That’s kind of where my head was going. I also had a good chuckle when I imagined a bright turquoise baby-bag with “Makita” on the side. Then again, that’s exactly how you get a refrigerated compartment for milk.

I agree. To me, this is just an amusing fashion choice. If you’re gonna need the gear, so you may as well have fun with it.

Honestly, when it comes to any accessory or tool, it’s going to have an aesthetic. Who cares what that is (as long as it’s not offensive). There’s also a tendency to consider terms like ‘fashion’ to be emasculating, but that’s what this is: fashion. Plus, kiddo isn’t going to care about logos and any gender representation; the only shit they’re giving is in their pants.

Other fashion choices for diaper bags that could be explored:

• Metal (leather/pleather, spikes, denim, band patches)
• Goth (like above, but with less denim and more ankhs and crosses)
• Gamer (cosplay appropriate bags, pokemon that’s also a bag, D&D mimic on a shoulder strap)
• Sports (tons of practical and team-branded merch options here)
• Office (suit material, inoffensive beige, briefcase handles and leather)
• Handyman/tradesman (toolbag or toolbelt aesthetic, tool manufacturer branding)
• EMT/firefighter (first-aid compartment, red/white aesthetic, cheeky “diaper emergency kit” on outside)
• Outdoorsman (gore-tex, tent material, typical REI brands, lots of straps for different carry options)

Edit: not a dad. Some of these may already exist. Point being: it’s all a matter of taste.

I once showed that trick feature - opening the terminal - to an Apple Genius Bar employee once. His brains almost fell out of his ear he was so surprised.

I agree. Murphy’s humanity is what sets him apart from the wishes of OCP, and is ultimately what saves the day.

To me, the whole ACAB thing implies that people have agency and can make moral and ethical choices on the job. Yet we see police do unethical and amoral things given the chance. Murphy is unable to deviate from his programming, yet in the grey areas where he can make a choice, tends to make the right one.

I’ve mentioned this before but not only is he resurrected so he can continue to work, but he’s property now.

Also, Murphy’s lack of agency due to this status was further exploited in the movie by scabbing a strike.

All this (satirically) suggests that, were death itself available as slavery and union-busting loophole, someone would exploit it given the chance.

I just want to piggyback on this comment to say, this is the way to live. It’s also an ideal way to dodge food sensitives if that’s your situation. Since we’re dealing with whole-foods here, and nothing has been souped, stewed, or combined in any way, everyone at the table can have something.

Thanks for the added opinion and context.

When I read he actually used the word “seppuku”, I immediately knew that it wasn’t just suicide he was talking about. He’s also saying that the oldest generation needs to admit they screwed everything up beyond repair, and answer for it.

Thanks. I hate it.

Do we really want “The time my AI bang-maid turned out to be a lethal combat robot” as a light novel? Because this is how that happens. (assuming it hasn’t already)

The trick is to find the right message and tone for the moment. I also think change like this is necessarily incremental. It’s possible that with enough doom-and-gloom around a pending “market correcting event”, that helping everyone reduce grocery bills by eating vegetarian a few nights a week, would be the right message.

Ah yes, that brief moment of cold panic where you sincerely contemplate being deathly ill but still able to do something about it… right before your memory kicks in.

Dry, salty, black olives. Best paired with a light beer and a blazing-hot summer day.

Pickled jalapenos are just fantastic. Hot, sour, flavorful, and just versatile at ‘waking up’ all kinds of food.

Capers are great on all kinds of savory dishes where you want a little salt and sourness, but other pickles would just be overkill.

Canned black olives belong on pizza, and the occasional loaded nacho plate. They’re kind of awful in other applications.

As for the classic dill pickle, ever had one in Dr. Pepper?

Yup. Learned that one back in the 3rd grade. This stuff is hard if you’re not experienced enough to know how people work.

On the upside, I learned that one cannot buy their way into other’s good graces, especially if they’re going to require you to modify your behavior to get there; they’re lying and that was never the issue. On the downside: holy shit that hurts once it goes wrong the first time.

As an adult I can also appreciate that there are situations where you can “buy your way in” to a club or status of some sort. IMO, those situations are generally not worth it to begin with, requiring an never-ending stream of cash to keep up appearances. Plus, it surrounds you with other people that also believe, and are invested, in the program. It’s a recipe for elitism at best, and a big 'ol grift at worst. Better friends and relationships can be had for $0 everywhere else.

For a lot of people in suburbia, the entire concept of indoor “third spaces” is mostly “pay to play” at the end of a drive. A big exception to this is/were shopping malls, but those aren’t always close by. To get to more a functional social fabric, we have to provide more convenient ways of interfacing with our neighbors that don’t always require money to change hands.

Perhaps this is a predictably orange-pill response, but we need to change zoning in a big way. Each suburban development has the street plan and infrastructure to support small businesses and common spaces, walking-distance from everyone’s front door. All it takes is to allow small-scale commercial development in corners of these collections of tract-homes and, just like that, you can have something like a functional village. Beyond that, encouraging more development of community recreation space, both indoor and outdoor, would go a long way to provide a place for people to mingle.

Edit: strip-malls don’t count. They’re often at the very edge of residential areas, and are tied up with way more capital than what I’m talking about. That’s why they’re made up of franchises, require ridiculous amounts of parking, and contribute to “stroads” and all the knock-on effects and hostile architecture that requires.

My first thought as well!

You know what 'ol Jack Burton says at a time like this?

Exactly.

Fuck, I agree with MTG this morning? And I was off to such a good start today.

I love this concept. The big problem is that a lot of American kitchens are (weirdly) modeled after old farmhouses where the sink was always under the one window in the whole room. The trend is absolutely hostile to this idea.

Yup. Also: I’m tall, so now I can’t see everything that’s in the sink. It also needs some kind of anti-tip measure if the suggested use is to keep heavy dishes up high like that. Also, I’m not convinced this is sanitary - are we gonna get raw-chicken-water-splashback onto clean plates?

Like everything in Idocracy, you take something everyday and make it more streamlined and efficient, then stupider, then repeat the stupid part a few more times.

In this case we see the evolution of the employee smock, apron, and id badge, into one all-purpose garment. It’s even one-size-fits-all.

Mailed pictures. Individually. Worse than a tiny moving picture, and nowhere near as convenient as a book.