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I have been wanting to make a long post for a while but just not getting to it. Maybe today afternoon? Who knows.

We watched the finale of Squid Games, The reality challenge last night. I had no idea that we coincidentally ended up watching the last episode as rest of the world did – i always thought this came out way earlier. Anyway, the reality show part of this sounds fun but its so drab because there is literally no one that you can connect or cheer for. Add to it, 3/4 of the “games” are just so random and involve people just voting each other out its just pointless. The amount of time the show spends on banter between people vs actual games is just laughable. I finished the entire season over two nights just by fast-forwarding all the banter and focusing only on games.

The concept of a reality show based on the TV show might have sounded fun on paper but it does not translate well at all. The thing with the show is you kinda always follow a singular character so you know no matter what this character is going to go all the way. The fun is really the *how*. I wish that if there is a next season, they start off with the winner – and then lead the audience through how this person actually won. I think it would be far more fun than watching 400 odd people dwindle to 2 with zero investment in any particular candidate.

In as many as 2 weeks we’ve gotten email from county superintendent about fatal drug overdose in high schools. Both same high school students who died. On the other hand know from our friends that one of the kids in middle school threatened to pull out a knife during a fight in middle school, then yelled he’d shoot down folks because he keeps a gun with him at all times. Two days later, a *separate* kid posted on snapchat with image of father’s gun that he would bring in to teach a few kids a lesson.

Just a normal week in United States of America ya’all. Nothing to see here. Move on.

Ugh, spring is at least 3 more months away. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Winters should just be banished forever.

I find Shabbat mode on appliances hilarious. I wish there was a Hindu mode on appliances that made them light up during Diwali, or change their colors on Holi.

My faith in China reporting anything truthfully is near zero, let alone believe anything they have to say about the pneumonia outbreak there. I will just wait for experts on our side to say so that its not a threat. Or in other words I am just waiting for [@AnirbanM@mastodon.social](https://micro.blog/AnirbanM@mastodon.social) to tell me whether to worry or not!

How can we keep running out of money for Ukraine war? I honestly have no idea how or where 80 billion dollars were spent and the government is again back to saying need more money. Would be nice to know how its actually spent and by whom? 80 billion is a LOT of fucking money to be spent, but eh, what do I know I guess?

Is it me or it takes forever for a post to publish on micro? kinda reminds me of my college project where each publish took a minute.

Today morning we had the last of the inspections pass and close out with the county, and it turned out to be a sham. Thats ok, coz the 4 out of 5 inspectors who came by really did their jobs sincerely while the last one seemed like he was here to tick off the boxes. That said the last one was also the most bizarre and unnecessary so maybe even he knew what a farce it was. The issue was that to approve the range hood install, the county needs a air inlet from outside to compensate for all the air that’s sucked in. This is for safety but just ridiculous. We are in a single family home, with 10 windows in the living room now and more than 1000 sqft footprint. There is no scenario so much air would be sucked in that we would be left gasping for air. Plus, hello, we can open windows and doors in 2 seconds if need be. This was such a wasted exercise that everyone knows that once inspection passes, most ppl simply disconnect the air inlet and close off the ceiling! Not like it will ever be checked again.

The kid hoped to qualify for finals last night but didnt; today she felt she wouldn’t qualify and we were making plans for evening but she did. Now I am here till at least 8 till her race. My goodness these swim meets can just go on and on!