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  1. Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food

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    Baked buckwheat and tahini chocolate chip cookies this evening! Well, I made the batter and froze it in logs for next week and only baked one cookie off it as a tester. It was ridiculously good...

    Baked buckwheat and tahini chocolate chip cookies this evening! Well, I made the batter and froze it in logs for next week and only baked one cookie off it as a tester. It was ridiculously good btw, all sweet and nutty and rich and chewy. It's going to be hard to let the logs chill for the rest of the week without testing another one.

    I used this recipe but added vanilla paste and more salt: https://breadcakesandale.com/2021/12/02/buckwheat-tahini-chocolate-chip-cookies-vegan-gluten-free/

    3 votes

  2. Comment on The Boys | Season 4 official teaser trailer in ~tv

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    I really like the cynicism of this universe. I'm sick of the ever repeated fantasies in film and TV about benevolent powers that be. It smacks of propaganda and is deeply unsatisfying when real...

    I really like the cynicism of this universe.

    I'm sick of the ever repeated fantasies in film and TV about benevolent powers that be. It smacks of propaganda and is deeply unsatisfying when real life is so full of power hungry and easily corruptable narcissists.

    Seeing characters in The Boys universe, at every level of the hierarchies, fighting for/against these systems and for what they want and believe in, evil bastards or not, is refreshingly realistic and cathartic to watch.

    I'm looking firward to seaso 4 and rather hoping there will be more supplimental one-shot side shows like Gen V in the future too!

    20 votes

  3. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~food

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    Have you ever been to the uk and eaten British food here? 2 inches of boiled fat doesn't sound like any sort of British food I've ever encountered, and I'm from here and have lived here for over...

    Have you ever been to the uk and eaten British food here?

    2 inches of boiled fat doesn't sound like any sort of British food I've ever encountered, and I'm from here and have lived here for over 30 years now.

  4. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~food

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    Tbh I mainly home cook and order in the occasional meal these days as I'm a bit too 'on benefits' to be going to fancy restaurants (and I'm a better cook than most). There's some good vegan pizza...

    Tbh I mainly home cook and order in the occasional meal these days as I'm a bit too 'on benefits' to be going to fancy restaurants (and I'm a better cook than most). There's some good vegan pizza delivery options in north London lately though!

    1 vote

  5. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~food

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    The Indian food I do like, same with all the Caribbean, Mediterranean, African, European, East Asian and Middle Eastern food here. There are so many cultures here, I'd say every high street in...

    The Indian food I do like, same with all the Caribbean, Mediterranean, African, European, East Asian and Middle Eastern food here. There are so many cultures here, I'd say every high street in London has at least two shops where you can buy authentic, staple foods and some fancy ingredients from at least one of these places. That's the sort of foods I grew up here eating too.

    I have to disagree with everything else though as I do not eat animals or their byproducts and traditional British foods are very meat and dairy focussed and that is disgusting to me.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~food

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    My ironic idiosyncrasy is that as a Brit who doesn't actually eat, like or cook British foods; I am always deeply offended when people online say that British food is bland and disgusting. Nearly...

    My ironic idiosyncrasy is that as a Brit who doesn't actually eat, like or cook British foods; I am always deeply offended when people online say that British food is bland and disgusting.

    Nearly all my other unpopular food opinions are about British foods. For example, the two British food I actually like, are christmas pudding and marmite on heavily (plant) buttered toast/crumpets.

    9 votes

  7. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~food

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    Hear hear! Vegi burgers too, fuck those Impossible patties. I want vegi burgers to go back to being those delicious random ass combinations like beans, greens, walnuts and mushrooms all coarsly...

    Hear hear! Vegi burgers too, fuck those Impossible patties. I want vegi burgers to go back to being those delicious random ass combinations like beans, greens, walnuts and mushrooms all coarsly blended together and smushed into fried disks. I miss that.

    6 votes

  8. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    If anyone wants to watch a really good bit of new scifi, Landscape With Invisible Hand on Prime is well worth a look. The writing, production values, and acting is all very well done. The whole...

    If anyone wants to watch a really good bit of new scifi, Landscape With Invisible Hand on Prime is well worth a look.

    The writing, production values, and acting is all very well done. The whole film is just so bleak and yet darkly funny and fucked up, it's a very human depiction of how humans behave.

    The art and it's use for the story is really nicely done and tied together too, and I'm going to he thinking about some of those paintings for a while. The stranger in the night painting and the mural in particular, others too but the names are kinda spoilers.

    Also there are interesting aliens that have a language and writing system and physiology that is not human! I freaking love stuff with good aliens in it.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Tildes Video Thread in ~misc

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    Dr Geoff Lindsey is a linguist with some really interesting videos about how English is spoken. I watched this one the other day and thoroughly enjoyed it. Out of date dictionaries-- with native...

    Dr Geoff Lindsey is a linguist with some really interesting videos about how English is spoken. I watched this one the other day and thoroughly enjoyed it.

    Out of date dictionaries-- with native speakers from UK/USA/Australia https://youtu.be/pCmTKLhHyPc?si=oR-Va21FHd9Gsm1S

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    I watched Superterranean on prime the other night and and was rather impressed with it. It was made almost entierly by one guy with his camera, up a mountain in Scotland. He wrote, directed, acted...

    I watched Superterranean on prime the other night and and was rather impressed with it.

    It was made almost entierly by one guy with his camera, up a mountain in Scotland. He wrote, directed, acted and filmed nearly everything except for a couple of shots his brother helped out with.

    The film is about an injured hiker who wakes up in a mountain bothy with amnesia, a pretty serious injury and none of his belongings. After freaking out a bit as he can't call for help, a strange man shows up who claims to have rescued the hiker.
    They settle in at the bothy for the night and the stranger tells the hiker stories in the candle light. Unsettling inconsistencies, interesting parallels, and local history and folklore intertwine and the stranger has a beautfiul voice for story telling.

    It's a surprisingly captivating and oddly calming piece of cinema. Recommended!

    4 votes

  11. Comment on Whats a drug that you would never try? in ~talk

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    There's also a really good scifi comedy podcast by that name that's worth checking out. For anyone wondering it's Trek adjacent but not actual Trek.

    There's also a really good scifi comedy podcast by that name that's worth checking out. For anyone wondering it's Trek adjacent but not actual Trek.

  12. Comment on Whats a drug that you would never try? in ~talk

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    Yeah, I've seen and heard, first and reliably second hand, how seriously datura fucks people up and leaves permanant psyche damage. I'm incredibly lucky I grew up in London with easy access to a...

    Yeah, I've seen and heard, first and reliably second hand, how seriously datura fucks people up and leaves permanant psyche damage.

    I'm incredibly lucky I grew up in London with easy access to a lot of very good quality, fun and surprisingly cheap, party and psychedelic drugs that I got to explore in my teens and early 20s and get that need out of my system.

    In my late twenties I lived in NZ for a few years and it broke my heart to find out how prevelant and damaging meth was and how few other 'fun' drugs were available. I'd never even heard of datura, or met anyone who used meth, before I got to NZ.

    By the time I left the country, at least 3/4 of the people I knew were functional meth users (who I'm pretty sure all had undiagnosed adhd. I was a chef and my partner was a sex worker, go figure) and we both knew a few people who had used datura in their teens and had issues with psychosis and permanently fucked up friends from it.

    Unless these datura communities you've heard of are synthesizing it into more palatable compounds, I just can't conprehend how or why anyone would use it, let alone more than once.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Whats a drug that you would never try? in ~talk

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    There is also a HUGE correlation between developing adhd and experiencing extreme childhood traumas and stimulant medication is also prescribed for treating ptsd in war veterans.

    There is also a HUGE correlation between developing adhd and experiencing extreme childhood traumas and stimulant medication is also prescribed for treating ptsd in war veterans.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Whats a drug that you would never try? in ~talk

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    If you (with adhd) take enough you do get euphoria and fast on top of the more functional benefits, but it's not the same reaction to how 'normal people' feel on it. I've heard the drug is...

    If you (with adhd) take enough you do get euphoria and fast on top of the more functional benefits, but it's not the same reaction to how 'normal people' feel on it. I've heard the drug is unpleasant for normal people and every other recreational speed user I've ever known also had adhd.

    Speed (amphetamine) is still my favourite drug, and it was the only way I felt normal and could interact with people and enjoy myself for years. In my late teens and early 20's, I was taking a few grams a week to function and a few more on the weekend to party.
    It's also how I figured out I had adhd on top of autism, and this self medication experience it was (once I found a decent (expensive) doctor as the nhs are criminally bad at diagnosing adhd in girls and women) key in getting my adhd diagnosed and starting on a prescription.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Whats a drug that you would never try? in ~talk

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    I've tried most things at least once but datura scares the crap out of me. That sort of fucking with my reality is not appealing in the slightest. (Edited for grammar)

    I've tried most things at least once but datura scares the crap out of me. That sort of fucking with my reality is not appealing in the slightest.

    (Edited for grammar)

    5 votes

  16. Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food

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    Idk what this is but it's delicious! I shredded red cabbage with a vegetable peeler, added minced ginger and garlic, gochujang, light and dark soy sauce, vegan oyster sauce, vegan fish sauce,...

    Idk what this is but it's delicious!

    I shredded red cabbage with a vegetable peeler, added minced ginger and garlic, gochujang, light and dark soy sauce, vegan oyster sauce, vegan fish sauce, vegan mayo, a squirt of sriracha, lemon juice, gochugaru and a couple of pinches of chaat masala (it needed something and this seemed right and really worked) and stirred it all together with white rice.

    Had this for three meals so far and I'm still enjoying it.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Birth rates are falling even in Nordic countries: stability is no longer enough in ~life

  18. Comment on What are your favorite soundtracks for films and video games? in ~music

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    The Animatrix soundtrack is incredibly good. It got me into triphop as a teen and I still listen to it semi regularly.

    The Animatrix soundtrack is incredibly good. It got me into triphop as a teen and I still listen to it semi regularly.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Vegan challenge. Two chefs make a meal out of mushrooms | Mystery Menu in ~food

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    I love these two, they're such a joy to watch, and I'm so happy to see a vegan episode from them!

    I love these two, they're such a joy to watch, and I'm so happy to see a vegan episode from them!

    2 votes

  20. Comment on What are some good, non-microtransaction riddled mobile games? in ~games

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    I'm a big fan of Simon Tatham's puzzles and glad to see it mentioned!

    I'm a big fan of Simon Tatham's puzzles and glad to see it mentioned!

    2 votes