That decision comes years or decades after practice and learning, which people do because A) they find just noodling on the instrument fun, and/or b) they find improving their skill deeply rewarding, and/or c) they think guitar/music is just really cool.

A bad instrument can make the experience miserable, though. My first acoustic was fucking awful, just straight trash. How long does yours stay in tune?

I work at a plant that uses one of those alternative flocculants (due to our source water chemistry). Our logistics are incredibly shaky at the best of times, due to the extremely limited number of producers.

They look underage.

It can be done in a non-shitty way. Most people don’t, so if you want all the ranchers against the wall, I get it.

Look up AMP grazing if you’re interested.

Dale/glen???

“Natural consequences” is the buzzword. Make sure the consequences fit the action. You squirted most the toothpaste into the aink? You don’t get access to toothpaste, and mom/dad have to do your toothbrush.

This works with my kid because they value their autonomy very highly. Your child may value things differently.

Something to keep in mind: the goal isn’t to be a high-discipline parent, it’s to be a consistent parent. Express expectations and consequences, then hold to them. This helps children feel secure, and dramatically reduces testing behaviors (not to zero but much lower).

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I’m near there too, excited to see if I can catch anything.

Bonus: the ISS is passing overhead around 940

I’m about to launch into some more serious gameplaying as I’m taking my last final of the semester in about two hours.

I’ve been playing Balatro and Baldurs Gate 3 when I can. BG3 is not going to be the addiction for me that it has been for so many others, I can tell. I don’t want to try with a whole bunch of characters because I’ve already made like six characters in tabletop DnD. Balatro is the shit, though.

I’m going to download Slay the Princess once I’m back home… and maybe Dwarf Fortress if I decide I’m not wanting much of a social life this summer. It’s that or redownload Disgaea 2 to try and beat.

I love colony management sims, 4x, and roguelikes.

The magnet and the metal plate pull each other, so all the pull forwards is cancelled out by the pull backwards.

If you see other players. Probably less awkward to try to find a club.

Most bottled water comes from a municipal water system somewhere, i.e., is tap water.

Some water supplies have issues with sulfur or algae, so that can be unpleasant if your sense of smell is particularly sensitive. My sense of smell is pretty weak so I drink the tap water most places, while my spouse had an RO system installed in our house due to their sensitivity.

It’s projection. The US tried to make one, along with bombs that turn everyone gay and hallucinogenic mind control. We are fucking stupid.

Supplements suck that way, sorry. I’ve found a couple brands that work for me (Nature’s Way, Horbäach), but I’m no supplement expert. I’d try to find a mid-price option that didn’t seem too sketchy.

As for nootropic stacks and whatnot: never heard of them, although they seem interesting. I personally take 2g of tyrosine along with vitamin D and a vitamin B complex (plus a couple medical rx). I would start at 500mg-1g, and add more after a week if you felt you needed to. I have taken tyrosine with omega 3s but never regularly; I didn’t notice an interaction at the time.

Tyrosine. It’s a dopamine precursor. By itself, it mildly increases focus just enough to get non-preferred tasks started. It also makes completing tasks much more rewarding, which can start a positive feedback loop that leaves your space much more livable/less depressing.

One of the biggest bands is called Ride…

Laser printers don’t burn anything. They make static on paper that ink/toner clings to.

Good luck. I’ve already lost hope that we can rein in gas companies in Colorado but it would be amazing if you did.

Calvinism. There’s a christian ideology that holds that material status in life is a reflection of god’s approval. Having less literally means one is less godly.

What, butcher paper and freezer electricity?

The poor who subsist on game and garden butcher their own animals. My stepfather’s elk tag fed my family of 11 for six months of the year, and gave him his one personal break per year. Plus, we weren’t eating meat drenched in chlorine or fed on trash. He never used shit like in the OP’s pic, though.

To your point, he hunted on horseback so feed for the horse probably evened out the savings over time. I’m not saying you’re entirely wrong, just that the argument around hunting is more nuanced than most of the conversation in the replies.