You have never met an asshole cat?

Listen, I’ve had some great cats. One in particular was so chill and cuddly when he got diabetes and I had to give him insulin injections twice a day, he would jump up and then snuggle and purr after. Greatest cat ever. That cat had his own cat who was super skiddish with people. If you looked up scardy cat you wouldn’t see a picture of this cat because he would run and hide if you pointed your attention in their direction, let alone a camera. They had radically different personalities. There are also asshole cats. Frankly a lot of them (kinda like people).

I think some people have interacted mostly with the assholes and choose not to continue, it’s at least a bit understandable.

If it was off brand it would be really cheap and you know your kids will eat it. Also its EASY. At the end of a long day getting shit on by everyone, sometimes making rice and beans just takes too long and us too much effort.

socks dont weigh much, then again I dont subscribe to the ultralight stuff. I am paranoid so I bring 4. One to wear, one I just cleaned and is drying, one for a backup (if I am hiking in wet conditions and want to change mid day or if I get a hole in one pair or…), and one as a backup to the backup. Three is probably enough, but I always have that second backup.

Im a big guy too and I was never a fan of the ultralight obsession. just stumbled onto this community as some friends are talking about doing a section of the PCT next year. Gear review/recommendations are welcome.

Wash them?

If you are backpacking, you should have at LEAST 2 pairs of socks and you wash them at the end of the day. Use campsuds or the equivalent. I also had a ritual of washing my feet every morning with the cold stream water right before putting on the socks. It helped prevent blisters. This was back in the day when you had to have a pure wool sock and a polypro liner as a separate sock. now the smartwool is much easier to deal with.

Just serve the fruit seperate.

I do not like melons. Because they are cheap they put them in all the fruit salad and they contaminate all the good fruit they touch.

Even fruit salad that doesn’t have melon in it (rare), the bananas get turned to mush and the oranges get beat to pulp.

There is no upside to tossing it all together unless you put it in wine for sangria.

it would be amazing if Stewart wore a bow-tie. I would love to watch that.

The answer has already been revealed. Its all about outsourcing to the lowest bidder. El Salvador, Uganda, Eswatini.

another fun fact, today is international talk like a pirate day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day

The whole statement of, “for some reason, the most extreme views get pushed” was kind of interesting to me. The reason is engagement. We know that.

I have to say the whole gamer gate thing made me realize I’m too old for this shit and I have no idea what the hell is going on on the internet anymore. I still don’t really understand what the fuck happened. Because every time it’s brought up, it gets brought into this weird huge discussion like this video.

Its ok to feel angry. It doesn’t even have to be justified. You don’t have to take out your anger on people, you can just feel it. It is a part of the grieving process.

Honestly, how is this mocking? At absolutely worst its dismissive or disrespectful, but that is a bit much.

Brown the butter before adding back in the drained noodles and add cream cheese. Cut back the milk a bit.

I think you would be surprised how bad the neighborhood would get with the US broken up into waring factions.

how quickly will BRICS snuggle up to the greater Texas petro state? What is their next move? Mutual defense pact? Plus with aligned states cutting the two coasts apart up through Idaho, there are really two seperate ‘liberal’ nations, not one. Oh, and California has the largest population of republicans outside of Texas so, not a lot of support. The US would be carved up and devoured in 2-3 years. It would no longer be a world player. That is already clearly the goal and it is working. I dont know why people want to accelerate this rather than attempt to reverse it.

Every. Damn. Time.

How is it news still?

A house divided cannot stand

His family said he was vocal about not liking Kirk. Your head filled in the part as to why. I find it suspicious they didn’t expand on that more. I guess it’s hard to admit “we raised a white supremacist”

Check out F/X. It’s litterally about practical special effects. It’s been a long time but I remember liking it a lot. I wasn’t subscribed to Fangoria but my buddy was.

I was talking to someone about dead alive earlier this evening at my 8yo bday party. Such a classic.

“I kick ass for the LORD!”