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Opportunities are actually abundant. The problem, as I see it, is a lack of time, money, motivation, and energy, to seize almost all of them. Plus, not all such ideas and openings are on the level - some are just plain illegal. Also, I'm unwilling to completely upend my life just to run a business, take on huge risks at the peril of poverty, or risk prison to make a buck.

Edit: Also, ethics. There's a lot of unethical opportunities out there.

You mean: Saving the Gundam franchise while milking Otaku wallets, since 1979.

I know exactly why, but I'll say it anyway: Witcher 3 vibes. I bet the camping out there is incredible.

Exactly. The GOP is a big (circus) tent.

This is true. I loved Ghosts, The Good Place is peak for a bunch of reasons, I've heard great things about Ted Lasso, The Great British Bake-off is always wholesome, and so on. That said, I think the feel-good offerings are far outweighed by the sheer volume of new/current stuff on Crunchyroll right now. Plus the syndicated Anime content on the main streaming platforms are also pretty stacked.

Hot take: Most of Anime right now is far removed from the remaining unpalatable options these days. Every time I look at what's on offer for live-action streaming, it's either "reality TV" garbage, or some post-apocalyptic hellscape filled with graphic violence and PTSD inducing plot points. And it's been like this for years at this point.

Meanwhile, even the most violent Anime on offer has the make-believe veneer of animation over it, which is enough for a lot of us to not get triggered. The rest is either thought-provoking, a good feels-trip, or just slice-of-life stuff. It's nice.

Actual belly laughs here. Bravo. I give it a, very rare, -0/5.

What a missed opportunity.

Imagine an episode of DS9 where Quark, on Bashir's suggestion of how he buys more drinks when he's in a good mood, decides to have an open-mic comedy act on odd nights. Then he himself takes the stage in the third act, and ... bombs? slays? It could go either way, honestly.

Morn could even have a slot, only to get pre-empted at the microphone by a guest comedian.

Spock: It's comedy, but not as we know it.

every few hours

There is simply too much ADHD in this household to pull that off. We'd wind up with tepid strawberry-water, every time.

That's actually key. The outside starch coat can't be at all sticky, and the grains have to separate enough to move around the wok. But not too dry as to resemble uncooked rice. Any other way, and you get a hot blob of rice with seasoning on the outside - basically a really rough fried mochi.

Imagine training cadets for post-crash survival, and having to drill into their heads that "food spoils if it sits around for long enough."