exasperation

I am a fan of makeup and don't really understand why so many men try to claim they aren't. I generally like more a natural look, but I can also recognize that the natural look takes a shitload of effort and makeup applied in a skillful way. But I can recognize that "natural" makeup is a conscious choice and looks better than actually not wearing makeup.

And, to the point of this comic, it's really sexy for people to make their own choices and do things for themselves rather than to attract others.

I'm a man and I've never been catcalled, but I can believe women who overwhelmingly say it's a common experience.

A non-black person saying they've never been followed around a convenience store, or dealt with adultification (the phenomenon where racial bias leads people to treat black children more as adults, including things like the first row in this comic assuming a young black woman is holding her own daughter).

We all live our own experiences, so trying to deny that something happens based on not having experienced it yourself is just being obtuse.

A survey of medical students in 2016 found the same trends in actual beliefs, long after the data disproved the theory.

This RPG's rules are bullshit!

Sous vide vegetables are underrated in general. It can intensify the flavor of the natural vegetable itself or the seasonings you've added, without sacrificing texture or color.

"Normalize dining alone."

"No you're wrong, you should normalize dining alone."

Ok, so, not totally surprising that the AP voters didn't put South Carolina ahead of Alabama, but I still think they deserve to be. And for the AP poll, South Carolina was at 16 rather than 15 for week 14, and has a little bit further to go to get into the top 7 non-conference-champs.

We'll see what happens, but I'll be pissed if Alabama gets in and South Carolina doesn't.

Texas defense looked really strong last night. Lots of key stops on important plays.

Seems tough.

Beating Clemson is as good a reason as any to give South Carolina a higher vote over the other 3-loss SEC teams (and I think they've looked better anyway). Miami deserves to drop below, also.

So maybe SMU wins next week and is the sole ACC team in, Boise State wins and is the G5 team.

Maybe that's enough to bring South Carolina from its current 15 to 11 after Boise State, leapfrogging Miami, Clemson, Alabama, and Ole Miss.

The big question is what happens to the SEC and Big 10 championship game losers. Does a 10-3 Georgia get in over the 9-3 SEC teams? What about an 11-2 Texas who has only lost to Georgia, but twice? If Penn State gets demolished by Oregon, what does that mean for them and the rest of the Big 10 contenders?

There's still room for chaos, as shifting narratives retroactively change how we (and more importantly, the CFP committee) view strength of schedule and strength of record.

Yeah, these 5 things are at least partially dependent on each other, with some feedback mechanisms. Having healthy coping mechanisms makes it easier to have meaningful relationships. A satisfying career can lead to financial security. So can a meaningful relationship (dual earners with shared expenses tend to be pretty financially resilient). And all of the above can obviously feed into a will to live.

I get some people are hurting, but it probably isn't helpful to try to say that literally nobody has these things. A substantial percentage of us do. Gen Z might be hurting even more, too, so focusing only on millennials is counterproductive.

Are you under the impression that families are going to the grocery store every day and trying to eat everything within 48 hours of picking it up from the store? No, people are buying the week's worth of stuff and might not be getting to actually cooking it until 6 days later.

Buy a week's worth of food, with each perishable item in quantities small enough to go into a few meals per week, out of the 21 meals you'll be eating that week.

Fresh vegetables and fruit last a week or two. Fresh meat lasts a week. Eggs last a few weeks. Most dairy products last a week or two.

Make meals out of a combination of fresh ingredients, dry goods (pasta, rice, beans, breads), canned/preserved foods/sauces/condiments, frozen foods. With basically one perishable feature ingredient per dinner, it doesn't take that much planning to feed yourself for maybe 10-25% as much as it costs from takeout or restaurants. Even if your food waste is double as a single person, that's still 20-50% the cost.

for some reason it doesn't produce the foul egg smell that is typical with boiling eggs

That sulfurous smell is associated with overcooking eggs. Sounds like the device you have doesn't overcook eggs.