I love sumac too!

They do grow fast- sumac can give shade in a sunny spot in a single year.

The way light comea through the leaves is so soothing.

Out west, country folk fucking love ranch. Especially with pizza.

You’re completely missing the point of the trolley problem:

Do you take an action that causes a direct harm, even if it’s in service to reducing harm?

It’s a valid moral stance to decide you will not personally perform a harmful action. That’s not walking away from the trolley, that’s refusing to throw the switch.

Your framing of the situation is false. Voting for Harris is throwing the switch and dooming Palestinians. Voting third party/not voting is not throwing the switch: you are not condoning the system that runs people over, you are not taking an action that directly harms people.

To be clear, throwong the switch is also a valid moral stance.

Personally, I believe voting for Harris prolongs our faulty political system. I voted for Kerry, then Obama (first willingly, then let myself be guilted into it). The Democrats have only gotten worse with time, and I won’t vote for a party that represents me less with time instead of more.

Can someone ban this homophobe already?

Bindweed too

The first book was a Roald Dahl ripoff, and I enjoyed it for that. Everything was downhill from there.

My understanding is that the rest of the time peasants were trying to grow their own food and cloth and… you know, survive. This is a bit disingenuous.

That said, I would survive a lot better with 200 days off a year

As long as you keep them out of the sewer.

Not true. Locations can survive on commuters.

Learn yer (smith &) wesson

People on reddit understand that memes are supposed to be funny/clever, at least.

That decision comes years or decades after practice and learning, which people do because A) they find just noodling on the instrument fun, and/or b) they find improving their skill deeply rewarding, and/or c) they think guitar/music is just really cool.

A bad instrument can make the experience miserable, though. My first acoustic was fucking awful, just straight trash. How long does yours stay in tune?

I work at a plant that uses one of those alternative flocculants (due to our source water chemistry). Our logistics are incredibly shaky at the best of times, due to the extremely limited number of producers.

If you see other players. Probably less awkward to try to find a club.

Most bottled water comes from a municipal water system somewhere, i.e., is tap water.

Some water supplies have issues with sulfur or algae, so that can be unpleasant if your sense of smell is particularly sensitive. My sense of smell is pretty weak so I drink the tap water most places, while my spouse had an RO system installed in our house due to their sensitivity.

Tyrosine. It’s a dopamine precursor. By itself, it mildly increases focus just enough to get non-preferred tasks started. It also makes completing tasks much more rewarding, which can start a positive feedback loop that leaves your space much more livable/less depressing.

It’s a chunk of plastic on your wrist. It’s always going to be a bit tacky.