Honestly, they inadvertently made it better, and certainly made it more poignant

Happy Birthday, OP. Trying to lose weight sucks. I miss the days when I was on the “see food” diet, but I’ve dropped 20 lbs since January and picked up some healthy habits along the way.

Watermelon is amazing, so I’d be all over this

YEAH MEMES MODS FUCK YOU! IT WAS A GOOD POST I HAD! seriously, though I don’t actually care.

You got to admit if you didn’t want to get shot, visiting a US school was a bad idea.

Yeah but he has the benefit of being a decent human, so people don’t actively want him dead

I saw a video out of Australia of two big guys trying to beat up a guy who was trying to defend himself with a knife. One of the gets stuck in the neck and dies instantly. It was like watching a real life horror movie.

The internet is a terrible place

Thanks, this one works. It’s graphic, though sadly I’ve seen worse videos when combat footage from Ukraine was first coming out.

I’m not talking about plastic household pipes though - I was clarifying that they are more common than copper now on new builds. NA pipes are PEX from what I’ve been able to dig up.

Garden hoses - my main focus in my comments - are still made out of PVC

Christ, that’s a hell of an instance name.

I’m not middle eastern, but plastic pipes are really common in new builds in north america now too. Garden hoses are largely made out of PVC so the same risks apply

How am I being obtuse? Eat citations:

https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/7/10/641

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13201-022-01751-y - this one’s for household pipes

Plastics are bad for us, no matter how you slice it. Even seemingly stable ones carry risk

The garden hoses are made out of PVC, and It leaches into the water passing though it

Grinning at me Steve Urkel

Honestly, I used to feel the same way for a long long time. I actually ended up getting into got it all vocals through bands like Svalbard, Brutus, thranenkind and enferens

That led to atmospheric black metal. Now I can enjoy bands like Uada but I have to be in the right mood

Try Haunt - he can sing. Same with Night demon

I use tidal - they get a much better chunk out of the profits. There’s another new one out there but I can’t recall it’s nsm

Ne Obliviscaris

I’ve got a bunch of recommendations scattered throughout the post. Give them a whirl

Try using gnoosic.com to suggest new artists. Its surprisingly old, but uses an algorithm. The algorithm predates AI by like a decade or something - it’s just someone’s nerdy pet project. It’s recommended me bands that have 25 monthly listeners lol.

Clicking on the ‘listeners also liked’ thing on your streaming service is also a good way to find bands.

Try Vvilderness