Boxes as in the typical tetrapaks. They’re very much like the regular milk cartons I’ve seen sold in the US, and basically built the same way but have an additional very thin aluminum foil layer in between the cardboard and plastic, to provide a more complete barrier against light and oxygen, and nowadays they even sell them with screw caps and what not.

Either option still seems much better than plastic jugs, to me that just screams liquid laundry detergent or motor oil.

Whoever is using those diapers probably has diabetes then, because it’s making the milk taste sweeter.

OK, fair. They are different, and it’s especially noticeable at room temperature and more so if warm.

I find it much harder to notice the difference if it’s cold, and almost impossible if I’m mixing it with tea or coffee or cereals, but some people might just be more sensitive than I am.

Well, I didn’t want to go into all the ways Frodo was debilitated during the journey, but most evident ones:

• the Morgul-blade splinter in his shoulder that never healed, as you mentioned;
• Shelob’s sting - the extent of the physical and psycological consequences of that ordeal couldn’t have been light and some possibly permanent;
• Physical deprivation, from the long months of marching, poor sleep, starvation, dehydration, and exhaustion;
• Psychological/“spiritual” trauma from the One Ring trying to erode his will, the strain of fighting against Sauron’s desire to dominate that is within the ring

That luxury trip package to the Undying Lands didn’t come cheap.

I don’t see it as an “aura”, more as an almost sentient being, that is capable of subtly pulling at people’s desires - Tolkien writes that Sauron transferred his will to dominate and his malice into the ring, along with most of his power, so it makes sense to me that it would be capable of playing an active role in corrupting people, not just as some “blanket AoE curse”.

For Boromir the ring acted as a psychological amplification of his own noble but desperate intentions. The Ring didnt create evil feelings out of nothing; instead, it acted as a corrupting mirror for his existing burdens.

It briefly did the same to Gandalf and Galadriel, but thankfully both were able to resist its pull - maybe carrying a ring of power themselves helped them…

The reply is damn spot on, the whole of middle earth was terrified of it falling into the hands of almost anyone - if they were powerful enough, they’d become a new Sauron, if weak enough they’d be virtually enslaved by the ring and made to return it to the dark lord.

A hobbit was literally around the threat level of a chicken, with the added bonus of being thick skulled enough for the ring to have a hard time influencing them…

Granted, Frodo was much more seriously affected than Bilbo, but Sauron had regained much power by then, they were much closer having travelled into Mordor itself, Frodo was physically and emotionally debilitated during a big part of the trip, and he was fully aware of the burden he was carrying. Finally, the ring actively fought back as they approached Mount Doom, becoming heavier and aggressively trying to corrupt Frodo.

The boys did good there.

Ah that makes sense, I thought you were making a distinction between UTH and HTST - they’re different, but for someone who doesn’t like milk they’re the same thing.

The point of UHT is that it keeps for months at room temperature until open, the only point I can see of selling it refrigerated is because people there expect it.

No idea how it can taste “nasty” to you though, I get that it’s a bit different, slightly sweeter, but cold out of the fridge I’m not convinced everyone could tell them apart, let alone if you’re pouring it into cereals or for cooking/baking.

TIL that in many countries people don’t buy UHT.

That’s crazy to me, there’s always boxes and boxes of milk in the pantry, no way I could store all that milk in the fridge

This face on my feed induces vomit can we not

I know, and it’s a burden, it distracts from my brilliance.

Somehow I don’t think it’s out of context? Someone who is so supportive and loving to the point of ignoring the most blatant stupidity is a damn right dangerous idiot and a fool, and trump very clearly captured that.

There are old people who are considerate and kind, and the story here is more about two grown ass people still behaving like mischievous little kids - at least that’s how I read it and it’s endearing, there’s no need to be imagining bad things about any of them.

I assume he wanted " ./ " but missed the dot?

Knights of Guinevere is an animation series by Glitch, the creators of some other amazing works that are freely available on YouTube.

The 2nd episode just came out the other day, the series is set in an amusement park planet, where the two main protagonists (so far) find a damaged Guinevere robot, the mascot of the park, that seems to have experienced some… brutal treatments, and is unlike all the other Guineveres.

I highly recommend their work, it’s really great. The only downside is waiting months in between episodes…

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Ukraine needs a few more long range missiles so they can blow up those refineries and fuel depos.

Freezing Russians and paralyzed front lines because of lack of fuel and getting ground down to mulch, while Putin sells off diesel to the Americans might just add that extra straw to the camel’s back.

It’s unlikely, but crazier things have happened.

“Your driver is delivering another order first”

Sure ask me again for that tip, APP. Do it. I dare you.

Well yes, he’s just not up to snuff on atacc at the moment.

Anyone that thinks that a soup is something you can eat in “bites” is either a lard abuser or lives in some -40°C frozen wasteland

Fight on.