But it’s not “his independence” if it wasn’t his choice to buy those shoes. You cannot be proud of your own choices when they weren’t your own choices.

You should try it if you ever get the chance. The flavor is really subtle and it just melts in your mouth.

Nothing, it’s delicious.

Damn it. This post made me hungry for some herring.

Adding this to the very, very, very long list of reasons never to have children.

Have you tried using a blockchain though?

Boiling water on a stove? What year is this?

I see flirting as banter to make sexual/romantic intentions known.

That’s basically what it is. It’s not there to make someone develop feelings, it’s a way to safely make your feeling known and see if they are reciprocated. It’s basically lowering the risk of rejection, if the feeling isn’t mutual and you don’t get a response you can just write it off as a harmless flirt. If (s)he flirts back you can dial it up a notch.