Yeah, it’s rich and fatty, which makes it more suitable than a carrot for a sandwich. But the flavour in its own isn’t hugely interesting to me, but with lime or chilli or something tangy the creamy texture works wonders.

I have to actively keep myself focussed on sex by fantasizing some scene or story to myself. Just actually having sex isn’t enough, not because I’m not into it or not enjoying it. It’s just that if I don’t fill my mind with something sexy it’s going to get full with chores, or dinner options, or the way the bed squeaks… And then I’m completely out the moment.

There’s lots of architectural guidance, building codes, etc. normally linked to number of people in the household. But it’s all pretty damn relative, both culturally and individually.

When I lived in the city, I was pretty comfortable with a small appartment, because I spent a lot of time out of my home in cultural spaces. Now I live in the country, and in city-terms our house is gigantic for just the two of us. Netherthless, we’re continuing to convert old out buildings into more space because the demands on our home are much higher and we have lots of unused space.

Not only do we live there, but we’ve got jobs that involve a lot of remote working, and it’s also a building site/workshop as we renovate and make our own fixtures and furniture. Plus, because it’s more remote, we want guest bedrooms and extra space so that guests can come and stay for a while without feeling cramped. Then we’ve got animals, who bring their own clutter, and we also want to create a guesthouse that we can rent to tourists. Even without those extra requirements, we choose to sleep in adjacent, but seperate, bedrooms because we have sleep issues. And I know that is a crazy luxury that we wouldn’t have been able to afford in the city, but when space is cheap, there’s no real reason not to.

I know that my example is pretty extreme, but everyone’s needs are different. I have friends who basically live in one room and love that, because everything is within easy reach and they don’t want to have guests. But I know it would be depressing and claustrophobic for others. Sharing an apartment with four adult strangers is a different experience from a family home with four children.

I think there can be rules (you can’t claim something is a bedroom if it’s smaller than 6sqm) but there isn’t a one size fits all solution.

It’s the case for all dishwashers I know about. It’s not that weird if you think about it. When people wash dishes by hand, they often wash a bunch of dishes in the same basin, with the water becoming increasingly dirty. Depending on how dirty and how much they care, they’ll change the water occasionally. Then they’ll give everything a rinse in clean water to get rid of soap. (obvs people do dishes on a variety of ways, but this is pretty common in western cultures.)

Dishwashers are the same, spray the same hot soapy water over the dishes for a while, until it’s dirty and most of the solids have been removed. Then drain and wash again with clean water. The soapy stage is about removing dirt, but the sanitising comes afterwards with the hot rinse and drying.

What’s a change that your government or society could make that would improve things for the people of Egypt?

And the single video that isn’t a “Sponsored” ad is still from Red Bull, and basically an ad.

Important story, horrible situation. Definitely not “mildly infuriating”

Really depends on what you want from a job. Does good mean high pay? It’s generally rare to have high paying jobs with low entry requirements, but ICE seem to be throwing money around if you’ve got no morals and abnormal low levels of empathy.

If good means ‘good for community’ or ‘fun’ or ‘doesn’t involve speaking to too many people’ the answers will be quite different.

I’ve never tasted gatorade, so it’d definitely be a wild stab in the dark. Be intresting to test though!

Same as most of the other commentors, this isn’t something I’ve noticed. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, so it would be helpful to hear some examples. I feel like most of the time people here are pretty supportive / helpful, but maybe I’ve got a skewed perspective?

Various freelance / project based work would probably come close. I know that jobs with short deadlines and big changes of focus have been manageable, while I’ve never lasted long with regular week after week of ongoing or repetitive tasks. Stuff like theatre / arts projects, or even some types of construction involves working really hard for a couple of weeks until something is achieved, and then doing something different.

My current job teaching at a university almost hits the sweet spot, because I only ever work six weeks before some sort of holiday, and there’s big vacations in between semesters. But coordiating the same class over a 12 week semester, even with a half term week off in the middle, is a big challenge to my willpower. About halfway through I start to check out and everything starts to fall apart.

Those are really intresting studies. It’s quite something to think about my cycle of getting bored and starting a new hobby or trying something different as an essential life skill of a nomadic forager. Not like those slow, obsessive types, who lag behind trying to pick a bush to the bone before moving on.

In the nomadic tribe, those with the mutation had better social standing and nourishment. In the sedentary tribe, those with the same mutation were malnourished, distracted, and regarded as unreliable by their peers.

This is pretty depressing, and believable.

You might have an intresting point here, but o don’t really understand what you’re saying. Can you explain a bit more?

It’s hard! And tbh, when I do manage to stick at a hobby for a longer time it often starts to horrify me. Like, why I have I spent so long doing this thing that doesn’t matter?

But tips that help me:

Keeping stimulated about it, watching YouTube about it, reading about it. It’s easy to do when I’m excited about it, and that way I’m constantly being bombarded with reminders that I care.

Having friends or people to join in with. If I have to go to something or finish something, having another person to keep me on track and from just moving on to something else is great

Setting manageable goals - I often go back and forth from “I want this to be my whole life” and “why am I’m wasting my life on this”. Aiming for a specific goal means there’s a point that I can choose to stop or set a further goal, rather than just a vague endless pressure to do the hobby.

But it really depends on what it is, specific advice for crafting, sport, games or whatever will be different. What do you want to do? And what about it excites you?

There’s lots of dry / tart option, especially if you like tonic water and that dry quinine taste. Add a dash of citrus or bitters and it’s not much more trouble than a beer. There’s also some intresting non alcoholic herbal ‘spirits’ that bring complex (and often dry / bitter) flavours, and could be used to make something nice with tonic or plain soda water.

I love old, heavy furniture, and have managed to aquire a lot of nice stuff for free at house clearances by being willing to turn up with a trailer and take something off their hands. I love how it looks, and it really suits our old farmhouse vibe.

But it can be pretty damn annoying to use. Drawers that are a struggle, inefficiently large spaces, and it’s dark and akward to find things in. Sometimes I think about being old and having to downsize, and how I’ll live in a nice bungalow with a fitted kitchen and have closets with lights and spinney gadgets and shit. But til then I’m going to man up and continue wrestling with solid wood armoires.

Can you share a link?

Weird. I’m on 145.0.1 (Build #2016126887), I even tried going to arstechnica.com in case it only happened on certain websites, but the urls Firefox shares to whatsapp are totally normal for me. Some sort of A/B testing?

Yup, just read the other post. No one picked stupid cat. Really weird behavior OP.

The Hissing of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell. I like JM well enough, but don’t really listen to many other albums of hers. But HoSL just has this unique vibe that keeps bringing me back, especially on those slightly delirious hot days of summer.