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ghost riding the apocalypse cuz there’s no way off this ride

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I exclusively pray to the god of the sentient beings running our simulation for truly we are but a part of their intelligent design. 👀

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Wow.... So, Kevin gets done so dirty he doesn't even make the photo, and Stanley is the alien security guard....
TOBY!!!

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Even then, only in a shortsighted, politically deceptive manner. Taxation driven by sales in a thriving hub with free transit also pads the budget. But, taxes are unpopular and people like sports teams and arena shows and overpriced shitty beverages. They give the bigger dopamine hit.

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I read fiction for a certain amount of enjoyment, but also to prepare for conversation with people when it's required in the near future.

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As someone who never had kids, I'm glad everyday that I never did.

uphillbothways,
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"Skyrim universe"
Haven't even played an elder scrolls game in over 15 years, and I know it's called Tamriel.

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Wasn't meant as a personal attack. Shoulda put it on the Amidala meme, I guess. 🤷‍♂️

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She said surrender, we said NO!
Jordi fires up the engines to GO!
Now we're stuck in a tractor beam FLOW!
Assimilated? Find out next SHOW!

Why do most people refuse to accept that they are wrong

I have come across a lot’s of people like these. like 99% of them. Sometimes it makes me think twice if what i am saying is wrong? What’s wrong with them. Is it so hard to swallow your pride and acknowledge that the other person is speaking facts? When they come to know they are wrong they proceed to insult/make fun of...

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Ego has been mentioned. Sunk cost fallacy plays a part. Combine those and people tend to over value the effort they've made to form their opinion, either through some form of information consumption or synthesis of known ideas/held opinions, while devaluing/doubting the existence other people's previous efforts. So, you often end up with two people who both think they're informed and assume the other person is just making up an opinion right now and failing to see their valuable insight.

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Anxiety paralysis

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Doesn't the price tag on the shelf usually have a break down per sheet or sqft?

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That nitrogen is fixed inside root nodules on the root system of the bean plants. It's taken up by them immediately. It's not available to the corn or anything else growing nearby.

And, you misquoted me.

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A lot of Americans don't realize how small European refrigerators are. And, that storage space, in general, is more limited.

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Usually abdominal pain, severe indigestion and/or diarrhea. Being barely able to eat and actually digest enough normal food to survive along with near constant stabbing pains to the gut have really helped me stave off any concern of over eating and obesity.... It's terrible. Don't recommend. And junk food makes it worse. Which just sucks more cuz that shit is delicious.

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Just over 1 cup water to 1 cup rice (pretty much 1:1, plus the residual moisture from rinsing) for most white rice. 4 minutes at pressure, but probably comparable in practice. (have to wait for it to come to pressure and lose pressure after)

Really, it's been about consistency for me, but I've only compared to a basic Aroma rice cooker. I really liked my rice cooker, but side by side the IP was just better. Seemed like the grains were more consistent all the way through, like the rice cooker grains had a bit of hardness/density at the center and weren't as fluffy, from what I remember.

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Rice cookers are nice, but pressure cookers are better. Not just because you use less water, energy and cooking time, the consistency improves too.

ETA: Pressure cookers also result in a more food safe result, which I always forget about. See response re: Bacillus cereus, below.

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Seed comes almost entirely from the female plant ovule. The male gamete, transported in pollen, makes but a minor contribution in catalyzing the process. Hell, many plants form fruit and sometimes even unfertilized yet viable parthenogenetic seeds without male genetic contribution. Seed is a poor metaphor in this instance.

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This is clearly in memory of cook-outs past, an homage to that particular feeling when you've cleaned up after and to the hope of many more successful gatherings in the future.

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There's the corporate side of it, which other comments have covered, but consumer mentality is a big piece, too. Seems like we're so awash in content there's a widespread jaded expert mentality that's taken hold. A lack of naive willingness to try new things, possibly paired with or caused by a feeling of being overtaxed financially from all sides and having too many things demanding our time.
A lack of willingness to spend time or money on something we don't already identify with as being good, on both the sides of consumers and producers.

Late stage capitalism has changed us all. Feels like there's a lot less room for experimentality in this huge carefully curated experience. We've all seen too much.

edit to add: Maybe the popularity of reboots are us yearning for simpler times. We can't reboot society so we reboot our movies, music, shows, etc. Meanwhile, constantly rehashing old plots prevents the renewal we really want.

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Meanwhile, mosquitoes... pollinating, cleaning waterways as nymphs, females just needing the slightest amount of blood to lay a couple hundred eggs. Forgotten, maligned, made the focus of actual efforts to purposefully cause species extinction. ._.

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Mosquitoes don't directly cause death, though.
They are susceptible to diseases. They pass those diseases on. Those diseases cause death.
Bees cause more direct deaths due to anaphylactic shock from allergies to apitoxin.

Mosquitoes just catch all the blame.

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You can use server side session tracking to maintain cookie choices short term. Some sites do.

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Depends on how the site is written to handle it. There's plenty of shopping carts, for instance, that do this. Other stuff, too. Here's a discussion of how it can be done with PHP on the server side. There's other options, as well.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42379157/can-sessions-work-without-cookies-if-so-how-does-a-session-work-without-cookie

More info:

https://www.w3schools.com/php/php_sessions.asp

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As concerned as most christians seem to be with punishment of those doing some imagined wrong or another, wouldn't that sort of mean they're following in their supposed satan's ways and tenets.

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https://ganintegrity.com/country-profiles/india/#public-services

Public services - Very high risk
The public services sector carries high corruption risks for businesses. Companies are likely to encounter red tape, petty corruption, bribery and facilitation payments when dealing with India's public administration (GCR 2016-2017, ES 2014). India's economy continues to face constraints in the form of conflicting rules and a complex bureaucratic system with broad discretionary powers (ICS 2016). Businesses find the government's bureaucracy to be inefficient and rather burdensome, and report that bribes are often exchanged when applying for public utilities (GCR 2016-2017). Facilitation payments to expedite public services, such as police protection, water supply, and government assistance are also common (HRR 2016). Likewise, more than a quarter of companies expect to offer gifts or make irregular payments to government officials when applying for an operating license, while more than half of companies expect the same when obtaining a water or electrical connection (ES 2014). On a more positive note, the computerization of some public offices has reduced facilitation payments common in physical encounters with public officials.

Hopefully these funds end up used for the betterment of the people, as intended. Projects like this are so important, especially with local population trends in mind. Done right this could be transformative....

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