

“Speak softly and carry a big M-16.” – Teddy Roosevelt


“Speak softly and carry a big M-16.” – Teddy Roosevelt


As a kiddo, a cheeseburger, mac & cheese, and french fries was a regular summer dinner. That’s a threefer.
I’ve also used them to mix up containers of stuff. Nail polish, acrylic paint, and caked up onion/garlic powder.
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Not my cup of tea.
Doesn’t float my boat.
Different strokes for different folks.
To each their own.
instance with black jack and hookers;
In fact, forget the instance.
If I was at a friend’s place and a dozen wild hogs scurried away when I turned on the bathroom light, I would be startled.
And confused, I fear.
I used em dashes when SMS messages had 160 character limits to —really— put emphasis on words.
I also use them in place of semicolons — I find it easier to read and doesn’t remind people of English class.
It helps that I have been writing this way for a while. My MySpace had em dashes back when the smartest AI we had was IBM’s Watson.


I appreciate a good amateur comedian, but I really think you have the chops to GoPro.


This word is new to me! From Dictionary.com:
in a way that is unyielding, unchangeable, or unavoidable.
Fate seemed to be working inexorably, relentlessly, to bring about the dictator’s downfall.


To your point -
If a friend texted me the same picture and question, I would do exactly what you described. Try to give a calculated guess that wouldn’t change.
Unless I was lazy and Googled it.
Google’s carbohydrate tool says 8g, then the AI overview goes on to contradict that by saying “A standard cheese sandwich typically contains between 25 and 35g.”


Replied 👍 to “Loved a message”


Well, let me tell you 'bout the birds and the bees,
and the flowers, and the trees,
and the moon up above.
And a thing called luh-uh-ooove. 🎶


This poster has never made an LED blink and it shows.
The strongest yeast variety would eventually take over the jar. Not before eating all the other, weaker yeastie boys and learning their secrets. Kinda like Kirby.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2724753/ Lost in the Sauce The Effects of Alcohol on Mind Wandering? 2009 Aug 11
An article on the National Institutes of Health’s site predates Mr. Mane by four years.


Misguided, uneducated, oblivious, and downright stubborn are other options. Sunk-cost fallacy can keep people stuck in a loop.


Shake 'n Bake doesn’t come with bags, either.
This reminds me of a news story from the start of Covid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Tanzania