Here’s why bread making is the best hobby:

1. Minimal equipment and ingredients to get started

2. Amount of time is up to you. You can select a recipe that suits your needs. Plus you can go and do other things while the dough proofs and cooks, so if you make a 3 hour loaf, you still get some of that time back.

3. Most of bread making is working on your skills and knowledge and is highly rewarding as a result

4. You make tasty bread that will either contribute to your weekly pantry or makes a great gift for others.

5. Store bought bread sucks ass. Once you start making your own, you’ll never go back.

There used to be a chain restaurant near my workplace called Zoup. We all loved it! We would look at the menu for the week on Monday and if one of our favorite soups came up, we would all go grab some soup and bread for lunch one day. You could also taste all the soups before getting one. It was the best! But it sadly died during COVID lockdowns. RIP Zoup.

I had a boss at my first office job that lived across the street from the office. A literal blizzard hit and he still insisted we all come in. I tried my best, but there’s only so much I can control. I left 1 hour early knowing it would take forever and I was still going to be late. I should have said fuck it and called off work, but I was young and stupid, so instead I called in to let them know I’d be late. When I got there I got an ear full about how it wasn’t that bad and he made it in just fine. I showed him a photo of all the snow piling up 5-10 feet along the roadside as it blew in from the cornfields. He acted like I must live in Alaska or something. Like bro how long have you lived here and you don’t know this is a possibility?

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As someone who works in healthcare, I couldn’t agree more. I’ll be very happy to give up my job if it means we can all have healthcare.

While this is all theoretical, I agree with you. I think there are so many jobs that either currently don’t need to exist or jobs that could be replaced with robots or AI in the near future that it frees up people to focus on culture and innovation. Instead of focusing on maximum output, we can create only what is needed and let people relax more and enjoy life. Imagine instead of 1 person working 40 hours a week, you have 4 people working 10 hours a week. Everyone can contribute and also have plenty of time for themselves. This of course is only possible with guaranteed food and shelter for all. But one can dream.

Back when I had my own desk, I had a jar I would fill with Jelly Bellys. People loved to stop by my desk and grab a handful and try to figure out the flavors. If they didn’t know, I would impress them with my otherwise useless knowledge of Jelly Belly flavor identification skills. It was weirdly a good way to get people to stop by my desk and have a conversation that otherwise wouldn’t have.

My strongest genderfluid would kill you, traveler. You can’t handle my strongest genderfluid!

I genuinely think that some people hit a certain age and then simply lose the will to explore new things. The amount of absolute garbage reboots and sequels that my parents watch just because they liked the original thing is far too many. But it’s certainly not just them. I know people younger than me that will just always listen to new albums of artists they used to enjoy even if it’s hot garbage and talk about it like it’s pretty good. I’m certainly not an authority on what people can enjoy, but I can absolutely be disappointed in people that reach this point where familiar=good.

This is for raw processed chicken that you can buy at the grocery store. Processing plants need to chill raw meats before shipping to the store. So if you see a pack of chicken breasts, it was either water chilled or air chilled before packing and shipping.

My team is literally on the other side of the country 😆

Where I’m at, they got rid of space to put people. So now we have to hot seat our desks instead of having a dedicated desk. Very cool.

You gotta buy “air chilled” chicken. Water chilled chicken absorbs lots of extra water and shrinks like that.

As someone who just bought car last year, I think Kia is the closest one serving that market. We made a list of potential cars that had what we wanted. It had to be under $35k and it had to have certain features without needing to subscribe to some service. We added a few Kiad to our list and I’ll admit they were quite tempting as they had everything we wanted for less than all the other cars on our list. In the end we ended up getting a Prius, but the Kias were pretty close for us.

My dumbass went “Seahorse… Workbench??”.

That’s why I typically save up for nicer things, or try to go to lots of flea markets and thrift stores. I have lots of unique and super fancy glassware for my bar and a nice collection of cast iron plus many more nice things without breaking the bank.

It’s one of the fonts of all time!

Agreed! I think this applies to any game where you have to explore both the world and the gameplay. It gives you these incredible “ah-ha” moments that you’ll never forget and have an impact on your gaming for the rest of your life. I think for me the number 1 game I had this experience with was Animal Well. Our group played both Animal Well and Outer Wilds for our indie game club and every single person had multiple moments like this for each game.

Beds seem to have their own personalities that interact with your own. You likely picked out your own bed and it’s just right for you and feels the best! But then you stay at your folks place and the bed they offer does the job but it’s sort of old and stuff and not as inviting as yours. Or maybe you stay with a friend on their futon and it’s lumpy and the sheets stick to your clothes. Nothing beats your bed at home though.

Well at least from personal experience I can say that’s true. It took me until 32 to buy a house. Then it took 3 years to fix it up and make it livable because that’s the only kind of house I could afford. I’m now expecting my first, but I would have had one sooner if I was able to afford a house sooner. No way in hell I was going to chance getting kicked out of an apartment while raising a child.