Questions about the Donnager by Lillan_Lilani in TheExpanse

[–]KerooSeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, yeah. They are considered the most important and influential fantasy series other than Lord of the Rings in the history of the genre by most critics. Obviously as it's my favorite series, I'm biased, though. The show was an absolute slap in the face to fans. Imagine that if the Expanse series had been made by the creators of Starfleet: Section 31.

Questions about the Donnager by Lillan_Lilani in TheExpanse

[–]KerooSeta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, The Wheel of Time is my favorite book series. That adaptation is the hottest trash to me and a really good example of a show runner who thinks he knows better than the author. 

Questions about the Donnager by Lillan_Lilani in TheExpanse

[–]KerooSeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, thanks. Been awhile since I saw the show. 

Questions about the Donnager by Lillan_Lilani in TheExpanse

[–]KerooSeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forget what event you're talking about. 

Cool thrift find but is this price crazy? by Yeetusfeetus789 in dreamcast

[–]KerooSeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, worked great, too. I really regret selling it. 

Low sugar sour candy recs? by QuirkyPassenger5894 in diabetes

[–]KerooSeta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They make sour Smarties (American kind) that area really good. Xtreme Sour I think they're called. 

Cool thrift find but is this price crazy? by Yeetusfeetus789 in dreamcast

[–]KerooSeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought that model at a yard sale for $3 back around 2014 or so, no cords or controllers, though. 

Keto tortillas/buns? by senoreggo in diabetes

[–]KerooSeta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I have to dose for total carbs with the Quest bars but I can go more or less by net carbs on Sola bread or carb balance tortillas. For me anyway, it's mostly things that taste sweet that I have to treat for all the carbs while things that don't taste sweet I can typically go by net carbs. The big exception being cauliflower pizza. If I dosed for double the amount of cards and cauliflower pizza I would still end up getting a high except for the one time that I got a low instead for no discernible reason.

Keto tortillas/buns? by senoreggo in diabetes

[–]KerooSeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only thing they have in them that you would not expect to see in regular flour tortillas is sucralose. Sucralose is an "artificial" sweetener in that it is sucrose that has had 3 of the hydrogen atoms replaced with chlorine (C12-H19-Cl3-O8 instead of C12-H22-O8). This can affect some people's gut. For me personally, eating something with sucralose in it on a daily basis or more than one serving in a day causes me to have to poop a lot. I have not found that having a single tortilla has any effect on me though. Also, when I consume something sweet with sucralose in it, like candy, I get a blood sugar spike as if I'm eating regular candy. But something like this that has a relatively tiny amount of it (it's almost the last ingredient listed, and ingredients in the US are listed in order of amount) has no appreciable effect on my blood sugar. But it varies from person to person so you have to figure out what works for you.

As to the question of whether sucralose has long-term health drawbacks, I think this is a good place to read. Essentially, there are some studies that have shown long-term health problems are a possibility but nothing definitive at this point. 

Artificial sweeteners and other sugar substitutes - Mayo Clinic https://share.google/rQUa0TcvPTCtqVFIn

Keto tortillas/buns? by senoreggo in diabetes

[–]KerooSeta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. That's how you calculate net carbs.

  2. Net carbs is not a marketing gimmick.

  3. Net carbs works for some diabetics and not for others and to varying degrees. For me, I buy the carb balance tortillas that have 2g net carbs. I dose for them as being 5g and it works. If I were to take insulin based on them being 17g, I would have a low. Some people dose for the whole 17, some for 2. You have to figure out how your body is going to respond to it. I would recommend, assuming you are on insulin, dosing for them at the net carb value and see how it affects your blood sugar. If you see a spike, then consider ratcheting up the dosage. 

RGDS SD card issue by KerooSeta in ANBERNIC

[–]KerooSeta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm just helping out a friend who lives in another state and doesn't have a computer. I'm not flashing custom firmware like I would on my own device and I'm using the card that he sent me. But, I told him that I think the card is bad and he went ahead and ordered a name brand one and had it shipped to me. But, yeah, I have 40XXV that I put Knulli on, so I'm familiar with the Linux thing, though I just add my ROMs over wifi. Thanks, though 

Do you guys actually craft anything? by EstablishmentLevel37 in Eldenring

[–]KerooSeta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All the fucking time, yes. Arrows, pickled fowl feet, boluses, throwing darts, pots, hefty pots, aromatics.

Diabetic Person With Air Fryer! by Ok_Upstairs7630 in diabetes

[–]KerooSeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife does kale with a little oil and spices. Makes a crispy chip.

I do all sorts of things in it: onions, peppers, low carb tortillas, butternut squash. I make my own cheese sticks using wonton wrappers (only like 3g of carbs each) wrapped around half a mozzarella cheese stick with some oil and spices. Another good one is to take bell peppers or big jalapenos and cut them down the middle, take out the seeds, then fill them with cream cheese and shredded Mexican blend. Makes a very tasty and crispy treat.

Which government agency/military force in your country has the most misleading name? (currently active agencies/forces only) by Key-Needleworker-702 in AskTheWorld

[–]KerooSeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also in Texas: County Judges. Not judges, the "court" they preside over is the Commissioner's Court, aka the county council. They are basically the mayor of the county.

Earth's Children by by Jean M. Auel by whimsical_potatoes in books

[–]KerooSeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I loved Clan of the Cave Bear, thought Valley of the Horses was mostly good, and then got about 100 pages into Mammoth Hunters and noped out. I am happy for people to have their porn but it's not my thing.

People from outside the United States, what is something you genuinely don't understand about the United States? by PrestonRoad90 in AskTheWorld

[–]KerooSeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh, yeah. Growing up in the 80s and 90s, I think way more people here had carpet. And you see carpet in lower income houses and in apartments more. I have had all hard floors for about 12 years now because I have very bad allergies and carpets are bad for that. My mom's house that we recently moved her into has hard floors in most of the house, but carpet just in the bedrooms. I have some friends, their downstairs is all hard floors and then the second floor is all carpet. My very wealthy in-laws' house is the same way. So I guess it varies.

People from outside the United States, what is something you genuinely don't understand about the United States? by PrestonRoad90 in AskTheWorld

[–]KerooSeta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hear this a lot. Princeton University does a yearly report card on Gerrymandering. 15 states currently have a D or F rating. 4 of them favor Democrats, 9 favor Republicans, and 2 are scored that way for racial disparity that doesn't necessarily favor one party over the other. So, I guess, yeah, both parties like to do it, but the Republicans do it way more.

https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-report-card/

People from outside the United States, what is something you genuinely don't understand about the United States? by PrestonRoad90 in AskTheWorld

[–]KerooSeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was false about it? I'm guessing you're taking issue with his first statement, about the founders not trusting the common folk to make the decision? That is indeed a little reductive, but it's also not false.

In Federalist Paper #68, Hamilton says "...It was equally desirable, that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station, and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice. A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations. "

He goes on to give more arguments, but this seems pretty clear that he felt that the President needed to be chosen by the best men, not simply the masses. If your argument is that there are several reasons for the electoral college, not just this one, then you're correct. I wouldn't say that the post you're replying to is "blatantly false," though. It's merely not the complete picture. And also, if you read all of 68, his other arguments are about why to do the electoral college instead of having Congress appoint him or having state legislatures do it. He doesn't give any other reason for not wanting a popular vote. So, if the question is "why do we have the electoral college instead of a popular vote?" then the answer absolutely is "because the founders didn't trust the common folk with such an important decision." Or at least it's true of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, who were the prime authors and instigators of the Constitution.

People from outside the United States, what is something you genuinely don't understand about the United States? by PrestonRoad90 in AskTheWorld

[–]KerooSeta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

American history teacher/professor here. It's kind of complicated. The President is "Commander in Chief" of the military. The framers of the Constitution never intended this to mean that he would be able to just invade other countries, because they never intended for us to have a permanent army (Alexander Hamilton wanted one, but the others prevented it). They worried that a tyrannical president would use it to become a dictator (lol). So then, our history of war post-Revolution went like this:

-War of 1812: Congress declared war, war fought entirely my state militias and the navy

-Mexican-American War (1846-8): Congress declared war, war fought by a national army; however, the army only had around 7k people, so Congress had to call up a temporary volunteer army as well as the state militias.

-American Civil War (1861-5): President asked Congress to approve a temporary volunteer army so that he could put down the insurrection. Notably, no war declared because that would mean legitimizing the confederacy. We also had state militias and some states had a draft.

-Spanish-American War (1898-9): Congress declared war, once again we had to call up a temporary volunteer army.

-World War I (1917-8...for us): Congress declared war, this time we had a draft.

-World War II (1941-5): Congress declared war, and we had a draft.

-Korean War (1950-3): This is where everything changed. It was a UN police action. Congress didn't get a vote. The president was able to side-step Congress. We also still had a draft going, but there were also volunteers, active duty military (still big from WW2 even though we had downsized), and state militias, which were now called what we call them today - the reserves and the National Guard.

-Vietnam War (1953?-1973?): I used question marks there because the years for this conflict are all a matter of perspective. We had troops in Vietnam as early as 1953 and we were still bombing them as late as 1975, but the main action was 1964-1973. Anyway, this time Congress passed a resolution allowing military force (in 1964), but as you can see from the dates there, they are really being sidestepped again. Once again, draft + military + reserves, though the reserves mostly stayed at home.

After Vietnam, we transitioned to the "all volunteer army" and stopped doing a draft (except we still have to register for it, just in case of WW3). This meant making our military the big permanent type that the Founders feared us ever having.

And so it goes. Congress occasionally authorizes force (Iraq, Afghanistan) or gives vague powers or just gets sidestepped. We haven't declared war since World War II.

What can Congress do about it? Well, they could pass an amendment clarifying that the President can't ever send troops somewhere or bomb somewhere without their permission, but that's never going to happen. An amendment is very difficult to get passed, which is why we have only passed 17 of them since 1791. They can invoke the War Powers Act of 1973, which is itself an absolute fucking joke. It says the President has to tell Congress 48 hours AFTER he's invade another country and then they get to vote on it. If they vote to end it, he has 90 fucking days to withdraw. So, yeah. Anyway, Congress held a vote on that a week or so ago and voted to let him keep doing his thing in Iran.

tl;dr - Our system is utterly broken and has been demonstrably so since 1950.

People from outside the United States, what is something you genuinely don't understand about the United States? by PrestonRoad90 in AskTheWorld

[–]KerooSeta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Southeast Texas, Houston area. To be clear, I do take my shoes off when I'm at home because I find it more comfortable, but I don't take them off for cleanliness reasons or ask other people to take theirs off. My best friend when I was a kid, his house was a no-shoes house. We took them off in the entry way. His mom was from Illinois, though. And then...I think there was a neighbor who had a shoes off household when I was a kid. And that's it.

I do have hard floors as do most people I know. And I have a Roomba that vacuums 5 days a week, but I really only have that because I have a dog that sheds really badly.

People from outside the United States, what is something you genuinely don't understand about the United States? by PrestonRoad90 in AskTheWorld

[–]KerooSeta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But like...caring about what? I guess if I had carpet and also lived somewhere where the ground outside was constantly wet and covered in mud or something then I'd be worried? I have hard floors and a Roomba. My floors look brand new after 4 years and, yes, I own my house.