There’s also the fact that half the ‘jokes’ were just a scene going on longer than you’d expect.

I think a lot of the body shaming jokes don’t land not because we are uptight PC wokies, but because when you don’t stigmatise something, it loses its social power. Oh that person has a mole? So what? The boomer humour was ‘oh, it’s bad to have a mole, but you should never say anything about it!’ when you don’t believe either of those statements there is no joke, and the scene goes on for like 5 minutes…

I think 280€ is a huge saving. I think of saving holistically, rather than each individual item. If you make similar savings on three other annual expenses, that’s 1120€ more in your savings account earning 50€ p.a.

If your 1.28€ coffee is costing you 50€ a year, coffee is now FREE for the rest of your life! When we were saving to quit our jobs, this is how we motivated ourselves; with a list of expenses and we got to cross them off one by one as they were covered.

Not only are you saving more money now, you’ll actually need less money to maintain your lifestyle. Every $1 saved in a recurring expense is more like $2 saved in that way.

Don’t always go for the cheapest item though - shop around! The homebrand Lidl coffee is my choice in Europe, but it’s not as good as the homebrand Aldi coffee in Australia… but the Woolworths one tastes like bong water. If I lived in one place rather than travelling though, I’d get a moka pot and use beans rather than instant.

just a bit watery Did you dry out the eggplant and zucchini? If not, an hour or so before assembling, slice your veggies and lightly salt the slices and lay on paper towel; I’ve found that makes a huge difference.

Tried to get a student visa last year for a language course… Full physical, police check, pre-booked accommodation for the entirety of stay, in-person interview at embassy, TB screening!? The number of hoops made it impossible before the course start date…

This would be a welcome change! Especially with more countries joining Schengen, limiting the number of places that aren’t in the 90 day limit.

As someone regularly uses Japanese and sometimes uses node.js, this is a handy library to know about! Cheers!

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That’s why I employ a staff of a few dozen multilingual interpreters to follow me to the supermarket to translate the ingredient labels in the import isle.

The Japanese version is just called: Bokujo Monogatari: For Girl

(Bokujo Monogatari (Farm story) is just the series name in Japanese)

Laughs in Lao. That bike doesn’t even have a wood oven.

I say it’s like Reddit but with more Star Trek and less everything else.