Danny Burrow

anarcho-punk cyber-hippie

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@justalexoki She's right. When you add the food it's going to drop the temperature precipitously, and the faster you get it back up to the target temp, the better the results. Starting with a pan hotter than the target temp reduces that delta and therefore reduces the below-target time.

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@cokepaddington @RealDianeYap @justalexoki I've got some bad news for you about me, and also about the nature of love!

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@nikki57 @castlehillmom @dont_be_common Yeah the local taxes are usually flat because carving out exceptions is a lot of work for a county. But they're also usually like 1-3%.

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@nikki57 @castlehillmom @dont_be_common AR has zero sales tax on groceries, so whatever taxes she's paying on groceries is a city or county levy. I seriously doubt the people of Smackover imposed the 9% grocery tax on themselves.

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@TxGwyn74227 @NotLizBrody Me either! Curly showed up as "looks bad when long."

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@noknowsgoes There are treats in my house that are only for me because they are expensive and the kids actually *prefer* cheaper treats, and the man houses sugar too fast to be able to afford the fancy shit. My temperance has material rewards, and it is my privilege to enjoy them.

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@TxGwyn74227 @NotLizBrody It's been sort of wild to realize that probably the *reason* I had short hair forever is that I knew I wasn't ever going to be a daily flat iron type of girl, and had no knowledge or resources to manage my actual curls, so long hair "looked bad on me".

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@RealDianeYap @justalexoki I actually have a fat husband and he knows I think the physique in the OP is the absolute ideal male body and let me tell you, that does not make him feel better.

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@Michael_Druggan @lofofty @justalexoki (I mean I would say that, and do, once I am in a relationship with such a man where I can be sure he'll take it as a compliment. But never to a casual friend or acquaintance or god forbid a stranger.)

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@Michael_Druggan @lofofty @justalexoki I think further than attracts, it actually invites comment. When I see a cut bodybuilder I know his physique is extremely on purpose and he's likely to appreciate a compliment about it. But I would never say "I love that you have a healthy layer of fat over all that muscle"

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@justalexoki People are overcomplicating this. The answer is: Strong. Soft.

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@justalexoki I don't mean this in a "each of my kids is worthwhile individually" way, that's obviously true for any number of kids. I mean four is a really good family size. Their relationships with each other are so important to the family dynamics.

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@justalexoki I'm really glad I have four kids. I might have been happier with more, but I'm very happy I don't have less.

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@RJ2833 @TiffaniMarie483 Rarely there's a 3) someone sick just got out of the car or I'M sick and someone vulnerable is about to get in. I sometimes transport a cancer patient (my coparent), or people who live with a cancer patient (my kids) and I don't think that's overkill, but I guess you might.

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@RJ2833 @TiffaniMarie483 This is a bad comparison. You're making up stories about the person in the car. I'm sometimes that person and it's because either 1) my mask is so comfortable I forgot it's on, 2) I'm in the car for like two minutes or less. Nobody is afraid of their car.

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@collin_ruth89 I really find it hard to believe that this is the first time you're hearing that it's bad for your health. The childhood asthma rates are the canary in the coal mine.

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@collin_ruth89 There's no gas line to my house. I am an anti-consumerist curmudgeon so I am sticking with my coils while they last, but when it's time to replace I will go induction and it will be even better than if I had gas.

[Danny Burrow @BurrowingDan]

@alaskastardust My first serious, marriage-oriented relationship was with a man who loved to dig holes, loved mines and caves, just wanted to be underground. He was very excited to become a Burrow someday. Alas.

[Brad Lemley @BradCLemley]

Here is a huge positive to modern life that gets no press.

I have an old 2009 Toyota, and the AUX port crapped out about a year ago. Went to YouTube. Young, enthusiastic guy explains how to fix it.

It is not obvious - involves taking the dashboard apart in a counter-intuitive way, but once you see it, it's a 15 minute fix.

There are actually dozens of videos showing how to do this, and they collectively have well over 200k views.

Had this happened in 1995, I would have just lived with it. But the combo of the replacement AUX jack available from Amazon and the video of the simple (but not obvious) fix, I fixed it.

I HAVE DONE THIS DOZENS OF TIMES. Replaced the control panel of my dishwasher. Replaced the ice maker in the fridge. Fixed a wonky sanding head on my drill press. Mastered a bandsaw technique that I use for my sculpture. On and on and on...

I think it is likely no exaggeration to say billions of fixes and skill upgrades have been performed worldwide that would not have been performed if it were not for the instruction freely given peer-to-peer on YouTube.

Take a moment to be happy about this. The busted item keeps performing, rather than going to the landfill. The person learning and doing the fix gains a sense of mastery and saves money. It's an unmixed blessing.

Stop doomscrolling. Think of what is busted in your house, find the YouTube video on how to fix it, and fix it.