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There's a lot going on here, so I won't try to respond to all of it.

My point is merely that there are population clusters with genetic differences. It's incorrect to say that we are all human, therefore scientifically we are all the same. In aggregate, the people of Japan are not the same as the people of Ireland. (This paragraph makes zero claims about individuals; it is scoped to large groups of people.)

I just want to clarify that I'm not claiming that "race" per se is a thing, nor am I claiming that there are any mutually-incompatible human species. I'm not attempting to say anything about nationality, country borders, or deportations. The political madness happening in the USA is truly disgusting. I am deeply saddened by the cruelty and hatred that's on display.

Dutch, Japanese, Mexican etc, those are nationalities and are all meaningless scientifically and biologically.

I hear this point raised somewhat frequently, and I understand the sentiment, but it's just incorrect. There are physical and genetic differences between different groups of people from different parts of the world. We are all human and all deserve respect, but I think papering over our differences and declaring we're all the same introduces an unnecessary level of doublethink to the discussion.

My annoyance with the chip cards was that some of the POS machines would say

DO NOT REMOVE CARD

for a long time before silently switching to

REMOVE CARD

without any other visual cues than two words in 10pt font disappearing. Like c'mon, change the background color from red to blue or something.

The first @ was silent, duh

Chart showing average height, but incorrectly scales the entire person instead of just the height, ...

The sin committed here was that the y axis began at something other than zero. If you scaled just their height without fixing the y axis, everyone except the Dutch would look like little clay men getting squished by a hydraulic press.

It's Aeropress™ and purchased from a reputable roaster. I suppose it's unknowable to me if some shenanigans were pulled further up the supply chain.

I'll add that the thing I noticed is that it tastes plasticky if I use water at 205°F but not 185°. I prefer the hotter temp because I think it gives a better extraction, and I need the caffeines.

I've found that it tastes kinda plasticky compared to my glass French press. Am I aeropressing wrong?

Hard disagree. The pry bar is the superior tool. For one thing, it is indestructible, unlike my spoons which were getting scratched up. It is satisfying in a tactile way and because it is so ludicrously overpowered for the task.

A pry bar. I use it to open cat food tins because my fingernails are not up to the task.

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Because that's how typography works? Why do you capitalize the first letter in each of your sentences?

Sounds like you were a 1337 H4X0R back in the day