I also like some religious music, I think the key is that the music needs to be interesting with zero pandering.At the risk of turning this into a "not religious, but..." music recommendation thread: I've enjoyed mewithoutYou for a long time now. They have a subdued art-rock sound, and I even enjoy a lot of their more overtly religious songs like "In a Sweater Poorly Knit" and "The King Beetle On A Coconut Estate."Mewithoutyou - "Cattail Down"
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I get you. Thanks for the call out and clarifying. Decades of being on the internet has turned me into a grumpy pessimist🫥
EDIT: one of my best friends has a ~15 year old Toyota Yaris. He just replaced the clutch in it last year, and that was the first major work that it's needed. That thing is going to outlive his kids. I think it's great he (and you) are driving old cars that still work; it really is the most economical and ecologically sound thing to do.
The OP’s position is reasonable given their circumstances, and several people, including you, have clearly said as much. Even industry and financial experts acknowledge that if someone already owns a functioning vehicle, the most economical and environmentally responsible choice is often to continue driving it until replacement becomes necessary, regardless of whether it is ICE or EV.
OP seems less interested in discussing practicality than repeated reaffirmation of “I do not want an EV.”
Pre-COVID (Trump's first time) I took a trip to Europe. All of the European customs officials were polite and professional, did what they needed to do, and still made me feel welcome in their country. When I returned to America, the customs official checking me back into the country was mean-mugging the entire time, rude, and acted like I wasn't welcome back to my own home.
I relate deeply to what you said about people misunderstanding your intent. Have you heard of the “Double Empathy Problem?” A friend introduced me to the concept after I tried to explain the exhaustion that comes from spending an entire lifetime studying other people like a foreign culture just to appear “normal” enough to move through the world without friction. I spent enormous amounts of mental and emotional energy trying to understand other people well enough to coexist peacefully with them. What finally hit me, after learning about the Double Empathy Problem, was realizing how rarely that effort had ever been reciprocated.
So many neurodivergent people grow up believing they are deficient at empathy or communication. Neurotypical people frequently expect us to translate ourselves endlessly into something they find comfortable, while they remain largely unwilling to invest the effort in us. For me, decades spent working with that asymmetry has worn me down to the point where I now carry the mental and physical effects of that burnout nearly every day.
And honestly, I think it reflects a much broader problem in humanity itself. NTs are very good at dividing the world into “normal” and “other,” into “us” and “them.” Once someone is placed outside the boundaries of the familiar, many NTs stop trying to understand them at all. Being ND becomes moralized instead of explored, and the "others" are mistreated for it.
My coworkers have been printing for years, and between them they have several different brands, but they all recommended Bambu as they are easy to use, good quality, and decent price. So I got a Bambu P1S, and it's been a great printer, but now I've learned that Bambu is trying to create a walled garden for their devices. If I had known about that before I had bought the it then I probably would have gone with a different brand.
My current project is designing and iterating a template for a concrete statuary I've wanted to put in front of my house since I bought it. I'm also prototyping various gizmos and gadgets for cat playtime; current project is a launcher + reel for their favorite toys.
I'm both looking forward to, and wary of, this weekend. I just bought a 3d printer a few weeks ago for various fabrication projects. I'm still teaching myself how to use Blender to make custom parts, but it's slow going and sometimes my brain just isn't in 'learning' mode. It's made my new hobby as frustrating as it is rewarding.
Your hardiness zone is probably the best way to decide what kind of berries to grow. In my experience, compared to most other crops, berries are most likely to be cheaper when grown at home versus buying at the store. I'd recommend looking at what berries grow best in your zone, then choose cultivars based on what growing conditions you can provide.
Blackberries tend to need a lot of space, growing an average of 2m high and 1.5m across. When I was little, one of my neighbors had a blackberry patch and some of the plants were over 3m tall. Raspberry plants are marginally smaller, growing an average of 1.5m high and 1m across, though there are some dwarf varieties that can thrive in patio containers. Blueberries are moderate in size and can be grown in containers, but they thrive best in acidic soils. Plant near pine trees, or mulch with pine needles for good results. You can also fertilize with specific blends that increases acidity specifically for blueberries.
Strawberries are fairly easy to grow. The only downside is the most varieties only fruit once a year in late spring/early summer. Varieties that produce all summer are still tasty, but they are typically just a little bit sweeter than store bought. The great thing about strawberries is that if you have half-decent soil and don't prune runners, they will propagate endlessly with very little upkeep.
I planted several gooseberry bushes on my property. They take a few years to start putting out berries, but once they do it's so nice. Unripe gooseberries are tart and great for making pies and jams. When ripe they are sweeter, but not too sweet, and I love eating them fresh off the bush... as long as I can get to them before birds do.I also have several aronia, chokecherry, and elderberry bushes. Their berries are smaller and more tart that other 'dessert' berries, most suitable for syrups or mixed into desserts or jams. Supposedly their health benefits are phenomenal, but I discount a lot of that kind of talk and just enjoy using them where and when I can.I've also planted a Hawthorne tree that puts out a ton of berries each year, but one thing I didn't realize is that they are extremely susceptible to rust (fungal disease), and if I don't treat it every spring when it flowers then I won't be able to use the berries in the fall. When I do treat it, and I do get around to using the berries, they taste like a cross between an apple and a cranberry, and I like to use them in my thanksgiving stuffing/dressing and cranberry sauces.
My parents didn’t yell or scream or threaten. They explained. Even as a child I understood why smoking was bad and what damage it did to lungs. By the time I was old enough to consider smoking or have any opportunity to do so, I understood lung cancer, and addiction, and that it’s much easier to start something addictive than to stop.
I also told all that stuff when I was kid, but don't underestimate the power of youthful arrogance and the influence of an older girl who smokes and is interested in you... I ended up being a smoker for over ten years before I finally quit. Shared my own experiences with my daughter, educated her on all the reasons not to smoke. She still ended up vaping because of youthful arrogance and the influence of an older girl that was interested in her.
You can teach a horse to water but you can't force it to not vape. Or something.
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I chose my username because when I was young I desperately wanted to be the smartest person in the room. While I did devour knowledge (encyclopedias were bedtime reading; thank you, undiagnosed autism), I was stubborn, overly certain of myself, and far less self-aware than I believed.
Getting older humbled me. I began to see how small and defensive my certainty really was, and I made a conscious effort to grow beyond it. Real knowledge, as you said, breeds doubt rather than arrogance. Learning to be more intellectual is learning to live comfortably beside what we do not know, to accept being wrong as an invitation to learn, and to not take criticism personally.
I am still working on that last one. Criticism is easier to learn from when it is not passive-aggressive, but that seems to be most people's preferred communication style.
RCV is huge step forward compared to the current FPTP, but given the amount of power wielded by corps and foreign groups it follows that they'll still try to tilt the ballot in their favor, they'll just have to donate/bribe more than one or two candidates each election.
I think we need to move on to a system where the congress is comprised of volunteer citizens selected by random lottery. That is more likely to create a congress that evenly represents the populace, whereas candidates in an RCV ballot are still likely to be overemphasized/propagandized by the media and rich donors.
That said, this is just an off-the-cuff hot take by me. I'm not an expert by any means, just another frustrated and jaded citizen.
My hot take is that the number of justices should be raised to match the number of federal judicial circuits, reasonable term limits given, and and the seat should be impeachable. Each circuit nominates and seats its own justice, and congress presides over impeachment proceedings.
NOVA has started uploading some documentaries. I think the best way we can show them that we'd want to see them upload more of their catalog is to leave comments on the videos asking for that---I know that Spacetime, at least, reads every comment left of their videos, so it's a great way to contact the creators.
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Have you seen coffee prices these days? My coffeemate and I would prefer our own, but we have no choice but to "Lady and the Tramp" a grande caramel macchiato every morning.
It's reasonable for most people to hit the Carlin-4 twice a day. If not for social reasons, then for health and hygiene.
Dentists say we ought to brush twice a day, morning and night. My dentist once told me that if I'm only going to brush once a day, then it should be at night. You don't produce as much saliva while sleeping, and that creates a better environment for the bacteria that cause tooth decay. Brushing at night removes the tiny food particles that bacteria feed on, reducing the likelihood of developing tooth decay and gingivitis.
We then brush again in the morning because the lack of flowing saliva overnight causes a buildup of other bacteria that feeds on mucus, which is the cause of "morning breath".
It's reasonable for most people to hit the Carlin-4 twice a day. If not for social reasons, then for health and hygiene.
I haven't logged into my reddit account in almost a decade. A few weeks ago I was searching for something and ended up on the reddit front page, and I saw a video of a man punching a woman. It's not about how one curates their feed; it is what new users are served.
My guy, no one is saying that pick up trucks are useless. What they are saying is that trucks are too big and too expensive for what the majority of buyers use it for. Many Americans buy their pick up trucks for symbolic cultural status, not pragmatic trades use.I once spent a summer installing new milking parlors at dairy farms in central PA. The welder, tanks, PPE, and the rest of our tools fit just fine into an old transit van with sliding side doors, rear double doors, a hitch to tow the generator, and a roof rack for large items like pipes and ladders. A box truck was used to deliver material pallets to each worksite.
The company I use for plumbing and HVAC uses vans. The carpet cleaning service I use has their cleaning machine built inside of a van. When I had to transport 50+ computers to refresh satellite office hardware I used a minivan with removable seats.
Could a pick up have done all those jobs? Absolutely. However, we didn't need a pick up to do all those jobs, and the vehicles we did use were much smaller and less expensive. That is what people in this thread are saying. Most modern pick up trucks are not designed for trade use; today's midsize pickups are larger than full-size pickups from 20 years ago, and they have the bells and whistles that you'd expect to see in a higher end passenger car, instead of the vinyl/plastic interiors that they used to have ~20 years ago.
EDIT: I just saw that the original person you responded to did say that no one needs a truck. They were probably being hyperbolic, but as there are numerous use cases for pick up trucks I can see where your push back came from.
Science Memes @mander.xyz I've got a fever...
Awww DARN that's awesome. That's *really *awesome.