It's very mixed where I am, no matter what axis you spin it on. Say what you will about Florida but on our block there's a Muslim family, a hardcore right wing old couple, five 'interracial' families (as they used to be called), an old old lady house, a house full of hipsters, three sets of transplants from up north.

At work mostly seems to be at least anti-trump, my boss is an Elon Musk fanboy though.

I think it's not good to wall yourself off. Unless you are in physical danger from your opposition (wall away in that case) it's much better to set a good example and explain your ideas when asked or inspired to.

Yeah I think the right amount is either zero or a lot. There's nothing I want a little bit of garlic in.

I don't always measure for baking - for bread and pastry I do weigh everything (ETA not because there is an ideal - there is still a range of amounts that will work - but because I want to know what the hydration % is) but for cakes I do them like cornbread, it's more proportions - I know that for 3 eggs I need a certain amount of flour, I know how much baking powder and salt per cup of flour, and how much fat, milk or buttermilk or yogurt or ricotta, whatever - know it will work if I get it in the ballpark.

For cooking yep I am a yeehaw no recipe anarchist. Or more accurately, I read recipes for inspiration then don't look at them while cooking, but I am old and have made so many mistakes over the years I know what I'm doing. It feels like intuition but is experience.

At least they are applying the rules to the guys who voted for them.

Good move, buyer. I would cancel a showing for any house in an HOA. Have never lived in one of those.

I agree much of good fantasy is sci fi (all the Robin Hobb, most of Ian McDonald) but will counter with:

Almost anything by Patricia McKillip

Kushiel's Dart/Chosen/Avatar

Some good fantasy is built around relationships or horror, not just focused on a technology. I also just finished The Lies of Locke Lamora, and while there is fantastical tech in it (alchemy, mages) it's certainly not mainly about that, and doesn't explore it much. And was very good.

So I don't know if your idea is unpopular, as there's a large overlap between science fiction enjoyers and fantasy enjoyers, including me - but I can and do enjoy fantasy stories that are not mostly exploration of a technology.

Which is the after?

Oh you might want to try Real Licorice. I like all of it really, even good & plentys candy but the ones that are less sweet do have much more of a molasses taste and less of an aniseed taste. None of them taste like actual licorice root, a good thing IMO, though it does make me wonder why it's called licorice.

I don't think you are alone in your dislike at all - I make a Halloween cocktail I call Black Jellybean and warn people - it's polarizing, nobody likes it, they either love it or hate it. When I was creating it my first thought was molasses and whiskey but oof that was foul - I ended up much lighter and tooth shattering sweet with cream soda, vodka, and sambucca and it does taste just like a black jellybean.

Fiddleheads are so good but we can't get them down here :(

I think technically I'm picky but just have a very long list of likes and very very short list of dislikes. Baked beans and sweet red beans - yuck, beans should not be sweet. I don't like ham, and don't like ketchup, will not eat things with perceptible ketchup (sunk deep in as an ingredient it's ok but I sub gochujang if cooking something myself). So I understand dislikes it just seems so limiting to have only a small set of likes and an unadventurous approach.

Licorice tastes like socks but fennel tastes good? Those flavors are so close. How do you feel about molasses?

Our boss got us Vietnamese food for lunch last week and one of the AP people was just going around the table saying "oh, no, I don't like tofu, oh no I don't like the noodles oh no I don't like those buns oh no I don't like those wraps" in a very judgemental sounding voice, I think they ended up with a plate of white rice.

Have never noticed what they eat for lunch but now I am wondering.

I do think a good palate is something you have to learn, and enjoying flavors and textures is something I taught my kids and something I value but:

Some people are supertasters and can't handle anything strong - it's like living with a bunch of hard of hearing people who yell so they can hear each other, but it hurts your ears.

And some people did not get exposed to new textures and flavors at the right time when they were young, that's the fault of their parents.

And I don't think anyone likes everything, if they do I would wonder if they even liked food or just didn't care. But I'm trying to think of something I wouldn't at least try? I guess if it smelled bad or looked extremely unappetizing I'd pass. I can imagine rare steak falling into "unappetizing looking" for someone. Not me, but someone.

Also - I have a coworker who likes and is knowledgeable about wine but so picky and limited with food, he went to Japan and ate chicken tenders! So we had a challenge last year - I said I would try wines to find some I like if he would try new foods to find some he likes. I won but he did find several new vegetables that he had never eaten but likes now. So sure sometimes it is simply unfamiliarity.

Let me think -

Mostly software training at work for systems they immediately abandoned.

My interior design skills languish for lack of money.

Most of the other stuff I can do gets some use I think.

I get offers to buy my house, my neighbors house, and some house out in the suburbs belonging to someone named Daisy.

I have had this phone number for decades.

It is sometimes phishing I think, just to see if you will respond at all.