ER was the first one that came to mind.

It was a trend that had a little burst of popularity. It’s a type of frappe that is popular in Korea. It’s made with instant coffee, sugar, and water. Whip that until it forms silky peaks. Take a tall glass with ice, add 8 oz of milk, top with the whipped coffee mixture.

When everything shut down and supply chains were temporarily disrupted, coffee shops were closed and fresh coffee beans were at a premium. Dalgona coffee is a fancy frappe made with cheap, shelf-stable ingredients (you could substituted the milk for nut milk or powdered).

This is to science what homeopathy is to medicine.

Covid Barbie. Pajama pants, slippers, business casual from the shoulder up. Accessories include hand sanitizer, a dalgona coffee, fresh baked bread, half-done knitting, and a general malaise that is the unmistakable sign of embracing nihilism.

For the leaders, it is utopia. The suffering is hidden from view to let them enjoy things, kind of like slave labor and factory farming.

Nothing is true. Everything is permitted. Payments up front.

When I was like 4 or 5, I remember vividly that we would go visit my aunt and uncle. My father and my uncle would drink ouzo out of these fancy glasses with silver around the rim. Seeing a clear liquid, and being very thirsty from running around the yard, I went to one of the glasses for some water. I don’t remember exactly if the adults encouraged me or tried to stop me, but I remember thinking that those glasses made water taste really bad. I still have a visceral reaction to silver-rimmed drinkware to this day.

In high school, we drank beer, sometimes wine, and vodka or rum if we could get it.

Reddit posts were a significant source for training LLMs. The algorithms know what people want.

“I had a dream with you, too! Did you wake up sore, too?”

Lex would also hurt innocent people to hurt Superman (or benefit himself). Batman only hurts bad people when it is necessary.

All I’m seeing is asterisks

RAID is carrying a spare tire in your car. Backups are like having an extra car in the garage in case your primary geta totaled.

It’s possible you’ll never need either one, but if you pop a flat, a whole extra car is overkill.

It’s not a perfect metaphor, since most people don’t have a spare car.

I had a disagreement once about whether or not “between the cheeks” counts as “inside.” The final verdict was it depends on the context.

Punching nazis is encouraged here.

As I understand it, rapid flood waters will likely crush you to death with debris, or you’ll get stuck underwater. A vest won’t save you from either of those.

But if you have one, wear it. Swimming ability won’t help you if you’re unconscious or exhausted. Ideally, you stay out of the water, but if you can’t, you’ll be better off with a life jacket on.

I think I knew that. My comment was untreated ADHD. Sorry.

His brother, the famous one, Leo Gallagher died in 2022. Piecing together the story from various interviews, it seems like Ron initially had Leo’s blessing to do some of the act, and had even had Ron replace him on occasion to see the act from the audience, but Ron took it too far from tribute towards deception. There was nothing in his act that indicated he wasn’t the Gallagher, and it wasn’t until after the show that I was able to convince my mom that we were duped.

This was the late 90s, early internet days, and in 2002 Leo won the lawsuit that prohibited Ron from doing the sledge-o-matic routine or using deceptive advertising that might fool people into thinking Ron was Leo. Ron retired from entertainment after that.

It’s a shame, because Ron did the act really well, and had a bit more edge to his routine. It had a chaotic energy that worked really well in a small club, and I can’t imagine seeing the famous Gallagher in a giant stadium would be as much fun. But I completely understand Leo not wanting his brother to tarnish the brand, or engage in deception. After the show, I found a few boards where people had posted about Ron’s act, saying that they felt cheated and warning others not to buy tickets to his shows.

That reminds me of when I went to see Gallagher Too. My mom thought she had bought tickets to see Gallagher, but it was in a tiny comedy club in New Jersey. The guy did Gallagher’s act, and we had fun, and we bought shirts he signed after the show. “Ron Gallagher” was his signature.

We later learned it was Gallagher’s brother, who was later sued to stop the impersonation act.

Spacey was disingenuous at best, and was trying to clear his conscience and avoid self-incrimination at the same time.

Different circumstances and different crimes, and especially different victims.

Also, Weinstein and Cosby were openly assaulting women for decades. They victimized hundreds of women, and Cosby isn’t even in jail anymore.