ElderReflections

Exactly, this shit. I got hit with an age check on ebay for buying a bladed weapon, a tiling trowel, had the account since 2006

Also a little Dunning-Kruger effect: “I don’t know enough of this topic to answer completely” vs “I know more than the existing answers”

My guess is; to imitate birds. I’ve seen some early piercings that weren’t metal, but long sticks. If you find something that looks like a cool feather, the only sensible thing to do is jam it into your body and strut

What’s more, the response wasn’t just rapid but appeared to provide ongoing protection. When the mice were later re-exposed to cancer cells, none developed new tumors

Apparently it made them stronger

Quite Vexing

Jesus that last VQ is making me irrationally angry

Exactly this, but when I finally wrestled it from him, I realised he was eating fox shit

This latest Rom Com is so realistic, but did we have to stop the plot every time a character needed to take a shit?

I have a playlist set up to listen to full albums at random. Today was

• Motorpsycho: Timothy’s Monster
• Samsara Blues Experiment: Waiting for the Flood
• Math the Band: Don’t Worry
• Cymande: Cymande
• Minsk: With Echoes in the Movement of Stone
• Common: Be

Anything goes, I just hate having to stop the tunes when I have to jump on a call

Lots of thermal paste makes the skin extra crispy, and is a great source of heavy metal toxicity you won’t find in other cooking methods!

After surviving the Southport stabbings, Leanne Lucas launched the “Let’s Be Blunt” campaign, calling for safer, rounded-tip kitchen knives instead of pointed ones.

Just feels so short-sighted. There are plenty of other sharp objects in the world. Someone motivated to get a weapon is unlikely to just give up because kitchen knives are round tipped

I use an old cpu cooler to effectively increase the surface area without cutting, works a treat

Horse manure tends to be free around these parts

As far as I remember (25 years ago), this doesn’t work. Kids just don’t appreciate witty comebacks

It’s always a treat when the support band is better than the one you came for

Bringing out the Dead, because I feel his tortured quest for sleep

Also consider the Yes Ladder - in sales, getting someone to say yes to something small makes them more likely to agree to other things.

It also applies to other contexts. If a police suspect refuses to talk, they ask innocuous questions because once someone starts talking, it’s hard to stop.

Admitting incorrectness will make you more likely to concede other points too

Confirmation bias: all the shite furniture from 1800s has rotted to dust already

Edit for full disclosure: I’ve exclusively bought antique furniture. I’m basically a shill for big-auction