ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]

The whole point of human shields is the expectation that the person you’re defending against has the basic human morality to not indiscriminately murder civilians to get to you. The IOF has no issues indiscriminately murdering civilians whether they’re being used as shields or not, so what possible benefit would Hamas get from using them?

Personally, I can taste the difference in coffee when I have a bag that’s opened for over a few weeks, but not sure if it matters how recent the roasting was done.

Sorry, yeah, this is more what I meant - as long as the coffee is relatively fresh (my house goes through about a bag a week, so it never gets time to sit and go stale) the price doesn’t seem to get you a better/worse cup of coffee.
Of course, my aunt got me an expensive bag of coffee for christmas that apparently makes really good cold brew, so it’s sat in the freezer for now waiting for better weather, so I might change my mind in a couple of months. Gonna stick with Lidl own brand beans for now though.

Maldon is a sea salt, the extra cost comes from the extraction method rather than adding anything. I don’t think it tastes noticeably different, but the large crystals stop it from clumping together and gives you better distribution when sprinkling it over stuff.

NGL, I’ve never had an issue with cheap/expensive coffee at all, as long as it’s real coffee rather than instant. I use a pour-over or aeropress rather than machine (or make cold brew), but I’ve never even had a cheap bag of preground coffee that was bad enough call it worse than an expensive one, rather than a different.

as if the metal rod that is my handlebar usually disintegrates once I hit the ludicrous speed of [checks notes] 25kph.

I would agree but I once dated a girl who somehow snapped a whole-ass bike in half riding into a street sign.

This goes for ANY working breed that is actually expected to work at their job in real life. And they cost a LOT of money to buy, train, and maintain.

TBH it depends on the work - up until the surge in demand from the pandemic, Border Collies were super cheap in the UK because it was mostly farmers selling the extra pups they didn’t need. I’d imagine other areas have a local working breed that’s similar. That said, they are now more expensive than rescues, and require a particularly high energy lifestyle so aren’t suitable pets for most people. Most people just need something kinda friend shaped, which rescues have plenty of.

What do you think the difference between “media silence” and “ministers not making statements to the media” is?