Yorkshire tea is the only English tea allowed in my house.
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A pretty silly one but…
AMD because they are better supported in Linux in my experience. I dropped Intel and Nvidia a while back now.
Similarly, I have had better experiences with MSI for both motherboards and GPUs more recently than any other brand. ASUS was a long go-to for me but has failed me a lot more in the modern era.
I had to go for Nvidia last time as I needed a smaller form factor GPU which AMD didn’t seem to have at the time, but hopefully will be able to get back to AMD.
Agree that ASUS appears to have gone a little downhill.
Amds are beasts too. It’s unfortunate they aren’t competing with top tier because they freaking brought it with the 6900xtx. Beats my Nvidia hand over fist.
Only place I recommend Nvidia right now is if you’re doing AI workloads with CUDA - and even then amd is catching up
Only bad thing about amd gpus is the video transcoders are the weakest from the options. My jellyfin server, I installed an Arc a380 for $99. Cant beat it for the transcoding performance at that price.
Sensodyne. Too many fizzy drinks as a teenager, unfortunately.
That does nothing to me. I can’t even let cold tap water touch my teeth - let alone chilled beverages.
Honda, Toyota, Mazda, (and maybe Mitsubishi) in that order.
I refuse to buy any other brand of vehicle if I can avoid it.
This a result of growing up in shops, working on every brand available in the US, and a large family having owned or driven pretty much everything out there.
American and European cars are just garbage in comparison. Even Mitsubishi is better (and they were really diminished by the Chrysler merger).
Along with the car theme, Nokian tires if you live in a climate with real winter.
Milwaukee cordless tools, but only because I like their vast variety of tools that use the same battery. I’ve had other brands that have been fine (and I’m not nice to the tools): Dewalt (still have some 20-year old tools with Milwaukee adapters), the store brands from Home Depot and Lowes, etc.
Work clothes: Carhartt is really hard to beat, but Dickies are damn good too.
Idk about Toyota now, I just got a new Toyota (a pretty expensive one 2x my last new car 10 yrs ago) and they are making some bad choices. Their infotainment system is terrible, their app is terrible and costs a monthly fee, Android auto drops all the time, and I’ve blown 2 fuses already doing pretty normal stuff.
Sadly I learned the Yorkshire tea bags release microplastics along side all other major tea brands. (Yorkshire tea was super solid and my go to till that point)
Switched to loose leaf and haven’t looked back.
loose leaf ftw ;)
I have one box of tea bags, in case someone really insist on using that but we buy our tea in bulk from Dammann Frères, a well-known and rather old brand here in Paris. It’s kinda expensive, but so effing worth it. Just thinking about it makes me want to prepare a cup of tea for my spouse and I ;)
It’s Tetley Tea or nothing.
If you bring it to my house, I’ll throw you out haha
Ha! If you’re going to serve up Yorkshire Tea, I ain’t coming.
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Yamamotoyama oolong tea is tasty, ubiquitous and cheap.
Wera for screwdrivers and wrenches. Best tools I ever had.
Knipex makes the best pliers and Savotta is among the best camping/military gear manufacturers. Other than that, I can’t really think of anything else I’d be buying based on the brand.
Came here to say Savotta. Made in the EU, with top notch materials. Also agree about Knipex (I only have a wire cutter which I use for my guitar strings, but damn is it nice).
I rarely drink lemonade, but when I do it’s tonissteiner.
My tea brand of choice is Stash… mostly because they’re semi-local but they also make great tea.
Most of our dairy comes from Tillamook.
That’s Tillamook you fucking philistine. 😜
Their aged white cheddar is to die for.
Thank you. Fixed
Allegra. Generic fexofenadine gives me heartburn.
Oh, that’s interesting. I wonder why?
Cheap inert ingredients maybe?
Heartburn is a listed side effect of fexofenadine, but for me, it only happens when I take a generic version.
North face. It’s probably advertising but after rotating between a dozen coats over the past 15 years, North face was the only one that looks stylish, is extremely durable, and kept me, my neck, and my mouth warm.
https://www.zojirushi.com/ appliances, they are nicely built and have never broken yet. I still have my first rice cooker
They are the best and they are worth it. Practically a BIFL item in every case.
Crocs. Actual Crocs TM are like walking on a cloud of happiness; knock-offs are like walking with shoes made of dried-up old chewing gum.
