Biggest difference was at the doctor's office:
Fat me: Doctor, I've been shot!
Doctor: Have you tried losing weight? That's clearly the problem.
Thin me: Doctor, I've been shot!
Doctor: Well your bloodwork looks great, nothing to do here.
Man, I remember when this meme was new. Mainly because I also bought a brand new bugeye WRX about that time. So jeez, this meme is just shy of 25 years old. Wow.
Owning a car you actually love is pretty great. After a shitty day at work, there's something awesome about walking out to the parking lot and seeing my WRX waiting for me. I'll be the first to bitch about how America is too car-centric, but we really knock it out of the park when we get it right.
And yes, I'm aware it's a Japanese car, I'm more referring to the owning/operating experience as an American. Which sadly seems to be going away. Modern cars feel more like an app that just happens to have wheels. But that's a topic for another thread.
I would LOVE to believe this will force automakers to return to using buttons instead of touchscreen.
Yeah, I know. But I'd sure love to believe it.
I'm a bit surprised I've never heard of LONGTIME. Seems like they're doing exactly what I've wanted - searching out products designed to last.
That said, not sure I need a Buy It For Life cable. Far more interested in BIFL appliances.
I love cars. I also love this planet. Cars are bad for the planet.
At the risk of sounding silly - Instead of focusing on burning the solids, boil the water. Water boils at 100C, at which point the water vapor should separate and leave all the solids behind. Then capture the vapors and condense it back down into clean water. Now, if you later want to incinerate the leftover solids, sure, go for it, fire's always cool in my book.
I'll add, simply boiling water is energy intensive. What you are proposing probably won't work at any scale.
I was blown away when my die-hard Republican boomer dad said he thinks climate change is real. There's a pond behind our house, and he can remember how big it used to get in the rainy season and how small it used to get in the dry season. Now, during the rainy season it comes up to the backdoor, and during the dry season it's not there at all. If he can still trust his own eyes over what the TV tells him to think, maybe there's still some hope for the world.
"The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them."
I attribute the quote wrong all the time, but today the internet says it's from Julius Nyerere, who was a prime minister in Africa back in the 1960s.
My tiny contribution here is to look things aimed at commercial use, not consumer grade. For example, next time you need to buy a can opener, buy it from a restaurant supply shop instead of Amazon or Walmart.
"Dogmeat has died".
Oh no he fucking has not. Reload.
There's this scene at the start of War of the Worlds where the hero races his classic muscle car up this tiny neighborhood street at full tilt, exhaust notes at full blast, and I think he even screeches the tires by slamming the brakes pulling into the driveway. Then he walks up to his neighbor and they're all chill with him. In any other world, the neighbors would have him in handcuffs.
Super cool!
I grind my own, which I always thought was a big deal. But roasting it as well, wow, that's impressive!