TrackinDaKraken

Here’s a pretty good Slate article on this dress, and how important this image became:

https://slate.com/technology/2017/04/heres-why-people-saw-the-dress-differently.html

When I look at the image attached to this post, I can’t see anything but white and gold, as I always have. This, in spite of now knowing it’s black and blue.

I stuck my foot in my mouth about this dress. It was about a year later, and I didn’t realize it had been proven to be black and blue, and I said something snarky when someone I liked said it was black and blue. I was so sure it was gold and white, I made an ass of myself.

It’s not for everyone, or even most people probably, but I deal with it by buying virtually the same thing every week, once a week. No impulse buying. So, I eat everything I buy, every week, because I know exactly how much I eat for each meal, each week. I waste nothing. I don’t need a list, I know the path through the store I will take, and I’m in and out in about 20 minutes, including checkout.

I decided to stop thinking about food as entertainment or reward, and now think of food as only nutrition (as much as I can, it’s not easy, but that’s the idea.)

|'m guessing it’s to spur engagement.

And, we fell for |t.

If you want some light horror reading, check out /r/teachers.

Every 100 years, I guess. We gotta go through all the shit every 100 years.

Most of us know what two liters of carbonated sugar water looks like.

The child’s solution was best: move the one man to the other side and run them all over. Leave. No. Witnesses.

Prevents confusion between the four and the six: III, IV, V, VI, when the watch is not held perfectly vertically for viewing.

Carl’s Jr. did the same thing. The 1/3 pound was perfect. Two 1/4 patties are too much, one 1/4 patty is too little.

I miss the Carl’s Jr. 1/3 pound burger.

One can never be too prepared. “Prepared for what?” is the question.

Someone near the top got the idea that the brand matters more than consistency in message.

When people started calling Coca-Cola, “Coke”, they didn’t change the name to “Cola”, and they didn’t abandon Coca-Cola.

Just one more example of meritocracy being dead. Fools at the top pulling levers they don’t understand just because they can.

When I read /r/teachers and all the trouble they’re having teaching the next generation, this is the sort of thing I imagine is coming. A couple of years ago, GenZ was saying, in essence, “We just need to wait for all the ‘boomers’ to die off, then everything will be better.” No. No, that will just make things worse. GenX leftists are the only ones holding the line, and Millennial teachers are about to give up and walk away, seriously. It’s pretty fuckin’ bad, and it’s clear it’s going to get worse, looking at how many kids are coming up through the school system who can barely read and write and have practically zero attention span or motivation.

Like most people, five with occasional visits to the others.

I’m from Reddit, and I approve this meme.

It wasn’t all Orange Julius and great music.

And, the phones were built to take it.

I didn’t know this, but I’m not shocked, or even a little bit surprised.

Nah. If they don’t laugh, you blame them. “No, the children are wrong.”

$17 for a burger, even if it really did look like the picture, which we all know it doesn’t, is way too much. No, thank you.

I pay $12/day to feed myself. I make all of my own meals at home, I haven’t eaten out since the pandemic. I formed the habit, and just kept cooking at home as prices got ridiculous. My diet is excellent, mostly fresh vegetables, and organic chicken.