ago
I would argue that whether society should protect people from their own bad judgement depends in large part on whether said bad judgement can profit others, who then have an incentive to encourage more of it. I see there's already a discussion of the newly widespread advertising for sports betting in this thread, and I've certainly seen other people publicly worry about the potential for gambling apps to ruin a lot more lives than casino gambling ever did. Idiots starting fights and getting killed doesn't seem to make money for anyone, and nobody runs ads extolling the benefits of waving a gun around in petty disputes.
Loquat
18d ago
The college application thing not really hurting him, I'd chalk up to a loose combination of:
- People don't really care all that much about a one-time mistake from several years back.
- The application box said "African American", not "Black", leaving some wiggle room for non-black Africans to claim confusion, and for others to believe it.
- Brown Muslim is still generally regarded as a somewhat oppressed class, so it's not the same level of "stolen valor" that a white guy in his place would be guilty of.
Loquat
18d ago
Generally baggy, or are you talking about the new "barrel cut" trend, which can range from just looking baggy to making the wearer's legs look like those of Yosemite Sam? Because apparently that's the new hotness, and it's at the point where even Target has barrel-cut jeans on display.
Loquat
20d ago
In my youth I was once fortunate enough to be sent to a summer camp with an international clientele, where I encountered a saying held to be true by many other students: "American girls look like they do, but they don't. British girls look like they don't, but they do."
Loquat
1mo ago
Recently, I've been giving some thought to the question of what I would do if an intermediate amount of shit hit the fan, such that I couldn't just drive as much as I want but grocery stores were still available. The solution I hit on was the adult-sized cargo tricycle, which is an actual thing that multiple companies offer, and it seems like a decent option for transporting stuff in a degrowth future. Of course, then we're back to the problem of having a big bulky vehicle that needs parking space while you're shopping, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Loquat
1mo ago
I knew the songs were big online, but I was still surprised to hear one of the other neighborhood moms singing "Golden" to herself while we were cleaning up after a recent block party.
Loquat
1mo ago
I do believe there's some space in between, "dog is trained enough to respect the invisi-fence" and "dog is trained so well it can be trusted to stay in an open yard regardless of how many squirrels, kids, etc may come running by".
Loquat
1mo ago
Anecdotal evidence, of course, but in my neighborhood multiple houses have them and they work quite well. Maybe this is one of those situations where you really need to teach the dog about the invisi-fence rather than just installing it and assuming the dog will react the way you want, so it'll work well for the conscientious owner and poorly for the lazy owner.
Loquat
2mo ago
I'm afraid I have to admit, we don't preheat or presoak at all. Room-temp Chemex, dry filter, add coffee grounds and slightly-less-than-boiling water. The coffee's still good.
Loquat
2mo ago
If you like a chocolatey mocha flavor, Yemeni coffee beans (at least, the ones Sweet Maria's sells) tend to just naturally taste like that. The name mocha even comes from Yemen's main port city, Mokha.
Also, our kettle doesn't have a goose-neck and it works fine with our Chemex.
Loquat
2mo ago
There's an alternate model of Chemex that just has a glass handle, no leather knot involved. My husband, who's enough of a coffee snob that he buys green coffee beans to roast at home, is a great fan.
And speaking of roasting your own beans, it's not too troublesome or expensive to get started - the company we buy from, Sweet Maria's, has instructions for roasting beans in a cheap air popcorn popper - though be warned that home roasting creates a strong burning smell so it's best done outside.
Loquat
2mo ago
I remember a "trans panic" murder getting a lot of attention when I was attending college in California (google says: Gwen Araujo, killed in 2002), and Gwen wasn't a prostitute, just a teen who thought it was a good idea to hide his/her penis and have sex with a couple of different dudes in the same friend group. The dudes got prison, though.
Loquat
2mo ago
For merely waving it? Questionable, IMO. The cop who shot Ma'Khia Bryant wasn't charged, but his body cam footage showed her actively trying to stab another young woman who appeared to be unarmed. If she'd just been standing there waving the knife and yelling, and he'd shot her, I think things would have gone rather differently for him.
Loquat
3mo ago
Bro, I've worn my hair in a ponytail nearly every day for the last 20-odd years, and never had an issue with traction alopecia. Just don't pull it super-tight and you'll be fine.
Loquat
3mo ago
I don't know where you live, but in my neck of the woods pottery is accessible enough that there are multiple pottery studios within two hours' drive, and I know for a fact the closest one offers classes for both children and adults. Also, coincidentally, I was looking up pottery videos for my kids today so they could see the process, and there seem to be quite a lot on YouTube explaining all manner of techniques.
Now, if you really are totally unable to physically go anywhere and must therefore learn everything from books/videos/etc, I'd recommend woodworking instead, but if there's a pottery studio you can reasonably get to, I suggest you give it a try.
Loquat
5mo ago
I got a couple of hours in, and I'm really torn between wanting to see more of the story, and intensely disliking JRPG turn-based combat with quicktime events. (Yes, I set the difficulty to Story mode and win most fights handily, but I still don't enjoy doing them.)
Loquat
6mo ago
If you're already going to the trouble of making it in a blender, I recommend throwing in some fruit for extra flavor. My husband will blend up Huel with fresh apples and cinnamon and it's pretty great.
Loquat
6mo ago
My younger kid is like that - she doesn't want to go unless she's actually experiencing the "gotta go right now!" feeling, and will argue and get mad if any adult tells her, "go now regardless, we'll be on the road two hours and I don't want to have to make pit stops."
Loquat
6mo ago
I feel like it still counts as modern polyamory if the one-man-harem situation involves the women openly having lesbian relationships with each other and/or additional outside women. And I want to emphasize the "openly" part, the lesbian activities being openly acknowledged rather than something others maybe suspect but turn a blind eye to.
Loquat
6mo ago
Hey, we just got that too! Absolutely gorgeous game, and I really want to see where the plot goes, especially with the hints about how maybe this isn't what the Paintress and her minions want to be doing but they don't know how to change course. But oh man, JRPG gameplay is a slog, even on the lowest difficulty setting.
Loquat
6mo ago
I've seen that in a few different games, but yeah, Minecraft Dungeons doesn't seem to have anything like that at present.
Of course, in our case, such a feature would only solve half the problem...
Halfway through level
"Wait, wait, I need to change my armor."
"What? Why do you need to change your armor?"
"I don't know! I just do!"
I attempted to have a gentler and simpler version of the "trans ideology is actually misogynistic" conversation with a woman I know recently. (Results inconclusive - at least she hasn't dropped me as a friend.) As best as I can tell, this is one of those issues where my pro-trans feminist mom friends are genuinely unaware there's a conflict of interest because the problems are simply not reported on by mainstream outlets, and most people aren't inclined to sit down and think through the full implications of, e.g. what happens when you abolish psychiatric gatekeeping and let anyone who says the magic words, "I identify as a woman" have full access to all women's facilities.
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