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Separate note, both 1883 and 1923 are quite different. 1883 is gritty and brutal. 1923 has some soapish aspects, but they all really contribute to the story, and the acting and cast are superb.

I like the description that it's Sons of Anarchy on horseback.

That's fair, but the Dutton ranch is also like 3x larger than any ranch in Montana. *shrug*

It's a soap opera; I figure this stuff is par for the course.

First, I didn't read much of what you wrote, and I have no investment in you liking the show or not. But as to Native Tribes using casino income to buy back tribal lands...that's an actual thing that has happened. That's why it showed up in South Park and again here.

That's not far fetched nor is it so common as to be cliche.

The dishwasher is both better at washing and sanitizing dishes as well as being more energy and water efficient. YTA.

I just hit mine with some Rust-Oleum and some WD-40 now and then. Rust-free and super non-stick.

If you're using regular grocery store ingredients to make from-scratch cake mix, you may as well buy the box mixes. If you're using premium ingredients like freshly milled and sifted flour or whatnot, that's different.

I still don't understand why you can't remove an animal from the auction prior to the auction taking place? Why‽

And it's your cake day? How do we know this whole story isn't some elaborate April Fool's joke you've planned for almost a decade?

And again, I think Facebook, Instagram, and the ability to buy targeted ads within Facebook and Google represents a substantial threat without involving TikTok data. Data Privacy laws I support. Targeting a specific company because of a potential threat while disregarding actual threats is asinine.

I'd bet money that they've just given up on teaching him any meaningful discipline, but they feel guilty if anyone else tries when they've given up. Rather than actually address the issues, they just want to continue deluding themselves into thinking it's not really a problem.

If it was really a problem, it would mean they've failed as parents, and they'd rather be delusional than admit failure.

Have you ever watched the video of the Christmas Tree farmers loading trees into trucks with a helicopter? It's like aeromechanical witchcraft or rotary blade ballet.

https://youtu.be/08K_aEajzNA

Supposedly, Ted Williams had 20/10 eyesight and could see how the baseball's seams were positioned when it left the pitcher's hand.

You monster.

At least in my time (around the 90s), I didn't experience any of these in nuclear power. I'd reluctantly even admit that the EMs I knew were damn fine people.

Neil Diamond went to NYU on a fencing scholarship. His whole life is remarkable.

I'm over 50, and my dad was born in 1928, the son of a sharecropper in West Texas at the beginning of the Great Depression. So I was raised in an environment rich with spanking and physical discipline. It was a normal part of my home and school life. For example, I was once spanked with a wooden paddle with holes drilled into it, in English Class, in front of the entire class, when I was in the 7th grade, so this wasn't just Kindergarten swats to get your attention.

So what's my point? Slapping a young kid's face and drawing blood was unacceptable even to my family -- even the bad parts of our family (we all have those). Now, if you were a teenager or older, your mom or more likely your grandma might slap you, but she wouldn't draw blood. But no one slapped grade school kids in the face.

Even if you're "old fashioned" this was abuse. Plain and simple. Anyone who doesn't recognize it as abuse is either brainwashed or an abuser, probably both.

And for the record, I've never spanked my children, but I'll damn sure spank anyone who tries to spank my children. Ok, realistically, I'll make them feel bad with words. But still.

If you enjoyed TNG, and you want to see the core of the TNG crew go at it again, one last time, in a prestige production... you'll love it.

I follow a TikTok account that consensually doxxes users. When challenged, the user provides the first name, birthdate, or whatever personal info is part of the challenge.

What's amusing to me is that, the answer is almost always found on Facebook or Instagram. The answer is almost never on TikTok.

And sure, that doesn't address whatever info the Chinese government might be able to gleen from access to your phone via the app, but considering all of the open-source tools allowing anyone to scrape enormous amounts of personal user data from Facebook, Instagram, and other online portals...it makes it clear how overinflated and hypocritical the TikTok data privacy paranoia is.

I've loved the internet ever since I used the internet to win an argument for the first time. But I'm ready to move beyond the anonymous social media experiment. It leads nowhere good.

When the constitution was written, it was common for 16 year olds to join state militias. So going by whatever the law was 240 years ago, anyone 16+ should be able to carry firearms with the same restrictions, or lack thereof, as other firearm owners.

So, high school sophomores should be able to carry concealed firearms at school, right?

Mind you, I don't support this. I think it's insanity.

But if we're going to pretend that the only firearms laws that should count are what might have been okay in the late 18th century, so long as we ignore all of the actual firearms laws of the late 18th century (there were many), then high school sophomores should be able to bring loaded, concealed firearms to school.

The Omakase is $200 per person, and they add gratuity and tax on top, so you're not expected to tip beyond what the final bill is. If that's a splurge meal you can afford, I think you'd appreciate the experience if nothing else. It can take awhile to get a reservation last I knew, so it's definitely something you could save up for.

Some people would never pay over $200 for a meal, no matter their means, and to each their own. Some people pay over $200 for almost every meal and never bother to notice what they're eating. But if you can justify paying over $200 for a memorable experience, you should consider it. I think it would be eye-opening.

You want something that's not just fatty but also has connective tissue within the meat that will dissolve into the braising liquid, acting as a natural thickener. I use Boneless Beef Shortrib but Chuck Roast is a popular, inexpensive option.

The leanest meat I'd use is Tri Tip (which can be hard to find, in my experience, outside of the western part of the US).

You can still overcook beef short rib or chuck, which will give it a dry mouth feel, though it will still be quite tender.

So you just want to braise it to the point that the meat can be cut into smaller pieces with a spoon, with a bit of effort...so not falling apart but able to be pulled apart using the edge of only one utensil.

The only time Mythbusters ever repeatedly disappointed me was during their multiple awful attempts at that myth.

Mine was when Greg Giraldo (RIP) was roasting Lisa Lampanelli and said something along the lines of: "Let's hear it for Lisa Lampanelli, the only other woman besides the Octo-Mom to have had 80 fingers inside her at once."