I’ve started watching a YouTube channel of a guy trying to handbuild a homestead in Alaska. I forget where he said he came from, but like you, it was somewhere without snow.

On a recent video, he recorded himself seeing what I think he said was the third snowfall he’d ever seen and the first with accumulation. It was nice to watch his clearly genuine joy and surprise.

Your confidence is enviable.

I believe this theory was also posited by a frequently referenced Reddit user.

edit: And based on their experience, probably should not be heeded.

Anything is if you’re brave enough.

Despite my advanced age, the only time I ever saw that movie was when the host of the reception after my mom’s funeral had it on in the background. For whatever reason, I wasn’t paying too much attention to it.

I didn’t know that scene in HIMYM was referencing something.

Have you tried the one chip challenge?

You’re not?

I think I lost track of this comment after the word “shocked,” but it is reassuring to know it’s not real. Thank you.

But … The juices …

Why would you want to unsee something so glorious?

Yeah, but maybe they didn’t.

Not that they need me to advertise for them, but my understanding is that there’s quite a lot of flavor variety in the “Hot Ones” sauces. I do not enjoy spiciness, so I cannot comment on their quality beyond that.

The Kent Survival YouTube channel does also frequently reference the many tastes in their sauces, but again, I cannot personally comment on quality.

One of my old co-workers literally carries around an unlabeled bottle of white sauce that he claims is both flavorful and spicy. Our other erstwhile co-workers disagree and say that the spiciness overwhelms everything else, but he swears by it. I can see if he’ll disclose what it is.

Regardless of whether you pursue any of my suggestions, I hope you find the balance you seek!

On the Internet, no one knows you’re a fish.

I’ve never had that … But for the past seventeen years I’ve used PTO if my birthday wasn’t on the weekend and I haven’t been denied yet, so there’s that?

We should hang out.

But, like … Inside.

Because I formed these habits in the nineties and 00’s, well before git was a thing; and because nothing I write matters, other than possibly to my employers, in which case I do use (primarily) git … Or other version control. (Believe it or not, I’ve used subversion.)

Most of the documents to which I apply this are things like my resume and DNS server. No one but me will ever care.

Also, I like you both for asking this question and for how you put it.

I used to have this problem, but now I go with one of two solutions:

• filename-$(date +%F) (or similar)
  • example: notes-2024-12-14.txt
  • can be expanded to include further time details if more than one iteration per day is released
• filename-Mk#
  • example: product-design-MkII (Or Mk2 if you prefer)
  • pretty much infinitely expandable and you always know which is latest

Walmart+ is to Walmart as Amazon Prime is to Amazon.

Eh, I also wasn’t very good at flirting back then.

Agreed and done, thanks!

Back when I was dating, I encountered someone with the username “razetheaxolotl.” I was trying to show off my awareness of esoteric animals and my vocabulary and asked if she meant to raise them, as in promote awareness of them; or to raze them, as in clear land (and occupants).

She responded that she loved axolotls and would never advocate razing them, then I never heard from her again. Weird.