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Just to play the devil's advocate: many of those thanking God are more expressing thanks for the circumstances that led to recovery. That includes that doctor, along with whatever knowledge and skill they have as a result of years of study and hard work. i.e. God put that doctor in their lives, rather than some quack.

So you're saying it's just as effective as a whistle that "keeps away dragons"? i.e. It's an adequate deterrent for the bullshit it "prevents"?

Pretty sure that's just a regional thing. I guess screw you for not being born in a "y'all" region?

You want yet another A. Blinken as president?

Should it have happened? No. Two wrongs don't make a right, and all that. Prison shouldn't be dangerous for inmates, no matter what they've done.

Am I upset to hear that the personification of "ACAB" got stabbed in prison? Also no.

It needs to be an activity I can do on autopilot. I'm not listening to books while cooking a new recipe, driving somewhere I've never been, or playing a game that still requires any thought. Even when I can do it on autopilot, I have to pause and/or rewind occasionally (but not terribly often). Regardless, I know not everyone can easily split their attention for this.

Audiobooks are also great if distraction keeps you from reading. Similarly, they help if you have trouble staying interested during the boring parts of a book.

Both apply to me, and I've gotten through hundreds of audiobooks since I started ~11 years ago. I listen while traveling, cooking, cleaning, doing puzzles, and even while playing some videogames. I often listen alongside my wife or kids, making it a much more shared experience than a regular book. Audiobooks are great.

The question implies that you would still have your human brain, not that you would think like an actual duck.

I mean, I'm not, but only because I am too lazy to change (so far). I've been remarkably content with the Steam Deck desktop experience, so I'm leaning more and more towards Linux.

Temperature scale doesn't matter in daily life, so I hate that there's always this argument about which scale makes more sense. Knowing what a given temperature feels like is no more difficult than remembering that water freezes at 32 degrees fahrenheit and boils at 212.

I'm all for a system based around multiples of 10, but for temperature, even Celsius isn't done that way, other than 0 and 100.

It's easier for people who don't know what they're doing. The limitations keep those users from breaking things and provide a decent out-of-the-box experience for the user. The very same limitations feel, well, limiting to users like you.

Divinity: Original Sin 2 with my wife. A holiday break cut off our first game at the end of act 2, so I hope we make it through this time.

Soulstone Survivors by my lonesome. I'm on a bullet heaven binge, and this one seems pretty good.

But making friends means going out. Then there's even more going out to interact with said friends. Screw that.

:3

Agreed, but why, in this specific case?

Damn straight.

Fair enough. I enjoy cooking, so I'm certainly biased.

I've been on a "bullet heaven" binge recently and have put so. many. hours. into Brotato in the last week or so.

Chopping one onion is hard? That's maybe a minute of work to add a lot of flavor. I don't generally do that for lunch, but I'll absolutely chop up a couple of baby carrots, chop a couple green onions, scramble an egg or two, and mix it in as I fry up some leftover rice. Add some soy sauce, a few spices, and you've got some serious flavor with 5-10 minutes of work.

The hardest part of that is having leftover rice on hand.