I do that with protein shakes, which tend to be bland, boring and repetitive: put some instant decaf in it, BANG: zip, taste
and fun.

@Not a Thug: You make it sound like you’re surrounded by assholes. I understand we can’t control other people, so you’re left with working on 2 fronts:

“If it’s time at last to retire a beloved stuffed animal or blankie that’s been dragged around the block a few too many times,”

My 6yo nephew has been in love with a late, live version of Leonard Cohen’s Alleluyah. He calls it “the old man with a hat”, and requests it at least once at bedtime, also always a hit during the day and on repeat too. I’m sure M. Cohen would have been proud to reach “EVERYTHING IS AWESOME” popularity, at least for…

Get a smartwatch, it’ll display alerts for texts and calls. You can filter “just from work”.

We’ve had exceptional weather recently. I went 5 years w/o any issue, and then these 2 in less than a year. I’m on surge suppressors, graduating to UPSes is a bit expensive and I’m moving soon.

Depends on the situation though. I’ve left restaurants too; but I’ve also stuck around, because we were a larger group, because it was a celebration and I didn’t want to cause tension, because I was in denial, because there were no obvious alternatives (close, similar price, OK with all...)

as a nerd, I very very much agree with not cheaping out on a PC’s power supply. I’ll cheap out on everything else, but not the PSU. I had a PSU start semlling of burning plastic once. Since then, I go for reputable brands. A few months back, a power surge killed my induction cooking plate and a few bulbs, but only…

It really depends on what the review says and how it says it.

Try humor: next time you go there; loudly proclaim “I”m paying ! Please take note of it so we dn’t have the same issue as last time when you ran after me and accused me in front of my kids !”

with black pudding !

Thanks for spelling out that you can use Google Authenticator for Microsoft’s 2FA, I only discovered that recently, and it’s handy.

And kids ! And kids !

And people with ready-made lists of superficial  criterias for others to be considered douchebags ?

Frankly, I wish I’d gone out more, and studied weird stuff more.

Doesnt Google Photos offer unlimited backup for 1080p pictures and films on iOS too ?

Are there any movies that fail the Ledhceb test, ie don’t have 2 named men speaking to each other for a minute about not-a-girl ?

We’re all waiting for the “bop” now ?

Cobbler is more complicated than pie. pie is just dough+fruit, takes 5 minutes to make, and 3 ingredients (flour, butter, fruit). I find pie with more than that usually inferior, ie store stuff where they try to hide inferior ingredients and old pies under misc. crap.

Industrial and home-made are so different they shouldn’t even be called the same. I’m OK with both for both mayo and ketchup, but they are loosely related, second cousins if that, not brothers.