I read this as “I am 15" and I was like, “Wow, this kid really smokes a lot of pot if he can see into the past”.

Lol. I think we should both put a deck together after talking to a SME and circle back to it.

Right. I meant that often-times a “deck” is no more than some bullshit thrown together, but it’s passed off as something more than it is. I despise tech/marketing jargon, and I work in tech.

“Hello, sir, I put together a deck for the presentation this afternoon” vs. (realistic) “I’m really hungover, but I copy/pasted some bullshit into four slides for the meeting I just remembered”

I agree with the posters that not having a parent or other adult ask questions at all is worse, but given you do ask questions, this is helpful advice and I thank you. I find myself asking “How was school?” of my nieces and nephews constantly, and since their dad passed away my role is becoming more important in their…

*shudders*

This thing looks cool, but if you don’t own one and you own an Instant Pot or other electric pressure cooker, you can easily cook a dozen eggs in it without buying an additional gadget. For me, 5 minutes (mine is a knockoff and just has high pressure) will cook the eggs runny-yolk and 8 minutes will make them…

This thing looks cool, but if you don’t own one and you own an Instant Pot or other electric pressure cooker, you…

I have a $130 Samsonite suitcase and it’s sturdy as shit. $700 is about style. Unrelated: it’s a safe bet to buy a black suitcase these days, everybody buys colorful ones to stand out in the baggage claim so now black ones stick out more in my experience.

HEYOOOOOOooo

100% heard that in my head in the Marchman voice.

I made a wager so either I’d take home 20 bucks or Alabama would lose. Win/Win

YEAH! That was definitely the worst part when I built my first (only) PC.

Cory Gardner is a POS and there’s no way he lives up to those words. If I’m wrong, great, but either way, fuck that particular guy.

Right. Plus, if you were able to get that housework done when it is not possible to be reasonably productive at work, your work while you were in the office would probably go easier. I hope more and more employers learn how human brains work.

He was kind of a dick in Robocop

First glance at your comment: NO! Second glance: yeah, kinda, yup, you’re right. We’re just starting to live comfortably in our urban area and I like the city and the open-mindedness and its a start contrast to my upbringing.

Traveling “home” for the holidays means going back to the sticks and being reminded that my…

There is a distinct flavor to Champagne; I am simply saying it comes from the terroir (including growing season) that would be very hard to reproduce anywhere else. In the same vein, a Chablis tastes dramatically different than a California Chardonnay. I understand and respect designated origins.

I’m merely curious if…

I am in agreement about the terroir making Champagne grapes unique, but is there something super special about Champagne production processing that makes it unique? There are cheaper sparkling wines that don’t use disgorgement and counterfill bottles under pressure, but there are also a ton of US, Italian, etc.…

I assumed they were just doing it because US winemakers aren’t beholden to French/EU labeling constraints. Even so, if I see “Champagne” on a bottle of sparkling wine it’s usually prefaced, e.g. “California Champagne”.

Yep. I think the fact that wine derives a ton of quality from terroir makes wine region designation relatively important. I like the tradition of good bourbon from Kentucky, but there’s really nothing special about creating bourbon in Kentucky (holding distillation and barrel techniques the same) given the grains…