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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I use refrigerated filtered water in mine. Maybe I just don't set the heat too high though? I use a coil stovetop and put the knob around 7.5/10. Coffee takes 7-8 minutes after I turn it on.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I've used a moka pot nearly every day for 10 years, never burned my coffee with it. I'm not even sure how you'd do that unless you just completely ignore it when it's done and leave it on the stove forever.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He was trying to do everything he could to prevent Trump. That meant holding his tongue so as not to encourage people against strategic voting. It's a very dumb system we have, but it's not Bernie's fault we're in it.

Now that the general is over, he can speak his mind again. And probably a hint of getting ahead of the Democratic Party's inevitable blaming of the left for this loss rather than an ounce of introspection.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Lmfao, no never. This will always be our fault. I'm far enough left that the Democratic Party looks to me like the Republican Party looks to neoliberals. I've been forced at basically gunpoint to vote against my interests and against my conscience for three elections in a row now. Three times I've voted for the Democratic candidate that I did not believe legitimately earned their nomination. I should be allowed to have that be disqualifying, but the goddamn Nazis won't let me.

And two times I've seen the Democratic party and base viciously attack the left for their own shortcomings, both during the primaries and after 2016. I'm betting this third time will be the same.

I'm so fucking tired of being blamed for the shortcomings of the lesser evil.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

My wife kept her name (both of our names are important to us, and neither of us care about tradition). So far no real issues, just people who know one of us assuming the other shares a last name. Unless it's someone we're going to interact with a lot or we're filling out paperwork, we don't bother correcting them.

We are trying to have a kid, and if we succeed we'll give them her last name. So... I'm super looking forward to being a man picking up a kid with a different last name and all the assumptions I'm probably going to have to face. I'm just hoping by the time that happens this will be a normal enough occurrence that it won't be a big deal.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

In fact, their Bible explicitly condones abortion. Priests would administer abortions in the form of "bitter water" to women who were accused of adultery.

Their god doesn't give a shit about babies, but apparently cares a lot more about keeping women in line. Almost like the whole thing was written by a bunch of men in power who wanted to keep their power. Hmm...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Is there ever not a mattress sale? And they advertise like crazy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I agree the left thrives on optimism, which is why I'm especially unhappy with the Democratic Party in the last 10 years. They've done absolutely nothing to make people optimistic. Instead of leaning into the enthusiasm that Bernie drummed up, they played dirty and launched a smear campaign. And they've followed that up with 8 years of nothing but "you have to vote for us because what else are you gonna do?"

They call milquetoast achievements like "we didn't fail to follow through on policy passed 17 years ago" great accomplishments and think that's good enough to inspire optimism? Give me a break.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Took a lot of getting used to when I moved to the East Coast for grad school. Supposedly they do live in my home state but I can't recall ever seeing one here. It's mostly spiders, millipedes, and earwigs where I'm from.

The thing that really freaked me out about centipedes is how absurdly fast they are. Also the one time I watched one crawling above me in bed and then it dropped onto my pillow what the fuck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Vote, but don't be complacent. The Democrats do not adequately work for the needs of the people.

Donate or volunteer for local progressives during the primaries, fight like hell to make your government fight for you. And do not accept mediocrity as a victory.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

Agreed, I loved Below Zero. It was very much a small step forward from Subnautica, and I think people were expecting a bigger step forward. But it was always a glorified DLC for the original. Knowing that, it's extremely enjoyable. I've played it through twice and I do love it in it's own right.

This teaser has me hopefully that Subnautica 2 will be a true sequel. More polished, a bigger improvement on the original. Maybe I'm naive, but I'm gonna choose to be hopeful.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Uh, no. That's pretty clearly not what I'm saying.

I'm saying I expect my government to do more than simply follow through on 17 year old laws and pretend like that's some amazing achievement. And student loans in particular have been abysmally handled by Biden, both in his Senate career and his failed promises to the populace when running for president.

"But the Supreme Court": yes, but they were a known obstacle and he still chose to delay any attempt for two years in order to try to double dip, which still ultimately failed. He knowingly left the people with crushing student loan debt to suffer while waiting for a politically expedient time to even try. And he failed anyway, so why wait?

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