I can sort of relate. I’m fat as fuck, but I really like salads and veggies. When I go out to eat, my (much smaller) partner will order like a steak and potatoes, and I might order like a chicken cobb salad, not because I’m dieting, but I because I really wanted a dinner salad. And like half the time they give the salad to my partner and give me the steak.
I recently became aware of the “performative male” stereotype. Basically, if you’re a guy who doesn’t dress the way most men dress and you like to read books in public, you’re just “performing” in order to attract women.
I think it’s the whole anti-intellectualism aspect of the stereotype that irks me the most (it being shameful somehow for a guy to read).
In some cases Tik-Tokers are filming guys just sitting alone at like a Starbucks reading a book, bothering nobody, and acting like they caught a predator.
It reminds me of that old Bill Hicks anecdote where he’s at a diner in the deep south reading a book, and some dude exclaims “looks we got a reader!” as if it were something peculiar.
Here’s a good critique of it if you’re OOTL https://youtube.com/watch?v=b3jIgdbVjr4
Did she open up the packaging and spray directly on the food? Article doesn’t say that. Usually food delivery comes in a bag that’s stapled or taped shut, and the items in the bag are in their own closed containers, except maybe for fries. I’m just not clear on how the spray could have gotten onto the food.
Wow, I had completely forgotten about Ain’t It Cool News. It’s still running.
I bought a Pentium II 450Mhz Dell tower for $40 at a flea market recently. It was in great condition except for missing a hard drive. Installed a 32gb ssd with a SATA to IDE converter kit and installed Windows 98. It works! This was my first time doing something like this.
Looking for a good graphics card now. I want a VooDoo 2 but those are like $300 on ebay.
Switching to German Fraktur typeface would’ve been too on the nose.
AirTags. I have 7. One for my keys, a Find My compatible third party card shaped one for my MagSafe wallet (also third party), one for my second wallet, and the rest for my bags and suitcases. They have saved me so many times.
I hate these newer road signs that are a sickly green color instead of the traditional yellow.
What shoes do you recommend? Looking to get a new pair soon.
Graphics hasn’t been Nintendo’s strength for many years.
Once all 12 remaining individuals are subsumed into the “hive”, what might the goal of the hive be next? Infect the next nearest planet with sentient life? Do they have any other goals than that?
Oh, I’ve never seen Grease.
Is that Nana Visitor (Kira from DS9)?
Finally, I can ditch Encarta '97.
Until I was like 23 I didn’t know how to cut and peel an avocado. I would peel the skin off in chunks with my fingers like it was a giant boiled egg. It was a very laborious and frustrating process.
I don’t understand how drivers know if they have enough time to go through a yellow light. I don’t drive anymore but for the short time I did I dreaded yellow lights.
Can’t wait to try these words at the next Scrabble game.
Once or twice a year, I’ll get an eyelash that’s grey and weirdly long. Plucking it is so satisfying though.
Trying to pick up my cat. She won’t let me. I just want to hold her. 🥺
FENTON
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3GRSbr0EYYU