@theotherbrook I'll go get mine if you go get yours...

@theotherbrook That said... Houseplants of Gor is a (thankfully brief) accurate parody.

https://mindstalk.net/houseplants.html

@theotherbrook I mean.. I read so much pulp and other crap in my teenage years that I'm not sure I can really judge whether Gor was worse. That said, I don't recall typical pulp SFF having sex slaves.

@theotherbrook Well, for starters, it's just terrible writing.

@theotherbrook I was 17 or 18 when I read it. The book was there and I didn't know any better, because it was pre-internet and how would I have known? So I started reading... and then I was too fascinated to stop reading.

(Fascinated in the way that a deer must feel, staring into headlights.)

The tv news is talking about some of the sex slavery books that Epstein apparently ordered from Amazon, as documented in today's file release.

I wonder if one of them was Tarnsman of Gor. (Yes, I've read the first few books in the series and at least one parody of it. No, I'm not proud.)

@allypally @sinituulia 1. The kettle doesn't have a timer, so is not suitable for my coffee-making purposes. 2. The coffeepot I have doesn't use paper filters; it has a reusable metal filter. 3. I can't put coffee grounds in the recycling here.

Not looking for advice, just grumbling:

I've been hungry all day, despite eating a completely reasonable amount of food with the appropriate nutritional content. No fair! Wah!

potential $newJob wants to schedule an in-person interview for next week and I am definitely not(*) looking on Etsy for speckled sweater yarn(**) as a distraction from job-interview nervousness

* I totally am
** I do not need any more yarn, even if it is speckled

@sinituulia But the steel one doesn't fold flat! and it is less fine than the mesh bag, so harder to wash. (And I bought it for less than $5, so... there's that, too.)

Hm, maybe I need a fancy bedside coffeemaker alarm clock! :)

@sinituulia I haven't seen that video - it sounds amusing!

Before I had a real coffeepot and/or a need for more than one cup of coffee at a time, I used a re-usable steeping thingie. It takes up next to no space and makes perfect single cups (once you figure out exactly how much coffee to put in and how long to let it steep for your taste). Bonus: it also works for tea.

It is this thing - https://primulaproducts.com/products/coffee-brew-buddy

@sinituulia Can I sit with you in the judgey chairs? Because I am judging, too.

I don't have to put on real clothes to get my coffee either, because my coffee comes from my kitchen. I bought a nice coffeemaker with a timer function. I set up the coffee in the evening, when I'm awake and functional... and when I get up in the morning, there it is! freshly brewed coffee.