An empty bio and one-word replies sounds like someone who’s not worth talking to. I don’t think that’s your failure.

In my experience with three different UU congregations, they can be pretty varied.

My former city had one that was Protestant-lite, one that was nearly neopagan, and one that was so insular that I felt unwelcome as a visitor.

An unsolicited photo of something random might not be something everyone responds to. I wouldn’t necessarily send a response.

So if she doesn’t respond, it doesn’t definitively mean she doesn’t want to talk to you. Maybe try again with something that actually indicates that you’re looking for a response. Like … ask a question about something you know you have in common.

Did you finish the reading for class? I think the part about ABC could be interpreted to apply to XYZ. What do you think?

You said you like comedians. Have you seen the new Marcello Hernandez special on Netflix?

Make it something that could turn into an actual conversation if she answers you.

My brain automatically read that in Richard Ayoade’s voice.

Apparently not.

I had some friends in undergrad who tried several of the recipes, and they said it was a huge waste of time. (These guys were honors students in science majors, so I wouldn’t chalk it up to user error in all cases.)

The bar thing just sounds like they don’t clean their taps very well.

So much this. I live in a country with a sugar tax, so almost every soft drink on the market has part of its sugar replaced with some kind of sweetener. I didn’t drink a lot of soft drinks before, but now I can’t drink them at all.

I don’t think I ever had insurance in the US where checking into the hospital for any amount of time would cost less than $800 out of pocket.

Unless I had already reached my annual deductible, that is.

Sad, but true.

Be careful with that advice. Yew is highly toxic.

Fun fact: The “cherry” part of the coffee cherry tastes awful, but the mucilage around the bean tastes sweet. (But it has a very “green” flavor, so not everyone enjoys it.)

Some coffee is dried still inside the cherry (natural process). Or you can take off the cherry and leave the mucilage (honey process). Or you can get rid of everything before drying (washed process). No matter which process you use, the cherry and parchment are always removed before roasting.

Before you ever even think about different ways of roasting, beans from the same variety of plant will have different flavor profiles depending on the drying process.

The time, thought, and effort that goes into good coffee at every stage is staggering. I totally understand why artisan coffee carries a hefty price tag.

Source: You really can’t live in Colombia without learning all about coffee.

Not currently teaching in a “US hole.” I’ve been teaching in South America for 5 years and I have never noticed an analog clock in a public place here.

I’m from the US, but I’m currently a teacher in South America. Kids here are even worse at reading analog clocks than my students in the US were.

Teacher here.

I’m pretty certain that the only place where my students ever encounter an analog clock is at school. But teaching how to read analog clocks is required in our math education standards, so I have one and I use it, even though I think there are other, more relevant places to put our academic focus.

I’m 45 years old. I’m pretty sure we only ever had one analog clock in our house when I was growing up in the '80s, and that was my grandpa’s alarm clock. The only places I’ve been where only analog clocks were available have been schools. Even our local bank in my small town changed to a digital clock on its sign outside.

Unfortunately, education systems are dictated by legislators, who are often old and out-of-touch. So I doubt we’ll see a change in the education requirements any time soon. But, just like how keyboarding has replaced cursive in classrooms, it will eventually come.

This is the most reasonable course of action. Some things can’t be unseen.

Thank you for this suggestion. I hadn’t heard of this, but I’ll try to remember it the next time I get a bout of tinnitus. Mine is pretty intermittent for now.

Yes, but the price of that temporary earthly magic is your immortal soul!

So, theoretically, it’s not worth it.

According to the story, if your character dies in-game, by that point you’re so addicted to the black magic that you ultimately can’t go on living without it.

Definitely still do.

This is fair.

It’s exhausting to try to have a conversation with someone who isn’t engaging in good faith.

It’s perfectly understandable if you don’t want to spend your time and energy in that way. And (as I argued at length here) it isn’t your responsibility.