chaples55

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[–] chaples55 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe she thought she could "fix" him. Still stupid

[–] chaples55 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I live somewhere where I have access to dozens of restaurants within a 5 minute drive and I can order ahead to avoid waiting. Cooking really is not an activity I enjoy so I have no interest in practicing unless I have to. That is not to say I never have food at home. I regularly make healthy super smoothies, sandwiches loaded with greens, prepared salads, and whole grain cereals. I wouldn't consider that cooking though.

I'm not looking to invalidate the experience of anyone who is good at or enjoys cooking. Just sharing my opinion that this is one area that is very commonly recommended for saving money that I personally don't find worth my time.

[–] chaples55 23 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I feel this way about cooking. I hate cooking. It takes a lot of time. And lots of cleanup time. And time spent planning and shopping. Plus the tools, ingredients, and power/gas/water used all cost money. With all that in mind, a $9 bowl of chipotle is significantly cheaper by my estimation than cooking an equivalent myself.

[–] chaples55 14 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Doesn't necessarily mean it's cheaper for a bad reason though. There are often instances where the cheaper option can also be the better option.

[–] chaples55 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I kinda hope/suspect that training and procurement has actually been going on sooner than they say. Might be wishful thinking, but it would be awesome if F16s show up on the battlefield early and catch the Russians totally off guard

[–] chaples55 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And is unlikely to be achieved by 42 f16s. Don't get me wrong, this is fantastic news, but it would take many many more f16s and/or more sophisticated jets and more air defenses to establish air superiority.

I haven't seen much discussion about it, but I think F15s for Ukraine would be incredibly helpful. F15s have a very powerful radar with excellent standoff and air-to-ground capabilities. I think they would go a loooong way to keeping Russian jets behind their air defenses, and slowly picking off those air defenses.

[–] chaples55 7 points 1 year ago

The apology video came out before the sexual harassment accusations.

[–] chaples55 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Probably so that the 3 hinges can be at the standard heights on the tall side of the door. The short side would have cut off the top hinge. But yeah, would have been nicer to chisel out custom spacing for the hinges on the short side

[–] chaples55 0 points 1 year ago

Well, that's good. Unfortunately lots of people don't vote in the primary, and then complain about their options in the general election.

[–] chaples55 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't expect you to give a shit about my feelings. Was just hoping maybe you or someone reading this might come around to the idea that realistically, there are only two ~~options~~ outcomes, and we should avoid the fascistic one at all costs.

For the record, my feelings are that I'd really like to see younger people in office too, but I'm not gonna shoot myself (and the country) in the foot over it.

[–] chaples55 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Falsely implying there has been no climate action, vehemently opposing their candidate over his age, and refusing to vote for them seems a bit aggro toward the party 🤷‍♂️

[–] chaples55 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's how our FPTP system works. Twist yourself into a pretzel all you want. The reality is, if you want to preserve a functioning democracy in this country and have even the slightest chance of improving it one day, you have only one real option (hint: it's not a third party and it's definitely not the orange fascist).

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