ericbomb

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ericbomb OP ,

Oh yes! Yogurt with some crunch and fruit is just SOOO good, and you can get a like $4 tub of yogurt that lets you eat some every day for a week.

ericbomb OP ,

Ooh those look good! Just fruit and seeds. Looks better than the stupid granola bars that are mostly sugar.

ericbomb OP ,

Hah crazy how often brands pull this off and we don't even notice.

But yeah popsicles are good! I now have good memories of making popsicles with like lemonade and strawberries in them in ice cube trays.

I should make some ice cube popsicles...

ericbomb OP ,

... okay but which snacks are peak for a dollar?

I do remember when I was young though I would go to dollar tree and they would sell a pack of fudge covered graham crackers, and those were amazing.

ericbomb OP ,

My banana bro!

ericbomb OP ,

I mean a small amount of oil usually helps.

ericbomb OP ,

Oooh great shout! Now remembering how crazy we would go with the little $20 popcorn machine my mom bought.

ericbomb OP ,

"Hear me out"

describes a lazy chocolate coffee

I mean it is a unique way of making it, but it's still just adding coco powder and sugar to cold brew!

ericbomb OP ,

Oh sick!

I always find joy in the fact that vegan community accidentally made a large infrastructure for people who need to cut out certain animal products.

Find that you can't eat eggs? Vegans know what replacements work for what purpose.

Milk disagree with you? They have choices!

Happy to hear that it made it easier to cut out dairy for your health!

ericbomb OP ,

The book is a parody of itself.

I dare you to find a part that isn't near gibberish!

ericbomb OP ,

I'd rather read that than another story of a child being handed a sword and killing grown men.

Give them a spear and have them focus on tricking people into charging! Anything besides a sword or bow, the two most difficult to learn weapons from the medieval ages!

ericbomb OP ,

Anything really!

Also it annoys me because swords and bows are THE most difficult weapons to learn from the medieval ages. We have legends about master bowmen and swordsmen because they were notoriously difficult to use.

You can look up videos of reenactors of people using spears vs. swords, and people who have never touched a spear in their life can beat people who have been using swords for reenactments for years.

To use longbows effectively was a life long commitment.

Crossbows didn't have more power than longbows, they were popular because it took 20 minutes to teach a strong peasant how to fire, and a few weeks to get them firing at the proper cadence to be effective. Being effective with a bow took far longer.

Medvedev threatens Russia may seize private US assets if Washington seizes frozen Russian reserves ( kyivindependent.com )

Russia could seize assets and property of U.S. individuals held in Russia if Washington confiscates Russian sovereign assets, Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, threatened on April 27.

ericbomb ,

Punishing US companies that greedily stayed in Russia?

Don't threaten me with a good time!

ericbomb OP ,

Well yes they are.

That's why I was asking if any stood out to you as helpful.

ericbomb OP , (edited )

Oh that makes a ton of sense!

Even if the categories are iffy, both people getting different results is probably enough to go "hey maybe we need to talk about what makes us feel loved"

ericbomb ,

"Comments turned off"

I wonder how long that has been the case!

ericbomb ,

Except... if you said you were throwing paper, they would think you were trying to bait them into going scissors so you could go rock.

So wouldn't they themselves go paper? Why would they go rock?

ericbomb ,

Dang it, I feel like this could be a really stupid study. Do this to hundreds of people and record the average response.

ericbomb OP ,

gasp

And there are even recommended tag mashes for different genres! I have found my people who have been similarly hurt by picking up a book that they thought was a standalone, then running right into a cliff hanger wall and an unfinished series.

ericbomb OP ,

If you google "which wheel of time can I skip" you will find many discussions about it.

You'll also find fan edits where for a ton of chapters are skipped and instead gives a small update of anything important that happened.

Famously, despite women being incredibly powerful and it having tons of female characters that talk to one another, he gives a lot of them quirks that get brought up all the time.

ericbomb OP ,

Spot on!

I remember in middle school when I was given the series I was hooked after reading the first book!

Then as I was getting more through the series it was more a sense of stubborn wanting to see it through than anything.

ericbomb OP ,

Fans who follow more closely can correct me if I'm wrong, but....

The author streams and does events, but hasn't given any updates in a long time. He did a fund raiser where a goal was releasing the first chapter of his next book, which he supposedly has been working on since 2011, and he never did despite meeting the goal. Sure feels like despite supposedly working on it for 2011 he hasn't even made a draft of the opening chapter.

Additionally, his previous editors and publisher have said they haven't seen any indication he is working on them at all. So it doesn't seem like he's agonizing over revision 512 and still not happy with it. Seems like he just never made a first draft.

ericbomb OP ,

Haha my gf reads fan fiction and I do get jealous!

She can do "cozy platonic, slow burn" with any 3 characters in a story and she'll get a perfect list as if it'd been hand curated for her despite it being a seemingly insane thing to look for.

Like how come I can't just click on good reads " finished series only" but she can find a list of all stories where the main characters have been turned into cats and snuggle up together???

ericbomb OP ,

My Canon ends with Dune so thats a good point!

Most people only care about the first book though, so I'm not special there.

ericbomb OP ,

By not falling in love with book 1 you saved yourself some pain, so don't fret too much.

ericbomb ,

No no no.

The turtle is employed; they work for the cops.

ericbomb , (edited )

Sooo how many chemicals are one or two atoms from being deadly with exposure to just a few millileters?

I'm guessing just... a lot.

ericbomb OP ,

"Oh that has funny jokes!"

"Oh... they were the only good jokes."

ericbomb ,

Uhh what do I do with the burnt remains of something I put in there earlier and didn't take out before pre heating?

ericbomb ,

"Huh, I wonder who that beeping was for"

ericbomb ,

I can't even joke without losing my thought at the absurdity.

This isn't moving the goal, this is changing the definition of a goal from getting into the net to the ball being on the field.

ericbomb ,

almost gags after tasting them

"Uhh yeah guys. Totally tastes great, but those pesky who guidelines..."

ericbomb , (edited )

I lost 80 pounds and my stomach still hurts a ton when ever I eat, what's the next step doctor?

Doc: *surprised Pikachu face *

ericbomb ,

I was told by a doctor at 12 that I should never drink soda, caffeine, alcohol, or smoke to try to reduce stomach pain.

Also I'm a male so it can't be period pains or pregnancy.

ericbomb ,

Haha oh yeah and I was in character responding to your fake useless doctor.

The things lazy doctors always wanna blame:
Weight
Pregnancy
Period
Smoking
Lack of sleep
Stress

The last one is fun, because how do you argue you're not stressed? I can prove I'm not the other ones. But I'm here for the 4th time this year, I spent all last weekend vomiting after following the laid out diet perfectly, yes, yes I'm stressed!

ericbomb ,

Obama as now, or at the same age as me?

30 YO Obama looked amazing.

ericbomb OP ,

True! Lots of wonderful comments here.

ericbomb OP ,

Oh man see I knew i was missing stuff! My gf wanted more if an explanation of why I didn't love a vpn but I couldn't really explain more than "if you leave sign pots everywhere that you live here, probably don't need to worry about bread crumbs"

ericbomb OP ,

You're so right and never thought of it like that! If you Google and find a new service you've never heard of, we're expected to give up our soul in a heartbeat! Even for a new email so many are like:
First name
Last name
Phone number for dual authentication
Install this app for dual auth
Birthdate!

Like dude, there are a lot of services that just that information alone is enough to call in and take my account. It's so scary how common that is.

A game I play uses PayPal as the payment processor, and pay pal decided to pay this specific company I had to upload the front and back of my ID.

Just... ugh.

ericbomb ,

Must not be anywhere near to the actual free way entrance then if it's that cheap! Cheap places always have trash commutes.

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    ericbomb ,

    Most undocumented immigrants in the US enter legally then never leave.

    The idea that most cross the border on foot isn't supported by data.

    ericbomb ,

    Article implies it's less of new stuff, and more parts to repair current missile defense system.

    Which makes sense why it's critical. Ability to prevent more apartment buildings being turned to rubble is probably top of the list.

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