C’mon Z, just yell “boo!” when he’s not expecting it… his deteriorating physiology should take it from there.

…our governing hierarchy is just a long list of who’s blowing who, isn’t it?

…credit where it’s due: the Death Star solved ALL of Alderaan’s problems with a single keystroke.

Hypothesis: this is actually a safer way to ride due to cars seeing you as much more of a threat and therefore giving you MUCH more room than normal.

Some internet digging points to an instagram page for Humaid Abdulla Albuqaish, who appears to be a rich and Middle Eastern version of Tiger King.

…I’m not super confident on that, as the pics on the linked page don’t look quite like the dude in the gif; but maybe a 10-years-younger version of the dude just looked that different?

Anywho, if that is the dude, the footage is most likely of a pet, and the situation staged to produce the short.

For the rice, look specifically for “fortified” - it has things like vitamins added in. From there, unless you want to actually track your micro and macro nutrients, your best bet is to just shoot for a good variety, and that’s where things like food pantries will shine, cuz (for most of them at least) their inventory will be changing constantly, so it’ll force you to try things you wouldn’t normally have the desire or financial access to.

This is assuming your local area has food pantries - you’ll have some homework to do to find those kinds of resources. Also look into langar kitchens if there are any Sikh churches near you. I’ve never been to one, but heard nothing but good things.

…I mean…

That’s not the point I’m making - the people who chose not to vote over Harris’s comments are fucking morons. They share responsibility for Trump’s victory and everything he’s done since.

But the time to look past Harris’s comments, shut our mouths, and vote strategically for her was during the general. The election is over, and there is no longer reason to defend her, or contrast her against Trump. She isn’t a lesser evil anymore.

And there’s the core of my point: looking at her objectively, she is evil. She stands right alongside the voters who opted out in culpability for Trump’s victory and enabling the current dismal state of our country.

That’s why I think the whole “America isn’t ready for a women” spiel is BS. Both of the women we’ve run recently were fucking horrible candidates: but even so they lost by a narrow enough margin that blaming the outcome on the contents of their pants is a failure to consider the other variables at play.

If we ran a woman who was actually likeable, doesn’t have a history full of scandals, and doesn’t come out in the 11th hour of the general to say something detrimental like support for genocide… then that woman will win.

Aren’t most superpowers an infinite glitch by themselves?

Like if they used their voodoo to crank a giant turbine instead of causing or fighting crime, the entirety of the power industry instantly becomes obsolete.

Yeah no shit - for half of our voters, those things are all selling points. If we run a man who’s an absolute piece of shit against a woman who’s less so, but still very much a piece of shit, the man will win every time. As I said, sexism is definitely a factor.

If we run a man who’s an absolute piece of shit against a woman who isn’t a piece of shit… who fuckin knows: we haven’t tried that. But Harris’s odds seemed pretty solid until she started publicly supporting Israel’s genocide on Gaza: so she lost a hefty chunk of support from the half of voters who are turned off by evil behavior; meanwhile the bigot’s popularity with bigoted voters remained unsurprisingly steady.

SNAP.

…but for real, fortified short-grain rice, and dried beans are probably single best bang-for-buck you’re gonna find. Mix in whatever’s on the clearance wrack or provided by things like food pantries, and you should have no issues keeping yourself fed. Won’t always be good, but it’ll be dirt cheap.

He should put on the same suit, use the same tone and pose, set against the same background as his the “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” footage.

But say “I did not have have sexual relations with that man.”

Then just let the internet do its thing.

Well, so far the women we’ve run are 1) one of the most hated politicians of all time, and 2) a cop who repeatedly stated her support for genocide.

So… idk if ‘women’ is the issue here. Maybe we should try running one that doesn’t come with decades of baggage / isn’t an overtly horrible person?

I mean, sexism is definitely a factor, but one that has thus far only become insurmountable in combination with a mountain other barriers.

those over-the-counter don’t really do anything for me.

Have you tried the rubber kind? I used a pair of these for a while and they worked great - I also had issues with most earplugs - those foam ones tend to fall out or just sit in a weird position so that sound still gets in.

The tether can be removed from the linked ones - you won’t need it, especially if it’s just for sleep.

They have a little port you can open that will let some sound in, so you can dampen noise but still hear things like an alarm clock.

…speaking of, sleeping through the alarm did happen a couple times. I ended up cobbling together a custom alarm clock with a wall outlet timer and an obnoxiously bright outdoor floodlight aimed right at my head. When it came time to wake up, I’d get blasted with light - 100% effective, no sound needed. …not the most peaceful way to wake up though, lol. Nowadays you can get ‘sunrise alarm clocks’ that do basically the same thing, but with actual gradient transitions in frequency and intensity, so you get complete darkness that phases into that red/orange sunrise color, then continues to phase to full strength white light. I kinda like the 0 to 100 route to instantly jolt me awake, but there are lots of options.

Will do!

I hate that we do this, self included: I have an orange shirt that I really liked before Trump started fucking our country up, but now the color orange just feels icky. Same with a scrub cap I used to wear at work pretty often: bright red with white outlines of tropical flowers (think Hawaiian shirt)… coworker mentioned it looked kind of like a MAGA hat, and it’s been stuffed in the corner of my locker ever since - every time I catch a glimpse of that thing, all I see is a hate symbol now.

Maggi seasoning:

The flavor is a little bit like soy sauce, but it has ‘umami’ taste too.

It’s pretty unique, but fucking delicious in things like banh mi sandwiches or stir fry.

A tiny little bit goes a long way - don’t overdo it!