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Cake day: July 6th, 2023

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  • God, this photo. It always makes me think someone attached the wrong size face.

    I’ll offer another potential reason why this poor guy is shaved; if he’s got a condition that needs a topical cream or medicated shampoo or similar, then this guarantees the stuff gets right to the skin, where it’s needed. His skin looks fine, but you never can tell with fleas. * tiny rimshot *









  • I think with your bikes example, one of the factors is also that riding a bike is considered one of those fundamental skills in our society. You learn it early and internalize the rules of the machine. When bikes were knew, we absolutely had more tolerance for risk, so we didn’t really care that people were getting hurt learning the ropes, and now that it’s a staple we take for granted that people will be guided early on by more experienced riders. That’s just not the case for something new. There isn’t the widespread understanding of the device or any early training. It also helps that a bike is mechanical, so it’s a bit easier to predict than something electronic, and of course the difference in safety standards now vs when bikes were new. So yeah, if bikes were just becoming a thing, we probably would feel different about their level of safety.

    But I agree that anyone who wouldn’t wear a helmet on one of these probably doesn’t have much to protect up there anyway or is a literal child.



  • You joke, but until about a year ago I thought there was something special about coffee because I’d only ever heard of or seen it come from some specialized contraption. Coffee makers, espresso machines, French press, percolators, Keurig machines, all obscuring the fact that coffee is just like tea; add hot water, you get beverage. This is the fundamental formula, everything else is just a way to do that. I felt so lied to. I only learned because I got curious about why there were so many methods and also seeing in the store what was basically a scoop shaped tea ball intended for coffee. Did you know that coffee bags exist in some places? Like tea bags, but coffee. I didn’t, until I got curious, and now I really don’t understand why all those machines exist.

    Anyway, I blame never really getting into coffee (you can blame sorting by all for my presence), how many machines and methods there are, and a difference in how people seem to approach coffee vs tea for my ignorance. Generally tea seems to have more of a focus on the making and coffee on consumption, at least outside of dedicated communities.

    Gotta be one of the ten thousand eventually, right?

    Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.




  • I found it! I found the reddit post, and here is the other picture that was linked. It’s apparently a place called Carr Manor in Cripple Creek.

    Edit: Here’s the site for Carr Manor, not sure which suite it is, though.

    Another edit: Found it! Second from the bottom, the Governor Ralph Carr Suite. There’s even a third closer angle that confirms there is a door back there, but it doesn’t seem possible to isolate it so I can link to just it. Just follow the Carr Manor link above, scroll down to the suite and you’ll be able to flip through the photos, but it’s basically just the imgur photo taken from the other side of the couch.




  • The store I work at had a really good house brand flavour called espresso almond fudge. When the packaging changed, the name did too, and it’s never been on as good a sale again due to a lower price set also being introduced, so I don’t know if it’s the same anymore, but I loved it. It was similar to the Chapman’s cappuccino, but with chocolate covered almonds mixed in. God I hope for a good sale again.