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  • How does one make a sculpture furry? Is it resin dressed in fabric fur? Or resin so detailed to look like fur? Spray-on flocking? This crafty gal needs some beer money.

  • Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Montana, Utah

  • Your words were fine for most situations. Research to a layperson generally means you go and read up on a thing from authoritative sources. Research to a pharmaceutical scientist means you convince/pay a bunch of people to take pills that you or your colleagues have made, note how those people are affected, and possibly adjust your recipe.

    Similar to the word "theory". To a layperson, it generally means an educated guess at why a thing is the way it is, but untested. To a scientist, an educated guess doesnt become a theory until it's been tested over and over and over, making sure the results did not deviate from what was expected to happen.

  • They're so cute though!

  • The Milky Way and the Mars bar were both created by the same person. And the Milky Way was created about 12 years earlier in Chicago. Forrest Mars went off to start his own Mars candy division in the UK after a fight with his dad.

    I had a client that had a Mars heir as a client, and knew they were based in the DMV. I was curious how an American candy company with a candy bar named after the family ended up being created in the UK.

  • I definitely use a password wallet.

    And because I'm getting into the demographic where my peers are going through end of life planning (whether for their parents or themselves), I have written my master password down and keep it with the will/"very important papers". Whoever settles your affairs will thank you.

    Also, since I've wrangled with this one specifically, when a loved one passes keep their mobile number active so you can navigate mfa and password resets for their accounts.

  • Either this is a common algorithm or you might be my friend who also does this.

  • Go watch Children of Men

  • He looks like a forest creature that would come out of the mists.

  • My cynical view on this situation is the pros are 1) she's fast-tracking home ownership for a generation that generally expects to not own homes, 2) she's securing financial stability during the traditionally least financially stable era of adult life, 3) working as a paid live-in caregiver pays significantly little comparatively and it is damn hard work, 4) she may have plans on marrying for love later. She's still maturing, so having a starter marriage that's lucrative may not be a totally terrible idea.

    Honestly at the end of the day, you want her to be happy, right? If she's walked into this with eyes wide open, considered all the cons and still found the arrangement preferable, is it really the end of the world? What would your feelings be if she had chosen some other non traditional relationship?

  • She may have self esteem issues. She could be codependent.

    My stepmother did these sorts of things in the beginning, but she was still in her twenties at that time. I didn't understand then (being just a kid ofc) but I've forgiven her now. And to her credit she's mellowed quite a bit as well. But this peace was many many years in the making. I think you both should seek couple's therapy to raise and discuss both of your issues in a safe loving space, and it may become clear during those sessions that she needs to also have individual therapy.

    If she balks at couple's therapy, then THAT is a red flag.... edit: no this is not even true. It could scare her to death. But reassure her that you want to work through these things so that you can strengthen your bond and learn to better communicate with each other.

  • Nah, it just felt like it because it costs so much to start the machine.

  • The last American Civil War pension recipient died in 2020.

  • The last cathode-ray tube televisions were made in 2015.

  • My 2006 RX factory radio unit had cassette and cd decks. Sometime around 2012, I remember feeling like I had unlocked a secret backdoor because an audiobook that I wanted from the library had a crazy long waitlist for the cd edition. I hadnt used cassettes in decades, but somehow I had the idea to check to see if they offered that audiobook on cassette. They did! And it was available to check out immediately!

    I replaced the radio in that car shortly after that because I needed a bluetooth connection and handsfree capability.

  • Guam?

  • I imagined all the details for the items, but didn't pay attention to the person. I don't like looking at people's faces.

  • Chunky soft corduroy! From Express!

  • Probably pop tarts and diet coke