bearstrap

14947 pts ยท January 15, 2025


Cute little space! My wife and I would love to do something like that in our yard.

And man, I love your art so much.

1 day ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Mortgage + property tax + homeowner's insurance + extra 1/2 monthly principal is less than just rent at our old place.

1 day ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'm with you. Average home value in our neighbourhood has gone up almost 33% since we bought the house in 2020 at a solidly sub-3 rate.

We get ten to twenty come-ons in the mail every month from shitty mortgage groups that say "IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT YOUR MORTGAGE!"

Nah, fam. We're keeping the rate and paying this shit OFF. Then we can leverage that into shared housing.

1 day ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Eh, there's nothing super rare int he collection :) If they've succumbed to bitrot then we'll just tape more songs off the radio.

1 day ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

My wife and I have a decent collection, because we're Old. And we don't currently have a functioning tape player so this is a keen deal for us.

1 day ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

You're lucky you didn't pass out and shit yerself on the way down!

2 days ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's STUPIDLY lightweight. The other really important part is the blades - two sets of counter-rotating blades with a fairly aggressive angle of incidence. Added bonus of using angular momentum to steer without a tail

As a piece of engineering, it's amazing. But, that's true for pretty much everything that gets put on Mars

2 days ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

OK now THAT blows my goddamned mind.

4 days ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

DYING of cute. Welcome to the ride, little ones. You're getting a good start.

4 days ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

A Roger Ramjet reference? In the WILD?

Are you between 63 and 50, and grew up in Phoenix?

4 days ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

But did you GIVE the tummy rubs?


I love orb weavers. We have jeweled orb weavers and I'm delighted any time I see them. Except when I'm hauling the yard waste bin up to the street and I grab a big handful of web. That's not as delightful.

1 week ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

He is absolutely the sweetest little counter-surfing porch goblin baby!

Also SO SOFT. Softest cat I've ever encountered. Like a chinchilla that purrs.

1 week ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Oh my goodness! Jasmne looks so much like Sam Vimes!

1 week ago | Likes 34 Dislikes 0

Nah. I get it. Anything that's not outright shitty is good.

We didn't have microwaves because of superheated conditioner... It was fucking crazy at points. I did get a good tattoo, though, so there's that.

Room Temp Mayo is a fucking amazing band name.

1 week ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I mean, I was stupid and I got caught... Not telling the cops that crime happened is, itself, crime. It's actually the third definition of "conspiracy" in American law.

1 week ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I have _DIRECT_ and _LIVED_ experience that mayo is shelf stable after opening. It starts separating if you don't shake it up but it absolutely doesn't go bad (on timescales of a month or less. Insufficient data beyond that). The acids used tend to keep bacterial growth at bay.

We didn't have refrigerators. And nobody got food poisoning form our mayo. Or any commissary food.

1 week ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

And amusingly, mayo is something that doesn't actually need refrigerating in the near term. Trust me on this one.

1 week ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I know it was, it's just a funny story. To me...

1 week ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Fun story. Mayo is actually shelf-stable. When I was locked up, we could buy mayo on the commissary and we didn't have refrigeration. Kraft brand, nothing special or off brand.

1 week ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 2

#21 Ha! They served Rock Rye! One of my favourite... drinks. I'm not sure you can call it a cocktail. It's rye with rock candy sugar in it.

Local distiller (Crater Lake) makes an excellent Rock n Rye. I make sure to keep a bottle in the Sin Cabinet.

1 week ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I mean, that's a whole other can of worms WRT the Constitution and separation of powers.

Under normal circumstances, election rules are left up to the states because Art1Sec4 gives Congress the ability to override State law on elections ONLY for US-level Reps and Senators. And, as the Constitution explicitly says that anything not permitted to the Feds is left to the States, this means all other aspects of voting are hands-off.

Under a tinpot authoritarian regime? YOLO

2 weeks ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I think Trae Crowder is the only person who records from the driver's seat that I care to listen to, ever.

In general? If this is your pfp I get to block you because I'm not allowed to yeet you into the sun

2 weeks ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That is something that's controlled very explicitly by the States. IIRC the Feds can't compel the States on voting rules (which is a double-edged sword).

As a formerly incarcerated person (Federal), my home state restored my voting rights as soon as I stepped foot out of confinement and I am very thankful for that.

Buuutttt the actual rights under the Constitution? The Feds restored none of them, nor will they. I _CAN_ be arrested for protected speech and I have no rights vis a vis privacy.

2 weeks ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

I knew my first marriage was on the rocks when she used Spouse Veto to prevent me from getting a minivan, removing the doors, and installing gun mounts.

She just wanted to suck the joy out of everything (derogatory)

2 weeks ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

Such an absolute baby!

2 weeks ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Honestly, ten bucks for a mechpencil is NOT bad. I have drafting pencils that clock in a LOT higher than that (I think my 0.3mm Alvin was $25) but they're also not part of the EDC. It's just my Uniball Vision clipped into a little pink notebook with a unicorn on the cover. Perfect.

3 weeks ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Same. I have a #! in the notebook I carry with me every day, but all my other pens are those Sharpies and they're SO GOOD UNGH

3 weeks ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'll drink six beers in peace and six in a time of war. I'll drink six beers before I drink six beers, then I'll drink six more

3 weeks ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

THIS IS MY STYLE! IT WAS MADE FOR ME!

3 weeks ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

One of my favourite party tricks ever. MUAHAHAHAH

3 weeks ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0