Loquat
10mo ago
The college application thing not really hurting him, I'd chalk up to a loose combination of:
- People don't really care all that much about a one-time mistake from several years back.
- The application box said "African American", not "Black", leaving some wiggle room for non-black Africans to claim confusion, and for others to believe it.
- Brown Muslim is still generally regarded as a somewhat oppressed class, so it's not the same level of "stolen valor" that a white guy in his place would be guilty of.
Loquat
10mo ago
Generally baggy, or are you talking about the new "barrel cut" trend, which can range from just looking baggy to making the wearer's legs look like those of Yosemite Sam? Because apparently that's the new hotness, and it's at the point where even Target has barrel-cut jeans on display.
Loquat
10mo ago
In my youth I was once fortunate enough to be sent to a summer camp with an international clientele, where I encountered a saying held to be true by many other students: "American girls look like they do, but they don't. British girls look like they don't, but they do."
Loquat
10mo ago
Recently, I've been giving some thought to the question of what I would do if an intermediate amount of shit hit the fan, such that I couldn't just drive as much as I want but grocery stores were still available. The solution I hit on was the adult-sized cargo tricycle, which is an actual thing that multiple companies offer, and it seems like a decent option for transporting stuff in a degrowth future. Of course, then we're back to the problem of having a big bulky vehicle that needs parking space while you're shopping, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Loquat
11mo ago
I knew the songs were big online, but I was still surprised to hear one of the other neighborhood moms singing "Golden" to herself while we were cleaning up after a recent block party.
Loquat
11mo ago
I do believe there's some space in between, "dog is trained enough to respect the invisi-fence" and "dog is trained so well it can be trusted to stay in an open yard regardless of how many squirrels, kids, etc may come running by".
Loquat
11mo ago
Anecdotal evidence, of course, but in my neighborhood multiple houses have them and they work quite well. Maybe this is one of those situations where you really need to teach the dog about the invisi-fence rather than just installing it and assuming the dog will react the way you want, so it'll work well for the conscientious owner and poorly for the lazy owner.
Loquat
11mo ago
I'm afraid I have to admit, we don't preheat or presoak at all. Room-temp Chemex, dry filter, add coffee grounds and slightly-less-than-boiling water. The coffee's still good.
Loquat
11mo ago
If you like a chocolatey mocha flavor, Yemeni coffee beans (at least, the ones Sweet Maria's sells) tend to just naturally taste like that. The name mocha even comes from Yemen's main port city, Mokha.
Also, our kettle doesn't have a goose-neck and it works fine with our Chemex.
Loquat
11mo ago
There's an alternate model of Chemex that just has a glass handle, no leather knot involved. My husband, who's enough of a coffee snob that he buys green coffee beans to roast at home, is a great fan.
And speaking of roasting your own beans, it's not too troublesome or expensive to get started - the company we buy from, Sweet Maria's, has instructions for roasting beans in a cheap air popcorn popper - though be warned that home roasting creates a strong burning smell so it's best done outside.
Loquat
11mo ago
I remember a "trans panic" murder getting a lot of attention when I was attending college in California (google says: Gwen Araujo, killed in 2002), and Gwen wasn't a prostitute, just a teen who thought it was a good idea to hide his/her penis and have sex with a couple of different dudes in the same friend group. The dudes got prison, though.
I would argue that whether society should protect people from their own bad judgement depends in large part on whether said bad judgement can profit others, who then have an incentive to encourage more of it. I see there's already a discussion of the newly widespread advertising for sports betting in this thread, and I've certainly seen other people publicly worry about the potential for gambling apps to ruin a lot more lives than casino gambling ever did. Idiots starting fights and getting killed doesn't seem to make money for anyone, and nobody runs ads extolling the benefits of waving a gun around in petty disputes.
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