frickineh

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[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 44 points 3 hours ago

If there's a silent majority, they've never bothered voting before now, so I don't see an upset happening.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

I have what I'm pretty sure is gustatory rhinitis, except it's triggered by eating anything, not just spicy food, so I definitely do appreciate the times when my nose isn't running. All 5 minutes a day that it's not.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Oh yeah, my next car is definitely going to be an EV, regardless, but it does seem silly to spend the money when A) I drive so little and B) I still have student loans I'm trying to clear out in the next year or so. I'm also secretly hoping that in the meantime Toyota will say, "hey here's a RAV4 that's identical to your current one except it's electric!" because I reaaaally love my car and haven't found anything to take it's blocky little place in my heart yet.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Man, we gotta pump those numbers up. Get our bite force on the next level.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Your second paragraph is why I haven't pulled the trigger yet. I don't WFH, but my commute is only about 10 miles round trip and most of my errands are done within that same area. My Toyota is 12 years old and only has ~80k miles on it, so it just doesn't make sense to switch at this point.

That said, I'm casually looking for a new job and my commute would go up dramatically for a lot of options in my field, so I haven't eliminated the possibility.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 61 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Jokes on those people, now people live in vans on purpose (and I definitely can't afford one).

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was gonna say, I'm 40 and I'm fully in my idgaf era. I like a lot of corny shit and I'm gonna be openly enthusiastic about it.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Needs more sitting down on the floor and deciding that's where you live now because getting up is too hard.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago

That was this morning. I texted everyone that I'd be late and went back to sleep. I failed the escape room, but it was worth it.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

One of ours gets stuck on the 3 different sets of measuring cups. Why do we have 3 full sets? No one knows!

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I'm afraid of heights. I don't know why I climbed a tree.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We can't really do that, at least not where I am. Denying a request has to be based on it being information that we genuinely can't release to anyone, we can't just determine we're not releasing something because the requestor is a pain in the ass. We also can't charge people unless it takes more than 2 hours of time per request - depending on how the requests are split up, they may not meet that time. I don't know how FOIA fees work, so maybe it's different, but I also doubt fees will put the very- well-funded Heritage Foundation off too much.

 

I'm going to a conference next week and while they asked everyone for dietary preferences, I don't have high hopes based on experience (sure, I'd love another "salad" that's just iceberg with no dressing!), so I'm trying to plan ahead and bring some things with me so I don't starve. Unfortunately, the hotel room doesn't have a microwave, just a mini-mini-fridge and I'm bringing my small kettle, so I mostly have to stick to things that can be stored/eaten at room temp, or prepared with just hot water. So far, I have some soy curl jerky to take to long sessions, a couple of ramen bowls, and some bread and packets of almond butter, but I'm kind of out of ideas. There is a Trader Joe's within walking distance, so I can at least grab some fruit or salad when I get a chance, but is there anything else I'm not thinking of that I should pack and/or plan to buy? The conference is a full week, so I'd prefer not to eat crap (like the ramen) the whole time if I can help it.

 

Finally sprung for the 12lb bag because we love these things. I usually make buffalo soy curls and throw them on a salad or mac and cheese, or make lemon "chicken" orzo with them, but I'm open to other suggestions from anyone else who likes them since I have enough for about the next decade.

 
 

I looked up the ones he shows in the video and basically all of them are the equivalent of 30 year old participation trophies. He's posted the video on every city fb post for days, and he calls volunteering slavery every chance he gets. There's a reason his own political party disavowed him a couple of years ago.

 

I don't do much handheld gaming, but I'm going to have some overseas flights and long-ish train rides later this year, and may also be having surgery that will keep me fairly bedbound for about a month. I'm just not sure how much money it's worth spending on a deck that I likely won't use much outside of those specific cases - I bought a switch when I got covid in 2020 and used it a ton at the time but I've only used it a few times since, though I miiight use a deck a bit more just because I already have a pretty extensive steam library.

Is it better to stick to the cheapest model or is there enough of a difference that it might be worth spending a little more for a nicer one?

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