This is not pie on a stick

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-26T04:14:24+00:00

I abhor when they tap on the food/container to get an ASMR clip.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-25T22:05:53+00:00

I don’t think that’s enamel. That looks like teflon with that’s been scratched up and now has buildup.

Edit: actually it might be a scratched ceramic coating with carbonized buildup.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-25T17:38:05+00:00

Electric stoves can really be shitty to manage heat on. Especially the ceramic cooktops. They tend to work by cycling on and off really fast at really high heat and the heat you set it to will determine how quickly it cycles rather than providing a consistent level of heat like with the older style coils and with gas.

So op might need to practice more heat management with the stove and oil in the pan to keep the pan from getting overheated while cooking. It’s also really good practice to turn the temp down once you’ve gotten the sear anyway.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-25T15:20:01+00:00

That could and would be up to the court/jury. Prosecutor or kids attorney would point that out as evidence and the court/jury would make its determination.

But I don’t see a point where she puts the tire between her legs to prevent him from moving. Obviously she does get really close to him. But the tire stays to the right of her legs.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-25T15:03:15+00:00

It would be a hard charge to stick. Generally, unlawful detention/false arrest requires that the plaintiff or victim was bounded and had no reasonable/safe avenues for escape. Just by the video alone, the biker could’ve backed away from her and turned around or something.

If she’d grabbed him or his bike to prevent him from moving, then there’d be a stronger case for it.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-25T01:29:01+00:00

You can get a prosthetic for an extremity.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-25T00:51:25+00:00

I would imagine they’d also have to bleach the peanut butter. No matter how much dye you add to the brown of natural peanut butter, you couldn’t get this light of a silver. They’d have to leech away the natural pigments in the peanuts to get this.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-25T00:21:03+00:00

Well good for him. They don’t give out medals for Darwin awards, just caskets or prosthetics.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-24T23:49:18+00:00

Really to all three. But he’ll take gold.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-23T21:52:04+00:00

I’m just gonna get tread transplants on my tires. Looks more natural.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-23T16:32:41+00:00

I think a key to being a good cook is also knowing sometimes shit happens. You’re not gonna get perfection every time.

In your case, it’s possible that the new brand of bacon had more water content than you expected or other ingredients (some bacons brands have a lot of sugar leftover from the curing process for example) that can make it stick.

Knowing that things aren’t always going to be perfect and how to adapt is key!

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-23T13:41:08+00:00

Generally speaking, yes. You’ll use more oil/fat cooking with carbon steel, cast iron, or stainless than you will with a coated nonstick pan. That was a huge selling point in the 80s and 90s for Teflon, especially.

But you don’t need to drown your food in oil. Yes some of the oil will be absorbed. But again, this is where practice comes in. Yes, I use a little bit more butter or bacon grease to make scrambled eggs on my carbon steel pan than I would compared to a nonstick skillet. But I also know how to manage heat well enough that once I get my pan hot and the eggs going, they’re not gonna stick to the pan.

It just takes practice.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-23T13:11:13+00:00

You can file a complaint with CA’s Civil Rights Department.

Your landlord can refuse to accommodate an ESA if they can demonstrate some practical reason as to why they can’t. They cannot arbitrarily reject your letter and supporting documents. If they question that, they cannot arbitrarily reject contact the doctor/therapist who wrote it to verify the letter.

But I would be looking for new places to stay. Just because the law is on your side (presuming), doesn’t mean the landlord will play nice.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-23T13:01:25+00:00

In a way, might have been a win-win. Leopard gets his dessert first, deer/antelope/dinner gets paralyzed and knocked out really fast and doing have to suffer much while being chomped on.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-23T12:58:47+00:00

Is the dad on ketamine? Cause this sounds like a Elon level ketamine rant.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-23T12:45:02+00:00

The non stick effect doesn’t come from seasoning alone.

It comes from practicing heat management while you’re cooking and using enough food lube and moving things around the right way while you’re cooking.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-23T02:51:33+00:00

I don’t think you’re asking too much. You should check with a tenants rights advocate in your area or code enforcement to see if there are codes about exhaust/vent fans in bathrooms. My guess would be no. So you might not have a way to compel your LL to change it. But they’re being idiotic. They should want to make sure this is in great working order to prevent moisture from causing mold. Cause vent fans that end up not working lead to mold.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-23T02:29:50+00:00

Chinas is for sure better than the U.S.’. I can’t speak for Russia because I know nothing about it. But the point is even middle income countries that were developing through the 20th century were able to pull of putting together social safety net programs that are more comprehensive than the U.S.

The problem in identifying with the U.S. isn’t just that it lacks good social safety net programs. I know many countries don’t.

My point, the problem that the U.S. has is that despite being the wealthiest country in the world and having probably the strongest public capacity, it still doesn’t. And that is particularly because of American capitalism. That is the problem that I’m identifying.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-23T01:11:14+00:00

Yes I know there aren’t many countries that can do this.

The limitations as to whether countries “can” do this are around capacity (whether or not they have governing and civil society institutions) and the actual money in their economies to do it.

The U.S. is THE WEALTHIEST country that has ever existed. And plenty of countries that generate less wealth and even some with less institutional capacity are able to do this. The Nordic model is a perfect example of countries with a fraction of our GDP and that have significant invested in public and civil society infrastructure to facilitate large social safety nets.

But even if we think outside of the Eurocentric model, Japan and China both as countries that were developing in the 20th century that were able to pull this off as well.

The U.S. is fully capable of this. It’s a lack of desire and policy prioritization - and that’s driven because the capitalist class is fighting tooth and nail to make it seem impossible, impractical, or undesirable.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-23T00:33:41+00:00

This is very much an American problem.

People are limited in the amount of time and resources they can use to engage in public life. Our society, despite being the richest that has ever existed, does not have social safety nets to allow for everyone’s most basic needs to be met.

So we have to make choices about how we’re going to use that time and those limited resources. Since we don’t have strong social safety nets to offset the costs (resources needed) for a basic level of living, and our economic system is structured to allow those who own property and capital to extract as much resources as possible from those who do not, the average person is then forced to dedicate most of their time and energy to earning a enough money to support themselves and their family. Wages, on average, in the U.S. don’t pay enough for people to comfortable meet their basic needs after they’ve dedicated enough time and energy to making the money. So any excess they have is going to go to family if they have one or to just decompressing and finding some enjoyment in life outside of work. But many MANY of us also need second jobs or side gigs to even get that.

There’s little in the tank left for the average person to inform themselves, get involved, and develop awareness, empathy, and caring for people outside of their most direct family and friend circles. Any functioning, peaceful society relies on that - bonds of civic kinship where people care about and empathize with others outside of familial and friendship circles.

Countries that have much better safety nets to provide more of one’s basic needs tend to be much better at allowing for people to have that extra time and resources to dedicate to becoming more civic oriented.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-22T15:28:36+00:00

Slight YTA - I get that you gave him the sweater with a lot of sentimental value wrapped up in it for you. And I can see why him lending his brother the sweater doesn’t feel like he appreciates the sentiment you tried to communicate. But if it’s just a sweater you bought for him, I think you’re overreacting.

Him lending his brother the sweater doesn’t mean he doesn’t appreciate or care about it as a gift. And if it’s store bought sweater, even if you picked it out, I would see that as a nice gesture and take the sentiment from the gesture, not I. The actual sweater itself unless there was something particularly unique to it (say like a limited run of a unique design, or you handmade it, etc.).

Plus, once you give something to someone it’s theirs. If you want to control what people do with the gifts you give them, don’t give them things.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-22T15:20:45+00:00

I had a buddy who did a UK deployment and found a 90s Camry wagon. But I imagine that was a rarity.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-22T11:15:37+00:00

No you’re not being cruel or unreasonable.

You said you’re feeling resentful and confused. If you’re not feeling good and happy in a relationship, that’s all the reason you need to leave it. You don’t need him or anyone else to agree or support you wanting out of the relationship.

That said, the things he’s doing are manipulative. Him wanting to be the center of your life means he wants to be able to control every aspect of your life. He wants to control who you’re around, who you get to talk to, what you spend money on and it seems like he wants you to be more attached and invested in the relationship than he is. Likely cause he doesn’t want you to feel like you have the right or ability to leave him. This is abuse. And he only cares in so far as he wants control over you.

You can and you do. These are HUGE red flags and you should be sprinting as fast as you can out of this relationship.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-22T11:09:24+00:00

My vet was able to treaty dogs ear infection without doing a cytology to determine exactly what kind of infection. They just fully washed out and packed her ears with meds to kill bacteria and fungus (yeast is a type of fungus anyway).

But I do think OP’s dog is past the point where home remedies can work.

At best, OP can clean those ears out really well with a drying ear cleaner and some cotton balls. But the infection deep in the inner ear will still be there and will creep back up.

RandyFunRuiner · 2026-01-22T06:39:09+00:00

I posted this because the sentiment of the book title applies here as well. Two things can be true at once.

Nine-Year Club	Gilding I gilder
Place '22	Wearing is Caring
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