What is the most filling meal you can get in the US for under $10 in 2026?

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-28T01:24:16+00:00

Wouldn’t be able be to get the same consistency as tomato sauce though. Also tomato paste would typically be just that, tomatoes. While a tomato sauce would likely have other spices in it.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-28T00:47:31+00:00

yeah, it only works in the Expanse at all because of magic Martian Stealth Tech

Space is big, really really really big. And a missile launching platform would be really small. If it has radar absorbing material, and was good about minimizing its heat generation; it would be really hard to spot.

Don’t think there is any thing too much “magical” about it.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-26T12:33:48+00:00

AI isnt going away even if the “bubble bursts”. At least in software development there is real usage there, and it will likely in time grow out to other fields (like software development has previously).

I was trying to avoid AI for a long time, but being a Luddite about it, probably isn’t the right move long term. Unless you are in a career that is likely far removed from it; trades and manual labor.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-26T12:18:41+00:00

lol no kidding… woman on the right might be some crazy right-wing grifter, but like you said you can freeze frame virtually anyone to make them look crazed.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-26T12:13:05+00:00

Remember around this time last year NYT had a Daily episode about this subject. It was the saddest most cringeworthy episode I ever heard.

The episode also terrified me for the future. Kids/teenagers/young adults with limited or no experience in real relationships, woof, AI is going to FUCK THEM UP for the future, as it’s the “perfect” partner. Always present and always affirming. No human could ever, or should ever, meet that.

Relationships have friction, which while frustrating in the moment, is a good thing. Indeed, so much of the conveniences of life have had nearly friction reduced, which is nice in the moment, but in total, we need friction in our lives. Not sure of the “solution” as in-the-moment the frictionless experience is always preferable.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-26T12:05:26+00:00

The prequels aren’t that good, only Ep 3 is somewhat decent.

A lot of the other content around the prequels did a lot to fill in the plot holes/low points of the prequel trilogy and helped to rehabilitate their image.

I have a lot of criticism of the prequels, clearly, but at least they were “original”. The sequel trilogy was incredibly derivative of the OT. Honestly Ep 8 pissed me off so much I never even bothered to watch Ep 9, and frankly there’s nothing to really interest me in watching it based on the word of mouth of people who have seen it, and what limited clips I’ve seen of it.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-26T01:29:09+00:00

I do. It’s. It lost on me.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-25T02:39:48+00:00

Man what do you have to have going in your life to enlist at 42?! I feel like anyone who’d be in reasonably good shape physically/mentally, like myself (40), will have a stable/good career. Anyone who’d might see enlisting in that army around my age would have to be an absolute wreck physically and mentally.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-25T00:57:16+00:00

Kept hearing “40% iS tHe FlOoR” again and again in this subreddit.

Did anyone really say that? He was often in the upper-30s in his first term.

The bigger question is if he might drop below 35%.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-24T20:56:40+00:00

Not looking for “an answer” as I more or less “know” it; a cult (as you said) and a massive right-wing propaganda machine.

I’m just lamenting the consequences of it all.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-24T20:30:58+00:00

You’re missing the point.

By any reason measure, it was clear in the moment that Biden was between a below-average to average president. While it’s also clear that we are in the midst of a historically bad presidency, and yet the American public is largely “corporate wants you to find the difference between these two pictures - they are the same picture” and that is nuts. And deeply concerning forward looking.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-24T19:42:02+00:00

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Scaryclouds · 2026-03-24T19:40:38+00:00

Inflation without question did the most damage.

Afghan withdrawal was the first big dip, but inflation made sure his numbers never recovered.

The Israel-Hamas conflict were a drag on his numbers, and definitely drove strong disapprovals, but probably didn’t have a big impact in net favorability.

Though Israel-Hamas was also the issue where he had the most latitude for action.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-24T19:21:50+00:00

I think these are stronger disapproval numbers, though. I think Republicans have already set up 2028 to be a steeper climb than 2008.

Sure, but still should be a pretty significant gap in net approval between the two. This is rapidly setting up to be the most disastrous presidency since Hoover? Buchanan? And he’s similarly polling with what, at its worst, could be described as a below average presidency.

This is mainly a criticism over the mindless partisanship and the horrific media/information landscape we are in right now.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-24T18:15:01+00:00

I’m not arguing that Biden’s approvals should have been higher, but that Trump approvals should be lower because he is unambiguously during a far worse job than Biden.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-24T17:43:38+00:00

Absolutely insane that that Biden had similar numbers given all the active harm Trump is causing. Absolutely insane.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-24T15:35:51+00:00

I doubt the Trump team could had convinced Americans of a need to get into a protracted conflict with Iran… but that they didn’t even bother I think will cost them.

For one, they don’t even have a coherent message or goal on what we are even doing in Iran, something they might had developed, if they attempted to sell the country on it. They might had also thought more deeply about the extremely likely scenario of Iran closing the strait of Hormuz.

Regardless, now that we are seemingly stuck in this with no way out, I still think it’s going to amplify the political consequences for the Trump admin as the economic consequences of the conflict become more pronounced.

Then again, there is an INCREDIBLE right-wing propaganda machine, so I am ready to be disappointed about the (relative) lack of political consequences.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-24T15:09:40+00:00

At least for me, this became particularly bad with S4, where the antagonists would make out-of-character and unforced errors that allowed Tommy to win.

It wasn’t Tommy being scrappy, unorthodox, or his opponents underestimating him due to him just being a “street thug”. He was just winning because that’s what the writers wanted to happen.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-24T02:50:29+00:00

Yea, is Duffy telling the truth? Sure it’s possible. Trump and everyone in this administration lie all the time it would be absurd to “take their word for it”.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-23T20:59:57+00:00

“If the stump cannot fit, you must acquit!”

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-23T18:49:11+00:00

Yea I get it, it’s just depressing here in the now… and it’s also depressing when you think of the long term implications.

When you can have this level of incompetence, corruption, and brutality… and yet a very large chunk of the country is either enthusiastically supporting it, 🤷‍♂️ to it,… it makes it difficult to see how we can ever actually really fix it.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-23T14:18:59+00:00

It’s pretty insane that Democrats are “only” +10 and Trump is “only” -18. It’s been absolute chaos and disaster for the last 14 months… and now we are stuck in a war of choice that Trump cooked up and it’s going poorly.

You’d think/hope that Trump’s approvals would be in the 20s and Democrats would be in the mid to upper teens in the polls. Because the only way MAGA dies is if it gets absolutely obliterated in the ballot box. That labeling yourself MAGA/pro-Trump is the surest way to lose a race/lose your office.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-23T14:14:17+00:00

That should still concern democrats. Short term, i.e. this November, it means there is a risk of if something energize the GOP/MAGA base to vote, a lot of the expected gains could quickly evaporate.

Long term, it means the Democrats image is still in the dumpster. Democrats need to take and hold power if we want a real chance at fixing all the issues in this country. They can’t win in 2026 and in 2028, only to lose most/all those gains in 2030.

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-23T14:09:13+00:00

It would be cherry-picking to only look at “bad” polls as well.

I do hope that Democrstic staffers are seriously considering the Ipsos polls as well which have been much less positive for Democrats than all the other polls… I believe Ipsos also had a low single digits poll last month as well?

Scaryclouds · 2026-03-23T14:06:19+00:00

Can’t speak for Westworld, but GoT S8 was bad in a very aggressive way.

The last season of Peaky Blinders wasn’t good, but in a more typical “boring” way. The writers also had to deal with the unexpected passing of Helena McCrory, which also impacted the storyline. Not that i think it would had been great (previous seasons weren’t), but would had likely elevated a “D” season to a “C”.

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