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Apep

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  1. WTH? I don’t think I’d want to live there.
  2. The hobby should not be surprising. The vast majority of us probably did not learn to shave with safety razors. When we first start using them, there is a period of searching for what works best for us. So the guy with a single long-handle Merkur might cycle through many blades, soaps, and other disposable equipment in his search. Some guys take it one more step and cycle through razors and brushes. I never did. When I was unemployed a few years back, I bought my first safety razor. (It really is much cheaper, and, once you get used to it, it takes roughly the same time as shaving with a ten-bladed monstrosity.) Except for buying a smaller version for travel, I've stayed with the same razor. I've gone through a number of blades and soaps over the years, but it didn't take long to find what works best. I think this might be the best explanation: Because you can find so many quality razors in thrift stores and at garage sales, (and because soaps and blades are cheap), unemployed Millennials were able to indulge in this hobby. (It's no surprise DE shaving took off at the same time as hipster beards.) The employed could also indulge in it to a greater degree.
  3. When it comes time to get a CPAP machine, look into getting one that auto-titrates. Automatic adjustments seem to produce better sleep, for me at least. Then get something like thisfor travel.
  4. Maybe he hid it under his foreskin?
  5. Vernor Vinge’s Peace War series would make a good television show. The Ungoverned could be a six-episode Season 1. The Peace War would make a great (and longer) Season 2. Then have Marooned in Real Time as the final season. All the serious CGI costs occur in season 3, so production would only continue if it is a hit. Speaking of Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep would make a great anime. The Peddler’s Apprentice would be a great one-season, live-action show.
  6. The weird part was that the resulting conversation on Nextdoor was 100% civil, even when people disagreed politically. I can see how the shirt could be interpreted as threatening, especially when worn by an open carrier. But the police didn't overreact and the complaining neighbor was widely condemned, even if only as the second dumbass in the situation.
  7. Figure some of y’all might be interested in this one, like JerseyMan.
  8. This article was much discussed on my local NextDoor, since it happened in my neighborhood. The guy was also open-carrying.
  9. Nah. Call it “Ball Fondlers”.
  10. Metallica, 1994 at Starplex, 15 years old.
  11. My favorite overpriced item was a $400 office chair that might retail for under $100 new. My Nextdoor isn’t too bad. My suburb requires solicitors to wear yellow vests with badges, which we all know now thanks to Nextdoor. So anyone who isn’t wearing the vest is some sort of criminal.
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