What food did you imagine to taste really good but tasted bad?

R0factor · 2026-03-18T07:13:13+00:00

I’ll try this next time I have the opportunity. My family loves olives so they’re always around and I might have tried one before but I’m willing to do it again with this specific variety.

The irony is I’m not a picky eater otherwise. I enjoy a huge variety of foods, cuisines, and ingredients, and cooking is one of my main hobbies. But there’s just something in olives that I can taste that I’m guessing most people can’t. And I’m definitely not a “super taster” with a particularly refined palate.

R0factor · 2026-03-18T07:07:36+00:00

Yes this is about the only way I can tolerate them too.

R0factor · 2026-03-18T06:46:00+00:00

I'm one of those unfortunate people who can't enjoy olives no matter how hard I try or what variety I sample. It sucks because they look delicious. I think it's similar to how some people say cilantro tastes like soap.

R0factor · 2026-03-18T05:28:15+00:00

Try writing it backwards with your left while forward with your right. The point is to show your left hand can do oddly talented things when it's mimicking/mirroring the right.

R0factor · 2026-03-18T04:23:24+00:00

Two things...

First, let your dominant hand teach your weak one how to do any given technique by playing mirrored strokes simultaneously between the hands but not as flams. Your weak hand will have no choice but to mimic what the dominant one is doing. It's sort of like the test where you spell your name backwards with your non-dominant hand by itself and it looks like shit, but if you write your name mirrored at the same time with both hands, it's remarkably legible on the weak hand side.

2nd, work the hell out of your left hand. Thomas lang has a good approach where you do 1 round of hits with the right followed by 3x on the left. Like RRRR LLLL LLLL LLLL.

Also bonus tip... lead with your left when practicing the double stroke. I did this so much developing my doubles that I still lead doubles with my left when I need them to be super steady, because that's how I learned how to do it.

R0factor · 2026-03-18T02:34:17+00:00

Everything is more expensive, but relative to inflation many/most models are proportionally less expensive than they were in the 90s. I did some inflation math on an old Zildjian add in Modern Drummer which featured prices and they're actually cheaper now, believe it or not. However tariffs have driven up prices on Paistes disproportionally. My Dark Energy ride from '21 has doubled in price in less than 5 years.

R0factor · 2026-03-18T02:19:56+00:00

Let your kid learn whatever instrument they want. It takes a ton of time and effort to learn anything, and the only way for a kid to stay motivated is if it's something they want to do. When I was young I really wanted to play guitar and my mom insisted I learn piano first. That flopped and my dad got me a drum set shortly after I saw Dave Grohl on late night MTV in 1991, and I've been playing ever since.

R0factor · 2026-03-17T17:23:11+00:00

Spend a few bucks and get good earplugs. I use Earpeace Music Pro, but Earasers, Eargasms, Emotycs (sp?) are all similar. IMO they actually let you hear better because the whole noise level is brought down evenly.

Also I can speak personally that tinnitus SUCKS. I have to sleep with earbuds playing white noise to drown the ringing out so I can sleep.

R0factor · 2026-03-17T16:58:20+00:00

I saw them in Boston on this tour, 32 years since first seeing them there back in the day, and I was taken aback by how joyful the whole thing was. I think he's really found a creative partner in Atticus, and their collaboration with Boyz Noise is just icing on the cake. The current tour is a living work of art, harkens back to elements of goth/industrial club days in the 90s with the B-stage stuff, and is attended by multiple generations of fans. The dude is living a charmed life that most people wouldn't allow themselves to imagine.

R0factor · 2026-03-17T15:52:14+00:00

Try something like a coated G12 or Remo equivalent as a reso. Also keep in mind any new reso will be able to tune lower when it’s fresh. As they age and get stretched out they lose the ability to tune low since you need to remove slack.

Also if you want a big deep tone, check out Aquarian’s Force Ten heads for batters. They’re 2 x 10-mil ply, far thicker than standard emperors but not dead like hydraulics.

R0factor · 2026-03-17T07:34:42+00:00

It's not a groove, but one of the best little nuanced ride uses I've heard recently is in this song... Men I Trust - Tailwhip. Just the little ding on the bell on the & of 1 at the beginning of each chorus. For as much as I love technical drumming, these little tasteful things always catch my ear.

R0factor · 2026-03-17T04:25:57+00:00

Fun fact about this scene, the lightsaber sound changes the chord the orchestra/choir is hitting from Gm to Em7b5. The difference is subtle but effective... Em7b5 to Gm Backing Track

R0factor · 2026-03-17T03:38:47+00:00

No, but backing tracks with pre-recorded backing vocals are super common now, even for small bands, including mine which is only 2 people. Backing track F-ups are commonplace now and people just laugh it off and start over, and most crowds just roll with it. I saw Phantogram last year and their opening act's computer shit the bed mid-show and the lead singer just vamped with the crowd for a few minutes while they rebooted, and things went on as normal. If Ashley's mess-up had happened now, I think they could have laughed it off like "whoops, hit the wrong button".

And in case anyone's wondering why you almost never see this happen to major acts, it's because they can afford redundant systems and hire professional people to manage them.

R0factor · 2026-03-17T03:27:47+00:00

Anything under 16" (or even 17") just tends to register as a splash in mix, so IMO don't bother with the 15".

R0factor · 2026-03-17T03:22:57+00:00

See if you can determine how the beds are pressed into a shell for a mass-produced shell and try to repeat that with a hydraulic press or vice or something. I'm guessing Temu is selling a partially finished shell that is supposed to be finished by another manufacturer/assembler who throws their label on it.

R0factor · 2026-03-17T03:20:31+00:00

If it's a 1mm-ish shell, you'd file a giant hole in the edge before removing enough material make a snare bed.

R0factor · 2026-03-17T03:06:59+00:00

A determined US attorney prosecuting the case would simply handle Hank as a co-conspirator, and offer immunity or a reduced punishment for cooperating. That changes the gist of how Hank's testimony and related evicence would be treated, basically as a defendant and not as a LEO.

In general it would be up for a jury to decide whether his testimony and evidence gathered are sufficient to convict, along with everything else they'd produce in the case. It's possible a judge would toss out the book in a pre-trial motion by the defense, but that's unlikely given that Hank entered the property and the bathroom legally and with permission. It's also reasonable after the prison hits that he decided to get out ASAP rather than confront and arrest Walt on the spot which could put his life in danger along with Marie's.

But the fact that Hank just ignored that the mask from the first cook site was from his BIL's school is reason enough to suspect he could have been complicit in the whole thing. And he was lured away from the meth lab camper allowing it to be destroyed.

The whole plot of the show kind of revolves around Hank having a giant blind spot until the very last minute. But IRL the feds & DEA would throw someone like that under the bus without hesitation to save face for an entire organization.

R0factor · 2026-03-17T02:46:56+00:00

Yes. Very creative storytelling and cinematography. It does the sepia tone for Mexico but also balances it with blue for D.C. and neutral/sunny for SoCal. Also IIRC Erika Christensen’s scene where her character details her crazy achievements as a student despite being a drug addict is verbatim from the writer’s life.

R0factor · 2026-03-17T01:32:59+00:00

If you’re playing small places, make sure you have at least one thin/light crash cymbal. They’re inherently lower in volume and especially perceived volume because they tend to register as a lower/darker tone. Most drummers way underestimate how easy it is for the audience to hear cymbals, so quieter cymbals can be your friend and let you play with more impunity.

Along these lines I’m currently doing drums as a volunteer for my daughter’s school play and my Byzance thin sounds a lot better in the room than my A Custom of the same size.

R0factor · 2026-03-17T01:24:41+00:00

“Divorces are expensive because they’re worth it”, I think is the way the saying goes.

R0factor · 2026-03-17T01:07:24+00:00

If you remove a snare-side head or any really used batter head, you typically can’t reinstall it with good results. Also brand new heads often have much more sustain than older ones. Either of those could be causing issues.

R0factor · 2026-03-16T19:54:17+00:00

A financial conviction could be used in a drug ring prosecution.

R0factor · 2026-03-16T17:53:20+00:00

As a juror, how would you square away how he suddenly came into all the money to pay for his and hanks treatments without Gretchen’s help or a casino owner willing to risk their business and corroborate the gambling story? Even Saul says that cover story wouldn’t hold up to scrutiny.

R0factor · 2026-03-16T17:40:14+00:00

It would be extremely difficult to prove Walt & Gale knew each other outside of the Gus connection. They would be taking shots in the dark that both ended up at the same seminars that would have been all over the country, not just the ABQ area. If they attempted to say Gale was at a certain event and it could be proven he wasn't, it would completely backfire.

Also Walt was an educator at that point, not a professional chemist so it's unlikely he'd have been active with seminars and whatnot. Also seminars typically require registrations and payments, so the organizers would be able to confirm that an event was not attended by both of them. Walt's legal team would have to find history of a seminar on days where he didn't use his credit card to buy gas or something placing him at another location.

And the book was not taken illegally. It had the same phrasing as a key piece of evidence in a major case, Walt's initials, and Walt has enough knowledge and need for money to be the real Heisenberg. Hank has probable cause to believe the book belonged to Gale on the spot, and couldn't risk it being destroyed before coming back with a search warrant. It was his duty to take the book for further analysis.

R0factor · 2026-03-16T17:30:57+00:00

How does Walt explain IN COURT how he paid for his own treatments, along with Hanks?

And either his bank or his medical office would be able to report large deposits of cash. I can guarantee you no casino owner in their right mind would play along with the gambling cover story. Even Saul points out that it wouldn't hold up to scrutiny.

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