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It appears to be currently out of print on both Amazon and on the collection page but you might be able to find alternate sellers (like, with the above post, a gift shop of some sort)
Shockingly, this infographic isn’t correct. /s
Avocado pits can be a choking issue (duh) and avocados MAY upset some dogs stomach for a tummy ache. However most dogs are ok with avocados and it is fine to feed to them. There is even dog foods with avocado: https://www.chewy.com/avoderm-natural-triple-protein/dp/50186
There is a similar type product for cardboard boxes. I got these for myself and the kids, and they love making forts or other creations and I don't have to worry about cuts as much.
Same reason would need a specific knife for lettuce, which is what this knife is, but they've re-packaged to get the crafting crowd.
https://www.amazon.com/Brandon-super-KnivesFor-Different-Serrated-Bisphenol/dp/B08GKJHSQQ/
How about Chuck Tingle's other literary masterpiece, Pounded In The Butt By My Bizarre Assumption That Chuck Tingle Books Are Just Covers And Not Actual Books?
They COULD have ordered 5 buckets of Nutella from Amazon for that much. If they were smart.
Rule 35(b) is super relevant!
Imagine if you get caught DUI or any other crime! You get a chance to make up a story to convict a guy and reduce your sentence. Maybe a guy you don't like. Would you be incentivized to make up a story even when it is physically impossible for the story to be true?
This book depicts thousands of cases of made up testimony by snitches to reduce their own sentence: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PB4FBYR/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
If you like this, you’ll love R. Crumb’s “Book of Genesis” illustrated.
The best part? Robert Crumb is one of the hippy comic artists from the 1960’s. You might assume his take on Genesis would be filled with the anti-authority type humor from his comics.
But no! He plays it straight and to the letter! Somehow, that makes it even better!
Kurt Vonnegut wrote a play, <u>Happy Birthday, Wanda June</u> that was a retelling of The Odyssey. The Odysseus character, Harold, is a big tough guy who keeps asking Penelope to “bring me an onion, so I can eat it like an apple.”
I HIGHLY recommend you check out this book!
Tales from the Gas Station by Jack Townsend, also available on Audible!
amazon link for all you unconsenting existers
In this context, it's a skincare routine. I do an aztec mask once a month—more out of boredom than anything else but they do make your skin feel and look good. https://www.amazon.com/Aztec-Secret-Version-Clay-lb/dp/B07P6SV6W1/ref=sr_1_2?crid=130U7Z0TMXSYW&keywords=aztec&qid=1644903046&sprefix=oak%2Bisland%2Caps%2C132&sr=8-2&th=1
This is actually already happening. Joint Australian and Canadian government initiative. The initial trials are being conducted in Australia with Canadians supplying the snow.
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/huge-mob-of-kangaroos-frolic-in-snow-in-australia-0
These lack the letter but same design. This is what they meant I think. Not the peanut butter cups
I'll never buy anything from Keeps, Manscaped, Hello Fresh, Sheath underwear, that cereal brand, G-fuel, NordVPN, Audible, Door Dash, Dollar shave club, Ridge wallets, Skillshare, Squarespace, Honey, Raycon etc.
Omg. This is so true.
I am a millenial, and I absolutely loathe ads. Especially ads that make you watch the full 15 or 30 seconds.
Even worse is when companies pay dozens of prominent YouTubers - regardless of their content - to ramble about their item, which usually is completely irrelevant to the topic of the video. And, since it's an insert and not an ad, it's impossible to skip it other than by manually fast forwarding.
Even worse than this is when creators continually bring up the sponsored brand using awkward segues so they can mention the product like 10 times throughout the video and you can't skip it at all.
NordVPN, karma, honey, and Hello fresh, I'm looking at you.
I make mental notes to never buy from brands that do this regardless of if I may otherwise have had interest in the product.
My SO thinks it's kind of silly to vow never to buy something for this reason alone, but it is a hill I am willing to die on. lol
A-I was just making a comparison trust me I DO NOT want to talk about the war on drugs
B-We are both looking at the same problem but we have very different ideas on how to fix it so don’t you fucking dare act like I’m just cocking my head back and laughing at mass murders and quit acting like your some sort of morally superior being
Yes Russia sucks and so does China
A good hose can easily be $60 or more, but they’ll last for many years provided you don’t ruin their structural integrity by kinking them. There are cheaper ones available, but they often don’t last long.
I also have a $20 expandable one on the other side of my house, but they don’t last more than one summer. Cheap is cheap
32 dollars a month is my ENTIRE WATER BILL. 32 dollars isn't shit, the problem is you spent it for literally no reason, likely ontop of paying a normal water bill. That is the definition of wasteful, and since you can't understand that then I KNOW how you spend the rest of your money - stupidly, because I know tons of people just like you. But that's beside the point...
This fuckin thing AND extra filters would cost less than what you spent IN A MONTH on plastic fucking water jugs.
It's clean water, right in your fuckin sink, for less than you're wasting, while not yeeting 30 goddamn plastic jugs into a landfill each month.
That chick didn't have a problem with you buying water, she had a problem with you and the ridiculous way you waste money and pollute. And now, like her, I'm gonna go back to not even acknowledging your existence.
I went incognito mode and Googled "girl scout gimp", it's apparently the plasticky stuff you can use to make braided bracelets and such.
https://www.amazon.com/Retro-Crafting-Kit-Bracelets-Keychains/dp/B07GXYDSS9
Yes. Quite common where I'm from.
A simple dish I like is rice with spinach soup.
Ingredients:
1. Shallots, sliced
2. Garlic, sliced or crushed
3. 1-2 tomatoes, sliced or chopped
4. Corn if you like, chop to manageable chunks
5. Spinach
Steps:
1. Pour water to pot, let boil.
2. Once water has boiled, dump in your corn (if using), shallots, and garlic.
3. Let boil until corn is tender.
4. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Kill the heat. Throw in your spinach and tomatoes. Cover your pot for a few minutes and serve.
Done. All in all, it takes about 10 to 15 minutes from prep to serve.
The shallots and garlic can be prepped to your liking. Blend, sliced, crushed, chopped, whatevs. Corn is optional. Because it's basically boiling water with some extra steps, you can use any protein/add-on you like. Mushrooms and prawns are nice add-ons.
It goes well with sambal oelek (made by the cock sauce people) and deep fried of these things.
The top review on Amazon ಥ◡ಥ
"I really don't know what to say. Or where to begin. Or why I even read this book. I can't remember if someone recommended it, or if I did it on a list, or if it was referenced somewhere.
What I do know is that I'm thoroughly confused. And not entirely entertained. There were some good moments. Mostly I'm left wondering if this is all above my scale of intelligence, or if it's just that I have little imagination.
Whatever it is, I won't likely be reading it again. But I don't dissuade anyone else from trying."
According to this article, the 16 hours stem from this textbook.
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HOAs are a harsher versions of municipal zoning codes.
Zoning codes were put in place starting in the 1910s. They have steadily expanded since then. The intent, then as now, was not so much to define what was the in the neighborhood but what was kept out of the neighborhood.
Initially the focus was to keep out Blacks. This was done by setting minimal lot sizes such that only big, expensive houses would be built in the neighborhood and which Blacks could not afford. In addition, stores were forbidden within walking distance and the streets were laid in such a way that a car required to shop or go to work. This made the neighborhood even more financially in-accessible to Blacks.
Much has been written about this. Richard Rothstein wrote in the Color of Law how zoning codes were used along with redlining to keep poor Blacks from neighborhoods.
Zoning codes are extremely popular still today. The are not as focused as keeping out Blacks as they are in keeping out poor people in general. The methods are the same however, such as banning multi-unit apartment buildings that poorer persons might afford or limiting mass transit options which poor people tend to use more than wealthy people.