PastyWaterSnake

🅱️eptune!

For this specifically, "Traitorous Critic Fallacy". More broadly, an Ad Hominem argument.

Self-driving car:

"Oh, I need to wait for this other car to pass me before I merge lanes. I'll just wait :)"

"Oh, I need to wait for this other car to pass me before I merge lanes. I'll just wait :)"

"Oh no! I'm right between two lanes and I can't move because the other cars are in the way :')"

"I'll just wait here with my hazard lights on until traffic clears up :)"

I was mostly joking, but I did get some oily/greasy dust in my mouth, and it tasted kind of burnt and spicy, which is why I came up with "steak seasoning"

But yes, I do actually inadvertently get limestone in my mouth often, but unfortunately (or fortunately) it really doesn't taste like anything. Maybe I will have to sample a larger size.

I might ask our geologist if she "taste tests" the rocks, according to what another commenter said...

I work in limestone quarries every day. The dust and grit gets everywhere, and almost every day I will get some in my mouth. Sometimes pieces that are about the size of a skittle somehow make it into my mouth (no. They do not taste like lime Skittles)

The taste isn't the problem, it's the gritty texture that makes it feel like you're grinding away at your teeth. The taste is similar to steak seasoning. I keep some unflavored gum with me and chew it when I get some in my mouth. This allows me to enjoy the salty/savory flavor while getting past the horrible texture. If only they made steak-flavored chewing gum.

Lost/reduced wages from time off work, and health insurance doesn't cover everything.

In my experience, the Mr. Clean ones hold up much better. Generic melamine sponges tear too easily.

But maybe I'm just getting the wrong generic ones. I've tried two or three different generic brands and they all sucked

How can you expect yourself to integrate well into any conversation when you're fixated on "well technically..."

If 99% of people colloquially agree that A = B, then it doesn't really matter if 'A' and 'B' are really the same thing if everybody knows what we're talking about. It's the most obnoxious shit when someone tries to argue in this way, and you're not convincing anybody or adding anything meaningful to the discussion.

I have a Mazda CX-5. The track seek buttons are counterintuitive IMO, and the Adaptive Cruise distance buttons are too.

Next track is UP, previous track is DOWN. Not like going down a list.

Adaptive Cruise control is UP to increase distance, DOWN to decrease. This seems like it would make sense, but I would prefer it the other way. UP to get closer, DOWN to pull back the distance

I've bought pretty expensive equipment, tube amplifier, many fancy headphones, optical DACs. A library full of FLAC files. I even purchased a $500 portable DAP. I've never been able to reliably tell a difference between FLAC and 320k MP3 files. At this point, it really doesn't concern me anymore either, but I at least like to see my fancy tube amp light up.

I will say, though, $300 seems to be the sweet-spot for headphones for me.

Of course, you have freedom of choice. You can choose between eating a shit sandwich or a tube of tile grout compound.

Hope like hell that my 2500w inverter generator can start my HVAC blower so I can run the gas heat