I gave up my cyber operations career in the USAF even after getting a bachelors and a masters degree in that field. I dreaded work every day and didn’t want to spend the rest of my life behind a desk in an office. Now I’m working as a diesel mechanic making far less, but loving every minute of it.

Are you willing to put up with all kinds of disgusting fluids and uncooperative animals and neurotic owners every day? (I grew up on a farm, so I know animals can be and often are jerks).

I eat animals. All the time. I just don’t have the gene that makes me have to tell everyone about it. Or the gene that somehow makes me feel like a better person than others because I eat steak sometimes.

Not even a little bit true. Attractiveness is objective. If you’re flirting with people but consistently getting “ew, creep” reactions, consider that it’s not your looks, but your flirting approach that is the problem.

Counterpoint: I found one gift and about 18 things I want. Would NOT recommend.

Counterpoint: I found one gift and about 18 things I want. Would NOT recommend.

You know what, you’re absolutely right, they’re not as high up as I thought. The other two are true though, if the chronic depression and overwork don’t kill you first, you’ll live a hella long time relatively secure in the knowledge that no one will rob you at the convenience store.

Nah, check out where the logo originated:

Oh, and the original logo was definitely topless, too. No modesty shells for this sea-lady!

Downside #2, dangling keys can scratch the lower back of kitchen-type chairs, causing one’s parents to bring up the little bit of damage you accidentally caused to one chair back in high school at every opportunity for the next 25 years.

I love the woodpeckers SO MUCH

I just got to that point in the game last night and had the same experience. This fucking game, man, it’s just...so damn good. There were a couple points further on in that level with the woodpeckers where I’m like “I don’t think I need this bird anymore, but it’s really fun to use so I’ll hold onto it a little…

I say add the gravy powder to actual gravy to make double gravy.

I found this for you:

I grew up in rural Alaska, learned to run a chain saw before I was in high school, fished and worked alongside my brother. I wasn’t a tomboy, and I wasn’t afraid to work hard and get dirty, then dress up to go do something fun. That said, I’ve never been one to spend a lot of time on makeup or hair.

I just got an Echo Dot. Could I get a Google Mini, set it up next to the Dot, train them to each other’s voices, and get them to argue like an old married couple?

Hey, you’ve been reading my diary!

Well now I’m going to.

I think it’s less about actually having an opinion and more about fervently defending it. It’s one thing to be like “eh, TSwift is ok, catchy music shitty person”. It’s one thing to think “Nintendo’s cool, I like Mario”.

There’s having an opinion on something, and then there’s investing your self-worth into something then having it feel like a personal insult whenever someone criticises that thing.