I’ve been stung by a bee exactly twice in my life. Both unfortunate accidents where the bee and I collided.

I have long since lost count of how many times I have been stung by wasps just for being near them.

Bees don’t make nests above my door, or under my patio awning. Or generally everywhere outside I need to be. Fuck them wasps.

I’m assuming at best they will die of asphyxiation. I’m not bothered by clown corpses.

Worst case the cosmic radiation mutates them into some sort of “killer clown from outer space.” Which is fine.

I’m not phased by intentionally scary clowns. Its the regular “just trying to make people laugh” clowns that creep me the fuck out.

I still think the patents need limitations.

1 year limit if not actively being used for a product in production.

10yr total limit.

Something like a video game mechanic should be limited to 2 years from first use.

Patents should be a limited way to protect and support innovation. Patent hoarding needs to be stopped.

Drug patents should have same limitations unless its something the government deems too critical, and then the company should be reimbursed for their research costs and the patent killed.

Imagine you are an inventor and come up with a brilliant new thing, and start a business to sell it. You even bring in people to help manufacture and make them a co-op. Doing everything ethically right. Selling a quality product that people want.

Then a multinational conglomerate sees it is selling well and they use their immense resources to scale up production, produce and sell it for half the price you can.

You and your co-op go out of business and megacorps shareholders pocket even more dividends.

Thats why patents should exist in a capitalist hellscape.

As someone with a mild case of coulrophobia. I can get on board with depositing all clowns into the upper atmosphere.

My wife already has dibs on all my shellfish. Pickles too. Sorry.

Shellfish. The smell alone often makes me wretch.

I don’t know much about startups or finance. But that sounds like some scummy shit.

Also, Firefox sends up an alarm about that link. So something is sketchy.

Oh no, even current events are getting this treatment.

What is that picture in the meme from? He looks like if Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys became a German engineer.

I once read a theory that those recipes were a form of protest by women in the 1950s-60s. "I can’t get a divorce, have my own bank account, or get a credit card? Then enjoy this jello, mayonnaise hotdog salad motherfucker. "

I get the microwaved steamed veggies now. But I at least toss them in some olive oil or butter and season them. Usually I’ll microwave them halfway to thaw them then fry them in some oil to get a nicer char. Not gourmet, but perfectly fine.

Yeah. Probably. Or debilitating arthritis.

Both my mother, and my mother in law will not eat a steak unless it is well done. Even when it is cooked well done, they have been known to microwave it after just to be sure.

Do you mean to tell me vegetables can be cooked some other way besides boiling? And you can put seasoning on them?!? My grandfather would be disgusted by the thought.

I was a stubbornly picky eater. So thankfully my parents never made me do that, as I would have simply accepted a punishment rather than take a bite of any of that shit.

I would have eaten those for sure.

Church potluck every Sunday when I was a kid. A whole buffet line of jello based not dessert dishes. Usually peas in green jello, shredded carrots in orange jello,or hotdog in jello abominations. If not jello, there were at least 10 mayonnaise based atrocities.

I ate a lot of dinner rolls.

I will toss them on some foil in the toaster oven rather than boil them.

I fully expect to knock out my steam back catalog in the retirement or nursing home.