His argument is: 16 hours daily use is not addiction IF THAT IS THE ONLY FACTOR. He repeats it again and again. But that argument is stupid, because it ignores the other well-known and proven variables of addiction. Does this behavior have serious effects on your mental and physical health? Does it interrupt your work and play? Do you have an obsessive need to do it? The list goes on.

Who put this genius in front of a microphone?

I didn’t even know that was a possibility. That’s cool.

You don’t have to play daily to keep up the streak, you just have to get 0 stars or more (complete the puzzle). If you take a week off and come back and don’t lose, you continue the streak.

I don’t know how going back to old puzzles changes the streak.

I hope some of it makes it back to her and doesn’t get siphoned off by debt, managers, handlers, etc.

I had no idea. I’ll make pizzas for dinner tonight!

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Fucking Amazon. They’re dominating the replacement parts and hardware market so much that even the big box stores are decreasing their inventory for stuff I need daily for my job. Whatever I need, Amazon can get it to me faster and cheaper than anybody else - I know why and I hate that is the case. I am forced to participate to stay solvent in my work, forced to participate in the “land of the free.”

That can’t be true, it’s just for satire, right? Right?

The whole album is great! One of my favorites.

Don’t worry, even the cast forgot this was a plot point.

Good work!

Woo-oooo-oo-ould.

I thought this was a tough one.

I thought today’s puzzle (1463) was difficult, too: not a lot of hints.

I see this as mostly unenforceable. Conservative pundits are invited to mainstream shows all the time and simply refuse to leave their bubble. Similarly, conservative talk shows do not invite dissenting opinions to their shows, it’s just not how the broadcasters have designed their “infotainment” networks. They aren’t trying to actually debate, they are trying to sell certain viewpoints and hot takes that keep people watching.

Conservative pundits would be eviscerated on regular programming; it’s why they don’t do those shows.

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Was it Terry Ferrel that was in the pilot episode of US Red Dwarf? It never went anywhere, but I think it was her.

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It took me a minute to figure it out but I think it’s a good puzzle to do with your coffee. You’ll ace it tomorrow.