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Heineken14 posted...

I think if you are shitting it down the drain then that's one way to NOT become a parent.

I'm sure there are many parents who believe that their experiences with children is metaphorically just shitting money down the drain.

Tyranthraxus posted...

You need "a" way to enforce laws. In absence of the police, we generally get mob justice. It's up to you if you want to decide that's preferable. Society did survive with it for thousands of years so it's not impossible but I don't think people in those times lived that well compared to today.

No. Society survived without police by using a feudal system during the middle ages. When it wasn't a feudal system, then it was imperialistic / military.

Sheiky-Baby posted...

With expensive dinner, you just shit it down the drain.

Same could be said about any experience -- even parenting.

https://americanaddictioncenters.org/blog/substance-abuse-by-city
Oh, and NYC and East Coast are the ones among the lowest overall drug use.

https://admin.americanaddictioncenters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Cocaine-Use.jpg

https://admin.americanaddictioncenters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Heroin-Use.jpg

https://admin.americanaddictioncenters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Meth-Use.jpg

https://admin.americanaddictioncenters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Cities-with-the-Most-Drug-Use.jpg

Prismsblade posted...

Said cheeseburger(single pattie) was one of their cheaper options also. With it alone costing around $14.50.

You must've gotten it in a downtown city area somewhere. Average price is around $8-9.

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He coulda had like a 12- course tasting menu.
Le Bernardin's tasting menu is $400, 8 courses with wine pairing.

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Correct. That's a major rub. Not necessarily French cuisine, but French culinary techniques and priorities.

sabin017 posted...

Doesn't that make the flip-side of no to invasion and yes to aid hypocritical as well?

No, because aid involves less involvement, and towards the purpose of defending from an invasion, versus supporting an actual invasion by the US.

MrAntisocial posted...

Undocumented immigrants can vote in certain elections, just not the bigger ones.

Only local elections that don't require state or federal ID.

Xatrion posted...

Tried some once. Felt like I was eating stale potato chips.

Need to get higher quality ones. It's a fine line between crunchy thick vs reminding of stale.

theAteam posted...

Cape cod are the GOAT

Deep River is pretty good too

Kettle Brand >>> Cape Cod > Deep River.

GrandConjuraton posted...

I hate them, >.< . They just don't have the kind of feel I'm looking for when I bite into a chip.

Kettle Brand kettle chips are the best ones, imo. Have you tried those specific ones?

I am fully supportive of LGBTQ+

Sexuality =/= Gender

Lesbianism is about sexuality.
Transgender is about gender roles.

Let lesbians decide what they want when it comes to sexuality IN A PRIVATE CLUB.

falayyou01 posted...

We can't prove life has a point, but neither can you prove its pointless. That's where faith comes in.

ORRR, having no universal meaning truly frees us, and we can impart our own meaning onto the world.

SicSlayer posted...

what's the purpose of all this? I feel like I have no meaning.

Meaninglessness can also be a good thing, if you want to think about it. Optimistic or positive nihilism.

https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-perfects-optimistic-nihilism

tankboy posted...

I just want to clarify, for those unfamiliar with the process, that it's not necessarily dozens of embryos. It might only be a few, or even just one. Sometimes none develop far enough along for implantation (that's one cause of a failed IVF attempt).

Sorry, shoulda said, UP to dozens in extreme cases. Either way, clinics typically try to fertilize multiple eggs, because it would be hella expensive trying to harvest then fertilize one egg at a time.

Rika_Furude posted...

Fuck squatters rights. If someone breaks into my house and locks me out, Im breaking back in and kicking them out and there will be hell to pay if they dont compensate for all damages

Don't do that. You'll get charged for criminal mischief or disturbing the peace, etc. And during eviction proceedings, the break-in could be used against you as damages to the squatter, and cause further delay to the eviction.

willythemailboy posted...

I'm pretty sure removing the toilet would be illegal in Illinois, even if the tenant didn't have a lease. I know removing doors or changing locks is illegal.

I'm sure, technically, it's illegal, but I was basically calling on his bluff. It was gonna take 2-5 months to fix the bathroom, so I was betting that he wasn't gonna go through all of the trouble of civilly suing me, and living in a toilet-less apartment for 5 months, over something that didn't even belong to him in the first place.

According to the article, the labor union accepted the exemption, and Panera doesn't consider itself fast-food anyway? If freshly-made bread is their main product, then it might be a worthy exemption, and not that big a deal.

The corporation that owns Panera made a fucking $65000 donation to his re-election. This pales in comparison to the millions in donations to both Republican and Democrat candidates in California. In the end, this is a very much a literal nothing-burger that nobody really cares about.

Mr_Karate_II posted...

How is squatting even legal?

It's not. The process to remove a squatter is a drawn out process and can take years or so. It's meant to protect:
a) renters from getting fucked over
b) people who take over abandoned buildings and put in their own time and resources to take care of the place without any action from the owner.

As someone whose family owns a building or two, I understand and am fine with that.
However, squatters have often exploited these protections.

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Yeah, I was livid. He had a great deal at $2100/month WITH utilities. This is fucking Queens, New York City. 20 minutes train ride to Times Square.

The sublease expired, and he said he would only pay $1600/month INCLUDING utilities. I said, FUCK NO. I told him $2150 INCLUDING utilities. He refused. Didn't pay rent for a year -- he claimed that he had cancer, and that he was furloughed at half pay during the COVID pandemic.

I told him, please pay $1850/month at least, but with the understanding that you owe $300/month in backrent that we can claim from the government to pay for COVID pandemic reimbursement from the government. He refused.

I was seething after that, but I didn't show anger, because you don't want to cause scenes in landlord/tenant/sublease situations. So it was like that for a year, until I got sick and realized that the pipes underneath the toilet bathroom of the apartment were starting to rot, and needed repair -- which gave me the idea to remove the toilet as an excuse to claim that the entire apartment needed to be repaired.

Ultima_Fury posted...

Then it takes a long, drawn out process of going to court to evict someone. By then, they could have sold all your stuff.

If they sell your stuff, you can make a criminal complaint, and force her out faster than an eviction. It's in the best interest of a squatter to do as little damage to the place as possible so that the only way the courts can remove a squatter is through eviction.

If a squatter doesn't have a lease, current or expired, then, as the owner, you are free to enter your own premises. If the squatter changes the locks, then the owner has a right to make a criminal complaint. So if you are trying to take back property inside the house, what you want to do is enter the place without breaking in.

Breaking in is considered an illegal action, even if you're the owner, because it's a form of disturbing the peace, etc.

Eviction takes the slowest. If you catch the squatter doing anything else, you can get them out faster.

I had a subletter squat in an apartment that I had a lease for, not paying rent for 2 years. He was a full-time worker for Con Edison, the power utility company for New York City. The eviction process took 2.5 years because a COVID moratorium delayed the process.

The building is owned by my extended family, and I do the day-to-day management of the building.

I finally got sick of his bullshit, and removed the toilet in the bathroom from my apartment. He was forced to use the bathroom at a local laundromat. He got mad and tried to report building code violations to the housing department.

We received some easily fixable violations when the inspector came by, but it also allowed us to claim that the apartment wasn't livable, and that we can kick any inhabitant out of it, so that we can make the necessary repairs. Since he didn't have a lease, he couldn't request that we pay for alternative living arrangements.

He moved out within 7-10 days of me removing that toilet. He found an apartment, literally two buildings down the street from us -- which showed that he straight up lied to me, and easily could've found another place that he could afford.

The scenes looked so bad, that I literally just walked out halfway through the trailer.

I wonder if she'll endorse mandatory prison sentences for multiple felonies. Medium security prisons, low funding for health services. Make sure criminals face 'street justice' while inside prison.

C_Pain posted...

I don't understand what you said, all I knows is we are made in God's image and you must not interfere with that natural process of a baby.

So infertile people are just fucked and don't deserve to try to have kids?

Mistere_Man posted...

I was just curious how it compared.

I believe chitlins are deep fried. SO I imagine it tastes like a very meaty saltier chewier scallop nugget. The Hunan-style intestines and pig bloodcurd are more of a very hot stew with spicy red broth that's served over an open fire metal plate.

Mistere_Man posted...

Have you ever tried chitlins?

Not specifically, but I've had Caribbean tripe, and also ate the famous Florentine trippa sandwiches.

Nice to see white people starting to try more ethnic foods that incorporate lesser-used parts of the animal.

I hope one day, people will try Taiwanese / Hunan spicy pig intestine cooked with pig's blood. I ate that like once every two months whenever my family took us to a Taiwanese or Hunan restaurant. Tripe, fish head, chicken feet, pig ears, etc., are also classic authentic Chinese staples.

Scintillant posted...

thin mints are a beloved staple of the girl scout cookie menu and while mint choco chip is a very popular ice cream flavors there are many critics who argue "it's just toothpaste flavored"

Thin mints are cookies, so they have a crispy texture and cookie carb taste that counteracts the sweet/minty flavor.

Ice cream has no crunchiness, so it reminds people of the same texture as toothepaste.

I like to think of it this way -- basketball, football, soccer, volleyball, etc., track/field are easier sports to master, but harder sports to become elite.

-- In order to become an elite basketball player, you need to be the top 450 players among the 450 MILLION who play basketball. that is 1 / 1 MILLION people.

If you're less than 6 feet tall, then you better be among the most skilled 10 players among 450 MILLION people who play.

-- Baseball, hockey, golf, etc. are harder sports to master, but easier to become elite. For baseball, you need to be around Top 800 among 15 million people who have played since they were 6-8 years old, so that's only 1 out of every 18750 people that you need to be better at.

ZannoL posted...

I don't think I could bring myself to.

Are beef hearts that much worse than what is inside hamburger ground beef, hot dogs, and sausages? What exactly do you think companies put in processed meat? And what do you think people use when they make beef stock and beef broth?

Most emergency contraception occurs when IUDs are used to prevent ovulation from occurring within 4 days of a woman having sex.

However, there are some rare cases where the sperm has reached the egg and they've fertilized. An IUD is then used to stop the zygote from implanting onto the uterus, or simply just kill that zygote.

This is a potential use of emergency contraception. Do you agree with this? And how would you propose that we BAN the latter kind, when doing so prevents the former, acceptable kind from being an option?

CARRRNE_ASADA posted...

Why are religious people against IVF?

-- IVF requires fertilizing multiple eggs with sperm, and producing dozens of embryos (which officially count as children in the eyes of evangelicals). Afterwards, doctors implant 1-4 embryos into the uterus and hope that one of them attach.
-- The leftover embryos are frozen and stored, either in the parent's freezer, or at the clinic.
-- If none of them attach, then they defrost a batch of embryos and try again.
-- At some point those embryos get discarded if the parents don't need to implant any more children. Discarding embryos = Murdering children, according to evangelicals.

rodu_jr posted...

I wonder if China has quietly told Putin to stfu yet

No, the more that certain countries are fighting each other, the more that China benefits.

China is a manufacturing-export nation. Their economy benefits when competing export countries do less manufacturing, so China will typically want to remain isolationist when it comes to things that they have no interests with. The more that the US, Russia, and Europe are all fighting each other, the less time and resources they are devoting towards making their manufacturing sectors competitive.

However, China will NOT be isolationist when it comes to their mining interests in Africa, or natural resources in SE Asia, and, of course Taiwan. When it comes to things, they are super invested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDaBWfZz458
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday to fulfill Moscows goals in Ukraine and sternly warned the West against deeper involvement in the fighting, saying that such a move is fraught with the risk of a global nuclear conflict.

bigblu89 posted...

But if you don't know how to ice skate, it would be noticeable the second you get out there.

Or, you can argue this from the other way. Once someone learns how to skate, they can go pretty far if they play a bit.

firedoom666 posted...

I have no idea why anyone would put Baseball on the list. It is mostly standing around doing nothing, unless you are the pitcher

Same could be said about any sport where you stand around and wait for your turn. Diving, for example.

thisworld posted...

The International Olympic Committee acknowledges the World Chess Federation (FIDE) so yes, it's a sport according to them. But chess itself has never ever become one of the olympic events. Take that as you will.

I never understood why Olympics doesn't define sports as having an athletics as a vital component to a competitive activity?

I think people have different definition of what 'hard' means. Does it mean:

1) Most difficult to excel at the highest level?
2) Most difficult to play, in general?
3) Requires the most natural talent or innate skills to even qualify to play?
4) Requires the most practice and repetition to excel.

Since everyone has their own ideas of what 'hard' means, this is where there is massive debate and disagreement.

Prismsblade posted...

Were the food portions at least adequate enough for you relative to the price?

Fine dining restaurants have small portions because most meals involve 9 to 20 courses. So the portions are relative to how many courses that are planned.

If you get a 20 course meal, then they portion each course with the goal that you'll be full once you get to the 19th/20th course.

teep_ posted...

Germany, Berlin area (though I'm willing to travel)

1) https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/capital-region/copenhagen/restaurant/noma
arguably the most famous restaurant in the world right now. unfortunately, it's closing at the end of the year, and i doubt you can get any spots anymore

2) https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/niedersachsen/wolfsburg/restaurant/aqua79029
3) https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/hamburg-region/hamburg/restaurant/the-table-kevin-fehling
4) https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/capital-region/copenhagen/restaurant/geranium
5) https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/berlin-region/berlin/restaurant/rutz

These are all of the 3-star restaurants in Germany or Copenhagen. This is if you're looking to spend $1000 euro for once in a lifetime experiences.

If you're more interested in good food, then you might wanna try 1 star restaurants and ask around ppl in your area for their opinion.

ArsGoetia posted...

but i feel like comparing the value of a single dining experience to a physical possession (like a gaming PC) that retains at least somewhat of its original value and lasts more than a single evening, doesn't really work lol

I think they use things like a PC or a Car, because, like many restaurants, you're paying +500% +1000% for an extra 1-5% in quality.

Harder to make that comparison with like an entertainment venue, but you are right in that I view fine dining more as enjoying art, than it is a commodity.

Mew posted...

How much did you tip?

Yeah, forgot to mention that a large portion of Michelin Star restaurants already priced a set tip amount into the cover. Also, most are saying that the normal tip is around 5-10% or so, 15% is considered very generous.

It's much lower at Michelin Star restaurants, because everyone knows that the servers and waitstaff are all paid very well, relative to normal restaurants.

pinky0926 posted...

Yes, but I'm starting to go off fine dining a bit, I'd rather just have a really fucking good bit of street food made by a one-man band these days.

Funny thing is that Michelin has started making guides for street food locations as well.
https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/restaurants/street-food

pinky0926 posted...

Some people (not many, definitely not most) will spend $700 on a meal.

I've had better meals for like $200, so to your previous point about only needing to spend like $1k on a gaming PC...yeah.

The funny part is that tasting food is also very subjective as well. So paying $200 vs $700 doesn't really matter. It is all based on the personal tastes of the guest. I would actually compare restaurant fine dining to art collecting.

Price is typically based on a variety of factors:
a) Location of Restaurant,
b) Reputation of the Head Chef, ownership
c) Demand / Waitlist
d) Quality of Restaurant facilities
e) Perceived quality, --- of all five senses.

ScazarMeltex posted...

It should be illegal for him to make these claims. Could the DNC sue him for defamation?

Unfortunately not. Political speech is considered free reign. The courts actually ruled that anyone is allowed to knowingly lie if it's political speech and not be sued or jailed.

MFBKBass5 posted...

Idk how people eat at these garbage ass chain restaurants, whether its fast food or a sit down place. Quality of the food is always worse, and service isnt usually any better.

it always blows my mind when people go on trips or vacations only to eat at the same crappy chain restaurants they have in their own town

I TRY to go to local establishments as often as I can, but what typically happens is:
a) inconsistent food because of inconsistent food sourcing
Hard to get the same food at the same price when you can't negotiate food prices as a small business
b) inconsistent food because of labor. hard to train labor to do things consistently without a huge training program like chain restaurants do.
c) chain restaurants have deals and coupons that I take advantage of.