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Doctor: "Here's is your newborn baby, but I have terrible news. Your wife didn't make it."
Me: "Then take it back and bring me the one my wife made."
It's best not to overthink this one or it gets super dark.
... no ...
This will undoubtedly help us survive when robots take over. I mean sure we will be their pets but it is better then being wiped out. I could go for that pet life.
There's also this one about how terrifying humans are.
I have read that one before always liked that one.
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Oh, FFS. Apparently we're Karen-enablers.
This is our demo for public sector. I kid you not:
Sam: "I care about the safety and quality of life in my neighborhood."Speaking of lawns.
What is up with suburbia having these huge lawns up front that is basically just grass?
Is it just an example of having money? Since having space that has no function but does require maintenance usually is?I was under the same impression: U.S. aristocrats duplicated European gardens, U.S. commoners duplicated U.S. aristocrats, and it became such a "norm" that no one dared deviate for two centuries.
In northern California with its massive droughts, we're down to only a handful of lawns on our entire block. On the other hand, our front yards in this neighborhood are typically 8 meters by 3 meters, so "vast expanses" they're not.
So it pretty much started out rich peaople aping rich people who then got aped by other people.
I recently read a news article of a homeowners association going bananas about a couple using their front lawn as a herb garden.
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Yeah I will never do that homeowner association thing. we need to be growing gardens in our front lawns not grass. What good does grass do for anyone?
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Denny's is admittedly low-middle tier at best for breakfast restaurants, in my experience. Generally semi-cheap and semi-quick, but not exceptional in any way - neither really good nor memorably bad - and not a good enough deal to bridge the gap between the actually good breakfast restaurants like Cracker Barrel and fast food.
I hate Cracker Barrel. I've never been impressed with their food - it's mediocre at best and not really worth the headache of cramming into the off-putting and claustrophobic Grandma's forgotten attic full of junk aesthetic it's got going on. I always feel like I've wasted my money and an hour of my life I'll never get back. If I want a middling generic quality brunch menu, I'll go to IHOP, where I can at least get something that's not slathered in shame gravy.
And to quote an old meme, people don't go to Denny's. They end up at Denny's. And not that one. The good one across town.
Scint speaks truth. Just walking in to a Cracker Barrel gives me an instant headache.
I prefer Original Pancake House of the chains.
Denny's is admittedly low-middle tier at best for breakfast restaurants, in my experience. Generally semi-cheap and semi-quick, but not exceptional in any way - neither really good nor memorably bad - and not a good enough deal to bridge the gap between the actually good breakfast restaurants like Cracker Barrel and fast food.I hate Cracker Barrel. I've never been impressed with their food - it's mediocre at best and not really worth the headache of cramming into the off-putting and claustrophobic Grandma's forgotten attic full of junk aesthetic it's got going on. I always feel like I've wasted my money and an hour of my life I'll never get back. If I want a middling generic quality brunch menu, I'll go to IHOP, where I can at least get something that's not slathered in shame gravy.
And to quote an old meme, people don't go to Denny's. They end up at Denny's. And not that one. The good one across town.
Scint gets it!
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This is what I can say for Denny's:
On the absolute rock-bottom, worst night of my life, when I couldn't go home until the police were finished investigating it as a potential crime scene, and I needed to eat, I said, "Let's go to Denny's, because I won't taste the food anyway and I want to go somewhere I don't care if I never go back to, because it will always be associated with tonight."
Whereas Cracker Barrel has its uses.
Granted, I live a mile away from one and have only been there once in two years, because I was meeting a group of friends for breakfast and that's where they could all agree on. And the biscuits and gravy are good. Okay, my biscuits are better, but I don't make the gravy.
But when you're on a road trip with kids and it's either fast food (again), the Country Skillet truck stop chain, or Cracker Barrel, then Cracker Barrel wins.
Waffle Haus is the place to go here.
I LOVE WAFFLE HOUSE
Wow.
Lots of hate here.
I love it.
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I hate kitch style, therefore I, too, hate walking into a cracker barrel. It looks like my grandmother's yard sale and a hillbilly's attic had a baby.
Honestly, I avoid chain restaurants mostly. There are too many individual spots to try and too little money and time to waste in chains, when I can help it.
But when you need to meet friends or family, and they can't leave their comfort zone, well...I end up there.
Places Freehold will eat at when on the road(no order):
Waffle House
Friendly's
Denny's
Cracker Barrel
Dickey's BBQ Pit
Hooters(Baltimore only, for nostalgia)
Again, Waffle House and Waffle Haus are two completely different places.
There is also the Pancake House in Wisconsin and if you want amazing a truly amazing breakfast then the you want the Norskie Nook.
Again, Waffle House and Waffle Haus are two completely different places.
There is also the Pancake House in Wisconsin and if you want amazing a truly amazing breakfast then the you want the Norskie Nook.
I'll check it out when I come to visit.
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The best place for a burger in Madison is The Caribou. It's a corner dive bar but they have the best burgers and cheese curds.
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Today is Day 3 of our "team building conference" with 1160 attendees, and yet again I am appalled at corporate America's attitude towards cheating in general.
There are "games" that involve forced socialization: "Go to this app. Click 'meet someone'. Get to know them. Add them to your list of contacts."
And there's a prize for whoever gets the most 'connections'.
So, of course, there are several dozen people who are spamming the entire conference with, "Send me your code word so I can add you," completely ignoring the purpose of the event, and they're being publicly praised by management for "doing so well". Similarly, we are supposed to watch video demonstrations that have keywords... on the last slide of every video. So people are going to the final slide, putting in the keyword, and that's it.
So, we have a group of employees who are completely ignoring the entire purpose of the conference. And they're being praised and rewarded for it..
I love the people who have so many connections and videos that, even at 1 minute per "connection" and no sleep, they couldn't have possibly watched every video/chatted with every person they've claimed to...
and management can't stop talking about what great employees they are!
It's very much like GothBard's experience with a co-worker: "Oh, if you don't cheat at office games, then you don't care enough to win so you don't deserve it."
It really is the prevalent attitude in virtually every company I've ever worked for, and it's just sick. If you can't trust your co-workers not to cheat you, how can you trust them on anything?
Cheating is not "all in good fun".
The best place for a burger in Madison is The Caribou. It's a corner dive bar but they have the best burgers and cheese curds.
We're going there next time I'm up there.
EDIT: Assuming they make it through.
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Also I don't care too much for breakfast food in general.
Meanwhile I could eat breakfast food for every meal and be plenty happy for a while.
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Today is Day 3 of our "team building conference" with 1160 attendees, and yet again I am appalled at corporate America's attitude towards cheating in general.
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You are in hell.
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Norske Nook/Osseo is a great place for pie and a reminder that 1/3 of the drive to my fam in IL is done.
Also... no more burgers. Like, if I want a burger I'm overloaded here. Local dives all have their riff on a Juicy Lucy so there's plenty of $12 burger pubs everywhere.
If you've got a suggestion in Madison for shawarma and rice or gyros and buter & garlic fries I'm down.
There's a place called Pappy's up here in the Twin Cities, south Minneapolis specifically. Chicago dogs, gyros, pizza puffs... but weirdly super expensive for being such a dive.
The Parthenon on State Street (plus they have a roof top garden and are open until 3 Am) for gyros and greek ambiance.
I keep thinking about it, and I'm fairly sure I've never set foot in a Cracker Barrel.
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Also I don't care too much for breakfast food in general.Meanwhile I could eat breakfast food for every meal and be plenty happy for a while.
Swanson/Knope approved?
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The decor at places like Cracker Barrel doesn't bother me because I just don't look at it. Sit down, look at menu, order, look at people I am with or book if alone, look at food while eating, leave.
I've never been dragged to a Cracker Barrel that didn't have a 20-30 minute wait in Auntie Chaos' Junk Parlor.
Swanson/Knope approved?Also I don't care too much for breakfast food in general.Meanwhile I could eat breakfast food for every meal and be plenty happy for a while.
Given my doctor just told me I need to eat more meat to make up for an apparent anemia/iron deficiency, a (light) Swanson diet might not be a bad start.
The decor at places like Cracker Barrel doesn't bother me because I just don't look at it. Sit down, look at menu, order, look at people I am with or book if alone, look at food while eating, leave.I've never been dragged to a Cracker Barrel that didn't have a 20-30 minute wait in Auntie Chaos' Junk Parlor.
This is admittedly a notable complaint yeah. They're ALWAYS busy unless you show up stupid early or at one if the late afternoon lulls, so you end up waiting in the gift shop or on the patio for 15-45 minutes. Which I can't imagine is not intentional to drive more sales.
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More Things That NobodysHome Doesn't Comprehend:
This morning's talk is from a movie special effects guy telling us how much teamwork is involved in producing a big-budget special-effects film. And the second question from the group: "When will you be able to create realistic films starring deceased actors and actresses?"
Why the **** would you want to do something so morbid and disrespectful? I'd never touch such a film...
Also I don't care too much for breakfast food in general.Meanwhile I could eat breakfast food for every meal and be plenty happy for a while.
see Orthos?
We agree on lots of things!
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Chain restaurants aren't very common hereabouts, globally ubiquitous fast food franchises aside. Chain pubs that serve basic, mediocre meals, e.g. Wetherspoons, are more common.
We do have a few Italian-style restaurants, a couple of Greek/Turkish/Cypriot ones, a good many Chinese, and very, very many South Asian restaurants and fish & chip shops, along with roughly one pizza/burger/kebab takeaway per person.
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More Things That NobodysHome Doesn't Comprehend:
This morning's talk is from a movie special effects guy telling us how much teamwork is involved in producing a big-budget special-effects film. And the second question from the group: "When will you be able to create realistic films starring deceased actors and actresses?"
Why the **** would you want to do something so morbid and disrespectful? I'd never touch such a film...
Rogue One was awesome.
The Parthenon on State Street (plus they have a roof top garden and are open until 3 Am) for gyros and greek ambiance.Norske Nook/Osseo is a great place for pie and a reminder that 1/3 of the drive to my fam in IL is done.
Also... no more burgers. Like, if I want a burger I'm overloaded here. Local dives all have their riff on a Juicy Lucy so there's plenty of $12 burger pubs everywhere.
If you've got a suggestion in Madison for shawarma and rice or gyros and buter & garlic fries I'm down.
There's a place called Pappy's up here in the Twin Cities, south Minneapolis specifically. Chicago dogs, gyros, pizza puffs... but weirdly super expensive for being such a dive.
Lots of Greek stuff.
Makes me feel like I am in Queens.
I've rarely had to wait more than 5 minutes, and I just step to the side so I'm out of the way and don't look at things. Except maybe to see if they have some sarsaparilla in case I want to buy some on my way out.The decor at places like Cracker Barrel doesn't bother me because I just don't look at it. Sit down, look at menu, order, look at people I am with or book if alone, look at food while eating, leave.I've never been dragged to a Cracker Barrel that didn't have a 20-30 minute wait in Auntie Chaos' Junk Parlor.
I can't handle the smell of the "gift shop" area. I have to hold my breath just to walk through or it will trigger the headache. Linger and it will trigger a migraine.
Also I don't like the food there, so there's that.
Also everything in CB is cooked in lard or meat juice. They have nothing vegetarian friendly whatsoever.
Yeah, it's very southern homestyle and there's (traditionally) next to no room in that style for vegetarian options.
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More Things That NobodysHome Doesn't Comprehend:
This morning's talk is from a movie special effects guy telling us how much teamwork is involved in producing a big-budget special-effects film. And the second question from the group: "When will you be able to create realistic films starring deceased actors and actresses?"
Why the **** would you want to do something so morbid and disrespectful? I'd never touch such a film...
Because most viewers aren't thinking anything beyond "X was awesome, I want more of them even Though they're dead".
Because most viewers aren't thinking anything beyond "X was awesome, I want more of them even Though they're dead".More Things That NobodysHome Doesn't Comprehend:
This morning's talk is from a movie special effects guy telling us how much teamwork is involved in producing a big-budget special-effects film. And the second question from the group: "When will you be able to create realistic films starring deceased actors and actresses?"
Why the **** would you want to do something so morbid and disrespectful? I'd never touch such a film...
Yeah, this person really wants more John Wayne movies. Just, "Write an old-style Western, throw in John Wayne, and put it out."
My personal opinion? If they didn't OK it before they passed on, then it's not OK to do it. But I am not the law.
...yet...
At this point its probably inevitable anyway. The music industry is already doing it - see the "virtual" tours if the past couple of years starring digital recreations of people like Freddy Mercury and Michael Jackson. Hollywood can't be far behind.
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Because most viewers aren't thinking anything beyond "X was awesome, I want more of them even Though they're dead".More Things That NobodysHome Doesn't Comprehend:
This morning's talk is from a movie special effects guy telling us how much teamwork is involved in producing a big-budget special-effects film. And the second question from the group: "When will you be able to create realistic films starring deceased actors and actresses?"
Why the **** would you want to do something so morbid and disrespectful? I'd never touch such a film...
Yeah, this person really wants more John Wayne movies. Just, "Write an old-style Western, throw in John Wayne, and put it out."
My personal opinion? If they didn't OK it before they passed on, then it's not OK to do it. But I am not the law.
...yet...
Based on how often original John Wayne movies were themselves just recycled John Wayne movies (Rio Bravo v El Dorado, for instance), just how would that person tell the difference between an original movie and a new one virtually starring John Wayne?