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I used to think this, until I ran a brand. At scale, USA consumers buy based on lowest price and highest convenience nearly 100% of the time People like to say this, but their credit card statements disagree

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I (re)tested an old Depression-era potato growing method where you drop them directly on the surface and just cover with straw...I'm gonna go ahead and say it's effective

I got a new mechanical keyboard for Christmas, which threw me DEEP into the world of custom-made artisanal keycaps and...it's pretty crazy...

Rye Chip: The wagyu of the bag. Dense, salty, crunchy, and most importantly somewhat rare in a classic bag of Gardetto's, leading to a scarcity flavor boosting psychological effect. Discerning consumers pair a classic bag with a "Special Request" bag of rye chips to balance the ratio. Wheat Chex: Smaller and more dense grid, slightly crunchier than Corn Chex and more flavorful overall. A reliable second to rye chips. Corn Chex: A weaker and less flavorful base grain, but still passable as a random pull from the bag. Mini Breadstick: We've entered "filler" territory now. Decent surface area, holds a solid amount of salt. But more of a palate cleanser in between rounds of the top three. Circle Pretzel: No one comes to Gardetto's for a pretzel, let's be real. Circle is only second worst because it's objectively less pretzel by mass than... Square Pretzel: Absolute F-Tier trash. Pure filler, too smooth and barely even holds salt. Often never leaves the bag amongst sophisticated Gardetto consumers.

Everything I've learned about drawing after 78 days of teaching myself to draw from scratch:

I have NEVER seen this in my 13+ years gardening! This is an albino cucumber, in the sense that it has a genetic mutation to either not synthesize chlorophyll or not even produce chlorophlasts (the things that synthezize chlorophyll) You can tell it's a true albino because the stem is also pure white. It's smaller than the rest of the cucumber seedlings as well... You might be wondering how it was even able to survive to this point - don't plants need chlorophyll to photosynthesize? YES, they do - but seeds have a little trick up their sleeves in the fact that they have endosperm, which is basically energy from the parent plant that produced the seed it "packs" into the seed to help them get through the first 1-2 weeks of life It's highly unlikely this plant will survive another week, so it's VERY cool to catch this phenomenon!

McDonald's CEO is still clearing. I've now even come around on the OG viral video of his. We simply didn't understand his game... HE IS A CEO - it's a product to him. Apparently someone in the test kitchen asked what his favorite food was and he just said, "Fish, I eat a lot of fish." Didn't even think to answer with an item that the company he's the CEO of produces. This is a raw input:output organism we're dealing with Burger King CEO went for the obvious transparent burgermogging attempt by taking a bigger bite. So obviously a mog attempt that it actually puts him below McDonald's CEO because he "tried." Wendy's CEO attempt is a nothingburger. It lacks the autistic CEO authenticity of McDonald's and even the obvious marketing move of Burger King There's also the first mover advantage here. McDonald's CEO is gaining status with every subsequent CEO validating his format by recreating it We seriously underestimated this man

A friendly reminder that my local coffee shop is running a bot farm to boost engagement. I'm talking a VERY small business. Imagine at a country's scale. If you're still responding to / reposting anonymous accounts with zero vetting, you're being used like the idiot you are

My friend Andrew farms this entire plot himself - no team, no debt, no tractors He works 35 hours a week, sells at one farmers market only, and makes 6 figures a year, with PLENTY of room to grow the business Alternative paths exist

This entire saga is an IRL manga mixed with 90s-early 00s yolo internet culture. The craziest part is its effectively a distributed storytelling effort via dozens of clippers. It's absolutely amazing, so entertaining

I've grown enough food to live off of in my front & back yard for a few years, here's what to focus on if you're trying to do the same: Veggies and greens requirements are the easiest to hit. Any leafy green (lettuce, kale, spinach, chard, collards, etc.) more or less grow the same way. You're only eating the leaf tissue of these plants and harvest them before they even get through their full life cycle (most people don't know that all of these plants produce flowers and seeds!) A simple way to approach growing any leafy green: Say the time to harvest is ~30 days and you want ~4 heads of lettuce per week. Start 4 heads of lettuce on Week 1, 4 on Week 2, 4 on Week 3, and 4 on Week 4 By Week 4, the Week 1 batch is ready to harvest. Keep starting 4 lettuce every week. After 4-5 weeks you'll have a repetitive cycle. This is called succession sowing and is great for crops that: 1. You want to consume often but 2. Don't need a TON of and 3. Don't store well. For other veggies, there are two basic seasons to consider: warm and cool." Stuff like tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, okra, and squashes like warm temperatures and thus are warm season crops. Start them a month or two before your spring season kicks off (aka the first day of the year where temps aren't reliably freezing) and get them in the ground so they can enjoy spring through summer. Stuff like broccoli, cabbage, brussels sprouts, beets, radishes, etc. like cooler temps are thus are cool season crops. Start them in late winter to enjoy a spring harvest, or late summer to enjoy a fall / early winter harvest. Fruit is harder to fully self-supply. I have 25 fruit trees on my property, so I have achieved this, but most don't have the space, time, or knowledge to cultivate them appropriately in an urban home The BEST fruit of all time to grow is the strawberry. They grow in clumps, self-replicate via runners, and don't require crazy soil or growing conditions. You want to pick June-bearing varieties if you want the HUGE strawberries and have the harvests clustered in June, or ever-bearing strawberries if you want smaller berries with harvests spread out across the late spring -> summer. For growing CALORIES, there are only a handful of crops that are easily grown at home that satisfy this job: potatoes, sweet potatoes, and beans. Of these, the potato is the easiest - it's considered a "pioneer crop", AKA it doesn't need much in the way of soil or water to grow successfully. I have grown hundreds / thousands of pounds in a single season. Potatoes aren't planted the normal way (via a seed). You use a small "seed potato" instead, which sprouts out of the eyes and replicates itself via underground stems called "stolons". Plant ~6" deep, water once you see sprouts, and harvest once the leaves have fully died back. You should see ~10x the yield in weight at least from each seed potato you planted. Nutritionally, FAT is the hardest thing to grow at home. The best crop would be avocados, but that's difficult to cultivate EVEN IF you're in the right climate, so I recommend getting a lot of your fats from your animal consumption, eggs, etc. This is the most concise way I could break this down in 10 minutes, if there is interest on Twitter for more of this type of stuff happy to write more.

when you die you should be DEAD. that is the point of dying. your time is up. it sucks and it's a terrible but necessary part of life i lost my dad at 12 in an accident, imagine if I just never processed the fact that he's gone from this material reality for the last 25 years and had a little avatar of him (ITS NOT HIM BTW) that I talked to about my life that would rob me of the ability to process the fact that he's gone, turning my life into a neverending non-cope of a fact of life this is an absolutely terrible product that shouldn't exist in this world and we should all actively work to make it fail

Craziest thing about life...if you enjoyed it, it was worth it at the time to you. Regrets are nothing more than thoughts in the present moment about an unchangeable past. They hold no weight or meaning. Too much discourse on here wants there to be A Path that we all Must Take

I used to think this, until I ran a brand. At scale, USA consumers buy based on lowest price and highest convenience nearly 100% of the time People like to say this, but their credit card statements disagree

15 years ago, I bought 350oz of silver bars at $42.80/oz (an all time high) because I convinced myself the financial system was going to collapse Everyone laughed at me. My mom was worried, as it was a significant chunk of my net worth at the time... But I've held every ounce for the last 15 years, and... WELL WHO'S LAUGHING NOW? Silver is sitting at $47.74/oz, putting my $15,000 investment at a cool $16,709 for a GAIN of $1,709 Now I know what the haters will say... "You could have bought 71,000BTC and be up $8.7 billion" "Even $15k in the SP500 would be worth $103,000!" "Taking inflation into account you actually LOST money!" All pathetic cope from people who have & will do nothing with their life I made a high conviction bet, and I WON. Have fun staying poor!!!!!

15 years ago, I bought 350oz of silver bars at $42.80/oz (an all time high) because I convinced myself the financial system was going to collapse I posted a tweet 3 months ago when silver hit $47.74/oz, putting my $15,000 investment at a cool $16,709 for a GAIN of $1,709... The hate flooded in: "You could have bought 71,000BTC and be up $8.7 billion" "You idiot, even $15k in the SP500 would be worth $103,000!" "Taking inflation into account you actually LOST money!" Well, just three months later, silver has ripped to $72.20/oz, putting my investment at $25,277, for a GAIN of $10,000 over the last 15 years All the hate? It only makes my SILVER HANDS stronger. Pathetic cope from people who have & will do nothing with their life Make high conviction bets. Win. Everyone else? Have fun staying POOR!!!!!! I'll see you on the other side of $100/oz, losers

McDonald's CEO is still clearing. I've now even come around on the OG viral video of his. We simply didn't understand his game... HE IS A CEO - it's a product to him. Apparently someone in the test kitchen asked what his favorite food was and he just said, "Fish, I eat a lot of fish." Didn't even think to answer with an item that the company he's the CEO of produces. This is a raw input:output organism we're dealing with Burger King CEO went for the obvious transparent burgermogging attempt by taking a bigger bite. So obviously a mog attempt that it actually puts him below McDonald's CEO because he "tried." Wendy's CEO attempt is a nothingburger. It lacks the autistic CEO authenticity of McDonald's and even the obvious marketing move of Burger King There's also the first mover advantage here. McDonald's CEO is gaining status with every subsequent CEO validating his format by recreating it We seriously underestimated this man

Rye Chip: The wagyu of the bag. Dense, salty, crunchy, and most importantly somewhat rare in a classic bag of Gardetto's, leading to a scarcity flavor boosting psychological effect. Discerning consumers pair a classic bag with a "Special Request" bag of rye chips to balance the ratio. Wheat Chex: Smaller and more dense grid, slightly crunchier than Corn Chex and more flavorful overall. A reliable second to rye chips. Corn Chex: A weaker and less flavorful base grain, but still passable as a random pull from the bag. Mini Breadstick: We've entered "filler" territory now. Decent surface area, holds a solid amount of salt. But more of a palate cleanser in between rounds of the top three. Circle Pretzel: No one comes to Gardetto's for a pretzel, let's be real. Circle is only second worst because it's objectively less pretzel by mass than... Square Pretzel: Absolute F-Tier trash. Pure filler, too smooth and barely even holds salt. Often never leaves the bag amongst sophisticated Gardetto consumers.

My favorite local coffee shop has a bot farm setup in their backroom to boost IG engagement, this is some next-level local marketing 😂

Update: The albino cucumber is dying today. May it rest in peace. It inspired hundreds of thousands in its short life on Earth, so all is not in vain Please leave a 🥒 in the chat to pay your respects and thank you for respecting my privacy at this time😭🕊️

Guys what do I do, just got a CO2 monitor and this is my office reading even with a mini split fan piping air in from outdoors 😱

Real estate question - if you're looking for: 5-10 acres ~30min from fun city w/ some culture Near lake or ocean of some kind Where are you looking?

I (re)tested an old Depression-era potato growing method where you drop them directly on the surface and just cover with straw...I'm gonna go ahead and say it's effective

My friend Andrew farms this entire plot himself - no team, no debt, no tractors He works 35 hours a week, sells at one farmers market only, and makes 6 figures a year, with PLENTY of room to grow the business Alternative paths exist

I've grown enough food to live off of in my front & back yard for a few years, here's what to focus on if you're trying to do the same: Veggies and greens requirements are the easiest to hit. Any leafy green (lettuce, kale, spinach, chard, collards, etc.) more or less grow the same way. You're only eating the leaf tissue of these plants and harvest them before they even get through their full life cycle (most people don't know that all of these plants produce flowers and seeds!) A simple way to approach growing any leafy green: Say the time to harvest is ~30 days and you want ~4 heads of lettuce per week. Start 4 heads of lettuce on Week 1, 4 on Week 2, 4 on Week 3, and 4 on Week 4 By Week 4, the Week 1 batch is ready to harvest. Keep starting 4 lettuce every week. After 4-5 weeks you'll have a repetitive cycle. This is called succession sowing and is great for crops that: 1. You want to consume often but 2. Don't need a TON of and 3. Don't store well. For other veggies, there are two basic seasons to consider: warm and cool." Stuff like tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, okra, and squashes like warm temperatures and thus are warm season crops. Start them a month or two before your spring season kicks off (aka the first day of the year where temps aren't reliably freezing) and get them in the ground so they can enjoy spring through summer. Stuff like broccoli, cabbage, brussels sprouts, beets, radishes, etc. like cooler temps are thus are cool season crops. Start them in late winter to enjoy a spring harvest, or late summer to enjoy a fall / early winter harvest. Fruit is harder to fully self-supply. I have 25 fruit trees on my property, so I have achieved this, but most don't have the space, time, or knowledge to cultivate them appropriately in an urban home The BEST fruit of all time to grow is the strawberry. They grow in clumps, self-replicate via runners, and don't require crazy soil or growing conditions. You want to pick June-bearing varieties if you want the HUGE strawberries and have the harvests clustered in June, or ever-bearing strawberries if you want smaller berries with harvests spread out across the late spring -> summer. For growing CALORIES, there are only a handful of crops that are easily grown at home that satisfy this job: potatoes, sweet potatoes, and beans. Of these, the potato is the easiest - it's considered a "pioneer crop", AKA it doesn't need much in the way of soil or water to grow successfully. I have grown hundreds / thousands of pounds in a single season. Potatoes aren't planted the normal way (via a seed). You use a small "seed potato" instead, which sprouts out of the eyes and replicates itself via underground stems called "stolons". Plant ~6" deep, water once you see sprouts, and harvest once the leaves have fully died back. You should see ~10x the yield in weight at least from each seed potato you planted. Nutritionally, FAT is the hardest thing to grow at home. The best crop would be avocados, but that's difficult to cultivate EVEN IF you're in the right climate, so I recommend getting a lot of your fats from your animal consumption, eggs, etc. This is the most concise way I could break this down in 10 minutes, if there is interest on Twitter for more of this type of stuff happy to write more.