/me casually plugs controller into port #2

Not sure how good a source this is, but: https://www.getnextphone.com/blog/call-recording-laws-by-state

Interstate calls must follow the stricter state’s law (if calling California from Texas, California rules apply)

This is going to ship as “on by default”, isn’t it?

Hrm… People do act strangely when I drone on for long enough. You might be on to something there.

Wait, you guys are getting eldrich powers? All I got were dodgy knees and a moving hairline.

That’s right up there with the ‘Bartender’ Anime out there right now, where every episode is basically an ad for a different mainstream brand of liquor. It’s a decent watch, with some good instructions about how to make good mixers, but the level of product placement is just mind-boggling. Maybe that’s what’s going on here? Japan has quite the beef industry.

Whoa, they’re loss-leaders? That’s good to know. I usually pass them up since I get better results at home but I appreciate that I’m not exactly pinching pennies to make the budget happen. I’ve been broke and/or between jobs before, so who knows? That is handy information.

They know their audience. After all it’s hard to find “undesierabes” to look down on when their standard of living is alarmingly close to your own.

“It works for everyone else”

Everyone else: https://gamerant.com/light-novels-with-ridiculously-long-titles/

He sees the bucking bronco, and then has a flashback to a time he was late to work and had to ride a bike through an earthquake.

Edit:

Itoshi: I’ve got this.

Rodeo clowns: Are you serious?!

Itoshi: ::tightens up chaps, puts on cowboy hat, tips brim with index finger::

Itoshi: Ganbaru, buckaroos.

Also time traveler: Learns enough cuneiform to write one of the best pieces of hate-mail in all of history.

“I was a salaryman vegetarian, but then I died and was reincarnated as a Texas ranch-hand.” - Coming to Crunchyroll Summer 2026.

Besides, it’s a really bad form of ID. The numbers aren’t even unique, and up until 2011, a few digits are reserved for geographical information.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_number#Structure

If I had to reach for a hasty solution, it would be to use the IRS taxpayer ID instead. Of course, that might weaken the SSA’s importance overall, so that wouldn’t be without consequences: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Taxpayer_Identification_Number

A few things to unpack here.

• That chicken is roasted nicely, but I completely understand if that was bought in that condition at the grocer’s.
• Plain bread is a travesty. it needs to be either toasted and/or you need some melted butter or gravy to sop up.
• Pair this with some fruit or pan seared/roasted vegetables. Even microwaved beans would make this nutritious. Takes very little effort, very easy to do.
• Even peasants had access to beer, ale, or home-made short-beer/kvass. Gotta calorie-max so you can work in the field tomorrow. Plus, the alcohol helps with the constant muscle-aches and fatigue from endless labor.

There are innumerable ways to elevate this meal, but I’ll keep this comment short. Anyone, feel free to message me or reply here if you want tips for that.

Just don’t drink out of it and you’ll be okay.

This kinda/sorta confirms what I’ve been suspecting. None of this debacle is recent. It’s fascist-right movement that hit critical mass, possibly during the pandemic, that has been stewing for decades if not longer.

I know that, philosophically, fascism and all its manifestations has ties into unchecked capitalism, colonialism, and slavery; stuff that goes hundreds of years back in North America. In this comment, I’m talking about the more home-grown variety that picks up before or during McCarthyism.

Ah, that’s how you do it. Get them in separate hearings concurrently. Just let that prisoner’s dilemma cook, since I doubt any one of them has studied game theory.

The yogurt is also very ketogenic and full of vitamins and macros.

I can’t speak for GP, but “pipes” was always a solid watch.

Then there’s this thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytKVGtJ5yng

• a short story by the Critically Acclaimed author of “The Torment Nexus”.