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I mean, the outside looks pretty close to what I'd expect for unsauced meatloaf--there are clearly some darker brown areas. I do personally like to bake them at a bit higher temp to get some of those browned bits, but for a larger meatball, you may need to stay a little cooler to let it cook evenly without nuking the outside.

As a fellow bacon enjoyer, I've rarely seen photos of bacon that make it look unappealing, but that one does the trick somehow. I suspect I'm more offended by that photo than the average Muslim.

Whenever I've made homemade meatballs, we just bake them in the oven to cook, then either add to the sauce or serve separately.

I guess you'd just cook this monster like a lil meatloaf.

Fella here.

Guilty!

Let's be real, if you are wearing an intact Sub-Pop tee in 2025, you're a tectbook hipster.

Yeah, you stupid vending machine, just accept it! What are you broken and incapable of accepting a perfectly good dollar!?

But forreal, as someone who relates to this meme and would love to not feel awkward when getting a compliment that I recognize is valid, this is kind of like telling someone with depression to just cheer up because it's all in their head.

Edit: on reflection, my reply was more aggressive than I intended. You're right of course that, just like that wrinkled bill, the compliment is valid. Accepting it though is something that requires a lot of practice and effort for many people.

Like a lot of people have already said, people are complicated and contradictory; they are rarely one thing.

So you can judge him for, and learn from, the way he has treated other people, while also being grateful for the love, respect, and good parenting he has shown you.

Another aspect is that people often make mistakes and grow from those experiences. It might help you resolve some of the dissonance to talk to him about those things. Many people have experienced that having kids radically changes their priorities. Some people are fiercely loyal to a few people, but couldn't care less about everyone else.

There are kind of two different questions here.

First of all yes, humans are pretty good at telling whether someone is looking them directly in the eyes or not. So if you were to ask someone directly whether you are looking in their eyes or some other part of the face, they would probably be right most of the time.

The second part is whether they would notice it consciously without bring asked. That's a little trickier. I suspect if you were staring directly at some other part of their face, people might get self conscious (do I have a zit? Is my nose that huge?) But looking at a spot between their eyes, or shiftng your gaze periodically would probably fly under the radar.

Nobody has ever accused these chuds of having critical thinking skills.

Also maybe the fact that he's looking at kids in a fuckin airport. If there is one public space I'd condone parents shoving an iPad in their hands and letting them binge YouTube while sitting quietly, that is it.

But how can electricity if not burn fossil fuel??

I'm partial to the dill pickle beer from Giggles' myself. So refreshing on a hot day!

Also, I know it's a reddit thing, but I always got a kick out of the MN karma train