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Bop it is apparently still a thing.

A drum set or wind instrument are good choices, they “teach” the kid music.

Or the Despicable Me 3 Fart Blaster

I was really hoping it didn't exist, but damn it there it is. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084XPX7Q3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_QTW2AWD3DQ5WP01M86RS in mens and womens. It also looks incredibly sketchy and should be avoided probably.

It's not that it won't affect the outcome, but there's a lot of factors more important than the frequency in which several words are put together in a single website, especially for more tailored search engines like Google, which take into account the location of the user and the kinds of sites frequented.

For example, I live in Costa Rica and the first site that shows when searching for him is "Costa Rica - Global Database on Violence against women", followed by the Wikipedia page about his case, but there's no direct mention of him being a rapist until the fourth result of the second page of Google, and no link to Reddit until the second result of the sixth page of Google.

Here's a link that may help you understand why keyword stuffing is no longer a relevant tactic to manipulate search engines.

I bought these magnet sheets, put my stickers on them, and cut them out. Now I don't feel like they got wasted.

Assuming a standard 11" balloon filled with helium, 543 for a girl, 596 for a boy.

Average baby weights

Balloon Calculator

Particularly when the actual reality is "kill your sister" has never actually appeared on a mass produced t-shirt while ones with "Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them" were a worldwide hit. The book is still available on Amazon, rating at 4.3/5 with the product description of "South Park for girls".

There's lots of /r/pointlesslygendered stuff out there that I have to avoid as a parent of kids of both varieties but any reference to gender, positive or negative, only ever appears targeting one market segment.

I read a book in the mid-‘80s about a fictional rock band. I grabbed it because it had a Stephen King blurb on its cover. I was impressed by how real the author made this fictional rock band feel. A couple years ago I had this thought out of the blue: I think George RR Martin wrote that rock band book. I was right! Still need to track it down and give it a reread. https://www.amazon.com/Armageddon-Rag-George-R-Martin/dp/0553383078

"Salmonella infection of the penis, testis, or scrotal contents tends to be encountered on very rare occasions. [...] When a diagnosis of Salmonella infection of the penis, testis, and scrotal content is confirmed treatment with anti-Salmonella medicament does tend to emanate in resolution of the infection.". Source.

Sometimes also possible for women. "Salmonella species infections can sometimes masquerade as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), which is a condition normally associated with sexually transmitted infections in women.". Source.

If you Google all the pieces, this book is the top result. I'm guessing OP just blindly searched the pieces and settled immediately.

Don't let your dreams be dreams

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For those who want the dress: https://www.amazon.com/KIRUNDO-Womens-Summer-Sleeve-V-Neck/dp/B07PLWKVL7/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=1JT0AORC2LG14&keywords=print+mini+boho+dress+summer+2019&qid=1660784448&sprefix=print+mini+boho+dress+summer+2019%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-3

The original draft of the second amendment had a conscientious objector clause:

> On August 17, 1789, the Second Amendment debates began with the initial reading, “A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the peo- ple, being the best security of a free state; the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, but no person, religiously scrupulous, shall be compelled to bear arms.”

This makes it abundantly clear that the second amendment was drafted to be about the state’s militia, which makes sense because the third amendment, another military amendment, follows it. There is no historical reason to believe the second amendment was about gun ownership in order to hunt, defend property, or defend self. No contemporaneous federal or state law uses the language “keep and bear arms” to mean anything other than military service. The “right of the people” protected by the second amendment is the right to military service in the defense of self-governing states, not personal gun ownership.

The Second Amendment: The Intent and Its Interpretation by the States and the Supreme Court

Now a days you use a key cap remover and then just wipe them off with a paper towel and cleaning solution or Lysol wipe. Back in the day you'd just use a butter knife to pop them off and wipe them down.

TERRO T901-6 Fast Acting Ant, Cockroach, Flea And Other Crawling Insects Killer - 3lb https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001B1KGCO/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_BTVG8AH73E1DNPFMRHAT

For those of us who don't want to explode our microwave with spoons.

Limited-time deal: LINENSPA Contemporary Platform Full Metal Bed Frame - Steel Slats - Clearance For Under Bed Storage https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B087RR3Q29/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_dl_9M6DTZJX3E5H3ED2EJFR

>The older I get, the more firmly I believe that just about EVERYTHING wrong with society can be traced back to unresolved trauma and its generational residue.

I completely agree with you. If you're really interested in reading about inter-generational trauma, check out "It Didn't Start With You" by Mark Wolynn. It was highly recommended by my therapist that I read it, as we're basically unpacking the recurring cycle alcoholism in my family and how to move forward with it.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Life-Victorian-Gentlemen-Gentleman-ebook/dp/B00O9C9H7M/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=victorian+sex+diary&qid=1648467718&sr=8-1

It's "literature". :D

I can save you a bit of the hunt

Got a bag of these a year or two ago from the massage parlor next door to my job for Chinese new year (as well as some baller baijiu) and I've been obsessed with them ever since.

Interesting… So there’s: • serial killers (definition above)

• mass murders -

1. The killing of a large number of people over a short period of time. (What about a long period of time?)

2. the savage and excessive killing of many people

https://www.wordnik.com/words/mass%20murder

• Genocide- (Does it have a “cooling off” period or does it not matter, bc it’s contious?)

1. The systematic and widespread extermination or attempted extermination of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group.

2. The systematic killing of a racial or cultural group.

3. The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, political opinion, social

https://www.wordnik.com/words/genocide

Would someone committing genocide also be committing mass murder and be considered a serial killer?

Is that part of the reason why killings have always been highlighted in the news and killers glorified ie. movies and crime shows, etc?

It just seems odd.

Upvotes for Pi Hole, it's easy to set up. My favorite part is how the admin console has so much info, especially per client info. The other day I noticed my blocked % skyrocketed from a normal 10-15% requests blocked to 60% because someone in the house left a phone game running that made tens of thousands of calls home to the adserver overnight.

Bodum 11571-109 Pour Over Coffee Maker with Permanent Filter, Glass, 34 Ounce, 1 Liter, Cork Band https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JLY1HSE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_3KM8XJVHQ6BVXG849DRJ

Buy one of these, and any coffee beans you want really at your grocery store. I like buying whole beans and grinding them, but you can buy ground coffee too.

They’re incredibly simple to use, and even with just generic coffee you get at your grocery store, it will taste 10x better than Starbucks. I’m not a coffee snob in the slightest. I don’t mind McDonald’s coffee or gas station coffee, but this will make better coffee even if you don’t have super high quality beans, and it takes all of 3 mins

Do you ever look at reviews of toasters during that phase and dream of trying the luxury of the flag ship Mitsubishi toaster TO-ST1-T? It’s like the more toast I eat, the more convinced I am that an obscenely expensive toaster and the required power transformer I will have to buy separately, will fix my entire life and not be a massive miss appropriation of my personal finances that I will regret for years to come.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PHLN9DD/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_0H6RR2DFS9K2WCM6PGPP?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Tabasco also makes a good scorpion pepper sauce. Good heat without sacrificing flavor.

My favorite habanero sauce is El Yucateco. Tabasco's habanero is good, but to me this stuff retains the most habanero flavor. I love it as a condiment, but it's also great as an ingredient, like for the stews you mentioned.

Kidding aside, a radio is actually a decent investment. I bought this one a couple of years ago, and it's great. I used to listen to radio or music with my phone or my laptop, but having a "dedicated playback device" is far more convenient.

It’s true, capital gains on property donations to charity do disappear for tax purposes. See Publication 526 - alternatively, here’s an article.

You can only write-off 30% of AGI, not 100%, though. And while the wealthy do use art as investment property, I’m not sure there’s any evidence of transparently fraudulent behavior as described here - most of the time, the donator acquired it a long time ago or paid a fairly hefty sum for it themselves.

Spotify is the thing that I never doubt if it's worth it. No ads, sure, that's great, but saved playlists? Offline listening? Sharing with friends? Family accounts? Access to almost every piece of digital music in existence anytime I want for any reason? I love it.

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I pair Spotify with this excellent website to discover new music. It indexes Spotify by genre and creates an interactive cloud of the most listened to song in each genre category, then plays you a 30 second sample of that song with a single click. If you like it, you can click on to dig deeper into that specific genre. It's fantastic for building custom Spotify playlists.

> good chance Google uses their browser itself for analytics

From https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/:

> on mobile devices, Chrome automatically shares your location with your default search engine

> searches you perform using the omnibox or the search box on the new tab page in Chrome are stored in your Google Account.

> Chrome will collect information about your computer and share it

> In order to help us track the success of promotional campaigns, Chrome generates a unique token that is sent to Google

> your personal information is saved in your Google Account on Google's servers

So yeah, they're totally doing that.

If you like to read you might enjoy Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle-Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. (snigger) Great read. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0099143712/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_KPBMY9EPHRQGQVWM2XWM

YouTube Vanced is your best bet for ad-free YouTube (it's designed the same as the official app, sans ads), while using Firefox with uBlock Origin should take care of ads elsewhere.

I just looked and you can buy this on amazon... Just ordered mine.

https://www.amazon.com/This-Believe-Bigfoot-Reddit-House/dp/B098N97T1G/ref=sr\_1\_4?crid=I6P3XLMMR8C7&dchild=1&keywords=in+this+house+we+believe+bigfoot+is+real&qid=1634005593&sr=8-4

I bought these magnet sheets, put my stickers on them, and cut them out. Now I don't feel like they got wasted.

My husband just recently got me a second leave in thermometer for those times when I'm cooking both chicken and beef.

Reverse sear is the best. It's a pricey cut of meat but I highly recommend getting ribeye caps. I often find them at costco.

What thermometer did you get, and would you recommend it?

I found an android home cleaning tracking app that lets you add rooms, and then tasks in those rooms. It gives you a immediacy bar for each chore. You can configure how often you want to do those tasks or use presets (effectively lazy -> uptight) for everything cleaning related in the house. It knows most things, even things like wiping down stainless steel in a kitchen but you can make custom tasks too.

I've found myself much happier and my home cleaner just doing one thing a day. No need to track what I need to get done and when, the app does it for me. Sometimes I pick tasks that take more effort, and some times I pick the easy ones. Its important to me that every day I make progress, no matter how little effort that is.

With Covid I just wasn't cleaning anything. I never liked cleaning, I never tracked it before. But being indoors all the time I downsized to full time in my kitchen (Brought the desk and monitors into the kitchen). I wasn't even cleaning that.

This is the app and there are many like it. If you think you can commit to doing one household cleaning chore a day, or even a week, I highly recommend an app like this. I don't even think the app matters - just that it presents you an easy way to track what needs to get done and gives you the flexibility to set a time frame for chores (setting the lazy preset) so that you everything is clean enough that you don't feel so bad about it. I think with depression it is very important to take an incremental approach, so this was very sustainable for me. When I started I probably could have done at least 48 hours of cleaning to consider my home clean. Not an easy mountain to climb!

It’s not fiber optic, it’s this one

50ft (15.2M) High Speed HDMI Cable Male to Male with Ethernet Black (50 Feet/15.2 Meters) Supports 4K 30Hz, 3D, 1080p and Audio Return CNE59007 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RYRJYDG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_AMDG82JAFRKMRKK6Q8AQ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Get this:

https://www.amazon.com/Ignition-Informal-Propellants-University-Classics/dp/0813595835

I think there may be a free pdf copy floating around too. At least there was for a while when it was out of print.

Actually, the history of rockets is ridiculously amazing. I recommend this book as a journey through it:

https://www.amazon.com/Ignition-Informal-Propellants-University-Classics/dp/0813595835

Also, you have to plan these conversations out in your head and it takes a while before you build up enough steam to get it out. Sometimes the timing is off.

I empathize with husband.

Steripods. They have them at Target and Bed, Bath, and Beyond. Also great for travel instead of throwing your naked-headed toothbrush in a toiletry bag.

Someone bought these and had fun? https://www.amazon.com/Machinery-Stickers-Enticing-Temptations-Sharpeners/dp/B01MZAWNOB/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=do+not+put+dick+in+machinery&qid=1606916838&sr=8-1

Yes

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Found a nice Christmas present for you mom!

I'm thinking about throwing down $300 on a commercial office desk. I have one at work that I'm pretty sure is the same type and for $300 it's a really good deal imo. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0845WBFDJ/

I've been using ExpressVPN. It goes out occasionally - especially during national holidays, but they're the only one that consistently works hard to keep connectivity. The paid version of Proton VPN was great, but I can't afford both the email and the VPN, and they don't update nearly enough IMHO.

VPNs don't protect people's privacy. They aren't magic on switches that make people invisible. Ducking YouTube ads about ExpressVPN, NordVPN etc. lie to you.

If they don't know what a VPN is useful for, they almost always don't need one for themselves. Visiting sites with a VPN ain't gonna make them safer, it's not like they are doing torrents with this knowledge anyways

reading through the comments I'm amazed at how many schools did this. At my school they just brought in an actual smashed up car and had us walk around cones wearing "beer goggles" like these or similar