I’m not, I’m dead. BTW I ate a carrot that had been on the counter for almost an hour.

Could be, if it’s not very saucy and depending on the toppings, but I meant the focaccia and garlic bread.

Oil doesn’t count as moisture.

All. Part of what bothers me is the dishonesty of phrasing it as a question. It strikes me as counter to the spirit of asklemmy, if the question isn’t actually honestly seeking an answer. I’d be happy with a rule along those lines instead.

That did occur to me, but it such a rule were instituted and my post therefore deleted, I would be delighted.

Sometimes we get stuck on the idea that a thing is supposed to be fun, to the extent of letting the idea override our actual experience of it not being fun. Especially when a thing used to be fun.

Some things that are fun at first wear out. I’ve had that experience with games where I become aware of the grind and it feels like just a bunch of work trying to constantly raise arbitrary numbers.

I’ve had the experience with partying too. One just needs to seek more fulfilling things, and be open to finding them.

I would just say that the psychological stuff it connects to varies somewhat person to person. For example, competitiveness and power dynamics don’t connect for me.

Grog and Thog plot to steal fire from the Priests of Oog, who hold power over their people by controlling this technology.

It does become worth more if you hoard it. They call that interest.

As to the not texting you first thing: one possibly is she gets a lot of unwanted male attention from those who over-interpret her niceness as romantic interest, and she is really leery of encouraging anyone. She might be afraid you have such interest.

Very well said. There is also an effect at play here where the more dire an accusation is, the more our natural tendency is to believe it. Take a more extreme example: pedophile. If your neighbor is accused of being a pedophile, however flimsy the evidence, people are going to start acting as if it is true.

It’s logical behavior, in a way, because dangers with more serious consequences need to be taken more seriously. Its safer to just assume a dangerous threat is really a threat even if you’re not sure about the data. This is terrible for those with suspicion cast on them, but it is a thing.

Please be aware, any accusation that could be used to vilify an opponent, and make one potentially look like the Good Guy for calling them out WILL be used. Some people are shit, and others will easily rationalize themselves into believing whatever is convenient, with the flimsiest evidence.

Issues that are especially fraught, the sort of accusations that really get people riled up are especially tempting for such people.

Moose is a good example of an animal that might kill you for looking at him funny in rutting season. Especially if you have a dog.

They fit relatively tightly compared to boxers, even when the right size.

The was no ‘just’, just as there was no equating.

Bring any nuance to a charged topic and the ones who think in black and white terms will come to misinterpret what you said in the least charitable way.

In reality, it’s not purely about race. Most racism isn’t between groups that are culturally identical, it is between groups with significant cultural differences. Race is just the most obvious attribute used to identify the other group.

I get you, but how would you phrase it? I expect, BTW, that it might be intended to cover both the extreme of children forced to work in a sweatshop 12/7 and children who have to help their parents with some subsistence tasks.

Thank you for your service!

Start collecting tools from yard sales.