My late Grandmother got burnt drinking hot coffee sometime during the Eisenhower administration. Drank coffee over ice ever since. Heap a water glass with ice, literally over the brim. Allow coffee to fill in the remaining space in between.

Well, the battery farm system is still a ‘farm’ system - and someone assuming something is ‘fresh’ simply because it came from a farm is really inventing an entire storyline out of a marketing tag.

I live in San Antonio and they’re everywhere, but an hour up the road in Austin no one knows WTF Dutch Bros is. You’re right that they’re very much into the coffee-adjacent milk shake drinks. They also have some pretty damn tasty iced tea, though.

Came here to say this! 100% correct.

It’s no comparison if Whataburger Spicy Ketchup is not on the list!

The correct answer is Whataburger Spicy Ketchup which is also sold in bottles in grocery stores. 

I forgot about Sam’s because I don’t have a membership but their sheet cakes are definitely prettier than Costco’s.

I enjoy having an after-work brew at the bar. I catch up on my reading, and get some socializing in, before I have to go home to an onslaught of chores and doing things for other people. 

You two are my favorite kind of people to drink near.

Fine with me. Sitting alone in a bar at 2pm on a Tuesday fits my misanthropic aesthetic perfectly.

I say with no irony, no exaggeration, Babu Frik was the only watchable part of Rise of Skywalker. Ever set piece and story beat and character moment felt off and wrong. 

This 5 inch tall dude who has the energy of a 75 year old mechanic who dropped so much acid in the 70s he is borderline incomprehensible? He worked.…

Missouri is part of the Midwest. Missourah is part of the South.

Exactly. Airheads created their Mystery Flavor this way, and I suspect Coke is following the same system.

For years I would run through TurboTax and stop just before submitting (and having to pay).

They’re very similar to backpacker meals, yep. The differences are that they’re all vegan, they’re heavily fortified, they’re high in protein and fiber and relatively low in calories, whereas backpacker meals tend to focus on high calories for fuel. They’re cheaper than most backpacker meals, per serving, and much…

Interesting, I was thinking for HI it might actually be from there but apparently most (90%)are still mainland. My guess, they made purchases a long time ago at locked rates. So, when prices were spiking, they didn’t feel the impact directly. Future batches may go up though.

...and that’s why you don’t make bad licensing arrangements.