“I wanted to be outraged and lose sleep daily. I need to yell at my computer and throw things at my TV in order to feel alive”

Because reasons.

Fuckers. I was about to renew. Fucking fuckers. Fucking fuckety fuck fuck fuckers.

This does not appear to be well known: kale really needs colder temperatures in order to taste best. It’s sweetest when it has been through a frost or two. Unfortunately that’s not always maximally profitable for Huge Giant Corporate farms and so your kale is grown in warmer temperatures and tends to be bitter.

On the plus side, it’s incredibly easy to grow yourself.

It’s fake news. You gotta be careful with these internet “sources”. Do your research!

when Nancy pelosi sets herself up as a defacto leader using insider trading

Dude. You should put down the bong long enough to read up on what was covered in the high school civics class you slept through.

And it’s genuinely not a joke.

I’m well aware.

To “descend” you’d have to have not been there in the first place.

Damn you for beating me to this.

I used to make a lot of bread and things like pizza dough. I’ve even grown and ground my own wheat and other grains.

And then my partner developed and/or decided they have a gluten sensitivity. Yes I’ve tried making gluten-free whatever but it’s not the same. I want my gluteny-goodness.

I will harbor this resentment forever.

Pick me! Pick me! oh oh oh!

You are correct - I had forgotten (been quite a while). I still think it’s funny but thanks for pointing this out.

But 宝 (Bǎo) means “precious” or “treasured” and 红宝书 probably only gets translated as little red book because it sounds better in English.

I merely meant that type of plane is important since they have different roles.

In fact the air resources on the LA fires are significantly greater than you outlined. I haven’t been following it at that level but for the Palisades fire alone Watchduty says there are 5123 Personnel, 540 engines, 66 dozers, 60 water tenders and 44 helicopters. I haven’t seen a list for fixed wing but it’s way more than 3 tankers - they’ve been drawing S2s, LATs and VLATs from all over the state. And there are of course more aircraft from other states.

BTW if you are interested the Watchduty app is great for this info. I also use FlightAware and/or FlightRadar24 to see aircraft in the sky. And yes I nerd out on this stuff - I used to do fire reporting for my community.

Wow. They really went with Xiao hong shu?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotations_from_Chairman_Mao_Tse-tung

“of this type”

I heard he’s going to get a divorce so he can marry the ostrich.

“I mean technically any medical service is not truly medically necessary, right? You could just die*”

*Funeral services are not covered under your current plan.

Even many poor, working class people of that age own their homes after all.

It’s not JUST that houses were cheaper. It’s also that they’ve had the >= 30 years of working to pay off their mortgage.

So I’m gonna push back on this notion that quality boots that last a long time are even close to this price.

Red Wings are typically $180-270. I have a friend who does resoles and charges around $100-120. I’ve heard folks get their boots resoled every 2-3 years or so. Don’t know if that’s typical. So assuming a “lifetime” is 20 years and you resole 5 times in that period, you are looking at around $200+$500 minimum, not even accounting for inflation. Big difference.

I’ve never owned Red Wings - I will check them out but I note they do not make chelsea/chukka steel toe work boots in appropriate sizes. I wear Blundstone 990s because they are unisex, not too expensive and are pretty bomb proof.

They cannot be resoled but I find since I wear them for work I wear the sole and leather at about the same rate anyway and they typically will last me 3-4 years.

tl;dr I don’t think $100 “lifetime” boots exist, even behind magical mirrors.

Where can I get these lifetime boots for $100?