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  • I have a Google account specifically for logging into YouTube. I've aggressively used the like/hide channel/not interested in this video options to force it to actually show me what I want. It took quite a while to train it, but my YouTube homepage is actually nice right now.

    But every so often I'll go on YouTube logged out and it's like staring into the sun. The top videos that it pushes seem like brain melting garbage.

    Strangely I haven't had any issues with Firefox+Ublock+Sponsorblock. The way YouTube interacts with seemingly the same sets of software for different people is baffling.

  • Furious and shyly worried.

  • Headlamp. Headlamps are so useful for doing mechanical work and doubly so if it ends up being dark. A flashlight is also helpful, but as a companion to a headlamp.

    A baggie of 100 zipties (12 inch or bigger), electrical tape, hose clamps. These are so often useful for DIY kludged together nonsense.

    An extendable magnet. In case you drop something in a weird spot.

    High dexterity gloves. Mechanix or something like them in case you're touching a hot/spiky/unknown fluidity bit.

    A change of clothes, including a long sleeve shirt isn't the worst idea. If you encounter trouble and need to get under the car you'll either want to change into the spare shirt before or after, and generally having spare clothes ready is just a good idea.

  • Hellboy is my favorite anime.

  • "Bang."

  • I'm partial to the Dave's Carolina Reaper sauce.

    If I'm in a different mood the El Yucateco habanero sauce has great flavor.

    Gochujang for cooking. Usually the T. UP imported stuff from Korea.

  • If you don’t know what positive reinforcement sounds like, I get it.

    No, no. It's words that sound like positive reenforcement be repurposed by people who don't want to deal with an issue.

  • "Good catch!"

    Usually said when you bring up something that needs fixing, and said as a way to puff you up and not actually follow up on the problem.

  • I had an internal laugh to myself in the Wonder Woman movie when the Amazons had an Israeli accent. I guess it was easier to train everyone else to mimic her accent than it was for her to not let it slip.

  • In that scene the T-Rex is trying to flush out people which it knows are hiding somewhere as well. (Disregarding all the T-Rex specific science and just focusing on the idea of a predator screaming.)

  • The immunity regarding official acts pertains to judicial proceedings. An impeachment is a legislative proceeding. While it uses judicial terms like "trial" it is not the same thing and can not directly result in criminal conviction or sentencing.

  • An impeachment conviction results in removal from office. The previous impeachment proceedings did not result in a conviction.

    (Edit for additional information: While an impeachment uses terms like "trial" and "conviction" it is not a judicial proceeding. It is entirely a legislative proceeding which is formatted to resemble a judicial one, but is not bound to judicial procedure and it also can not produce a criminal conviction or sentence.)

  • While Europeans measure in meters, Americans measure in feet.

  • Riverdale actually did what I've always wished for a boring failure of a show to do, and just completely go nuts.

    Oh our boring high school drama show is slumping? How about an organ stealing cult, a superhero, and a guy escaping from the cops in a rocketship!

  • It's very satisfying. You get a proper ending that's bittersweet.

  • These days shows have to justify themselves right out of the gate.

    I miss mid-budget live action scifi shows with strong enough episodic elements that I can actually remember individual episodes. These days seemingly every show feels like an 8-12 movie that blurs together.

    Star Trek Strange New Worlds is the closest current thing to an exception. Before that The Orville.

    Most other scifi that comes out has to be an "event".