Bosmer lore in a nutshell.

This is the best I’ve come up with: It’s Diet Meat. Just as Diet Coke is an approximation of the real thing, so too are cultivated meatballs.

I hope that wasn’t meant to be a pitch for it. Diet Coke tastes like ass.

They simply taste a bit less meaty

See that’s the disconnect - diet Coke doesn’t taste like Coke that’s less Coke-y, it tastes like Coke that had the sugar replaced with a scoop of Grandpa’s ashes and a dash of betadine.

If we’ve made the meat equivalent to diet Coke, the best course of action is to just skip that nastiness and cook up some tofu or paneer or something.

If we’ve made the meat that’s just a little less meaty, okay cool, I’ll give it a shot.

…but those two are NOT the same thing.

Huh. TIL. I always just assumed it was a taste/texture/difficult-livestock-to-manage kind of situation. I wonder if we could offset its potential to carry pathogens by like letting it cure up in a brine or something before cooking it.

Never had cat, but it can’t be that bad, can it? Guessing it’s tougher meat than we’re accustomed to, but I’d guess it’d still make passable stew meat. Or play up the toughness and make it into jerky.

Might as well get some usage out of them.

…our governing hierarchy is just a long list of who’s blowing who, isn’t it?

Anecdotally, one head w/ regulator at the start of the project vs 2 heads w/ regulators near the end of the project made a noticeable dip in pressure from each side. I thought the whole project was a bust - like, it was struggling to even rinse the soap off; but looked up ways to increase the pressure and found out about the regulators in the heads. Popped em out, and problem completely resolved.

You can still regulate the pressure manually too, using the valves on the t-connector. Ours are usually only open around 75% because they were murdering out hot water tank at full blast, and we’d run out of hot water with nearly every shower.

Promotes oxytocin release.

…but real talk, shower sexytimes seem fun and novel early on, but you learn pretty quick that the angles are kinda cumbersome, and the water dissolves the vaginal mucus that lets the slip-slidey-magic happen.

The wins here are 1) utility: we tend to need the shower around the same time, and this lets us use it at the same time without that awkward standing in the cold nonsense the OP’s meme is highlighting; and 2) comfort: in addition to the absence of the standing in the cold nonsense, taking a shower solo and getting that warm water from both sides is like having your own jacuzzi - that shit is relaxing as fuck!

You’ll want to verify the sizes are correct - easiest way to do that is to just pop the shower head off your wall and bring the whole thing to your local hardware store and see which parts are a fit, but, starting at the wall tap:

1/2 in. Brass PEX-B Barb x 1/2 in. FNPT Adapter | $3.43 (x1) Connect this to the wall tap, then attach a section of tubing to it, set in place with a hose clamp.

1/2 - 1-1/4 in. Stainless Steel Hose Clamp (10-Pack) | $17.98 (x1 bag of 10) You can buy them individually too, but a few extra never hurts - these things are super handy. You might want to additionally hit these with a zip tie, which will compress the excess metal back down against the hose: when its fully tightened, there will be a tab that sticks out, which can cut you if you snag on it, especially when your skin is soggy from the shower.

3/4 in O.D. x 1/2 in. I.D. x 10 ft. PVC Braided Vinyl Tube | $17.97 (x1) 10 feet should be just enough - measure carefully before cutting.

1/2 in. PEX Crimp x 3/8 in. O.D. Compression x 3/8 in. O.D. Compression Quarter Turn Dual Shut-Off Stop Valve | $22.97 (x1) …I’ve seen better versions of this - you want a barbed connection on all three ports, not the hex nuts like this one has… but those should still do the trick if you discard the nuts and clamp the hose down on the threads. Might need some locktite or something to really seal it down, since spiral threading could give the water a path out.

Power Lock Suction 6 Robe Hook Combo Pack in Clear | $10.92 (x1 needed, but an extra set can help manage the tubes) Mine are a little different, but you want suction cups that have a dual action mechanism like the ones linked. Regular slap on suction cups will fall all the time. These ones will still fall, but maybe like once every couple months. The ones I have are a twist-to-seal mechanism, but I don’t see that model now - but these ones have only failed a couple of times, like once every 6 months. Clean the application site thoroughly so it’s got as nonporous a surface as possible.

From there you’ll need a total of two shower heads and two suction shower mounts. The price of both varies a ton, but I’ll leave model selection to you since there are a lot a features you may or may not care about. You can save a bit of cash if you use the one already installed in your shower, but we forked out a bit of extra cash to get a matching set. Don’t forget to remove the pressure regulators from each one, or you won’t have good pressure from either head.

The pressure from the wall is better than you might expect: nearly all shower heads have a pressure regulator inside of it - I’m assuming this is a legal requirement that manufacturers know users hate, cuz they tend to be easy to get at and bright red or blue. So, you’ll want to pop the pressure regulator out of both heads.

Full wall spout pressure divided by two unregulated heads yields plenty on each side.

The issue you might run into is that your hot water will run out way faster than previously… then again, I live in an apartment, so I’m assuming our water heater is the cheapest shittiest one on the market, so you might have better luck on that front.

I didn’t even think to check for a prefab. Just went straight to the local hardware store, grabbed some parts, and rigged it together.

If you’re looking for a project…

+6 small pipe clamps (one on each end of the three APSH tube segments)

This setup has lasted through 5 different apartments. Wife mentioned she wished we had a double shower, and hated that we couldn’t set one up in our apartment cuz we can’t drill holes or w/e without owing a ton of money when we move out. Challenge accepted: made a double shower setup using only suction mounts.

One of these days I want to take this idea back to the drawing board and maybe use tension rods instead of suction cups, cuz they DO fail occasionally, which always sounds like a fucking plane crashed into our bathroom, but other than that we’ve both been super happy with it - even solo, having that hot water hit from both sides is peak comfort.

Also when selecting your shower heads and suction wall mounts, put some thought into how easily it will be to redirect the stream: ours aren’t very mobile, and the weight of setup/tubing keeps them kinda fixed at a specific trajectory.

…iirc it was about $100 when all was said and done, but easily the largest chunk of that was getting two matching shower heads - you could probably go a lot cheaper if you find cheaper heads. …or maybe not cuz everything is like 8x more expensive than it was 5 years ago…

…credit where it’s due: the Death Star solved ALL of Alderaan’s problems with a single keystroke.

Elon Musk predicted that AI and robots would eventually allow work to become optional for human beings, that money would become “irrelevant” and poverty would cease to exist.

I mean first off, we’ll need “AI” to actually mean something other than marketing bullshit. Actual AI (what’s being called ‘AGI’ nowadays, but that’ll be bastardized the same way ‘AI’ was) doesn’t exist outside of science fiction. If that day ever comes (my money’s on humans being extinct before we get there), then yeah that’s gonna be a humanity changer in par with discovering fire or electricity.

Second, we’ll need the folks who run that tech to actually be benevolent, and the odds of a billionaire becoming benevolent are even lower than real AL becoming a reality.

Third, poverty could cease to exist RIGHT NOW if people like Elon Musk got the guillotine treatment they deserve. No AI necessary.

Hypothesis: this is actually a safer way to ride due to cars seeing you as much more of a threat and therefore giving you MUCH more room than normal.

For the rice, look specifically for “fortified” - it has things like vitamins added in. From there, unless you want to actually track your micro and macro nutrients, your best bet is to just shoot for a good variety, and that’s where things like food pantries will shine, cuz (for most of them at least) their inventory will be changing constantly, so it’ll force you to try things you wouldn’t normally have the desire or financial access to.

This is assuming your local area has food pantries - you’ll have some homework to do to find those kinds of resources. Also look into langar kitchens if there are any Sikh churches near you. I’ve never been to one, but heard nothing but good things.

…I mean…

Aren’t most superpowers an infinite glitch by themselves?

Like if they used their voodoo to crank a giant turbine instead of causing or fighting crime, the entirety of the power industry instantly becomes obsolete.