Lol, it’s a freakin’ “dance step”. “Notorious gang sign”, only to the tiny world of gang morons. The rest of us 350 million in the US, and the other 4 billion outside the US have no idea.

Tempest in a teapot.

If you can, just do one pot of something that makes leftovers that hold well and are easy to reheat. After you get one thing, it gives you some breathing room for the next couple days.

I try to make a big pot of something on Sundays, so I don’t have to think about cooking Monday, maybe Tuesday. That gives me a little breathing room. I also make stuff I can portion and freeze - again, gives me a little breathing room.

Last week I was under the weather for 4 days, I just grabbed stuff out of the freezer and threw it in the toaster oven. Zero effort for my sick self. Now I need to restock what I used.

Some people don’t like leftovers, I can only figure their experience with leftovers has always been bad.

I love having leftovers around, but I make a pot of good stuff with plans for the leftovers. Some things are never leftovers because they don’t hold well (anything with leeks or tarragon for example).

Your health says avoid pre-made mixes as much as possible. I’m no salt-phobe (insufficient salt is a greater concern for 99% of people than too much), but even I shy away from the insane amounts of salt/sodium in anything packaged. Some stuff has more sodium in it than anyone should have in a day.

Plus, pre-made mixes often aren’t anywhere near as good as making something yourself, and usually more expensive, even allowing for your own time.

There are exceptions of course, but I have spreadsheets to calculate costs of mixes, meals, you name it, and it’s rare when something is cheaper to buy pre-made.

Dishwasher detergent powder is the same cost as making myself. As is onion soup mix, gravy mix powder, etc. Most other mixes I make as I go along - making chili uses a mix of different spices which I keep on hand. And I have 3 different chili recipes that use different spice mixes, and the end result is very different. I have a few recipes like this (creole/Cajun for example), that technically use the same spices, but not the same mix, and are very different for it.

I don’t understand people like your wife (or one of my siblings) that seem to view eating as just something necessary, (bless their hearts 😁, as my southern family would say)…good food is crucial to me, it’s not just something I do to get by. I mean it’s something we have to do a few times every day of our lives. I want that experience to be as good as I can as often as I can.

Kids all across the US are waiting at the bus in the dark anyway.

Not everyone gets to get on a bus after sunrise.

The better answer is to just quit switching altogether, and socially adjust everything to x hours pre mid-day sun.

With everything being connected these days it’s trivial (hell, industrial clocks have been tied to electrical frequency since 1900, so it’s always been trivial to compensate them).

If “6am” slowly moved every day due to when mid-day sun/sunrise occurs, no one would even notice.

Emotion, plain and simple (specifically fear).

I suspect it has to do with the amygdyla being short-term sensitized.

It’s not a rational organ - rationality, logic, etc are things generated by the cortex (If I remember my biology classes from decades ago). The amygdyla is old and reactive, to keep us alive. It doesn’t know “Scary Thing” wasn’t real.

I believe there’s also a connection to hormonal feedback (again, thanks to the amygdyla).

Are you me? The only difference is I just switched to a Pixel 5. My 2006 car should run for many more years, 10 at least.

Just this month I finally moved off my 2017 flagship… Only because my cell provider stopped supporting it (for no fucking reason).

I was running the latest version of Lineage too. Thing was great. It did need a battery (which I may still replace for about $7).

And like you said, sometimes you need to replace a phone.

Maybe it was lost, or destroyed.

Yea, I’ve been collecting stuff from my local library. It’s surprising what they have or can get. Just check out the DVDs and rip them. Many I convert to MP4 (especially Old TV shows).

How about a real sensor on the back, that works every time, like my 2017 phone had.

Screw this under the screen nonsense, that’s not how I hold my phone. It’s awkward.

Searx.space

You first! 😁

Many machines have vertical connectors, if the machine is turned for any reason. Or you’re using the on-board card, etc.

Hahaha, I can’t disagree, even as a heathen.

As others have said, depends on how permanent something is

Diabetes (Type I) is a bitch, because diet can only manage it somewhat. And there’s 2 subtypes there, with all sorts of biochem happening. Plus hormones are a crazy interwoven system.

Type II now, yes, there’s near-zero reason to not have control of it, as it’s nearly all diet induced. And something like 90%+ of all diabetes in the US is Type II today. I knew no one as a kid who had diabetes (though it later appeared in my family).

Happiness is fleeting, like other emotions, it comes and goes. Focusing on it is like chasing a wave.

Understanding your own values and what you find meaningful is essential for moving through life, because we’re not in control. Stuff happens, and we get to deal with it.

Quite often double click on the close button will kill a hung app on Windows. Not Al the time, maybe 70%.

Can you just flip it over and leave it upside down? Cause I certainly would.

Lol, you’re something else, candy corn?? That stuff is vile.

The worst I can say about dots is they’re just sugar, albeit glued to paper.

Will you come organize my candy bowl this year? 😆