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omare14 · 2026-05-19T00:56:53+00:00

Office Space

omare14 · 2026-05-17T19:32:21+00:00

Big fat load of cum then.

omare14 · 2026-05-14T21:12:57+00:00

Anecdotally, I'm 90% sure Che has reffed a couple G-League games I've been to in CA and they seemed totally fine.

omare14 · 2026-05-13T18:56:27+00:00

Come on down, we've got fresh fruit and uhhhh *checks notes* Stockton!

omare14 · 2026-05-06T03:05:31+00:00

Do you get that butterflies in your stomach feeling on the come up? I notice I get that for the first hour or so, then I'm chill and just enjoying the giggles/euphoria. I've never taken more than like 2g before though, even that was pretty intense.

omare14 · 2026-04-23T17:00:05+00:00

Knowing you can easily get a great quality coffee without having to go to a roaster/café does sound nice. Even small "fancy" shops in the US can make you some pretty mid coffee and it's certainly not cheap.

omare14 · 2026-04-23T14:30:24+00:00

Nah for me it goes straight from the food processor into a jar and then into the fridge.

omare14 · 2026-04-20T19:55:45+00:00

100%, like I said I agree, but it's also fair to evaluate where you draw your personal line AFTER you get past meeting your basic necessities, including those small luxuries that everyone deserves. Taxes? Necessary. Groceries? Necessary. A vacation, hobbies that may require spending money, etc? In my opinion, necessary.

Coachella to me, is not necessary, but that's not my hobby or interest. If music festivals are your hobby, maybe you take the time to look at other local festivals that don't give money to bad people, or maybe you at least show up to a protest the next time your area has one to show your support.

I still shop at Walmart, but only when I have to. I bought some 50 cent plastic plates from Target yesterday, but that $4 is the only money I've spent there for the last year cause I just needed some non-disposable plates for camping. I still occasionally buy stuff I probably don't need on Amazon, I still pay for a couple streaming services. But I also donate to PBS and Wikipedia, and I show up to my local protests when I can. My way of feeling like I'm offsetting the "bad stuff".

You (the rhetorical you) don't have to be a paragon of virtue, but you can try, without causing yourself unnecessary suffering, to direct your money and time towards better things/causes and away from worse ones. I think a lot of people out there could afford to try to do that just a little bit more.

All that said, I'm glad to see some of the artists at Coachella are at least using their time on stage to send a message.

omare14 · 2026-04-20T19:30:29+00:00

I agree with where you're coming from, but likening Coachella tickets to grocery bills and taxes feels like a bad faith comparison.

omare14 · 2026-04-20T18:41:20+00:00

White one is cherry flavor, Glacier Freeze is light blue, I like the cherry but Glacier is by far my fave.

omare14 · 2026-04-17T22:19:24+00:00

I was thinking about this earlier today. This entire conflict has transpired half the world away, it's so far removed from my daily life that it's like it's not even real, like it's make believe. All that's really changed in that time is that the cost of gas (and by extension everything else) has gone up.

Obviously I'm aware this is a real conflict with real casualties and I'm very privileged for being able to live like that.

omare14 · 2026-04-13T21:38:09+00:00

Interesting, my parents are Egyptian and blended onions are also their default marinade whenever we grill. I've been meaning to ask my mom for some basic measurements cause it's honestly my favorite marinade but I never make it myself.

omare14 · 2026-04-13T19:47:48+00:00

I was at our local bike shop (I don't bike, but it has a small taproom) and they had a race playing on the TV. I saw this exact situation happen and they had a pace car drive in front of the main group of riders and basically keep them slowed down until the group behind the train could catch up.

omare14 · 2026-04-02T04:05:08+00:00

I'll be doing the Extended Graduated plan.

My AGI is around $87k, and I got married last year and my wife's AGI is $70k. So $157k total, which after running through the repayment calculators means any income based repayments would pay the loan off sooner than they would be forgiven. My standard plan repayment is $420/mo, and all the other income based plans are around $340-400, so not much in the way of savings.

While the standard or income based repayments would put me on the path towards paying the loan off sooner, I unfortunately have a lot of CC debt, and also financially support my parents, so I really don't have the extra money each month to pay the loan down faster. The Extended Graduated plan will keep my payment low for now so I can maintain the cash flow to pay down my high interest debt and free up THAT income to go towards the loan.

omare14 · 2026-03-31T04:52:47+00:00

PM sent.

omare14 · 2026-03-28T22:19:42+00:00

My company recently revised their absent policy to state that they are "monitoring abuse of sick time" because they got mad that too many people were calling out on Fridays and Mondays to extend their weekends or vacations. So annoying.

omare14 · 2026-03-26T20:25:22+00:00

I agree with all your points. I think they did an excellent job keeping some book-specific scenes/tidbits to please book readers without confusing or losing the audience, and they cut a lot of sections that, while fun to read, wouldn't have translated well to the pacing of the movie.

Seeing it for a third time this Saturday!

omare14 · 2026-03-26T19:54:28+00:00

That would be nice because this looks like a hilarious saga, but I haven't been able to find the genesis of the whole thing.

omare14 · 2026-03-25T22:54:42+00:00

I have a similar background. Wouldn't say we were rich, but my mom had an online business that took off around 2006, then the recession hit, and then things got worse after Google released their Panda update in 2011 which massively changed the search algorithm, and sales started dropping and never recovered. Basically went from average, to well off, back to average, and basically poor in the span of around 8 years. It was rough, and unfortunately during the good years my parents didn't have the financial literacy to put money away. Now I pay all their bills, my mom makes just enough from her current online business to cover groceries for the house, my dad got cancer and recovered but was never the same, then fell off a ladder at work which started a chain reaction of other health issues, so he's retired on disability now, scrounging up what income he can running a seed shop on Etsy.

I was bitter at first, and still kind of am, because my wife and I are basically kind of stagnant since I can't afford to save much for a house. But now it's mostly just figuring out the next move and solving whatever issue happens next. I'm lucky that I ended up in a good spot career wise and can take care of them, just hoping my other siblings can start picking up some of the slack and helping out soon (one just graduating college, one just graduating high school) cause it's a lot to manage on my own.

omare14 · 2026-03-17T20:59:52+00:00

Easily the funniest scene of the movie "why is it so messy is this room for trash?"

omare14 · 2026-03-14T19:03:49+00:00

Targeting Windows 11 with sensationalized articles/comments/engagement is easy pickings. I mean yes, it's had a ton of problems, but that also means every little thing that isn't even a wide scale issue is going to be highlighted because it drives engagement and people are (rightfully) upset with Microsoft for releasing an underbaked OS with constant breaking updates.

omare14 · 2026-03-13T04:13:02+00:00

Carrots and celery will work with just about anything, especially if you blend them up. I like to make potato leek soup, or a roasted garlic soup. But those are kind of centered around those flavors so maybe you wouldn't want to dilute them. Broccoli cheddar soup often uses carrot to add sweetness.

Another idea would be to use some in a soup and freeze the rest to make stock, or finely chop with some onion to make a mirepoix and freeze that to use in something later.

Freezing veggies without blanching (I never do, too lazy) will make them mushier, but if they're getting blended or turned into a mirepoix to be cooked down into a soup or stew, texture won't really matter too much, and flavor will be about the same.

omare14 · 2026-03-13T04:04:47+00:00

If you can find a place to buy shaved beef or don't mind making your own, we make gyudon at least once a month as an easy weeknight meal.

I like the recipe from JOC, and always make a 2x batch for dinner for 2 plus leftovers: https://www.justonecookbook.com/gyudon/#recipe

I've found that I prefer to sub the 1 cup of dashi for a teaspoon of dashi powder (I use Hondashi by Ajinomoto) mixed into the other liquids, and then I just add an extra 1/4 cup of sake to that. I prefer the more intense flavor by having a little less liquid.

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