They aren’t making new ones anymore, but you might enjoy the back catalog of the “Black Box Down” podcast. I think it had about 12 seasons.

Travel is great if that’s your thing. But I’ve always despised privileged entitled douchebags who use travel as a big flex, and a metric to judge others with.

A couple of book recommendations for people worried about this kind of thing.

“Bonk” by Mary Roach. She’s a very good science communicator and is also quite funny. There’s a lot of good info in here.

“A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the Internet Tells Us About Sexual Relationships” by Sai Gaddam and Ogi Ogas. This book is not rigorous science, but it is no total junk. It is also informative and entertaining. A tidbit of generalized info: men tend to think about dicks and look at dicks way more than women do.

Brought to you by Steve Jackson Games.

It is a generic name for a variety of materials, usually PVC or PU, which are essentially maintenance-free other than occasional cleaning with warm soapy water. Avoid prolonged exposure to UV and abrasion. Should last a very long time.

If it’s a more exotic faux leather made from biodegradables / renewables it’s going to break down over time because it’s meant to.

In short, it’s very unlikely you need to regularly condition it like real leather.

Some Americans “peak” in high school. They were popular and/or good at something like sports. After they moved on to university or their first job, they found out the larger world isn’t impressed with their high school accomplishments.

Shrug and check my Pip Boy 3000.

It’s good for fast food, but that bar is very, very low. My spouse used to love it, but we stopped going there years ago. And you’re right, it has a cult following like Starbucks and other places have had from time to time.

Does “thanks, mother fucker, have shit ass day, and please go fuck yourself” bring up my numbers?

ShutUp10 is awesome. I have sent them dog treats (donations) multiple times.

Do custom installation (ISO) creation utilities like NTLite still allow you to remove the requirement?