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The problem is that you need less words to vomit some inane bullshit than you would to say an accurate and grounded truth. As such we’re always in a losing ground when it comes to memes - because memes need to be short and to-the-point, otherwise as you said they won’t be funny.

4x or so in my case. Same thing, though.

Most of the time it boils down to “I can’t be arsed”. Stuff like:

• I’d need to rephrase it to still say what I think, without being impolite. I know that I’m an arsehole, but I’d rather not ruin someone else’s day if I don’t see a reason why.
• I’d be dealing with someone who’s clearly irrational and/or disingenuous.
• I realise that I’m taking into my own hands some matter that someone else is better prepared to. For example, explaining a subject that I’m not too certain about.

Entitled people might be vulturing you because you can help them with “tech stuff”, but if you didn’t, they’d either vulture you for something else or outright ignore you. Those people are best avoided.

EDIT: just to be clear.

I’m not opposed to help people out, as long as the other side would help me out if asked to. A great example of that are my front neighbours: sure, they keep asking me for computer help, but I’m happy to do it - because when I need their help I know that I can count on them. (Guess who took care of my cats while I was travelling?)

The problem that I see are the entitled ones; those are the ones who get all pissy when you don’t help them, because they behave like everyone else was born to serve them. Those people are best avoided as much as you can.

Mammals in general are so smart that I wonder if this mental model is shared by the whole class, or at least the Boreoeutheria (clade that includes both carnivores and primates, plus a lot more critters). And, like, the evolutionary benefits of that model are obvious - if whatever tore your arm apart is still lying around, you need to run away ASAP.

Fuck, that sounds too amazing to not try. Thanks for the idea! I’ll try it the next Sunday, as I’m planning pork knuckles for lunch. (I’d try it today but I’m preparing Zebu hump so it doesn’t combo that well.)

Watermelon rinds and citrus peels are perfectly edible and tasty once candied, so don’t waste them. If you’re into booze, dump the citrus peels into vodka, wait a month, then mix the vodka half-and-half with syrup. (I know that this is technically not a food eating trick, but still - waste not, want not.)