Ah, so you were referring to the cost savings of having America provide defense, and not that the defense provided by America has some quality that allows progressives to flourish.Picking up someone else's bill saves them money. Picking up your own bill does not. Hence, they have money for more "progressive" social programs, we do not.
How could you not read that as a joke?That's such a dense statement, I have a hard time thinking you are actually the person who made it, because I know you're not dense (occasional "doing the thing" related commentary notwithstanding).
You could consider following it up with a viewing of Chloe, starring Amanda Seyfried. It's also set in Toronto, but it's got a good chance of curing that hankering for companionship, considering its main theme appears to be "women be crazy, y'all".That feeling when you watch a rom-com set in Toronto that makes you miss Toronto AND feel lonely for companionship. YAY!
DID YOU SAY SOMETHING? I CAN'T HEAR YOU WITH ALL THIS MUD IN MY EARS.WHAAAT?
--Patrick
Look, I'm absolutely sympathetic and I'm really sorry you have to deal with it, and I most certainly think you can, and deserve to, and should, rant about it. But this just made me LOL, sorry.I'm sure that I've complained here before about my water allergy issues.
Get the most powerful dehumidifier you can and stay in the smallest room in the house with it running 24/7?The humidity is triggering it. How am I meant to avoid that!?!
Lord, no! That's a sure way to turn that room into an oven. Those things put out a LOT of heat.Get the most powerful dehumidifier you can and stay in the smallest room in the house with it running 24/7?
Only one way.I'm too itchy, sore and burning to laugh right now. The humidity is triggering it. How am I meant to avoid that!?!
Oh, my sweet summer child... come on down to my neck of the woods... or Ravenpoe's for that matter. Nothing like 90% to START your day with...The lack of humidity tends to mean that your sweat evaporates almost as soon as it forms as well. On a semi-related note, a couple of days ago, my daughter thought 40% humidity was super humid.
40%?! I didn't think humidity could go that low.Oh, my sweet summer child... come on down to my neck of the woods... or Ravenpoe's for that matter. Nothing like 90% to START your day with...
On the odd winter morning when the humidity dips below 40% here, oil refineries start to explode.40%?! I didn't think humidity could go that low.
It is nice, as I said, but those of us accustomed to more humid climes need to remember to take a big glass of water to bed each night. Whenever I go home to visit, I frequently wake up in the middle of the night with all my mucous membranes cracking and ready to peel right off. And that's just Colorado.I've never lived anywhere with low humidity. It would nice not to instantly flop sweat when I step outside.
She was born in Colorado, and only visits humid places, so she doesn't really understand.Oh, my sweet summer child... come on down to my neck of the woods... or Ravenpoe's for that matter. Nothing like 90% to START your day with...
That's like my daughter telling me sadly that she's never seen snow.She was born in Colorado, and only visits humid places, so she doesn't really understand.
On the flip side of that, whenever I visit my parents I forget to drink anything a lot of the time because my body is so enthralled by how wet the air is.It is nice, as I said, but those of us accustomed to more humid climes need to remember to take a big glass of water to bed each night. Whenever I go home to visit, I frequently wake up in the middle of the night with all my mucous membranes cracking and ready to peel right off. And that's just Colorado.
Of course, in ABQ, it's less of an issue since the air inside the house is kept nice and pleasantly humidified by the evaporative cooler.
I remember how it was when I first moved to Texas from Colorado. Not only did I stop drinking water, but I felt like I only needed to take one breath a day, because the air was so goddamned THICK. Of course, it's been so long now that I'm a bona fide lowlander and get out of breath like every other fucking tourist when I'm back on a rock a mile in the air.On the flip side of that, whenever I visit my parents I forget to drink anything a lot of the time because my body is so enthralled by how wet the air is.
Mmm yes, my dad constantly gets altitude sickness when we go skiing, and I'm like "NBD, I had some juice before we left the condo, that should last me all day."I remember how it was when I first moved to Texas from Colorado. Not only did I stop drinking water, but I felt like I only needed to take one breath a day, because the air was so goddamned THICK. Of course, it's been so long now that I'm a bona fide lowlander and get out of breath like every other fucking tourist when I'm back on a rock a mile in the air.