“Either side of bestiality? So you disqualified the animal?”

I’ll admit, that quip got a guffaw out of me.

I learned about it from Austin Powers in Goldmember in the early aughts, but yeah I’m glad someone else pointing out there’s like, an odd historical rhyme with the particular numbers coming back.

I’m not sure I (or most of my fellow Americans) can truly relate – I once had a Finnish friend who explained how kind of frequent and understated getting nude was for things like saunas, bathing dogs, and other tasks you just generally don’t want getting clothes wet for. Over here there’s such a huge culture of shame around our bodies that even being naked inside your own home can be an issue.

I’m sorry, are you telling me you get to wear a wizard hat in the sauna?!?

(I apologize for my American ignorance)

I couldn’t even read past the third sentence and that was the first thing that popped into my head.

Obligatory: “GENTLEMEN! You can’t fight here! This is a war room!”

Damn. My sympathies, friend. Life dealt you a bad hand and society said “get wrecked” instead of helping you fix it. Hope I didn’t offend. 🫂 🫶

I’m sure you just made a typo, but I am chuckling to myself at the thought that you are walking around being blind specifically because it’s against the law and not because of any biological problems. Like “fuck the police, I’m throwing away my glasses!”

You could try 12ft Ladder – looks like the .io site went down but first result when I searched the web was “5 alternatives that work” from a tech-focused website. I personally wouldn’t bother since the OP didn’t actually provide a source other than the WSJ’s homepage.

I think you shouldn’t discount the immense amount of cultural pride that many people put in their region’s cuisine – not even just national pride, even, as many groups will look down on each other despite being from the same country and eating the same foods just because they see the other as preparing it “the wrong way”.