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  1. Comment on An ED resident and developer built a free, medically accurate clinical casebook for every patient of The Pitt in ~tv

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    I went on a couple of dates with a girl in her 2nd(?) year of residency, and she said she actually enjoyed the show because it was actually accurate lol.

    I went on a couple of dates with a girl in her 2nd(?) year of residency, and she said she actually enjoyed the show because it was actually accurate lol.

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  2. Comment on You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago in ~tech

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    To be fair when I say professional I just mean "the email i give out to people nowadays especially resumes" haha. I'm a corpo slave so I always get assigned emails for my work. But I get your point.

    To be fair when I say professional I just mean "the email i give out to people nowadays especially resumes" haha. I'm a corpo slave so I always get assigned emails for my work. But I get your point.

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  3. Comment on You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago in ~tech

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    Kinda wondering if I can just merge accounts together in this way, would make life a lot easier than having multiple tabs open for both my personal and my professional emails.

    Kinda wondering if I can just merge accounts together in this way, would make life a lot easier than having multiple tabs open for both my personal and my professional emails.

    6 votes

  4. Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food

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    I tried it with the brown rice again today! It wasn't terrible, but the ratios are definitely more 1:1 than I usually use (finger method lol). I still think a rice cooker is better though heh.

    I tried it with the brown rice again today! It wasn't terrible, but the ratios are definitely more 1:1 than I usually use (finger method lol). I still think a rice cooker is better though heh.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    The indie theater near me was playing The Matrix for Trans Day of Visibility!! Of course I had to watch it. Honestly it still holds up pretty well, my only main qualms are the deus ex machina a...

    The indie theater near me was playing The Matrix for Trans Day of Visibility!! Of course I had to watch it. Honestly it still holds up pretty well, my only main qualms are the deus ex machina a bit, and also that they kinda made badass Trinity into just a love interest. Such is the 90's I guess, but overall it's still a great movie. I can kinda see why chuds co-opted it into their red pill nonsense, but honestly chuds are kinda dumb and can't see context besides "guns cool" and such and such.

    4 votes

  6. Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food

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    As an asian, if you ever catch me using a pot to boil rice with a colander you might as well execute me.

    As an asian, if you ever catch me using a pot to boil rice with a colander you might as well execute me.

    5 votes

  7. Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food

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    I'll try it again tomorrow! I always try 1 to 1 but also for a normal rice cooker i just use the finger method lol. It's just way more finnicky and more complicated where i'm always wishing i just...

    I'll try it again tomorrow! I always try 1 to 1 but also for a normal rice cooker i just use the finger method lol. It's just way more finnicky and more complicated where i'm always wishing i just bought a rice cooker

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food

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    yeah, I like the instant pot as a general appliance but knowing I can make way better rice with a rice cooker has been making me make less white rice in my smol nyc apartment (which i guess is a...

    yeah, I like the instant pot as a general appliance but knowing I can make way better rice with a rice cooker has been making me make less white rice in my smol nyc apartment (which i guess is a good thing)

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food

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    sometimes we have warning labels and instructions for a reason i guess shrug

    sometimes we have warning labels and instructions for a reason i guess shrug

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Announcing Riftbound's first bans in ~games.tabletop

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    It's definitely fun! Supply is usually low unfortunately so it might be hard to get specific cards but I think the Jinx deck is usually in stock here in the States. The standard online way to play...

    It's definitely fun! Supply is usually low unfortunately so it might be hard to get specific cards but I think the Jinx deck is usually in stock here in the States. The standard online way to play is a website called TCG arena where you can test out the decks but as a warning it's a generalized way to play TCG's online so it doesn't have any of the hard rules of riftbound specifically, you'd have to know the rules beforehand before jumping in. If you don't want to travel you can also look at TCGPlayer where you can buy and ship singles and sealed product and check market prices and such.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Announcing Riftbound's first bans in ~games.tabletop

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    Banned cards mostly just can't be played in official formats, you can definitely still play them in kitchen table and for fun games! There's a funny thing mentioned above that one of the regularly...

    Banned cards mostly just can't be played in official formats, you can definitely still play them in kitchen table and for fun games! There's a funny thing mentioned above that one of the regularly available starter decks (Jinx) is now technically illegal because of these bans since it contains one of the banned cards. However, precedent is usually that if you don't change the deck at all it'll be legal still.

    Since this is riftbound's first bans, we don't know if they'll be unbanned any time soon, but other card games I've seen sometimes goes through bans and unbans (or restrictions, such as you can only run one of in a deck or something) In Flesh and Blood, one of the other games I play, once a hero wins enough tournaments and gets enough points, it becomes a "legend" and their hero and main weapon is banned from standard play. In Magic there's also "anything goes" modes!

    I doubt these cards would shoot up in value though, I legitimately have like 5 to 10 copies of called shot because they're so common. I remember in Magic when The One Ring was banned from Commander the prices dropped initially but I think it's been higher than ever now.

    4 votes

  12. Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food

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    oh yeah, I totally meant to make congee every time haha /s

    oh yeah, I totally meant to make congee every time haha /s

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Announcing Riftbound's first bans in ~games.tabletop

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    haha I've also been playing for a month or so! I'm a wanna be Irelia player that just bought their Defiant Dances so we'll see how it shakes out for me or if i just wasted like 60$ for nothing...

    haha I've also been playing for a month or so! I'm a wanna be Irelia player that just bought their Defiant Dances so we'll see how it shakes out for me or if i just wasted like 60$ for nothing haha.

    I think Irelia is still going to be strong though!

    My poor teemo :(

  14. Comment on Announcing Riftbound's first bans in ~games.tabletop

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    I know that sometimes when this happens as long as the deck isn't modified in some way it's still technically legal! (Though lets be honest it's not a strong deck anyways)

    I know that sometimes when this happens as long as the deck isn't modified in some way it's still technically legal! (Though lets be honest it's not a strong deck anyways)

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Announcing Riftbound's first bans in ~games.tabletop

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    I've been playing Riftbound quite a bit recently, been building decks and playing events! Currently not superrrr happy because 2 of my battlefields I've picked up for my Irelia deck are now...

    I've been playing Riftbound quite a bit recently, been building decks and playing events! Currently not superrrr happy because 2 of my battlefields I've picked up for my Irelia deck are now useless, and my Teemo deck is also in a bit of a rough spot, but I'm looking forwards to seeing what's gonna happen when Set 3 arrives with Pyke my beloved

    4 votes

  17. Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food

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    I've been hearing things about Cuckoo for their rice cookers, but I haven't used them before. Tbh I would go against the grain (heh) against the instant pot. For some reason every time I make...

    I've been hearing things about Cuckoo for their rice cookers, but I haven't used them before.

    Tbh I would go against the grain (heh) against the instant pot. For some reason every time I make brown rice specifically it always messes it up and is too watery or not good enough. Not sure if it's user error (it probably is) but I'd rather just have a normal steamer or rice cooker tbh. (As an Asian American I eat a lot of rice. Those are my only credentials on this matter)

    6 votes

  18. Comment on US Army ups maximum enlistment age to 42, relaxes rules on marijuana in ~society

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    I've been seeing the term "fragging" make the rounds, wonder if that's gonna be a thing

    I've been seeing the term "fragging" make the rounds, wonder if that's gonna be a thing

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Mumford & Sons: NPR Tiny Desk (2026) in ~music

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    I went to a Mumford concert a couple of months ago, Marcus is a very handsome man irl, and at a point in the concert he ran through the crowd and climbed up to the stands to do his performance, a...

    I went to a Mumford concert a couple of months ago, Marcus is a very handsome man irl, and at a point in the concert he ran through the crowd and climbed up to the stands to do his performance, a really fun performance by them for sure!

    2 votes

  20. Comment on According to a poll, Finns now trust the US as little as Russia and China and overall social trust is on the decline in ~society

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    I mean, not trying to imply explicit racism or anything but there might be a "they still look like me" factor involved in that too

    I mean, not trying to imply explicit racism or anything but there might be a "they still look like me" factor involved in that too

    7 votes