Drusas

I think the idea is that the person would go through the tedious work of removing all the stringy bits from an orange on the other person’s behalf.

I do. I almost never drink something without a straw. But for me, it’s due to medical issues. Straws make my life easier.

It’s also used in ophthalmology.

As someone who used to work in the identity management/authorization field… Not all cookies are bad. But yeah, I still agree.

I don’t know why anyone asks. The answer is always yellow.

Complicated. There’s the city, and it’ll be broken into neighborhoods with their own names. Then that will be broken down into blocks (approximately) with their own numbers. Then each building has its own number within the block. So you can only find a place based on its address (assuming no online mapping) if you already know approximately where it is.

Before Google maps became a big thing, taxi drivers would have massive books full of neighborhood maps which they would refer to when you told them the address you wanted to go to.

That sounds even more chaotic than the Japanese system.

Yeah, go ahead and do this somewhere like Home Depot, but most garden centers and nurseries are just small businesses. They need that income and lose a lot more money from this practice than one would expect (plants can get pretty expensive).

Like, there’s this rhododendron garden + nursery near me which has some truly amazing varieties. Things that you can only get there or in Bhutan, for example. They actually send people to these remote places to find rare varieties. Would I love to take a tiny cutting from basically everything there? Absolutely. But no. I pay because they’re amazing and I want to support them.

That’s not how it works or how it is meant to work. Food assistance is provided based on income, not on whether or not you have the ability to save up for a nice pair of shoes. And, in fact, it is intended to help you be able to do so. All of your money shouldn’t have to go to food.

She wouldn’t have qualified for SNAP if she wasn’t among the intended recipients. What she spends her money on is not what is used to determine eligibility.

Is this a common expression where you’re from?

“Weed” is a subjective term. Goldenrod is a native wildflower.

I don’t think that is the reason. I think the reason is people fear prison. That’s my reason, anyway. It’s hard enough being chronically ill and not in the American slave system.

Dealing with health insurance and disability insurance has made me sincerely wonder how people don’t target insurance offices with violence. I’m surprised this is the first time something like this has happened. The average person is treated as completely disposable. No more money in the bank? No ability to work for somebody else’s profit? No value to you.

They don’t want us to die; they just don’t care about us at all. As long as there are enough of us around being obedient little slaves.

And the movie.

Thanks. I use voice to text and really need to proofread more often.

I swear, voice to text was better on Android 12 than after it got the big upgrade on Android 13 (if I’m recalling the versions correctly). Though it was still an issue then.

Edit calling: Correcting voice to text grammar

This meme brought to you by the 14th century.

If you are interested in watching one of the most awkward movies ever, you should check out Alice’s Restaurant, based on a song by Woody Guthrie’s son, Arthur Guthrie.

This is so bizarre to me. He is specifically known as a horror author… Most famously for Hellraiser. I’m trying to imagine how one would think he was known for war stories and can’t figure it out.

But, congratulations! I wish I could start reading his books for the first time again and now you have that chance. Enjoy. They get weird.