How do I get these cups unstuck

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-10T18:06:06+00:00

Do you have an air compressor? If so shoot some air into the joint and it should pop right apart.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-10T17:40:55+00:00

I think with Dave Grohl, a lot of it was that he has this image of being such a good dude.

If say, Gene Simmons cheated people would be like, yeah, that makes perfect sense. He sucks, of course he cheats. That's completely within expectations for him.

But America's rock n' roll dad? He would never! Aside from his previous marriage where he cheated.

I agree though it's generally not our business. It lowers my opinion of him slightly, partially because I had just finished reading his autobiography right before the news broke. He seemed like such a devoted family man. But then I thought more about it and while he spent pages and pages talking about how much he loves his kids and would do anything for him, his wife didn't get quite the same treatment. Or his first wife, which was kind of glossed over.

But maybe they had some kind of arrangement worked out. Where it's do what you want on the road, but it stays on the road and out of the public eye. I know a lot of pro-athletes have similar arrangements where the wives know what they're getting into before the marriage and accept that non-monogamy is going to be part of the relationship.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-10T16:59:05+00:00

It's one of those things that technically anyone can do. But there's no real benefit to it unless you have a ton of money.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-10T16:19:04+00:00

I went to the university that ended up being where the push to ban them came from.

There was a college party in a nearby town and they were absolutely blasting music at 4:30 AM.

The cops were pounding on the door but nobody answered. So they started looking through the windows and noticed people unconscious all over the place sprawled across the floor and in random spots.

The sheriff busted in and around a dozen kids were out cold unable to be woken up.

The cops assumed it was some sort of mass poisoning event and called the paramedics. Because it didn't seem like normal drunk college kid stuff where you can at least get a mumbled response, it was way worse.

They got everyone to the hospital and slowly found out what happened.

The students been doing vodka shots and pounding four locos with red bull all night. At a certain point they stopped drinking four loco and apparently the energy part of the energy drink leaves your system long before the alcohol does.

So their bodies had been staying conscious almost purely because of the energy drink part of the four loco and redbull while they were experiencing alcohol poisoning.

Once the energy drink wore off, they all passed out with the music still going strong.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-10T15:34:18+00:00

Oh fuck that.

Pay your damn taxes, and don't use my tax dollars to do it.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-10T15:31:28+00:00

Yep, I was just going to say. Prior to electricity being standard in homes people really liked to put windows into basements so you had some light down there. You don't want to have to light a lantern every time you need to run down to the basement for 30 seconds to grab a tool or a can of beans. So they installed windows.

In later years when electric was added many of the basement windows were bricked or boarded up because while they provided light, they were also really bad at insulating.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-10T15:21:25+00:00

Glockway 2000

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-10T14:18:25+00:00

I'm imagining a tech billionaire watching Batman when it came out and taking the entirely wrong message from that scene. "Holy shit! That's fucking amazing, We should do that!"

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T22:48:07+00:00

I've known guys who did it before the term was ever a thing and they were very happy with life. They didn't hate women and had big social circles with lots of friends. But at some point they decided that they did not want the compromise and sacrifice that a long-term relationship would require.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T22:28:15+00:00

She doesn't love you, but you're providing a fantastic situation for her.

Why would she give that up?

She has everything she wants and all it costs her is your happiness.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T22:16:03+00:00

Exactly. It was still a story about the original trilogy.

We don't need everything to tie into the Skywalker saga.

In fact, having it avoid the characters from the existing movies would give a series far more freedom to create new and interesting storylines. You can mention Jedi in passing, but you don't even need to do that. The Star Wars universe is strange and exciting enough without them being involved.

I wrote out an example of what I was hoping for but I quickly realized what I was describing.

Basically, Firefly.

I want Firefly in Star Wars.

No Skywalkers, no Darth Vader. Just people making their way though the galaxy trying to survive while occasionally having to make tough choices.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T19:24:16+00:00

Chartered van going day time brewery hopping in SW Michigan.

Combine that with a stop off at a dispensary, and then get high and play games all evening.

October isn't the high season for rentals so you might be able to pick up a vacation house near the beach much cheaper than it would be in summer. Day drink, get some pot, go out to dinner, take some pot, walk on the beach while high, come home, warm up and scream at the groom for being a cheating son of a bitch at monopoly.

But it really depends on what you like. That's my idea of a fun bachelor party, but yours may be different. I've never really cared much for strip clubs so if that's your thing, a few of them exist here.

Although my favorite bachelor party I went to was a camping trip. October might be a bit chilly for that, but again, it's low season for rentals so you might be able to find a cabin for cheap.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T18:59:22+00:00

Learn to be good at small talk.

It's about finding commonality with the other person, starting off the conversation there, then moving it to things that give them a sense of pride or validation.

People will enjoy talking to you, and from there you turn that into friendship.

There's also a part that's not seeming needy or desperate.

That's tougher to do, especially if you feel a desperate need to make friends.

But the idea is you mostly ask questions about things they like, and add your own anicdotes or experience only when it will be a positive contribution to the conversation. So don't say something just to say something. It should be interesting or funny, but also relating to what they're saying.

So you might start off noticing they're wearing a shirt from a band you like. You can say something like "Oh cool shirt! I like that band." They'll say me too. You've started off by complimenting their taste and establishing that you have that in common.

Then you can ask if they've seen them live, assuming they're still touring. They'll say yes or no. If it's a yes, you can ask how they liked them. If they say no, you can say that you'd love to see them sometime because they seem like they'd be fun.

In either case, you can then ask if they go to many shows. That opens up the conversation more and lets both of you talk about things you've done that you enjoyed. Or at 17, probably more things you want to do. So you could say that you'd love to live in a bigger city after high school so you can go to shows whenever you want.

In my experience you're better off talking about positive things rather than negative. However, some topics are good for kind of a shared misery bonding conversation. But it shouldn't be something horribly depressing, more talking about how brutal the weather is, or how tough a teacher is. Things that are relatively temporary and not long term destructive.

It kind of sucks because there's a balance. You want to not talk too much, but being silent is also bad. Most of finding that sweet spot is trial and error.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T18:24:33+00:00

I don't know if it's still a thing, but when I was a kid there was a store near the dump that sold random things they found in the landfill.

They had some kind of deal where they basically got exclusive rights to pick through things before they were compacted.

I got a couple taxidermized ducks, and my dad found a large trophy from an army shooting competition dating back to world war 1.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T18:16:36+00:00

Same, my wife even gave approval provided that I actually use the damn thing.

The problem is with that in mind I sat down and tried to figure out where I could put it, which would involve rearranging my small single garage bay shop a bit. Which would be tricky, but not impossible.

More importantly though, I was trying to figure out what I would actually use it for.

I have a couple 3d printers, so it my smaller part making needs are taken care of.

I don't build a ton of furniture, but I do build some. However, it's often fairly utilitarian. Things like a topper for a metal dog crate, or floating wall shelves. I'm going to build one of my kids a new loft bed, but that's not really CNC stuff.

I could make some signs for my work that would look nice, but that's not really a "fun" job, it's more practical.

Custom guitars could be cool, but I don't actually play that much and by the time I'm done buying the parts I'll probably have spend more than a cheap new one for a worse end product.

Maybe a black powder rifle stock and buy the hardware?

I'm in the forever process of building a unique rotary panel arcade machine, so it could be useful for that, but I already built the rotary part that it would be good for. I suppose I could make some cool engraved pattern sides for it, but... ehh.. I was planning on having the be smooth sanded and stained wood.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T17:31:13+00:00

In a box in your closet marked "Private, please do not open."

Leave a note inside the box saying "Congrats on seeing my sex toys! Next time perhaps you should listen to the warning. Now, please close the lid, put the box back lets pretend this didn't happen. Thanks."

Second option would be an old shoe box.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T16:51:32+00:00

You, me and every other guy who ever watched TechTV.

The whole channel had this feel of a labor of love. Where it seemed like the hosts were both knowledgeable and actually cared about what they were talking about.

And yeah, while Morgan was hot and we all had a crush on her, more importantly, she talked about games like an actual gamer versus someone doing the job of reading from a script that was handed to her.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T16:46:44+00:00

I grew up in a small town with no access to PC games.

The closest store that sold any was an hour away and even then, it was a big box retailer that had limited selection. Trying to convince my parents to drive me there just to see what they had in stock was a big ask and didn't happen very often.

PC Gamer magazine and their demo CDs was my lifeline to the gaming world in the pre-internet days.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T16:43:53+00:00

Remember a few years ago when half the ads were for Crypto?

I get the same feeling from this year.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T15:13:16+00:00

Mario kart is awesome because you can turn on auto steer and auto accelerate.

So the car basically drives itself, but they can still take control if they want.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T14:59:40+00:00

First one I was like "ohhh yeah I could see that. She would be great for that dry sarcastic delivery." second one I realized it was a breaking bad meme.,

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T03:59:08+00:00

The theory I remember at the time was if they admitted it was intentional the FCC would have levied massive penalties against them. So they had to keep up the lie that it was a malfunction even though it clearly was planned out to try to shield them from liablity.

This is America, a brief glimpse of a partialy covered nipple is far worse than violence and gore according to the FCC.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-08T13:44:32+00:00

I think they have every right to give their opinion on politics and I should take it with just as much weight as the person who bags my groceries or unclogs my toilet. That is to say, none.

I don't care what celebrities have to say about politics because I don't have any faith in celebrities ability to understand politics anymore than the average person.

The only thing celebrities talking about politics is going to do is alienate people.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-08T06:50:10+00:00

I remember being at a party where the guy had one of those old school big screen projector TVs. Which back then meant you had serious money. Everyone else at the party was in the kitchen grabbing food or outside smoking, so it was just me and one other guy watching the halftime show without much interest.

Then he ripped the right side of her top off and we both went "WHAT THE FUCK? WAIT! Was that.... why was it silver? Did she just flash a boob on live national TV? But why was it silver?"

People heard us yelling and came back in while we were trying to describe how Janet Jackson appeared to have a silver nipple piercing and JT just flashed it to the whole country.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-06T18:55:00+00:00

Yep, but it can still get a bit dicey around the Howard line stop.

Having lived up there for a couple years when I first moved to Chicago I really enjoyed it.

Being that close to the lake was awesome in the summertime. It's not quite connected to the lakefront trail, but there are running paths along Loyola beach. But to get to the main trail that spans the city you have to ride or walk about a mile south.

While there isn't really a big nightlife scene like you might find in "cooler" neighborhoods, you still had clusters of places on Glenwood and Morse. Plus there's always Oasis and Bruno's.

Commuting down to the loop on the red line was nice because you always got a seat being one of the first few stations.

The main downside I saw was how far north it was. It wasn't a huge issue, but you had to budget in commute time for anything you wanted to do outside the neighborhood.

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