The AI overlords have spoken, and I will not besmirch the good name of my future rulers.

Women are so cute and cute and cute and cute and cute and cute.

Same here! Too much union busting for me to feel comfortable buying things there. I’m sure they’ve done other stuff, but that alone was enough for me.

Ah, I wasn’t aware. Thanks for the tip - I’ll be sure to use it the next time I need to.

Democrat here. Didn’t vote in this primary as, if I recall correctly, I would have had to write in anyone other than Biden. Didn’t see the point, although I would have liked someone else. The party needs to get it’s head out of its ass and start doing some of the long-term planning Republicans were doing pre-trump.

The trick is that while you hold your ears ‘open’, you have your lungs try to not breath out but you don’t close your mouth. This lets the heart beating against your lungs be what pushes air in and out and then you hear the sounds of the air pulses as it moves past your eustachian tubes in your throat. Making sure your lungs are as full as possible is required so the lungs push against the heart.

I can do this. If I’m in a really quiet area, I like to take in a deeper breath and then exhale as slowly as possible while doing it, which then allows me to hear my heartbeat. Super nifty.

I can also use my soft pallet to block airflow from my throat to my nose. Can you do that too?

Thank you for your service!

That’s where I rely on “fake it till you make it”.

A former coworker of mine recently wrote a book, “Holy Smoke”. I haven’t read it yet, but been hearing good things about it.