It’s easy to say that.

More, if anything.

Which one do you use? I’m not asking for myself; I just want to know what you’re shilling for.

So you want me to repost stuff?

That’s beautiful. Incidentally, do you have kids yourself?

Yeah, I argue this shit online all the time, too. That’s why I listed “argue” in the things I’m able to do.

This is making a good point, but I still have to be here for my kids. I’ll donate, vote, and argue, but I’m not fighting anyone off because my kids need me.

Leaving the country is also an option we’re looking into, but my wife thinks we should stay here and continue to do what little we can.

It makes sense to me. Different people might need to get different things out of the meeting.

Sometimes at work I’ll need one piece of information, but it’s contained in a thirty minute presentation. Or I might not know how much information I need, so I’ll start with a summary. If that’s not enough, I’ll watch a recording of the presentation.

It’s the armpit of America. You can tell you crossed the state line because of the smell. The rest of the state gets… better, but that’s a low bar.

(I grew up in New York and honestly I’d even take Jersey over where I live now.)

Yeah, I’ve got that too. But confidence leads to complacency. I’ve thankfully never had it happen when it mattered, but on a couple of occasions I’ve found myself not being hypervigilant when I normally would be. It’s back on once I notice, but it only takes one slip up.

Most of these cases also involve a change in routine. You go about your normal day, feeling the way you normally do, because your mind has forgotten that something is different. Trusting your instinct to overcome that just isn’t a foolproof plan. I mean there is no foolproof plan, but there’s also no harm in taking a little extra precaution in your routine like putting your shoe or your wallet in the back seat.

The biggest thing that most of those people have in common is that they think it couldn’t happen to them.

My last drain snake broke off in the drain.

Get a decent drain snake. Maybe not the cheapest one on Amazon.

I got you.

I used to throw it away, but recently I started saving it, and it’s amazing.

Step 1: Cook bacon.

Step 2: Strain the grease. I use a tea strainer. You don’t have to do this, but it helps it last longer, because the bacon bits spoil before the grease does.

Step 3: Pour it into a small tub. I use an old spreadable butter tub that has masking tape on the top and sides with “BACON GREASE” written on it, so I don’t accidentally use it instead of butter.

Step 4: Store it in the refrigerator.

Step 5: Use that shit. You can use it in most places you’d use butter or oil.

• Caramelizing onions? Slap a dollop of bacon grease into the pan first.

• Pancakes? Pancakes with a soupçon of bacon.

• Eggs? Obviously.

• Grilled cheese? Holy shit, use bacon grease. It’s so fucking good.

It behaves a lot like butter. When it’s cold it stiffens up, but if you leave it out for a few minutes it softens and becomes spreadable.

Whenever I cook more bacon I top up my bacon grease tub. My cooking has gotten a little bit better this year, and it’s all because of bacon grease.

Exactly. I’m using what I know of gravity. The mattress should be resting on top of something. If we’re looking down, it is. If we’re looking up, it’s floating in mid-air, apparently wedged against both walls even though it doesn’t look firmly wedged on the right side.

I’m not the one being pedantic. Whatever that object is, it’s not clear that it’s a banister.

There’s no banister in the picture. It looks like maybe there’s a support for a banister, but that doesn’t magically make the tops of the steps into the sides of the steps.

I got told to “ignore previous instructions” because I said I liked looking at a painting. I think that’s just going to be an insult now.

Bottom.

1. The risers on the stairs are not visible.

2. The wear on the carpet goes right to the edge. That’s consistent with people stepping on it, not kicking it on the way up.

3. If it’s at the top, the mattress doesn’t appear to have any of its weight resting on a step. It could be so wedged in that it’s being held in place, and that it was wedged that way by someone awkwardly pushing at the ends of it in a way that wouldn’t seem to give them enough leverage to do that. But the obvious explanation is more likely, that it’s at the bottom of the stairs.

There’s nothing wrong with carpeted stairs.

Just do what I do, and fall behind on everything.