I live in Kentucky now, and bourbon distilleries are plentiful, but I don't normally drink bourbon. Does anyone have any recommendations for someone who would normally drink single-malt scotch?
Posts made by antiquarian
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RE: The Whisky Topic
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RE: In other hostile takeover Tweets...
@Arantor said in In other hostile takeover Tweets...:
Now, if other people have issues with what I say and do - where they actually feel like something needs to be said, I'd appreciate it actually being said because I'd like an opportunity to improve.
Since you asked for it, you might want to stop throwing around accusations of bad faith unless you provide the receipts.
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RE: The Cooking Thread
@boomzilla Of course it's ruined, they forgot the rice wine vinegar!
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RE: In other hostile takeover Tweets...
@PotatoEngineer said in In other hostile takeover Tweets...:
Wow. Does that mean that Musk is about to dump and kill the share price? Or does it mean we get to find out about his Plan B?
All I know is that I'm gonna need more .
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RE: Nobody shares knowledge better than this
@Gribnit So what do you think of his code?
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RE: Tinder is shit
@MrL said in Tinder is shit:
I think it's hilarious, I'd date her.
Those eyes look like she's pretty far to the wrong side of the hot-crazy scale.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@Gąska said in The Official Status Thread:
How to confuse Americans:
If you can read this, you qualify to join our club!
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RE: Sportsball WTF
@CHUDbert We do have a polandball thread, though it hasn't seen much activity lately.
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RE: Tinder is shit
@topspin said in Tinder is shit:
@Groaner said in Tinder is shit:
Finding a partner is easy, all you have to do is go to a Boyfriend Vending Machine™, put in tokens, and out pops a Significant Other.
They will definitely take your money. Whether that results in you getting a boyfriend is another question.
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RE: In other news today...
@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
I'll tell you what would be significant news. Actually playing music videos on MTV.
If you remember when they actually did that you qualify for the club.
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RE: Not sure if good idea, bad idea or evil idea
@Zecc We don't have a batshit crazy ideas thread so evil will have to do.
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@Bulb We do have testing centers, so I have no idea why people are going to urgent care instead.
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@Benjamin-Hall said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
Doesn't help that people (at least in the US) are swarming the testing centers and there just aren't enough tests (either at home or lab tests) to go around.
I caught pinkeye over the weekend, so I went to urgent care this morning. There were 8 people in line in front of me, every one there for a test.
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RE: The Cat Status Thread
@error Not to worry, the cat's accuracy will improve with age.
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@BernieTheBernie said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
With numbers going down already, it's the best bet for politicians: they will immediately see the proof that their voodoo worx! And there are millions of stupid who will believe them.
This is probably better suited to the garage, and I say this as someone who 100% agrees with you.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
I've been writing my Symphony #1 for over 40 years, but even if I finished it (and it's getting somewhat close), I wouldn't be able to publish it; it's become too politically incorrect.
Are they still not allowing new classical music to be published unless it's either 12-tone or pops?
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
actually, I don't remember if he said it was a watch or a warning
I can't imagine watching a trailer park would be much fun unless there were actual tornados, so my money's on warning.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
We don't even do art Shit yet I have a cabinet full of that crap!
That's easy enough to fix. A good place to start would be making color swatches as the colors won't exactly match what's on the label.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@BernieTheBernie said in The Official Status Thread:
people who buy a guitar often get infected with "guitar acqusisition syndrome" and buy many more guitars..
The same thing happens with art supplies, or so I'm told.
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RE: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™
@boomzilla The "things that remind you of members" thread is .
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RE: :baby_symbol: Parenting advice - you're gonna get hit
@boomzilla He's out of line but not wrong.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
Seasons have changed here in TX. It is definitely no longer season 3, officially known as Still Too Hot
Welcome to Texas Random Weather Season™!
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RE: Chess Patzers of WTF
@HardwareGeek said in Nope, you city it:
Are Greeks trustworthy?
Depends. Are they giving you a big wooden horse?
Also, be wary if your opponent appears to be giving you a free Bishop.
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RE: In other news today...
@DogsB said in In other news today...:
I think we should start a pool on when all this data shows up in an unsecure s3 bucket.
When the data shows up there or when the fact that it's there actually gets reported?
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RE: In other news today...
@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
If your "art" looks like something that needs to be cleaned off,
maybe you should rethink your career as an artistyou can get government funding for it if you know the right people.
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@cvi said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
The strawman about aspirin? That one seems easy
If you prefer you might address the first two sentences of his post, which you seem to have ignored.
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@acrow or in the alternative provide convincing evidence that it is worth the time and effort. And this evidence would have to come from someone more trustworthy than U.S. public health officials, who for the last 18 months have been counting everyone who dies after a positive covid test as a covid death regardless of what actually killed them.
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@cvi said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
The problem is ... what to you want the pro side to do? Another study?
Replying to @Gąska's post above would be a good start.
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
I'm noticing an interesting epistemic divide here. One side thinks the case for the covid vaccine is compelling and therefore there needs to be an equally compelling reason not to take it. The other side doesn't think the case for the vaccine is compelling at all and therefore has a much lower tolerance for possible side effects.
The pro side would be well advised to start with the above divide if they want to address what they improperly call "vaccine hesitancy".
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@dkf said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
That's only an excuse in most cases. The real reason why is more to do with social networks and lack of trust in authority.
Come to the garage and say that. You're effectively claiming bad faith on the part of everyone who doesn't want to take the vaccine.
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RE: Nope
The basic problem with being an ambitious architect in the 21st Century is that after 10,000 years of architecture, virtually almost all the good designs possible have already been done by architects who came before you. We are 10,000 years into diminishing returns on architectural innovations.
So, how can you make yourself a name? By creating bad designs and talking a small number of wealthy clients into putting up with them while you garner media attention.
Or we could get rid of the idea that art (including architecture) has to be innovative to have any value.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@Zecc said in The Official Status Thread:
Fortunately I wouldn't write this sort of hateful things, even in the Garage (which this isn't), so I will be making no such comments.
You probably shouldn't have done the thing outlined below either in that case:
As a rhetorical device, apophasis can serve several purposes.
It can be employed to raise an ad hominem or otherwise controversial attack while disclaiming responsibility for it, as in, "I refuse to discuss the rumor that my opponent is a drunk." This can make it a favored tactic in politics.
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RE: I was reading quora and a question propped up there.
@dangeRuss said in I was reading quora and a question propped up there.:
True, I mean you can die of diabetes after eating a year's worth of free donuts.
Maybe you can get them to bribe you with broccoli instead?
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RE: I was reading quora and a question propped up there.
@topspin said in I was reading quora and a question propped up there.:
Because all other vaccines are, in fact, sterilizing, or because there's more people dieing to the vaccine than to the disease?
A more detailed explanation probably belongs in the garage. I'll just say here that those aren't the only two options.
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RE: I was reading quora and a question propped up there.
@dkf said in I was reading quora and a question propped up there.:
Don't forget to balance against the risk of death or disablement from the disease.
I have in fact done so, and it's in fact one of the primary reasons I don't think the vaccine is good enough.
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RE: I was reading quora and a question propped up there.
@PotatoEngineer said in I was reading quora and a question propped up there.:
Likes vaccines in general, but has standards for vaccines, and thinks this one isn't good enough.
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RE: I was reading quora and a question propped up there.
@Nagesh said in I was reading quora and a question propped up there.:
Would you get injected with the Covid-19 vaccine if they offered you your favorite pizza?
I would not. If you want to know why, feel free to ask again in the Garage, where we will also explain for you the difference between sterilizing and non-sterilizing vaccines and why you should care.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@topspin said in The Official Status Thread:
My drawing is indistinguishable from doodling of a 3 year old or orangutan.
If you practice, over time your drawings will be distinguishable from the doodling of a 3 year old or orangutan.
Seriously, though, most people can learn to draw well. You just need practice and some instruction from someone who knows what they're doing. This might be a good place to start:
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@kazitor said in The Official Status Thread:
Most astrologists haven’t kept up either but that’s just because
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RE: The Cat Status Thread
@error said in The Cat Status Thread:
Why even own one then?
You'll get no argument from me on that point.