That is a Crock Grill with the burner and grill missing. I had one back in the early 2000s. The hole is for where the burner plugs into the power supply/thermostat thing. Was actually a great cooking implement, and you should try to find the rest of the parts.

Edit : heres a link to an eBay listing of the model I had.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/145671303443?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=RH7P2VcDQvi&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=p2MN37FYToe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

More edit: this looks like your model

https://www.ebay.com/itm/145652002143?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=AGL6bCKiRZy&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=p2MN37FYToe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Ok, I threw up in my mouth a little. That is an abomination.

I feel like Anthrax had a song about this

I have difficulty believing that you were with us in the 80s. You don’t know shit.

I’ve seen like 8 Luna moths this year. It’s been a treat.

Good beer, but a little pricey.

I’m more inclined to say that nudibranches are pretty.

Now you and 4 of your closest friends can get even closer!

Wow. I didn’t realize these guys were still putting out videos.

Which one is the bot and which is the troll?

That’s not an unfair portrayal in the southern US.

Acoustic instruments are going to come back in a major way. Eventually folks are going to get tired of listening to computers masturbating.

Beethoven would have loved DAWs and synthesizers. He would have vomited at the thought of a machine plying HIS trade autonomously.

With all of the tools you described the entire creative process is still done by a human musician. Sequencers have to be programmed. VSTs are just instruments and they DAWs have simply replaced expensive studio equipment so poors like me can produce a decent sounding track.

I don’t want to see generated images or AI coded video games either.

Fuck the music industry, but fuck AI made music even more. The goddamn robot is supposed to take my factory job and leave me with the time to write songs not the other way around

No, you see the joke is that teachers aren’t people.

I downvoted you for lying to your child. What possible excuse is there for that? You should be excited about trying a new thing and showing them that trying new things is still a thing even for grownups. That was cowardly and I am ashamed for you.

No outrage over the tan suit?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulagisca_gigantea

We were forgotten the second we were given the moniker of Gen X, only ever to be mentioned by our own. People talk about Boomers, Millennials, and Zoomers. It’s fine. Not like it matters in any measurable way.