Decades ago when I was in college it was a big story that a McDonald’s hashbrown almost killed a guy. He said to himself, “Sure, it’s been sitting on my shelf since yesterday, should be good still” and got botulism poisoning and an ambulance ride.

I feel like there’s an archivist, art restorer, or Dead Sea Scroll technician somewhere in the world that could get those apart.

This feels like the same thing as the Dwarven Forge conundrum - spend hundreds of dollars on assets, maybe get to use them. Add to that the need to make it a full-time job to create the environments and I don’t ever see myself using this resource. I run VTT games and about 25% of the time I’m just using a blank map…

I’m going to have to check the price per ounce on this stuff. That’s the reason I don’t eat more jerky.

I got the game for free when I upgraded my CPU a few years ago. I made it through the first chapter and never looked back. I think the fact that I don’t have any money involved has kept me from really trying to enjoy it.

I suppose it might be the official name, but I’m a little old-man grumpy about it being called “Disneyland California” here.

I’ll agree with you about Ready Player One level VR, but I was playing virtual mini-golf and almost sat my IRL butt on a virtual rock the other day while waiting for my turn. Immersion is a spectrum, I guess.

It hasn’t been explained yet that I know of, but take a look at the hammer - it’s covered in cracks.

I watched sometime in 2021 and yes it does stand up. Just like this film, the charisma of the leads is incredible, plus a solid supporting cast.

NBC news interviewed a guy who had just been handed an AK. “Do you know how to use that?” “To be honest, no. I’m going to go find a quiet place and figure out how this thing works.” 

Oh shit, sorry I misunderstood. Who the hell wears a crewneck like that?

I understand that I’m a white man approaching middle age, but I see nothing wrong with a merino v-neck over a button-down. Is this another thing I should feel uncool for liking?

He does have a great reputation as a good dude. As a restauranteur, he wasn’t/isn’t so great. As an avatar of the essence Food Network, he is perfect.

A friend of mine used to get every other Wednesday off and she said it was like having two Fridays on those weeks.

I can’t decide so here’s a grab bag of responses that dismiss your nonsense, just for you:

You joke, but when Nebraska starts to feel like Arizona and Texas starts to feel like Algeria, there’s going to be a lot of people looking north.

Just wondering why being a Nailed It contestant makes you an expert in any way about baking.

I have the same model! It was an absolute impulse buy while standing in the gadget area of the grocery store, and now I can’t get enough of my budget lattes.

Depending on how the second one goes I’m OK for him to finish out his career on Knives Out 10: Spoons, Too.

I have never seen it written about in the media, but my non-FSD Tesla running its adaptive cruise control can’t even handle a 2-lane highway without emergency braking whenever oncoming traffic makes it a little nervous. I would not trust a full robot drive from Tesla, and I don’t know how people do.