klemptor @ klemptor @startrek.website

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Do you mean the simulacra gave the scene verisimilitude?

Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow

Poor mom. I bet that was peri/meno brain fog. It sucks.

grEGGnat

Everybody's talking about the dick and balls, meanwhile I'm stunned by the gun show. That cat is jacked!

Don't you clean your toilet brush after you use it?

Yes, he's atheist, but also ethnically Jewish.

I'm out of the loop, what's wrong with Brave?

Big sprawling too much space! The city is a place I prefer to visit rather than live.

Would you prefer socks that always feel like you just stepped in a puddle, or sleeves that always feel like you got them wet while washing your hands?

Tough one! I guess I marginally prefer hot to cold because I don't have to fuss with a jacket.

Tacos: hard or soft shell?

Oh man...I used to love horseback riding but now I feel bad for the horses. I guess a horse-drawn carriage seems mildly better? Sorry to be a downer haha

Would you rather receive a bouquet of flowers or a houseplant?

Ooh teleport please. I can usually fall asleep pretty easily anyway.

Would you rather run a bookshop or a tea shop?

50K every year, definitely. Four years of that would pay off our mortgage, and the rest is gravy. Plus assuming I live another 40 years, that's 2 million altogether!

Would you rather never eat fruit again or never eat veg again?

I don't know how the self-checkout is constructed in Belgium, but in the US (at least, the stores I go to), the self-checkout is a small kiosk with a small weight-sensitive platform where you bag your groceries. You're supposed to scan each item and then place it in the bag so the scale can register it, and then scan and bag the next item, and so on. The problems are that:

1. The technology is buggy and doesn't always recognize that you've bagged an item, so it locks up and won't let you scan your next item until an attendant comes to assist.
2. Certain items like cooking wine or cough syrup or matches require proof that you're old enough to purchase it (again, an attendant has to get involved)
3. If god forbid you take a second to rearrange items in one of your bags to make more room for your next item, the stupid machine nags you and then - yep you guessed it - locks up until an attendant comes.
4. The machine-monitored security camera sometimes misinterprets what it sees you doing. For example, one time I was done scanning my items and realized I was still holding onto my shopping list, so I tucked it into my pocketbook as I was getting my credit card out. The camera must've thought I was stealing something, so it locked up until an attendant came to review the video footage.
5. The bagging platform is too small for a full week's worth of groceries, so it's really only useful if you're picking up a handful of items, meaning you still need to go through an attended line if you're doing your weekly shop.

Honestly I prefer bagging my own groceries, and if the problems with self-checkout were fixed, I'd be happy to only do self-checkout. But the way it is now, it's annoying to use.

I've resorted to appending every Google search with "-ai" because I don't want to see their bullshit summaries. Outsourcing our thinking is lazy and dangerous, especially when the technology is so flawed.

Ah man but twenty years younger...I don't think I'd like to be 23 again unless I could keep my current brain & personality!

I LOVE BOTH DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE

(but if I have to...dogs!)

Gelato flavors: Nutella or pistachio?

Playlists definitely.

Here's a weird one. If you're taking a bubblebath and watching a show, what's your bath snack: wine and chocolate or beer & honey roasted nuts?

LeAnn Rimes with an orange

LeAnn "Rimes with Orange"

LeAnn rhymes with orange

Oh man that's tough. I'm picking beach because I already do a bunch of hiking.

Would you rather kayak down a lazy river or jetski in the ocean?

Chinese! I don't have much of a sweet tooth but am completely weak in the face of savory foods. Now I'm craving some egg foo yung!

Would you rather be 5 years older or 20 years younger?