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It’s not an entire show, but your opening sentence perfectly describes the premise of one episode of the original The Twilight Zone, “Five Characters In Search Of An Exit” (S3.E14, for anyone who wants to look it up). The synopsis from IMDB:

An Army major awakens in a small room with no idea of who he is or how he got there. He finds four other people in the same room, and they all begin to question how they each arrived there, and more importantly, how to escape.

The mounting tension and mystery of this short story made a lasting impression on a very young me that remained long after I’d forgotten how the episode ends, with its inevitable TZ twist.

Years ago I bought the entire show-run on DVD. I remembered only scattered images and the leftover feeling of unease from this episode, little more than is outlined in the synopsis above, and as I had forgotten its overall story, I was looking forward to seeing it as if anew. I didn’t even know the name of the episode, and avoided looking up any information beforehand – even so much as where it occurred in the order of episodes – so that as I made my way through the show’s 5-year run I could come upon it unsuspecting, to savour its re-discovery spoiler-free.

Nor I, on my in-Canada account. Desktop access only; I don’t have the Paypal app installed on my phone.

The article’s image shows, under Manage your privacy settings, the options:

• Permissions you’ve given

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  But my account’s options are:

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  • Marketing
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• Blocked contacts

Possibly the Marketing checkbox is the Canadian version of this? I’ve got that checkbox turned off.

Homemade pesto spooned into a plastic film-lined ice cube tray. Once frozen, pop out the cubes, wrap each tightly and store in a freezer bag or – better still – vacuum seal them.

I don’t have a mechanical vacuum sealer; I usually zip-bag them and suck out as much air as possible with a straw.

Even not vacuumed, they seem to last forever as long as they’re not allowed to dry out. The high olive oil content may account for that.

Each cube does me enough for two pasta servings.

Title of the linked YouTube video is “The Birth of Gated Reverb Drums in the 1980s”. Video was very interesting. Clickbaity thread title is trash.

It’s not a nitpick to know the meaning of the words we use, and how to use them. ashley.belanger@arstechnica.com and the arstechnica editors should know better.

You question the word “pamper” because your only familiarity with it is in the context of the diaper brand?

Holy shit. Crack a book once in a while.

Envious.