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Cake day: June 20th, 2023

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  • Perfect description. For bonus points add doubt to every step:

    Should I wash the pot more before using it to fill water, or is it enough to rinse it?

    There is stuff in the sink. Will it cause me to spray water when filling the pot over it? What if I hold the pot too low and get tomato sauce on it. I’ll have to clean it. Where is the dish rag in case I need it?

    Should I rinse the filter first? I heard it recommended.

    Should the coffee put in the filter be flattened? Or is it okay in a little mound like it always is.

    How cold will I have to wait for the grounds to be before I take the filter out, and is there space in the garbage? What if it leaks again and I get a small coffee puddle in the drawer under the bin bag that is so hard to clean.




  • The Fallacy of the Beard

    Get your opponent to concede a point by burdening them with defining a strict threshold. Break their claim into smaller and smaller components and keep zooming in until you are looking at such tiny things that their original claims seem overblown.

    This man has a beard! Does he? Yes clearly! 20mm hair on chin!

    Would he have a beard I mean an actual beard if it was 5mm? No that’s just stubble! Where does it become a beard, at 10mm? I guess!

    So a man with 9mm hair has stubble? Yes! And he grows one measly millimeter of chin hair in on one of the hairs and BAM WHOA he has a beard now?

    Edit: Not calling your question out as disingenuous, but trying to prevent it being abused.