uphillbothways

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Average forefinger and thumb grasps about 1-1.5 servings of spaghetti. Pasta in general, any shape, 1 pound serves 4-6.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Honestly, i've always approached this question the reverse of how it's posed here. Pretty much every store brand whatever is just fine.
But, picking a few fancier versions of things as exceptions is nice sometimes.

Lately for me, Kingdom aged organic cheddar and Kerrygold butter have been my indulgences. I don't eat much dairy, so they last me a long time. They're loaded with flavor. And, it's just nice to have a few things that feel special.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

If the teacher is going to basically plagarize the assignment and I've already done it elsewhere to the best of my ability, how the hell am I supposed to do anything other than resubmit the work I'd done for that assignment the first time?

That doesn't make sense to me. Even after reading the below referenced wikipedia section on self plagiarism, it seems a contested topic and kinda ridiculous.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Aren't babies cartilaginous at birth? Guess it's still a skeleton as it is a structural frame, even if it's not made out of bones yet.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

One of these 2:

• some leftover rice, reheated.
  or
• a couple small potatoes, microwaved and then cut into cubes.

Mixed with one of these 3:

• 1-2 packets cooked maggi masala ramen.
  or
• a can of chili and microwave for another couple minutes.
  or
• bagged madras lentils, similar to above.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Lucky bastards.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Plate of olives and a liter of beer used to be my go-to after work wind down snack.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

How'd you get in my house?
Would you please leave?
Who the fuck was that?

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Public oversight of police.
Outlaw police unions.
Ranked choice voting.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Write a sitcom about it. Imagine a laugh track while occasionally deadpanning a non-existent close up cam for dramatic effect.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

https://www.looper.com/img/gallery/the-worst-things-jim-halpert-has-ever-done/intro-1562363608.jpg

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Quantum mayonnaise theory.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

And, trek memes.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

I've lost barn owl boxes to big winds. Those iron poles sheared off at the threaded couplers they shipped with. The base was installed solid and hadn't moved, but the poles broke. Don't think they'd been occupied at the time, thankfully. Couldn't put them in a location sheltered by trees or buildings for fear of great horned owl predation.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Have been too depressed for too many decades. Lost the ability to enjoy music. Miss it, but anytime I try it feels contrived and I hear people from my past deriding my selections for various reasons.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Stop letting him. You don't owe him even an explanation. The nicest thing you could do for him would be to let him figure it out with as much time as he needs to do so. He hasn't listened thus far or had any appreciable or effective consequences that gave pause to or caused change in his behaviors. I think you probably know this and are just looking for confirmation.

Take yourself and your family back. Why let someone like that be a further influence?

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Well, yeah. One of them has flavor.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

I don't see an issue here.

1. try to explain your downvotes, or, better yet, voice your disagreement and have a discussion without relying on downvotes to express yourself. Use your words.
2. when you feel it necessary and that using your words isn't working, upvote/boost everyone but the person in question. Realize downvotes don't really do what you'd hoped and are a poor crutch and means of expression. Elevate what you do agree with. Worry less about what you don't.
3. just don't care about internet points. As others have said and covered extensively.

Hopefully, what remains is that conversations are important. Having an outlet for undescribed/unformed/ambiguous disagreement/dissent really doesn't add anything to anything for anyone. Making a point or saying something correct is more valuable than shooting down those you find to be incorrect. And, ultimately, it's not just what you think that matters. The consensus of the group and the conversation that gets them there, the experience and the interchange and the community itself are all much more valuable than the destination of a single conversation.

Edit: (And, for the record, while I disagree with your assessment, I've boosted and upvoted your thread, because I think the conversations being had here are valuable and worth seeing by more people.)

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Shave your parts and buy a ghastly merkin for sexy times. Tell her you only wear it to reduce the chaffing. Then, bust out a gnarly fake beard and ask if she wants oral.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

I read fiction for a certain amount of enjoyment, but also to prepare for conversation with people when it's required in the near future.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Needs more dark souls.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

It's important to self regulate and prosecute wrong doing of your own people, but justice requires accountability to your accusers, those wronged. Ideally, these work in concert.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-99/4A

It was a huge failure, but they tried.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Had one at home and used the hell out of it, don't get me wrong. Was my first computer. Played the Zork series on that thing. But, it had issues and wasn't a financial success.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Ya know what was a foundational part of the American dream? Pensions. Ya know which employers still offer them? Counties, states and the federal government.

Private companies exist solely to make the people at the top very rich based on the stolen value of employee labor while dumping catastrophic losses in the public sphere. That's capitalism in a nutshell.

You'd have to be unbelievably gullible, naive, traumatized AND brainwashed to be a diehard for a system like that. But, somehow they've managed it. A deluded nation of Amway top performers just one move away from making their own imaginary millions. All simping for the system.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

ptuffneef

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

As someone who never had kids, I'm glad everyday that I never did.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

If he was pronouncing it correctly, the response would be "what'd you just call me?"

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Looking Glass Studios.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

These are the heroes Russia needs a lot more of.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Meth. Not even once.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Better run. Bout to be [REDACTED].

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

"Skyrim universe"
Haven't even played an elder scrolls game in over 15 years, and I know it's called Tamriel.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Psychopath billionaire gaslights unions fighting for living wage.

uphillbothways, 6 months ago

Love to see it, especially when they're losing anti-aircraft.

uphillbothways, 7 months ago

There are innerspring futon mattresses. Had one for years when I was younger. Definitely not as bad as the basic things. If you're gonna have a futon for yourself, your kids or guests, look into them.

uphillbothways, 7 months ago

Didn't sign a write-up I got on purpose and got fired on the spot, because I needed additional time for finals at school. Got my job back under union rules because lack of progressive discipline. Left for a better job 6 months later when I graduated.

Manager was pissed. But he couldn't do shit.

uphillbothways, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago)

I make a concentrated pot of assam black tea, chamomile, cinnamon, black pepper and cardamom on the stove every couple days. Keep it refrigerated, dilute it as needed and drink it from about 7am-2pm. The mix keeps me awake enough, but the chamomile takes the edge off and keeps me from getting anxious. The cinnamon, black pepper and cardamom help my stomach from getting mad about everything I eat and tastes good. Assam black tea has a maltier flavor I really like, much less tannic. Sometimes, I'll add fresh turmeric, ginger, citrus peel or other things.

Used to drink coffee, but it's just too harsh for me anymore. I really like tea.

uphillbothways, 7 months ago

Little bit of both. I use whole herbs and loose tea. Half a cinnamon stick boiled well, first in the pot with pepper, makes about a pot the size that I use. Probably about a pint and a half, maybe two, with a strainer lid. Pour spout on the side. Fairly standard cooking pot.

Then, it's there when I want it.

uphillbothways, 7 months ago

Humans are the only species that would ask a question like this with ecologically damning effects. So, yeah.

uphillbothways, 7 months ago

Complexity gives the games depth which allows them to hold interest. You can try something, figure out how to play the game that way, and then go and start a new character to figure out how to play the game another utilizing the knowledge you've gained from prior experimentation.

Some of the inventory management can be annoying at times, but again it's an opportunity to employ knowledge as a means to identify the items that aren't particularly useful to one playstyle and could be useful under another set of abilities/attributes or some set of combinations allowed by the game.

A game that only has one right answer quickly becomes a boring precision button pushing simulator to people who prefer more complexity, variety and depth in their gaming experience.

Not that one preference or the other is inherently correct, but hopefully it can be understood that different people want different things from their games.

uphillbothways, 7 months ago

Here's a little story 'bout a cat named Locutus.
All started when this big square ship tried to shoot us.
Next thing you know up on the main screen
pops up the fly shawty we'll call the Borg Queen.

uphillbothways, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago)

She said surrender, we said NO!
Jordi fires up the engines to GO!
Now we're stuck in a tractor beam FLOW!
Assimilated? Find out next SHOW!

uphillbothways, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago)

Ego has been mentioned. Sunk cost fallacy plays a part. Combine those and people tend to over value the effort they've made to form their opinion, either through some form of information consumption or synthesis of known ideas/held opinions, while devaluing/doubting the existence other people's previous efforts. So, you often end up with two people who both think they're informed and assume the other person is just making up an opinion right now and failing to see their valuable insight.

uphillbothways, 7 months ago

When you're used to violent, traumatic and humiliating nightmares, cryptic and vaguely threatening dreams sound like a vacation.

uphillbothways, 7 months ago

Think early adopter communities might be more prone to that? Seems like it could make sense.

uphillbothways, 7 months ago

Doesn't UK use 999 and US 911?

uphillbothways, 7 months ago

Can't help but wonder if the Russian people are nearing a tipping point and, if so, what happens then. Hopefully, good people and cooler heads can prevail.