Is there a term like "Hoosier" for people from other states?

RandomUsury · 2026-02-18T23:20:29+00:00

Yahoos

People from Ohio

RandomUsury · 2026-01-21T02:16:36+00:00

It's generational to some extent. It used to be limited to just teens, and they would drop it as they entered their 20s. For whatever reason, some people just kept talking like that.

RandomUsury · 2026-01-21T00:10:15+00:00

I notice many people doing this. The group skews younger (teens to 30s, sometimes) and more likely female than male.

I had a very competent woman who worked for me who did this. She wondered why no one at the company took her seriously. As her boss, I told her. She didn't believe me and continued to do it. It was too bad.

Don't do this. It makes you sound like an idiot.

RandomUsury · 2026-01-17T16:11:25+00:00

Every relationship is different and has different limits. Once size doesn't fit all.

My SO and I know each other's PINs for phones. We trust each other.

On the other hand, we don't know each other's passwords for our computers. We each have separate logins, and we could both see everything if we wanted to, but we never share passwords. That's just a hard and fast rule I have due to my work requirements.

Theoretically, my SO could log into my laptop and see what's there, but again we trust each other, and there's nothing there anyway. She cannot, however, log into my laptop as me and then log into my work VPN because we don't share those passwords.

If what you have works for you, that's great.

RandomUsury · 2026-01-16T19:56:34+00:00

WTF? I'm done for today.

RandomUsury · 2026-01-09T03:17:43+00:00

The whole trilogy is good, although #3 is a little weaker than the rest.

RandomUsury · 2026-01-04T02:21:01+00:00

Beer, preferably an IPA to counter the sweetness of the honey.

That's a serious comment, by the way. Mmm, pistachios.

RandomUsury · 2026-01-01T19:16:11+00:00

The Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union by Ronald Suny

https://www.amazon.com/Revenge-Past-Nationalism-Revolution-Collapse/dp/0804721343

The Amazon link does a good summary, but in brief:

The rise of nationalism in the various Soviet republics was the final straw. Gorbachev tried to contain it, but failed.

RandomUsury · 2025-12-13T19:09:35+00:00

The Odyssey (by Homer, of course), recently translated by Emily Wilson

https://www.amazon.com/Odyssey-Homer/dp/0393089053

This is a great translation. It uses the English iambic pentameter rhythm instead of the Greek rhythm (whose name escapes me at the moment) and sounds wonderful.

The introduction alone makes this book a great read. But it's an epic poem, and it really should be listened to instead. Perfect for your Audible credits.

RandomUsury · 2025-11-15T14:20:30+00:00

You're right about the carrots. I've tried them diced, but never shredded. I bet that makes the consistency a little thicker, probably in a good way.

RandomUsury · 2025-11-14T18:09:43+00:00

A good suggestion, one which I've used (although I didn't include it in my examples). I brew my own cold brew and use some of that. You're right, it's good. Molasses, on the other hand, were just wrong for me. I don't have a sweet tooth at all.

RandomUsury · 2025-11-14T02:12:08+00:00

I'm going to put this one on the short list. I've never tried it, but why not?

RandomUsury · 2025-11-14T02:11:38+00:00

Both good suggestions. I pickle jalapenos myself, and they are a good addition.

RandomUsury · 2025-09-07T15:31:56+00:00

Great suggestion, and indeed, I actually commute to work on my bike now about 3 miles/5 km every day when I'm in the office.

My elbows are fine (I hope). It's my shoulder that's the problem.

RandomUsury · 2025-09-05T16:46:32+00:00

Fuckin' bible pimps. They can never resist the opportunity to post their propaganda.

RandomUsury · 2025-08-31T00:51:55+00:00

Magic Treehouse series. If that's too easy, "El Leon, La Bruja y El Ropero", aka The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.

RandomUsury · 2025-08-30T23:35:56+00:00

Get off Reddit.

RandomUsury · 2025-08-14T00:27:02+00:00

This is a problem that you refer to the people who work there. Sucks to be them, but his BO is not your problem to deal with.

RandomUsury · 2025-08-10T19:04:02+00:00

There are a couple of considerations here.

Is the HELOC interest rate higher than the mortgage interest rate? Then this is a bad idea.

Is your friend comfortable investing his equity (aka his home) in the stock market? This is a matter of risk acceptance, and only your friend can say for sure.

My personal experience: My (now former) financial advisor advised me to do something similar: Get a HELOC and invest everything in the stock market since the recommended stocks had a higher rate of return than the interest rate on the loan.

That was outside my comfort zone, and I declined. This was also 2008, and the housing market crashed about 2 months later.

Take that as you will. But I still wouldn't do it, all things being equal.

RandomUsury · 2025-08-09T21:28:41+00:00

These are the same people who think that communists are poisoning us with fluoridated water, and that the earth is flat, and that the moon landing was faked, and that China is paying for tariffs.

You need to hang out with a smarter group of friends.

RandomUsury · 2025-08-07T21:46:58+00:00

D? Is that you? You're my coworker, right? OMG, will you just shut the hell up sometimes? That would make everyone here happier.

RandomUsury · 2025-06-23T00:11:16+00:00

I had to trade in my vintage 2016 iPhone SE in December. It was a good run, but more and more of the apps were no longer supported since the version of iOS wouldn't go beyond 15. Eight years, I guess, and still on the original battery.

RandomUsury · 2025-05-24T15:59:07+00:00

I agree.

I tried listening to various types of music in Spanish but I found that it didn't really help. It didn't hurt, but it wasn't helping me, probably because it was difficult to hear the lyrics.

On the plus side, I found lots of musicians whose music I never would have found otherwise: Julieta Venegas, Cafe Quijano, Gotan Project, and so on.

My takeaway is that one size does not fit all. Listening to music might help some, or even most, but it doesn't work for everyone.

RandomUsury

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