"I speak alternative facts, making others do the work of figuring out what I meant."
vs.
"I have researched in-depth and know what I am talking about and why."
Tbf there are probably far-right people who are more like the latter. Just b/c I do not recall ever hearing those arguments does not mean that they don't exist!
Yeah, it turns out that slapping the electron around like with a big stick or whatever causes it to change its behavior, go figure! :-P
Cool, thanks! None of that really makes sense to me, so I guess I will just have to follow your directions and watch it happen in order to learn. Especially if I can find something where I can enjoy or even halfway stand the taste, that will be great:-).
It was not his fault - he inherited a shit storm and he did manage the enormous set of multiple crises fairly well compared to most past presidents (e.g. how would GWB or Clinton have fared given similar circumstances?) - but Americans will blame him regardless. And somewhat correctly so, bc the buck stops here, and he has not fixed either the inflation nor the housing affordability issues.
Then again, it is now month six of the fiscal year (begins in October) and Congress STILL has not passed a budget yet for 2024. Nor does the Supreme Court look... entirely functional either. So for his presidency to be THIS competent, when nothing else is right now, is nothing short of amazing. And that credit he deserves, even though the for-profit media will not offer it.
Assuming they even care at all, and were not just dicking people around purely bc they could.
But assuming not, it is like that strategy that police use when they want a raise: pay us or else, capiche?
Thanks. It sounds like my biggest problem is the over-reliance on the "quick 1-minute" kind, which really did used to be IDENTICAL in price - or at least I recall the two Quaker Oats versions, side-by-side, were the same price, though steel-cut ones of other brands may be better and/or cheaper.
Omg "cold(-brew?) oatmeal", this just blew my mind a little:-P.
Thank you. I will miss the "1-minute", no-prep, no-clean aspect, but I needed to make the switch anyway, b/c despite the superfood health benefits the instant stuff tastes like crap.
If you don't mind my asking, why no stirring - wouldn't that help?
And what does "edge of boiling" mean? Is it just above, like I've heard for pasta and noodles, or just below, for whatever but I've heard it called "simmering"? Yeah, I don't know the first thing about cooking, for the most part - I know how to stick something in the oven and leave it alone, and like fry-cook a scrambled egg, and that's about it. Companies are taking advantage of my weakness there, by making low-effort prepped foods like cereal cost more, b/c they know that most people will just give in and pay more rather than learn to eat other foods:-(.
The instant kind, which used to be an identical rather than now twice the price for Quaker Oats (ymmv), still has some benefits: ability to nuke it anywhere e.g. even at work without access to a stovetop, less cleanup for the pan, and less knowledge (zero chance to burn it) and effort required.
Maybe the uncut kind tastes better, or something? For Quaker Oats I never thought so, especially not given the aforementioned tradeoffs, but probably other brands can be way better.
Anyway thanks for the suggestion - that is a great thought. It may take some effort to switch over, but it seems like it may be worth it.
The top end of medical care is higher than it has ever been in the world. And stuff is available to more people than ever too - e.g. tiny villages in Africa can get vaccines that Americans refuse to take even. But access to programs such as Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid are closing up shop. Younger people are forced to pay into it but will never get the value out of it that older generations were able to. So while the programs ostensibly look to be still there, their "meaning" has changed, bigly.
Similarly with the top and bottom ends of knowledge - except it was far easier to afford a college education when it was a fifth of the cost that it today, and you used to be able to Google pretty much anything, but now all that is shown are ads, ads, and more ads (SEOs have seen to that - tbf AI stuff is helping but it is extremely unreliable and soon enough that will fall prey to SEO stuff too).
But the biggest issue may be affordability of housing: having cool phones that can play games is nice and all, but what else in life could possibly compare with being able to afford your very own home? Even if bought at age 40-60? One answer to that is having a semi-permanent "job", compared to a shorter-term position in today's gig economy (there was some article saying that nearly all positions created in 2020-2 were short term ones, though ofc I can never find this article again on Google).
People today have little hope for the future. Neither Trump nor Biden (nor Mitch McConnell nor Nancy Pelosi, now Hakeem Jeffries, etc.) seems to be able to provide that. Nor could they even on theoretical grounds due to the forces at work of automation and globalization. But perhaps there is reason for hope? If so, someone smarter than I would need to explain it, and even find it first. "The economy" has grown for almost a hundred years... but at this point whether that unrestrained growth pattern seems sustainable or not is besides the point, since "the economy" doesn't seem to be trickling down any to the people who want to share in the good fortune of "America". But yeah... maybe it will get better? Or maybe it's Maybelline?
And oatmeal - didn't that used to be one of the cheapest foods!? wtf happened there I have no idea...
Hrm, it sounds like the teacher already knew the answer.
Maybe stop wasting the time of the student then!?
You're welcome.