I was just about to say that, which makes the ‘bringing a second person’ bit understandable.

Completely preventing someone in a group from having conversation with another? Not so much.

It’s like this ancient joke about the kid that says he and his dad know the answer to every question.

I suspected it was rage bait, starting with the British isles being coloured green, despite the existence of the word ‘toe’ there.

Nah, I just looked up mine:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekketsu_Fighting_Legend

But that one looks fun, too.

We had a fighting game on NES. Japanese game, and we didn’t even speak English (okay, maybe a few words), let alone Japanese.

There was literally nothing to quote in my search, apart from just using descriptions. It was frustrating, because otherwise it was one of the best NES games I have played.

Years later I somehow ran into it. It was something like Nekketsu Kakutou Densetsu.

Elections in my country. And you can imagine my general level of excitement if this is the thing I’m the most excited about.

But this fucker has been in his position for 15 years now, polarising society, being Putler’s buttplug, undermining the EU and the sanctions, protecting pedos, even trying to ban Pride, and selling out the country to China/Russia. This is pretty much the last hope to do something against that, since he’s been eroding democracy and installing puppets everywhere while moving all the country’s money to places he has personal control of.

And the only opposition runner who actually has realistic chance against him is also rather shady/sus. And this is the best thing we got.

Otherwise there would be an option called ‘Nah, thanks, I’m fine with suboptimal content’.

I know it’s not that relevant, but isn’t hydrofluoric acid a different and much more reactive acid than hydrochloric acid?

Why did you push so hard to get family to chat?

Where… where did you get this from? I didn’t push so hard to get my family to chat. In fact, I didn’t push my family to chat. In fact, I wasn’t even the one creating the group, but when most of my family is there already, and I get added to the chat I won’t leave it just because I refuse to. And by the time I had WhatsApp already.

(EDIT: I read back and I kind of understand why you thought so. We got the parents to use same platform once most people were in it already. I didn’t take part in creating the group or choosing the platform, but my siblings and I put some effort in getting our parents to use the same thing, indeed.)

Not out of personal choice. That was the means to communicate at work. I’m glad if it’s not required by your employer, but that was a requirement where I work. It’s like using whatever app/program/tool at work: if that’s what they use for communication (and expect you to do the same), you can’t just say “I won’t partake, everyone can bugger off”.

I’m happy if you have the freedom to pick your own tools for everything, but not everyone can. It doesn’t mean I like it or that I support it.

If that’s where the family chat is, I won’t protest until everyone else moves to Signal or something. It’s a minor miracle we could get both parents to start using the same one platform back then. You add a simple recolor and they feel like an Armenian in upper China with a map of Congo written in Hebrew.

Also, work chat.

Whoa whoa! I stopped listening to them around Nemo (not out of disinterest, just life and stuff). Are you saying Floor is up to the level of Tarja?

Now imagine being the teacher, trying to proceed with the class when they first open it at this page.

I could only find the “original”, without the bottom text. The one with the comment is just as blurry.

I wouldn’t sleep with a bra, either. It’s just an unnecessary layer, preventing my skin from breathing properly. The straps would also be just in the way. I’m a cis male, though.

Totally agreed, that’s the p(l)an.

I just listened to a podcast with people deep into Chinese cuisine. According to their conversation, desserts (as in, desserts like in Western culture) are not a crucial part of their cuisine. It’s like asking for vegan stuff at a steak house or pizza at a pasta place. There might be an option, but don’t expect it to be at the same level.

A very slight clarification here:

cheap to make alumin

um nonstick pans. Mine doesn’t work AND it wasn’t cheap : (.

Scientists are your best bet, I guess. I wish I could cite you studies, but I would have to search, as well. I might soon.

UPDATE: This far all I got was ‘best to be careful’ or ‘staying away never hurts’:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389425031759

These findings challenge the assumption that PTFE particles are biologically inert, highlighting hazards arising from their physical interactions, especially at the nanoscale. Given the relevance of the co-culture in vitro model of intestinal barrier to human intestinal physiology, the results underscore potential intestinal health risks from PTFE-MNPL exposure. Future studies should focus on chronic, low-dose exposures to elucidate the specific cellular pathways activated by PTFE-MNPL exposure.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28913736/

Due to toxicity concerns, PFOA has been replaced with other chemicals such as GenX, but these new alternatives are also suspected to have similar toxicity. Therefore, more extensive and systematic research efforts are required to respond the prevailing dogma about human exposure and toxic effects to PTFE, PFOA, and GenX and other alternatives.

I have a non-stick, and I use it rather infrequently. I have read about the effects of damaged coating, and GOD I would throw it away immediately as soon as I see ONE flake in it. Maybe I’m just overreacting it, but I treat it like it was a delicately covered layer of asbestos.

It’s great and smooth NOW, but I’m only using it until I see a noticeably hard scratch. Until then, I get rid of the oil and juices with a paper towel immediately after cooking (and I’m already slightly worried that the dry paper could be too abrasive on the dry bits of the pan), and I leave it to cool down before I wash it to prevent it from heat stress.

I might be overthinking it. But I’m playing with the thought of getting a cast iron or carbon steel already.

Make them eat horse shoes made out of uranium!