"You know what?" "…you." "And your … plans. crackle"

Best find a polar bear to hang on to then.

@japchap Slightly cool? Positively summery!

Anecdotally, I can confirm this: my relatives in China never mention the media, but talk about events all the time. My relatives in HK, my maternal grandma in particular, often say "It was on the news today: …" and buy into it completely.

"If you're getting sick of treading water, sorry. Please reply and we'll send help."

With this whisky advent calendar, I'm tasting everything blind. Since I usually taste alone, I unfortunately don't often get the opportunity to do so.

Might be the wine, but this thread [reddit.com] has really got me laughing:

"Ice cold water" is false advertising.
> So is a Hot Water Heater

And, of course, there's all sorts of discussion about how water can be liquid or solid at 0ºC…

@skematica Reminds me, I need to get started on my whisky advent calendar.

This is very unsettling.

That is quite some punishment.