Maybe it’s not normal to feel this, but I have no sentimental attachment to the Santa myth. I don’t see the value in it. I think it’s much more valuable to have a time that emphasizes giving and sacrifice for your loved ones than a season that hypes up some magical man who flies by animal-power in an antiquated wooden…

Insect protein or cultivated meat if people can get over their ickies.

Welp. Guess it’s Mastodon time. *sigh*

I didn’t know that. Thanks for the heads-up.

Hahaha what vacation!?

Many, many, many scholars and non-scholars who have either studied or experienced the rise of Nazism in Germany prior to WW2 strongly infer (or state outright) that the best way to stop it would have been utterly stomping it out. Anything less and... well... you saw what happened.

Jokes aside, it’s a damn good thing they didn’t ban adult content being posted at all. There are a lot of people in marginalized communities who make a living (sometimes their entire source of income) off of adult content, whether it’s art, photography, sex education or whatever. I had a minor panic attack when I…

It’s godawful and the three instances I’ve had are 100% the worst experiences of my life. Worse than any loss I’ve had or physical pain or anything else. A living hell for ten minutes at a time.

I don’t think I’ve ever said anything in response to a sneeze. I just don’t have the reflex.

Believe it or not, I get a lot of penny-pinchers and those who just can’t afford current pricing for national park entry and camping. At a guess, about 10-15% of my calls are people who are disappointed when it turns out they can’t afford to hike or camp where they want. It’s not unusual for me to have to charge…

This might cost me and a lot of others our jobs. Shit.

Ordered four. At this price it’s practically theft! Thanks for the heads up.

Ordered four. At this price it’s practically theft! Thanks for the heads up.

I’m getting “not available in your country” and redirects back to the Crunchyroll simulcast page for several of these. In the US. Odd.

Additionally:

The Beatrice arcs hit me really, really hard. More than almost anything from fiction has ever hit me emotionally.

I prefer utilitarian plants. I have a bell pepper plant, two sage, two basil (one sweet, one Genovese) and a cilantro growing right now and I use them all on a near daily basis. Well, all except the bell pepper plant, because it’s decided that it won’t be fruiting this year. Still nice to have the foliage either way.

It took like half-a-dozen readings of that headline to stop thinking it was saying “condoms”. The article was very confusing for a while.

Do you have a link? I’d love to go deeper into this but I can’t find it.

Hotdogs give me headaches and a generally “ugh” feeling, so it’s not really a choice on my end.

Summer is awful. Heat is terrible. Embrace the cold. Realize that autumn is the best time of year, period, because 50F is the perfect temperature for outdoor activities. Just warm enough to not be uncomfortable in a long-sleeve shirt but just cool enough to avoid any discomfort from overheating.