That used to be me lol. I saw it for $8 at a thrift store and my little crow brain pinged ‘treasure!’.

It’s a little gadget that introduces a new process or technique instead of refining an old one (e.g. induction burner vs gas range)

I do that too with the popcorn dinner. A technique I learned was heat the oil with 3-4 kernels in it. Wait for them to pop and turn off the heat. Then add all your kernels and preheat them in the oil for about 30 seconds before putting the heat back to high.

I have one too! The warm backlighting is nice.

like this

its a hotplate with a very wide heat distribution, an agitator for spinning the kernels and a big ol bowl for the popcorn

That look could be matched/masced with unbleached cotton drill vest and pants. You could get a similar effect finding a pair of painter’s pants and a matching or complementary vest.

Roundhouse Denim makes good quality jeans and sells factory seconds/irregulars for extremely cheap. You could try these painter’s pants and look for a vest. Just about any vest in a color you like would work well too just make sure to get one without a buckle across the back or it will give ren faire (unless that’s what you want!).

https://www.round-house.com/products/irregular-1101-round-house-american-made-white-painter-pant-dungaree-jean-second-no-returns-made-in-usa-chap-style-double-knees

The PMC are more akin to cops. Their wage is earned through facilitating capitalist governance/violence. A social services worker doesn’t produce a marketable commodity or value for capitalists the same way a waiter or factory worker do—instead they play a role as a relief valve for the contradictions of capitalism.

I thought dim sun was supposed to get you steamed buns not stop you from steaming your buns!

I think I will pass. I reread my favorite Neal Stephenson novels from when I was a teenager and started to notice all that sort of shit.

I too used to be a foot centrist then a switch flipped in my brain and turned me into a foot fan.

Is it worth reading Siege to learn more about their worldview?

Great!

It’s even more of a failure than just straight-up charging the captive audience for their meals in the mess hall. Not only does the military not have to pay for the meals, they get paid by the businesses lmao. Bleed the boots dry by all means, but this is like the most american thing I can imagine.

That’s crazy! I’m hoping I can get some economies of scale once I find some more roommates. The price of 1lb dry beans hitting $1.50-2.25 has me freaking out. That’s my personal barometer of food prices.

I just finished it last week.

Cranks be banished. Half the fun of going to popcorn movies is the experience of talking to it with the rest of the audience. If you can’t enjoy collective experiences then just stay at home desolately weeping with your criterion collection. stfu!

I used to spend about $30/week on groceries. Now it’s about $80/week just shopping for myself. I’m on track for $1860 for a family of 6 the way I shop and eat.

prayers up!

Without access to good curricula and pedagogical theory, it will be difficult to prepare enough material for a substantive education. Teachers benefit from institutional support, communities of knowledge, and (however bad or politically dodgy) pre-made curricula. You’ll have the benefit of working 1 on 1 but finding the time to consistently research and prepare material will probably be exhausting.

Also, children’s brains grow and develop so quickly. One of the benefits teachers have is getting to teach the same age or age range consistently so they are able to adapt their methods to be developmentally appropriate. Working with your child year after year, you don’t get the same clarity on development.

But traditional schools are sort of inherently violent. I’m an early elementary teacher in a public school in the US.