Kids open their mouths when their heads are upside down - great way to quickly investigate what exactly they're chewing on

To add on to this, noise reducing earplugs are also a thing - search for "concert earplugs" or something like that.

Using them I was able to watch Godzilla in a movie theater without constantly wincing as well as go to a concert at a bar and actually have a decent time. Highly recommend for general use, I carry them everywhere now.

Time of day is addressed in the study and

was not a reliable predictor of expression of alignment

They also mention that the presence of the sun is possibly likely to affect dogs less than humans - meaning that dogs might have less aversion to facing the sun.

Study is here: https://frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1742-9994-10-80

This is so cool, look at how the head and body are a single stroke! Starts at the bottom of the head then ends at the top of the body - they must have done that to preserve ink or something?

Interesting how the tools we have access to affect the art we make.

which is not even remotely true or accurate, but that's another story

Why do you say that? My understanding is that "only two choices" is true and accurate because of how the electoral college works.

Consider a Magic Bullet! Or something similar - there are a bunch of small blenders out there designed for single-portion smoothies that fall in the $20-$40 range.

I had a similar reaction!

Spending a couple extra hours wrapping up quests and collecting conches (on the recommendation of a friend) wound up being well worth it for me, the true ending felt much more satisfying.

For what it's worth, all the quests take somewhere around 20-40 minutes each, if I remember correctly. Even the collection quest wasn't too bad, thanks to the treasure finding parrot.

I mean, most idioms are silly if you take them at face value.

To me, "easier said than done" is a response to an unrealistic idea that carries the meaning of "I don't think that'll work"/"that's too much"/"etc.

If I told a friend "hey let's make spaghetti for dinner" and they replied "easier said than done" I'd be like "...okay, you're technically correct, but I want spaghetti so I'm gonna do that anyways"

But if I told a friend "hey let's solve world hunger today" and they replied "easier said than done" I'd be like "yeah, I know...maybe we can go help out at a soup kitchen?"

I actually had a similar experience that I can speak to: I reached a point of saturation, I guess you could call it. I needed time to process and integrate everything I'd already read, smooshing more ideas into my brain wouldn't have done any good.

So I set it down and haven't gotten back around to finishing.