NielsBohron

Maybe it’s because I’ve become a pretty outspoken anti-theist, but after growing up and being exposed to better theological and philosophical arguments, I’ve come to the conclusion that Lewis is an overrated hack.

And yes, the Silent Planet books were absolute torture to get through.

Not to mention “barley in middle school”

I don’t know about you, but I think that’s pretty good for a cereal crop.

It’s actually not (just) the acidity. Pineapples and several other tropical fruits have an enzyme called papain that breaks down peptide bonds in a rather unique way, to the point that the texture of the meat can become quite off-putting if the enzyme is not used properly

Edit: acidic or not, it’s definitely best not to put any sensitive parts of your anatomy in pineapple juice

I believe that’s a cantaloupe.

As someone who lives in this same town, black bears are more like overweight raccoons.

Fun fact, our “city hall” is at the tiny community airport, which also had a restaurant with the best chicken wings in town (salt and vinegar wings FTW). The restaurant was still going when this happened in 2019, so my guess is the bear smelled the food and went looking for the kitchen, only to get sidetracked by the city council meeting.

po-tay-to, po-tah-to

“No Skyrim until you finish your homework and finish your chores” is a fantastic motivator for my 10yo. When I can model that I can’t play Rocket League with him until after I finish the dishes, it drives the point home that IRL responsibilities need to come before video games.

It’s got what plants crave!

It’s more like a mutual friend. There’s a connection to both reactants (aka “binding affinity”), but not as strong as the bond that is formed between the two substrates (if the reaction is forming a covalent bond between the two substrates, anyway)

Edit: I’m actually saving this meme to show my coworkers that teach biochem, because it’s a pretty decent analogy. You can even extend it to other reaction classes, like a phosphorylase being like a friend who connects your buddy who is selling a guitar with your other buddy who wants to buy a guitar, or a isomerase being that friend who gives you a make-over so that another friend can set you up on a date.

Now, this is the episode the world needs

I mean, shit, Evan Williams makes a damn fine Old Fashioned at a whopping $20 per handle.

Relevant username?

Well, when “hunting and fishing gear” includes boats, ATV’s, deer blinds, guns, etc., then yeah, you kinda do.

Plus, a large chunk of the space is taken up with “decor” which is mostly taxidermy, aquariums, and reproductions of all sorts of big game trophies.

W-w-what?

Companies: 🥩🥩🍔🍔💲💲

I’m not IT, just a college instructor, but you’d be amazed at how many Gen Z students have told me that they can’t log into their email because they don’t know their own password. Not even forgot; they don’t even know it in the first place because every device remembers everything for them.

What is grunge metal that’s not better described as sludge, stoner, or doom?

Technically it’s not really salty tasting, since Epsom salts are magnesium sulfate not sodium chloride, but it could still be considered “salty,” as ionic compounds like magnesium sulfate are a class of compounds collectively called “salts”

I dunno, semantics are a bitch

Good thing that Nightmare Before Christmas is my kids favorite Christmas movie, so we don’t really have to redecorate between Halloween and Christmas.

We generally start decorating for Halloween after the 4th of July, swap a little bit out in November, and don’t take most of it down until January. Plus, some of it stays up year round, like the Casper-holding-two-candles lamp that my wife had coveted since she was 9 that we found in a thrift shop. That shit stays up permanently and just gets a cat-sized Santa hat added for Christmas

Naw, they’re mostly adults as I teach at a community college, but I was also exaggerating. Most of them listen politely, with about a third actually paying attention.

And I make it clear in the first day that questions like “will this be on the test” are the fastest way to lose an instructor’s goodwill and patience, so most of them aren’t dumb enough to say that out loud.