Hereforpron2

I feel ya, the number of times I've opened up my gear to get just a few more months out of it til the next thing breaks...

If you want to maximize versatility and quality for a good price, I'd consider getting a nice enough espresso-focused grinder and a really high quality hand grinder that can do coarse grinds well. Grinding coarse is fast and easy by hand, and you can get grounds as or more consistent than am electric grinder 3 times the price with something like a 1zpresso. But grinding for espresso can be harder, so that's one that's more worth a machine doing the work for you.

So you really don't believe someone can like something for themselves and not for how others see it? In my mind, that's a sign of massive insecurity on your part, projecting that 100% of others think that much about what people think about their stuff, rather than just buying things they like.

Some people are definitely compensating, but you can buy a Porsche as a trust fund baby with something to prove, or as an engineer who is enthusiastic about design, performance, and guaranteed replacement parts for even discontinued models.

I think you've gotta worry a lot about what others think of you in order to assume that's the only reason someone else would buy something.

Very true, especially because taste (and the calibration of the grinder you receive) don't always line up with the grind size distributions you see other people make from experimenting. For me it's always had to be one at a time, compared to what I was using before and returning if the intended upgrade isn't satisfactory.

It would be amazing if coffee shops started doing equipment tastings/comparisons as well as beans. We have a lot of cool cuppings/tasting courses here, but nothing for hardware.

I do/have used a Kruve an I've been very surprised with by my findings with it. In my experience, even very nice grinders I've tried still produce like 4% fines, and some midrange ones are maybe only 6%. By percent, that's significant enough, but in the end it's less than a gram difference, and therefore sorta hard to use as the comparison between 2 grinders. Sifting is also essentially worthless for that purpose if you didn't take the same measurement when the grinder was new, since you have nothing to compare the present to.

I honestly think your best bet is going by taste. If you feel the quality of your cup has declined, that's probably the best way to be sure. Everything else is just a proxy for trying to determine how the cup will taste.

Yeah coming off as a winning combo of unhinged, irrational, judgmental, and (not-so) subtly racist...

OP, you say you'll refuse to wear a ring for your wedding... Not sure that'll be a problem.

Interesting, I can get that. In the end, as long as you like how you're learning, I'm all for just doing what's most fun and will keep you playing the most often. So enjoy!

Alternate chord forms for harmonies and jazz playing. It's a beast for me.

I am easily 10x worse at playing complex stuff when I'm stoned (though that doesn't keep me from doing it often since it's a great time). I don't think I internalize the lessons as well, my micro level coordination is much worse. It's even more noticeable drumming, but drumming is even more fun high lol. So I'd say go for it if you enjoy it, but over time I am sure that just improving your focus and learning method sober would be more effective.

Doesn't seem like this one was deliberate based on the charges, but it was on private land which is interesting. Starting a forest fire on accident is still stupid as fuck, but at least it isn't straight up evil like doing it on purpose. He still deserves the book, though.

Read G.E. Moore's take on it https://uen.pressbooks.pub/knowledgeforhumans/chapter/g-e-moores-hands/

It's a common and ultimately pointless/self-indulgent philosophical "question," lots of good essays on it.

In that I always eat it all, even if I made way too much

Lol they said "threatening violence" because it was the easiest thing to ban you with. The real reason you got banned is that you're a psycho, man. You sound like you are saying you wish you were allowed to hurt or kill your own children, and you're talking about them as property. That's crazy person shit.