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[forsaken1111]

I like hot chocolate when it's got 4 shots of espresso in it.

Until it gets cold.

Then you put ice in it and blend it and you have iced mocha whatever

[MarcAFK]

I've been drinking Tea Mochas, don't judge me.

[forsaken1111]

I've been drinking Tea Mochas, don't judge me.

The Pete's near me does a mojito green tea infusion which my wife made me try. It's good. Judge me if you want.

[Draco18s]

Then you put ice in it and blend it and you have iced mocha whatever

Eh, I never really liked iced drinks.  Cold drinks yes, iced no.

[Dutrius]

They can make half-decent tea though.

To be fair, making a decent mug/cup/goblet/whatever of tea is easy. It's literally just hot water + teabag.

[Flying Dice]

Teabagging hot water sounds like an unpleasant experience.

[Loud Whispers]

Teabagging hot water sounds like an unpleasant experience.

It's either that or Xerxes whipping the shore

[ChairmanPoo]

This is the first time I've seen something I wanted to unsupport. Like, you bid a number and, if they still reach their goal, they have to pay you that amount.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1104354043/the-artisan-tortilla-maker

God damn people, squeeze a lump of dough and fry it for a second. You don't need a robot for this, especially not a robot that only makes coasters.

That was painful to watch. Jesus Christ.  Was one of the award levels to make your kid into an indigo child and a free trip to get a chelation  therapy to remove vaccines?

What astonishes me is that I thought that they meant something completely different by "tortilla". If they had meant that it would have been a somewhat useful (if crazy expensive) cooking robot

[nenjin]

Yeah, the pronunciation between Central America, South America and Spain can be confusing. "Tortilla" (TOR-TEE-YAH) in Spain and in South America sounds almost identical to "Tortija" (TOR-TEE-JAH), which is the omelette thing. The only things similar between them are the names and the shapes, otherwise they're nothing alike.

[Draco18s]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/246011508/handispur/

Spurs are the equine equivalent of slapping a kid across the knuckles with a ruler when he gets the answer wrong.

[forsaken1111]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/246011508/handispur/

Spurs are the equine equivalent of slapping a kid across the knuckles with a ruler when he gets the answer wrong.

My wife's reaction to this (she's pretty heavily into the whole equine thing) is basically "Yes some people use them and yes they're effective but you're training the horse to respond to a somewhat painful poke rather than the trainer's commands or pressure. It's better if the horse responds to you, rather than the poke."

[Loud Whispers]

My wife's reaction to this (she's pretty heavily into the whole equine thing) is basically "Yes some people use them and yes they're effective but you're training the horse to respond to a somewhat painful poke rather than the trainer's commands or pressure. It's better if the horse responds to you, rather than the poke."

Why not both? Both sounds like a good idea, in case you can't give trainer commands or whatever else for whatever reason (like you're charging the Ottomans at the siege of Vienna for example and the din of battle with the clamour of so many cannons raining the heavens upon your head is making your horse rather skittish, drowning out the comforting sound of your shrieking voice desperately howling commands, thus rendering the poke of a spur the only possible way to keep your horse charging into the foe with the fury of a train that has no breaks and only engines, wheels and drunk train operators).

[scriver]

You're not doing that, though. You're keeping horses for sport or, well, competitive sport.

[Loud Whispers]

You're not doing that, though. You're keeping horses for sport or, well, competitive sport.

What about pillaging Eurasia in the name of the great Khan, that would also be an acceptable alternative use for spurs

[scriver]

You're not doing that either, and besides, proper Mongolians ride bareback and barefoot, controlling their other halves by whispering words of wind and thunder in their ears.