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

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    Your self control is admirable. Whenever I have pastel de natas or cannolis (both of which I absolutely love) I end up eating 3-4 of them. :P

    pastel de natas and cannoli - these are both tiny (for coffee shop cakes) but that's great because it's a delicious sweet treat and it's just the right size for me at the moment.

    Your self control is admirable. Whenever I have pastel de natas or cannolis (both of which I absolutely love) I end up eating 3-4 of them. :P

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  2. Comment on Tildes Book Club Discussion: Cloud Atlas in ~books

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    I actually own the old Shogun series starring Richard Chamberlain on DVD. :) I'm waiting for the new series to finish before I watch it though, since I prefer to binge stuff rather than having to...

    I actually own the old Shogun series starring Richard Chamberlain on DVD. :) I'm waiting for the new series to finish before I watch it though, since I prefer to binge stuff rather than having to wait week to week.

    I've read I, Claudius before too, and also watched the old BBC series based on it as well (which is dated, but still very good, IMO).

    I've never heard of The Physician before though, so I will definitely have to check that out. Thanks for the recommendation!

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  3. Comment on Tildes Book Club Discussion: Cloud Atlas in ~books

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    The weird part is that I greatly enjoy Historical Fiction too (esp Military Historical Fiction). I absolutely love love love James Clavell's Asian Saga, Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series, C....

    The weird part is that I greatly enjoy Historical Fiction too (esp Military Historical Fiction). I absolutely love love love James Clavell's Asian Saga, Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series, C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower series, Bernard Cornwell's Richard Sharpe series, etc. etc. etc.

    And I'm not entirely unaccustomed to seeing portrayals of racism in such novels either. However, something about the way David Mitchell wrote that first section felt different and far more visceral to me. Although I think my expectations were also severely distorted from having watched the movie ages ago too, which I only vaguely recall, but I'm pretty sure it had no racism in it, which is why suddenly encountering that horrible portrayal as the very first thing in the book really took me by surprise.

    Ah well, maybe one day I'll go back and try to read it again... but I'll probably just skip the first part if I do, to see if that helps me read the rest without feeling like the experience has been tainted.

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  4. Comment on Tildes Book Club Discussion: Cloud Atlas in ~books

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    The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing pretty much completely put me off the book, TBH. As I said in another comment, I know it's historical fiction, and that's how people thought/behaved/talked back...

    The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing pretty much completely put me off the book, TBH. As I said in another comment, I know it's historical fiction, and that's how people thought/behaved/talked back then, but the blatant racism being portrayed really got under my skin and left a horrible taste in my mouth that I couldn't seem to get rid of.

    Despite that horrible first section and impression, I managed to slowly grind my way through Luisa Rey to Timothy Cavendish, but even getting there felt like a real slog, and I found myself not enjoying either of those parts much either... so I decided to finally call it quits. Sorry, @boxer_dogs_dance. :(

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  5. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Totally agree about Helldivers 2. I've been playing it with a group of friends too, and we've been having a blast. The accidental (and sometimes intentional) team kills have been hilarious. And I...

    Totally agree about Helldivers 2. I've been playing it with a group of friends too, and we've been having a blast. The accidental (and sometimes intentional) team kills have been hilarious. And I also love how everything can go from relatively calm, just clearing an enemy camp with ease, to turning into absolute chaos within seconds whenever bug breaches or drop pods suddenly appear next to us. Which then ends up making everyone panic, and often forces us to split up as we're all just trying our best (and often failing) to survive. But like you, I also have absolutely no desire to play it solo, since without the team element and chaos that the harder difficulties brings, it would just be a bit of a painful grind.

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  6. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Did you miss this part of OPs comment? AugustusFerdinand was just helping OP out by explaining how to do it.

    Did you miss this part of OPs comment?

    (but I can’t figure out how to get a spoiler tag to work so leaving that out for now)

    AugustusFerdinand was just helping OP out by explaining how to do it.

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

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    I regularly make basically the same kind of dish, but with Chow Mein, instead of Lo Mein noodles. The ingredients of which are typically just whatever meats/vegetables I have in the fridge that...

    I regularly make basically the same kind of dish, but with Chow Mein, instead of Lo Mein noodles. The ingredients of which are typically just whatever meats/vegetables I have in the fridge that are about to go bad, combined with some fried egg. :P

    But I also generally prefer a Cantonese style umami packed oyster and soy sauce base, instead of a spicy sriracha and soy base like that recipe. Mine works great with scallions, but I don't know how well the oyster sauce would work with cilantro.

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  8. Comment on Adventures in depression in ~health.mental

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    As a dog owner, and someone who has gone through the moving process with several dogs in tow many times in my life, that's easily my favorite post of hers! But it's not just the moving part,...

    As a dog owner, and someone who has gone through the moving process with several dogs in tow many times in my life, that's easily my favorite post of hers! But it's not just the moving part, everything about her dogs' behavior in that post is so incredibly spot on.

    Another popular one that went super viral back in the day, and so you may have seen before too, is The Alot is Better Than You at Everything. Whenever I type "a lot", I'm tempted to make it "Alot" instead just in honor of that post. ;)

    p.s. I'm surprised that any libraries carry her books, TBH, since they're pretty big and surprisingly heavy due to the semi-gloss paper in them. For comparison, combined they're about as tall/thick as my Chronicles of Narnia, 7 book collection but easily twice as heavy! It's cool that they do carry them though, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. :)

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  10. Comment on Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know | Choreographed by Sergio Reis, Jowha Van de Laak, and Mauro van de Kerkhof | Danced by CDK Company in ~arts

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    That live performance was great, and something I hadn't actually seen yet. Thanks for sharing it!

    That live performance was great, and something I hadn't actually seen yet. Thanks for sharing it!

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  11. Comment on Adventures in depression in ~health.mental

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    Love Allie Brosh. The way she draws her dogs is so damn funny. And the shriveled corn under the refrigerator moment in Depression Part Two was so weirdly relatable for me. I've occasionally had...

    Love Allie Brosh. The way she draws her dogs is so damn funny. And the shriveled corn under the refrigerator moment in Depression Part Two was so weirdly relatable for me. I've occasionally had strange moments like that where I totally broke down for seemingly absurd (in retrospect) reasons too.

    p.s Her books are amazing, BTW. If you haven't read them yet I would highly recommend them. If you've read all her comics there will be some stuff you've seen already, but a lot is new and exclusive just to the books, IIRC.

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  12. Comment on Turning styrofoam into cinnamon candy in ~science

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    If you're looking for drier, more serious chemistry content, you should check out Periodic Videos, NurdRage, and Applied Science. NileRed has always been pretty overly dramatic, and a tad...

    If you're looking for drier, more serious chemistry content, you should check out Periodic Videos, NurdRage, and Applied Science. NileRed has always been pretty overly dramatic, and a tad repetitive though, IMO. It's why I watch most of his stuff on 2x speed. :P

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  13. Comment on Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know | Choreographed by Sergio Reis, Jowha Van de Laak, and Mauro van de Kerkhof | Danced by CDK Company in ~arts

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    YVW! And yeah, BC One is great! There are loads of breakdancing competitions every year all over the world, and thankfully a lot of them (and a lot of dance crews) put their videos on YouTube, so...

    YVW! And yeah, BC One is great! There are loads of breakdancing competitions every year all over the world, and thankfully a lot of them (and a lot of dance crews) put their videos on YouTube, so I'm never lacking for that. But contemporary/modern/jazz dance (which are what I love watching most) is a lot harder to find online though. SYTYCD is pretty much the only mainstream show that regularly showcases those styles of dance, but they are gatekeepers to the max, even going so far as to DMCA almost every clip from the show posted to YouTube. :(

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  14. Comment on Making an animatronic shark chasing a seal sculpture out of wood burl in ~hobbies

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    For those who just want to see the finished sculpture in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYO1O2x5qbs#t=23m35s IMO this is by far the coolest thing BM Sculptures has ever made. I hope he...

    For those who just want to see the finished sculpture in action:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYO1O2x5qbs#t=23m35s

    IMO this is by far the coolest thing BM Sculptures has ever made. I hope he does more animatronic ones in the future!

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  15. Comment on Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know | Choreographed by Sergio Reis, Jowha Van de Laak, and Mauro van de Kerkhof | Danced by CDK Company in ~arts

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    Excellent videos! Thanks for sharing them. A few (Kiesza, Ed People and Jamie xx) were even new to me, which is a rarity! Childish Gambino is awesome (notice who posted most of those). :P Marquese...

    Excellent videos! Thanks for sharing them. A few (Kiesza, Ed People and Jamie xx) were even new to me, which is a rarity! Childish Gambino is awesome (notice who posted most of those). :P

    Marquese Scott is also an amazing pop & locker, as are the Jabbawockeez. Based on your including them, you should check out Les Twins too, if you haven't seen any of their stuff before. Their original music is shit (IMO), but their dancing is insanely good.

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  16. Comment on A startling rise in sea-surface temperatures suggests that we may not understand how fast the climate is changing in ~enviro

  17. Comment on Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know | Choreographed by Sergio Reis, Jowha Van de Laak, and Mauro van de Kerkhof | Danced by CDK Company in ~arts

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    Yeah, there is really nothing like seeing it live. But over the last 5-6 years or so, a ton of dance studios and choreographers have really upped their game when it comes to YouTube dance video...

    Yeah, there is really nothing like seeing it live. But over the last 5-6 years or so, a ton of dance studios and choreographers have really upped their game when it comes to YouTube dance video production. Check my comment above with a bunch more recommendations. :)

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