I am migrating to some more serious self-publishing boards

thinking about your cooking comment... why do normal people think it's such a chore to cook

those people aren't less obnoxious, but lots of them are actually making money writing fiction so it's useful to glean their secrets

I am the busiest person I know and I still cook every single day

They dont have integrated lives

See no value in the action

they only want the good-taste in their mouths at the end

I am busier than other medical people because I am juggling side hustle, family and lots of hobbies

usually I am doing other stuff while cooking

cooking is not even that hard, if you just do it a lot you get good fast

there are a trillion how-to vids on youtube also

I basically think anyone who cannot even cook their own food is a child

they must waste so much money too on restaurants and crap, which usually charge 300%

at least. saving money became so fucking easy when I stopped eating out

yes

it literally is cook your own food and don't drink/smoke-> suddenly have tens of thousands just sitting around

i like cooking a lot and my girl is really into it. She does it pretty seriously like studies lots of the old french techniques and her moms' czech recipes and stuff

mine is super stupidly simple

I don't have time for that stuff now, though I want to learn it later

right now I'm so busy I even use premixed spice blends

All that french stuff is pretty simple, it just takes a lot of time. Like french onion soup the "proper" way takes 5-6 hours of just sweating the onions in a dutch oven.

yeah screw that lol

that one I'll pay someone to do at a restaurant

haha you can cheat most of that with a crock pot

crock pots are incredible

you've got me inspired to commit to a grip-training regimen

someday I want to get l33t at cooking with dutch ovens buried in coals

all I do currently is hanging rock climber exercises and then afterwards burn my grip out with squeezing a wadded up towel similar to rice bucket training

the climbing stuff is new, but I did the towel thing hard for years and now I have like 14" forearms

I'm considering one of those rock climber boards or some of the "iron mind" gripper squeezer things because they have a clear progression

but the towel thing sounds cheaper and just as good if you put the effort in so now I'm thinking that might be the answer

it's cleaner than a bucket of crap too

great grip is a huge advantage in BJJ

yeah?

I suck at bjj, but once I get my FYM I will start doing it many times a week until I am good

Yeah, but just holding on to grips while training is a bad idea because it can really fuck up your hands

like gi grips? yeah I could see that

because when people yank out of grips it creates micro-fractures in your bones that eventually degrade the joints and cause arthritis (is my nonmedical understanding)

maybe

well RA is autoimmune

I guess it depends which kind of arthritis