If you haven’t watched this beauty, please do. It’s hilariously accurate on Minnesotan communication, and I believe many of our Canadian brethren will identify with it. Might even help our chances of getting in.

https://youtu.be/oiSzwoJr4-0

Thanks, PBS!

I’m in. I love hockey, politeness, and poutine. I can handle winter and cold. I already know the anthem in English and French, because hockey. And I hate the Leafs.

1. drink as much as you can, as fast as you can
2. yak
3. pass out
4. wake up with a crazy headache
5. remember how shitty you feel
6. clean your mess up if you made one during step 2
7. apologize to all your friends for the dumb stuff you did during steps 1-3, if applicable
8. next time, drink less/slower during step 1

Repeat

That’s a joke. Kinda.

Start slow and learn your limit. You can always drink more, but by the time you’ve had too much it’s already too late to slow down.

As for drugs, if anything, weed only. Don’t be messing around with stimulants, hallucinations, or prescription stuff.

Fringe is just a fun sci-fi show that really leans into the fun of it, and so it’s easy to just watch and enjoy even when they’re investigating something insane.

As the The Expanse, it’s an excellent world builder and futuristic saga. I like to watch and see if I catch anything new in the background, and enjoy the epic space battles. (As an aside, the book series is phenomenal also. First three books are $28 at Amazon…. Can almost certainly find them at your local library too!)

The Expanse

Fringe

Hopefully.

Yes, you’re dressed for the weather, as I said. You wouldn’t go out in shorts and a t-shirt and stand there for hours. But if you have a good jacket, gloves, hat, boots, and maybe even snow pants, you can stay perfectly comfortable and safe in cold weather. My point was “cold” depends on what you’re used to.

Most security and construction jobs around here provide employees with big branded coats and winter hats for them to stay warm while they’re doing their jobs, I would assume it no different elsewhere.

That wouldn’t have helped this guy, though, since he died of a heart attack.

If you grow up in a colder climate, no, it’s not bad because you’re dressed for it.

-12C is only 10F. It can get down to -25F (-32C) here in the coldest parts of the winter. For example, our high temperature this coming Saturday is supposed to be 2F (-17C).

Yes. We buy something for each immediate family member on both sides. Although to your point, my spouse generally takes the lead on presents for her side, and I for mine, but we do actively consult each other before anything is bought, so it does feel like it’s from “us” and not her with my name on it also or vice versa.

I also will generally buy each of them a small gift myself each year (that they get at Christmas) if it’s something that I think they would like or fits their character. Think like t-shirts, trinkets, or stickers and such, and never with the expectation of receiving something in return.

I work 5 days a week and game, and I have multiple mice that are 20+ years old and still working. (Microsoft Intellimouse FTW.)

My job revolves around hardware and lifecycle in a corporate environment. If you’re killing a mouse in 18 months, in my opinion, it is either an extraordinary shitty cheap mouse that shouldn’t have passed QA and you should be complaining to the vendor, or you bought solely because it was cheap expecting greatness, or you’re abusing it to the point of failure. Even the cheap OEM mice will easily last 5 years.

If one genuinely uses a mouse that much, then I would leverage the Harbor Freight rule — buy the cheap tool from HF, and if you actually use it enough it breaks, spend the money to get a good one that will last. Better to spend $30-50, even $100, on a mouse every 15-20 years than $10 or band aiding a mouse every 18 months.

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As I write this and reading the words back before posting, I realize this might sound condescending or come across as angry, but that is not my intention. I would like to be helpful, learn more, and am open to discussion and differing opinions. Just wanted to call that out.

What job or hobby does one have that could possibly reach this threshold every single day for 18 months?

5,000,000 / (1.5 x 365.25) = 9,126.169

You’re clicking your mouse 9000 times a day? Every day for 1.5 years?

“This is too hard. I quit!”

Fucking loser bitch.

If you think that’s bad, just envision all the physiological and existential issues you’re instilling in them! ( /s!)

On a serious note I have thought the same thoughts after my interactions with my children.

In my opinion, the biggest indicators of a good parent to me are: to be present, to always act in your child’s best interests, to always enable your child’s curiosity and wonder, and to know the difference and when to be a parent and when to be a friend them. None are easy.

I only know you from this post, but if you’re self-aware enough to worry about if you’re supporting your child (or any child, for that matter) and consciously reviewing your decisions to learn how to be better, you’re probably a pretty good parent.

You got this!

Good luck, friend.

Look, isn’t there something you can do?

Still time to go get another.

“We’ve found a lot of videos online, and we’re going to keep watching until you stop making them!”

You’re talking about China, right?

Well that’s a confusing headline. Took me a few tries to parse it.

Too late, fuckers. Subscription is staying cancelled and I’m not coming back.