Have a kebab.

Also: killing people is wrong. That’s enough for me not to support the death penalty.

Idk I consider Confederacy of Dunces an absolute classic on the same level. Also literally the funniest book I’ve ever read.

He’s describing the Seiko Kinetic movement, which is in relatively inexpensive watches but is much more rare than automatic or mechanical watches

I don’t think so. Like just his WWE colleagues. Bautista really seems to care about the craft of acting. John Cena seems less naturally talented than the Rock but isn’t afraid to look silly or weak.

The problem with the Rock is there’s just no willingness to be or even look vulnerable. He’s almost never the butt of the joke.

I don’t think it’s a surprise that New Orleans gets a lot of tourists but I think it’s a surprise about how small it is.

New Orleans proper is under 400k people and its MSA is <1 million. Both statistics are imperfect imo but either way, its peers in size have significantly less international profile.

I think that’s the frustration though. He’s not devoid of talent, he has great comedic timing (his WWF promos are really funny), he has some range, and earlier in his career he was willing to take some risks.

It’s kind of just knowing there’s potential and not using it because he has to be the coolest most badass guy in every film.

I love my G Shock but yeah, for me, it’s literally only the square DW5600 and similar models. Everything else is just huge and gaudy.

I think it’s more about individual pieces. Big luxury brands are conglomerates and they won’t have the same quality across brands.

YSL boots or Gucci loafers are still going to be good. There’s higher quality options for less money but they aren’t bad, and most people acknowledge that they’re spending a little more for the iconic design.

I like Staunton more as a place than Lexington but even that is kind of more of a (very) small city to me.

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The Instagram post also has pictures of him slamming Abraham Lincoln.

There’s still lots of that in my city. Idk if the bands are as good as they used to be but on the other hand, I went to see Drive By Truckers and they mentioned being one of those bands 20 years ago.

Isn’t Douglas Adams IP being only loosely related to each other sort of completely on brand for Douglas Adams?

I don’t know, it captured the feeling of Douglas Adams to me well and that was far more important to me than a faithful adaptation of any particular book.

I think it’s no coincidence that we’re also 10 years past peak Chipotle quality. I still go there infrequently but it’s never as good as it was.

I go into the office by choice but my team is full remote so I work from home whenever I feel like it.

Even with a short commute, I save a good amount of time not having to get dressed and stuff. I work in comfy clothes. I drink good coffee from my espresso maker instead of shit coffee from the office Keurig. My girlfriend works from home so we spend extra time with each other. Everyone on my team takes time during the day to do personal things so we’re all happier.

The downside is there’s definitely less collaboration, even though we’re a collaboration heavy team. Like less opportunity to just talk something out. But we still chat by Teams and have phone calls and stuff.

I lowkey may be IAVC but I’ve found that a lot of people think anything without like a visible crust is “unseasoned.”

It really bugs me because a lot of “foodie” people will dismiss food that has subtler flavor as “unseasoned.”

It’s literally like all of rural America. I’ve seen this guy in New York State.

I think in the west, they might switch to vaguely and not so vaguely German stuff but it’s basically the same shit.

I’m from a tobacco state too and I could buy a pack of smokes for less than $2.00 in the 2000s. Obviously not the good stuff but still.

There was a burger place called Ray’s Hell Burger in Arlington, VA. It got pretty famous after Obama ate there. It closed after a couple years and I think towards the end it wasn’t as good as it originally was but for a glorious couple of years they made really incredible burgers.

Yes, it’s normal to have conversations with strangers and it’s probably one of the best parts of American culture. You can learn so much or hear so many interesting stories by just talking to people.

All you gotta know about Tuddy is there is a video of him truck sticking Thomas Jefferson and then knocking down Teddy Roosevelt with a throat punch.

I agree with the broader statement, but the point is that in this case they actually acted against each other. West Virginian voters chose the less racist option in spite of their racism.

You’d best watch yoself boy or you gonna find yourself hogtied and thrown in a swamp full of gators!

Unless you regularly attend the Oscars where people are wearing tuxedos, most people wear what would be traditionally considered “informal” suits to those types of events.

A lot of these places people are recommending, like Asheville, are more cool little cities than “small town America.”

Boone, NC is close-ish to Asheville and would be the more quintessential small town Southern Appalachian college town, if you’re thinking places with only a couple streets and everyone kind of knows each other.

Also in the Southern Appalachians would be Lexington, VA. Home to two colleges: Washington and Lee, which is considered one of the most beautiful campuses in America; and the Virginia Military Institute, which is very much not.

Has a historic downtown with lots of churches, and definitely feels like a stereotypical small town America. People sitting on porches waving to their friends walking by, everyone seems to know each other. And some weird cultural quirks: it’s probably the most “old South” small town I’ve been in, guys wear blazers to watch football games at the college, the VMI cadets march around in wool uniforms. I actually think a Boone and Lexington trip would nicely contrast the duality of the region between sort of like crunchy hippie hillbilly of Boone and buttoned down Southern gentlemanliness in Lexington.

Also it’s unlikely that you’ll be particularly interested but both Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson are buried there.