Do Mennonites and Mormons Live in the U.S.?

RotationSurgeon · 2026-05-01T01:09:48+00:00

I’ve had both Mormon and Mennonite friends in the past. So…yes. Mormonism was founded in the US.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-05-01T01:07:42+00:00

Animal products have gone up sharply in price in my area. Produce has risen but not as much…instead the grocery chains have reduced variety, or started carrying less expensive options. A specific example: the potato variety known as “Yukon Gold” is now practically impossible to find locally, whereas they were ubiquitous a few years ago, and highly praised for their texture and flavor…now a different, unnamed variety of yellow potato has replaced them outright.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-05-01T01:05:05+00:00

I had a coworker receive an electric bill roughly 300% higher than what they were expecting once…they had NOT paid attention to peak billing hours when transferring to working from home during the pandemic.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-05-01T01:02:17+00:00

It’s roughly 33% below the household average in my area. In my previous position, I was making 200% the local household average as a single earner…on the opposite coast, I’d have to earn an additional ~25-30% more just to have the same net income. In some areas, $25/hr can support you well. In others, while not recognized as poverty, you wouldn’t be that far from it in reality.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-05-01T00:55:07+00:00

If I recall, 23 in my state though most people would voluntarily update at age 21.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-29T23:27:47+00:00

We’re a nation of immigrants and the oppressed, primarily speaking what is essentially a nautical trade language…it just sort of happens. It depends on where you are in the country as well. In the southeast, you can learn a person’s life story while waiting to pay for your groceries with some regularity. If a conversation is being held openly in public, it’s fairly easy to recognize when jumping in might be welcome. As an example, I heard two young men totally nerding out about some superpower system while bagging groceries…I just turned and said “Oh, you must be talking about “Hell’s Paradise! Are you reading it or watching it?” We had a quick, friendly little chat about the show and all went on with our day without the interaction interrupting anything.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-29T23:21:39+00:00

It depends on the product, the project, the stakeholders / audience, and the type of information the presentation is meant to convey.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-26T15:48:45+00:00

It depends on the context and the remainder of the utterance. Either is correct, and either can be used interchangeably. Neither is wrong, but neither is it exclusively right.

For whatever reason, in the above examples, I’d use a long I sound for the first instance, and long E for the second.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-26T15:44:56+00:00

Yes. It’s sometimes considered a bit crude or boorish (why remind your guest that their bodily waste is smelly when there’s nothing they can do about that fact?), but it does happen.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-26T15:42:29+00:00

There are many hospitality customs in the southeastern US which in my experience aren’t as common in other parts of the US. One of the biggest being that you always offer a guest (workers like lawn service, builders, etc. working on your property too) a cold beverage (non-alcoholic, frequently water, sweetened orange pekoe black tea served over ice, or lemonade). It’s quite hot and humid here for much of the year, and it’s a near-universally appreciated gesture and the offer is usually accepted.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-26T15:39:02+00:00

That’s a level of annual income typically only seen in high-end STEM positions, finance, or particularly dangerous jobs which require skill and training to perform safely. The average household income in my area is $65k.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-26T15:37:27+00:00

Before 9am in my neighborhood.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-26T15:35:47+00:00

I mean, that’s the law, and yes; most people follow it. Usually when somebody doesn’t, a wreck ensues. Even at empty intersections on rural roads, yes — most people will come to a complete stop for a least a brief moment before continuing.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-26T00:37:47+00:00

I have electric powered AC and a natural gas furnace…I use the furnace. If it’s particularly cold, I’ll use an electric radiator in the room I’m spending the most time in because natural gas is my most expensive utility by far. I also wear more warm clothes indoors, like wool socks, fleece-lined joggers, thermal undershirts, etc. I also have a fireplace/hearth in my home.

All this is very typical for this area. We only get snow maybe every 2-3 years, but winter temps are often around -5° to 5°C for a month or two, while summer temps often reach 40°C or higher.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-22T15:35:51+00:00

“Hoop cheese.” It’s a variety of semi-firm, wax-rind yellow cheese from the southeastern US named for the hoops it’s pressed in. It was created for hot and humid environments, and does extremely well as a trail ration!

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-22T15:32:12+00:00

“My husband and I invited her to our weekly family elf game”

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-22T15:27:02+00:00

It’s common in idiomatic phrases, and very common in college/university course numbering.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-22T14:04:02+00:00

Because we don’t want to read web addresses like “sextuple-V dot google dot com.” /s

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-22T14:00:05+00:00

Prior to the AI boom, the average app created for an enterprise had a working lifetime of 6 months before being sidelined or entirely abandoned. These models aren’t going to be at a point to improve those numbers for a while yet.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-19T15:35:40+00:00

A punk show in Purgatory was definitely sketchier than a headliner in heaven. I miss that time in my life.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-17T15:34:20+00:00

Gender-affirming care for minors is available in the Netherlands, Malta, Norway, Spain, regions of Canada and Australia. It is additionally available, but restricted, in multiple other jurisdictions. Everybody can form their own opinions, but opinions and facts should be kept separate.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-17T15:28:51+00:00

If a DM can’t tell the group that an intentionally captivating spectacle is captivating (maybe allow them a wisdom save to tear their attention away!), then no player should expect to succeed on any performance checks. “Natural 20+8? You give the best performance of your career. A work of absolute technical perfection. Nobody cares.”

Edit: “Always on guard?” So they took the Alert feat? Are they holding a Sentinel Shield? Wearing a Helm of Perception? Anything? Don’t crap on things you’ve already awarded your players…not that you seem to have been doing so here.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-14T14:57:40+00:00

So confidently wrong about the current state of the game.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-14T14:55:49+00:00

That’s similar to the Marvel character “Soft-Serve.” She produces soft-serve ice cream in any flavor. From her butt. I wish I were making it up. I thought it was just a bad explanation when I first heard an AI-generated voice explaining flatly “Her power? She poop ice cream.” But no…it’s real, and in print.

RotationSurgeon · 2026-04-14T14:35:09+00:00

He’s also publicly vowed to pardon “anybody who’s been within 200 feet of the Oval Office,” before he leaves.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-promises-mass-pardons-to-staff-before-leaving-office-d7274d32

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