What are you? My alt account?

Also if you haven’t tried it take a look at “soy meat” it’s basically dried tofu and it’s a popular meat substitute in Mexico. Once cooked it has the texture like ground beef, but since it’s a spongey material when dry it soaks up flavor like none other. I like to cut it 50:50 with ground beef and soak it in a slightly different spice mix than the rest of the dish for things like sloppy joes and chili.

Ah yes, biblically accurate shipping.

I’ve witnessed ball lightning twice in my life. None of the crazy UFO style stuff, both cases the lightning was arching between clouds and just sort of balled up and hovered there for a few seconds before fizzling out.

A little more repeatable, I once stopped in the middle of nowhere in west Oregon at 2am. We pulled over on some rural road, turned off all the lights and just looked at the sky. It was the first time I’d ever been somewhere I couldn’t at least see light pollution on the horizon. I grew up in a rural area, I’d always shown off the stars you could see out there, but the awe I felt in that perfect darkness seeing more stars than I’d ever managed before has actually soured my love of the sky. The sky at home looked so dull after that. I live in the city now and rarely see any stars, somehow I don’t mind.

Got covid and flu shots Saturday and that took me out all weekend. Today I felt good enough to distribute the new moss around my turtle enclosure. According to their new meters, it’s 85f and 95% humidity which is just where they want go be. I’ve been watching them tromp around and bask.

Totally not the answer you were here for, but you could likely upgrade your setup by reaching out to your local school district and asking if you can loot their e-waste. They’ll want to keep any storage because it may contain sensitive data, but all the rest of the hardware is free for the pickings. My son’s pc, my server, and my two projectors all came from an e-waste crate at the local school district office.

If I may evoke the ancient laws. Rule 10 - the internet is not your personal army.

They do, but I’ve found those difficult to carry and you lose then when the sheet buckles.

Is he their love child?

Oh that’s cool. I guess that make the OC’s point all the dumber.

I was not aware blue was a girl, which I suppose makes the post I’m replying to all the dumber.

Probably because you give them the ick.

Imagine being so bothered by someone else’s preferences that you make a comic out of it…

Blue is literally on the picture

Putting the stupid aside, are there any female dog companions in cartoons? There are a few add in characters like the pink dog from blues clues, but I can’t think of any others.

That’s beautiful!

I like taking these and flipping them to get sinister positivity.

No longer praying on your happiness, I will be directly involved.

Young Adult>Classic>Shelf A

A lot of people give this book and it’s cartoon shit because they were exposed too young, but it’s message is something that a lot of other books don’t offer so I really think it should be available. Ideally, ages 12-17 would be able to handle the content and genuinely digest the meaning while still being young enough for it to have a lasting impact on their development.

Also it would be a library, not a bookstore.

If I take the expected route I’m set to graduate at 33. Statistically that gives me 50 more years to put that paper to use.

What could you possibly be doing that a 2 year difference could jeopardize?

I can’t speak for all of us but in my area there aren’t any of those in my area. There are 4 community outreach groups in my area, two of them are churches and the other two are “non-denominational” shelters that are run out of churches. Try as I might, I’ve never found a worker’s party, I don’t think those are a thing here in the us. Outside of that, there’s a ton of volunteer options in my area if I want to help the homeless, stray cats, even the elderly. I love those, they’re great work, they don’t fix this.

I already do what I can for local politics, it isn’t making a difference, but maybe in 10 years we can get a mayor that isn’t going to raise tax on poor neighborhoods. I do wish I’d gotten into this 20 years ago, it’s on me and those like me for letting it get this bad, but guilt is about as useful as the few things I can volunteer for.

That something better is what I’m begging for. I’ve stood and chanted, signed petitions, called representatives, stood in the rain to vote, taken every person I know to the polls, and the fascists still sit in office. I don’t need a prettier protest sign, I need someone to put a wrench in my hand and tell me the bolts that need tightened. I need someone with a plan that isn’t just “tell them we disaprove.”

I get that you also don’t have a better answer, that’s ok. This isn’t so much an argument about how as it is an extended scream into the void. I’m here, I’m willing, someone please fucking radicalize me already!