to be fair, hydraulic brakes with power steering dead would be a tall order to stop a fucking 3000 kg rust bucket too

I had a tiny ford focus power steering fail on a muddy, but flat road and it was pretty scary

Chemistry has never been my strong suit. But… is metal alloys having lower melting points than the constituent metals (I think that is true at least?) related to the same mechanic?

I don’t agree it has been “cheapened”, its meaning depends on the relationship itself. I am currently in a new relationship, we’ve been together for 3 months. I am the kind to be more affectionate, and am often saying that I like her. I sometimes get that back, but I wish it was more often, as I like confirmation and affection too (and I told her that much). But saying “I love you” would be… very significant for me, and we are really not there yet. And also, from what I understand about her previous history, she might very well never have been quite there, despite having been in a very long relationship, so uh, yeah. Knowing that, if I heard her say “I love you” to me, it’d be extremely meaningful.

No, I just put a little water and the “marinade” (soy, liquid smoke and spices) in the dry granulate then knead it vigorously until the liquids are absorbed and it has the consistency of wet dough. The granulate is one of the cheaper kinds, ordered it online but don’t remember exactly where.

I kinda freehand them everytime. But I first take an onion, chop it finely and fry it up a bit. Then I put in together with this cheap dried soy mince which I slightly hydrate and marinate in soy sauce, liquid smoke and a huge amount of different spices (cumin, cloves, herbs, nutmeg, etc, I forget all of it). I mix it with my hands thoroughmy, and also put a spoon of potato starch to make it hold together better, then make the balls and fry them.

I usually cook without oil, but these things need a little oil in the pan to be best

Do you think it would work with no oil at all?

I have successfully quit smoking twice. I know it sounds silly to say successfully when it happened twice, but still: I smoked for about 10 years, about half a pack to a pack (rarely more, if drinking heavily). Then I finally decided to seriously quit, cold turkey, and managed to stay off nicotine for over 3 years. At that point I periodically tested smoking again, by asking friends at parties like “hey can I just see if it does anything for me” and could literally not pull a proper drag even, I felt as if I lost the ability to smoke, similarly to how I was before even starting.

Then I had a very stressful situation in my life, bought a pack of cigarettes on a whim, and started smoking again. After about 6 months I decided that it was a super bad idea and stopped again. Now it’s been about 5 months clean, again.

Anyway, the first two weeks are the worst. If you get through them, it will get way easier. At this point I can’t stand the smell of smokers, i.e. them just standing close to me. Hydrate properly, have a snack, go for a walk (though admittedly walks can suck if you’re used to smoking on them).

Also not sure about the blunts slang, but I was able to smoke joints and take bong hits without nicotine addiction piping up.

You’re right on the money there’s already a lot of focus on “poor isolated white swedes”, nothing on the fash narratives soaking every corner of society

They are machines, so I rage against them

I have zero media literacy

I live in the Doom Mines. I mine doom.

Honestly, it’s not good for much and the economy has been trash lately, the mine has been flooding and wheat doesn’t grow well here. I don’t really see it getting much better any time soon.

strong blow to Amerikkkan imperialism

I wish. Still, uncritical support to comrade moneybags

nah, that’s just part of being a cool dude