The subject of the moisture aside, the batch temperature of the crockpot isn’t going to be affected much by lifting the lid. The thermal capacity of that thick ceramic insert is what makes crockpots do their thing so well. Even if the air inside the crockpot loses 20-50 C when you open it, that insert remains…

Good point. I find the emotional payoff from the time investment on movies to be unrewarding. 2-3 h is rarely sufficient time to create multidimensional characters we care about. I used to eschew TV and only watch movies, but recently i find the opposite tendency due to that very reason.

It just occurred to me i…

Sarah Manning and Felix!

Bo and Kenzie?
Sarah and Alison and Cosima and Helena and Rachel and.....you get the picture?
Starbuck and Boomer? Starbuck and Calleigh? (Much weaker) Oooh! Starbuck and ROSLIN.
A bunch of the ladies on Heroes had parental issues, done fairly well i thought.

I don’t watch a ton of TV or movies though, so my example list…

I lack that gene as well, and i’m grateful for it. I also cannot imagine how the makeup wearers can stand that crap on their faces, especially in lab. I wash my face about 20 times a day to get the accumulated solvent, silica, celite, and other solid matter off of it. My clothes i get mostly from Goodwill because they…

That was hyperbole, and a joke. But thank you for your sincerity.

I was looking more for the normal response, “Get out now!! You’re so screwed!” :)

Dude, make a poll. Polls rock ;)

Anyway, i get the majority of my new music from Bandcamp, since most music i buy is from local bands, or at least smaller niche bands in the goth/industrial/darkwave genre. I probably buy 5 albums a year that way, mostly pay what you choose. I choose $5 if they aren’t friends but i saw…

Not only that, but why would you tell them? I mean, do other families talk about money at all, ever? Mine sure doesn’t. And if i’m visiting and we go out to eat (super rare) we all at least attempt to pay for ourselves. At a very minimum we put our drinks on a separate tab from the food and handle that separately so…

It’s not the hospital bills themselves i worry about, it’s the rest of life that needs paying for. If i burn through my savings, unless i find a new job i would have to start using credit cards to pay for basics like utilities, gas, car insurance, etc.

Yes, in my head, if i have a major surgery i’ll also be unemployed.…

Same here. I’d been un- and underemployed for 4 years, so i was quite frankly lucky to have a job offer at all. Don’t regret that; i only regret going back to grad school for a field that had 25 % layoffs the year i was job hunting, forcing me to return to my original profession.

Man, you make me so grateful i’ve never had a major medical emergency as an adult. I’ve only ever had one CC, that i only use for big things like transmissions or water heaters. And after each major purchase i tend to pay it off in maybe 1-2 months. The idea of carrying the debt for more than that just panics me. And…

I’m curious if you want to weigh in on my dilemma. Or anyone, for that matter, since i’m sure you’re a busy guy.

I need a new car, not immediately, but i loathe the one i have. It’s a 2006 sedan, automatic, hand crank windows. Oh, and it’s TAN. None of those are dealbreakers, but i just flat have hated it since the…

Where the science behind this lawsuit is currently:

Lordy. Can we switch to all unisex bathrooms already and be done with this BS?

Sure, one set of unisex could have urinals and a symbol on the door for that. The other set could be all single stalls with doors. If you don’t mind knowing that people who can stand while urinating will be at a urinal with their back…

Ramen? Wow. That never even occurred to me to crave. I do crave really good, authentic pho now and then, but not as intense as my sushi cravings.

And i live in a town that has multiple sources of what i call “maintenance sushi” - either local grocery store sushi, or the rolls at the chinese buffet. I can easily make…

Yeah, i don’t mind now either, though when i was 12-15 ish i was a little traumatized. As an adult, i relish the thought of standing up to injustice, which is why i’d not react nearly as calmly as the subject of the video.

I was too young to know better. It wasn’t until i was 32 i realised i could stand up for myself. And so i did, and got the Essure within a month. I regret NOTHING. Well, except waiting that long. But other than living through it, i don’t know how else i could have learned to be more confident. No one tells you those…

You would think.

I made about 10000000 Handmaid’s Tale references the entire time, just to attempt to make myself feel less crappy.

My most common craving is for sushi, and the ones right behind that are beef and cheese. I’ve never found a good reason why i crave such specific and generally non cravable foods.

DANG IT now i want sushi again :(

I keep my hair quite long (waist length mostly) but when i toyed with short hair i got called “sir” all the time. I get mistaken for my male coworkers on the phone regularly.

I would not have responded nearly as well as this lady did under these circumstances >_>