NielsBohron @ NielsBohron @lemmy.world

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Nice to see at least one other person understands the definition of "Third World Country"

I can see your point, but I respectfully disagree. I find the desert to fairly beautiful, and at least Bakersfield and Stockton have more of a small-town feel. IMO, LA combines all the negatives of Stockton and Bakersfield into one plasticized, superficial mess; LA's better at covering up their flaws, but there's a certain authenticity in owning your blemishes.

While I stand in solidarity with my fellow Californians, LA is objectively the worst part of California.

The original Titan Quest was one of, if not the last, physical game i ever bought. I never got it working on my computer at the time, but I will never forget it just because of the fact I still possess the physical case and disc.

Son in Law is one of my partner's favorite movies, and even being introduced to it in the late 2000's, I can see the appeal. Peak Pauly Shore. Plus, there really aren't that many Thanksgiving movies, so it's right up there with Planes, Trains, and Automobiles for the Mount Rushmore of Thanksgiving movies.

IIRC, the seven canaries are all disguised ancient gold dragons, and Bahamut himself is known as "the platinum dragon," so murderhobos should prepared to get their shit rocked.

True. My in-laws live near Brainerd, and they don't get to use the sleds or the ice house near as much as they used to.

Kinda. It's not snowy in terms of sheer snow fall like the West Coast or the Rockies, but it's cold and once the snow falls, it's there till spring.

I’m sure someone will come along and point out that the 90s were no more or less peaceful than any other decade

Not to be that guy, but there was the whole Bosnian Genocide thing from 92-95 and the Gulf War from 90-91 that really legitimized the US practice of inference in the Middle East in the eyes of many US citizens. Up until then, most Americans still saw intervention a la the Iran Contra Affair as a negative.

Plus, the Troubles in North Ireland were still in pretty high gear until 1998, most of Africa was involved in civil wars and ethnic cleansing for a large chunk of the 90's, and the collapse of the USSR, which was viewed as a positive in many parts of the world, did leave a power vacuum that resulted in numerous civil wars and militant separatist movements throughout eastern Europe and western Asia

I think that's a "santoku" knife, but I'm not an expert. And I think it's the style of knife, not a brand, but it works pretty much just like a chef's knife as near as I can tell (as a home cook that pays attention to techniques but hasn't sought out training on knife styles before)

If you're cutting soft soft bread, then a plain blade is fine, but if it's a crusty bread like a sourdough, the serrated blade is much better at cutting the crust without crushing the soft interior (IME, not a chef)

Except the antagonist of the Muppets movie knew Kermit was a frog, which is why he wanted to kill him and eat/sell his frog legs at his frog leg restaurant. You're right that no one saw anything unusual about a talking frog (and that is part of the humor), but at least some people recognized that he was a frog.

Luke isn't even the best plagiarist in the Gospels (because Matthew is a more direct adaptation of Mark than Luke)

Much like The West Wing

Edit: not that it's much of a comedy, but it's definitely a fantasy about how the executive branch should work if we had halfway ethical and competent people working there.

I hate how accurate this feels

What do these pictures have to do with round bottomed flasks?

You're correct that the police like having the dogs as a pretext to search on flimsy/non-existent evidence, but it's not that the dogs are half-trained; they are very well trained to give false positives based on the officers' body language and attitude.

Kinda, but I still drink too heavily and partied hard throughout college and grad school. I mean, if you don't develop a new substance dependency or 2 over of the course of earning of a degree, does it even count?

And if you party long enough, you will inevitably become "that guy" at some point.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: in PF2, you can be any type of character you can imagine