Unsure how federation does this. Moving to eviltoast.org instance if anyone cares to find me there.
Evanescence in my Lemmy? Hell yeah!
This recipe is garbage... I didn't have any eggs, so I used olive oil. I also didn't have an oven, so I put it all in my freezer overnight. It tasted terrible, although my 2yo liked it. My MIL told my wife to divorce me. 0/5 stars
not quite on-topic, but I hate online recipe sites/comments too
Yes?
If you haven't, read up on what endorphins do. Among other things, they suppress pain by making you feel good.
I like to describe spicy food as a way to experience a pain that is 100% not actually hurting you. All that capsaicin is doing is tricking your nerves.
I like the flavors that a lot of the lower-tier hot peppers produce. Jalapenos and Habaneros go into a lot of the food I make for myself, but that's more of a flavor decision where the heat is a neat side effect. As you go up the heat scale, though, the flavors themselves start to get overpowered (at least for me).
There is, though, a sweet spot where the heat becomes too much for you, and your brain jumps in to help. That's where the endorphins kick in and the experience changes from "This is too spicy for me..." to "This is best damn chicken sandwich I've ever had!" while mopping your brow.
I sure hope it's not staffed with people that find CEOs repugnant....
There are no good billionaires and corporations are not your friend.
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Don't lump us all together. Windows users are just linux users who aren't there yet.
I moved early this year and haven't had significiant problems, though I'm IT savvy and can code my way around my issues. Linux is great, and I'd been halfway there for a long time, but Windows had the edge on gaming and simplicity. They fucked up, though when they started pushing for AI and Win11, at least for me. Where the Rubicon lies will be different for everyone, but it does exist for many.
We win by couching linux as the place to go to escape corporate focus and greed, not by being elitist.
This is the part that hurts the most.
I canvassed, I rallied, I pushed people to vote. I did what I could to ensure the fascist didn't win again, but he still did. Enough of my country either didn't care, found some excuse to not vote for her, or wanted him to to be president.
I was denied a chance at a primary, but I was excited for Kamala. There is no person who can sit and represent 300 million people and make them all happy, but she was more on my side than not, and I'm willing to push for 'better right now' and then push for 'better later' too as distinct events.
As part of the now vocal minority, I don't relish what is to come. I didn't ask for it and I don't want it; but lumped in with 'Americans', we sure seem to.
What does that mean?
This is the frantic typing of someone who is distraught; who has seen their country die and now has to live with the still-kicking remains.
That might be a bit hyperbolic, but to those of us with empathy for our fellow man, it's not a major stretch.
They mean to say that so many people are about to die in so many places, both domestic and foreign.
When I woke up after election night, I wept for the uncountable number of people who would die because of that one night. Some will be killed soon by having critical care fully enshrined as illegal because they are women. Some will die later, because their healthcare benefits are cut and they can't afford care. Some might die because they happen to have said the wrong things publicly. Many will die in a year, as we empower other fascists in other countries to do terrible things. Many more will die in a decade because of policies enacted by the incoming administration, which places vastly more importance on the increase in wealth of a few over the well-being of the many. And I can see a future where BILLIONS die because the people in charge prioritize power and money over the health of our planet.
The nation that I grew up believing in: the melting pot, the country that welcomed those in need has turned hostile and ugly. The first trump election was a fluke, a flaw in the system that allowed a "charismatic" "outsider" to gain power and abuse it. Biden's election was a refutation, though only barely, and seemed to show we were better than that.
Trump's re-election, however, is proof that we aren't better. Enough people couldn't be bothered to vote that we elected a criminal.
We, collectively, chose this and we will never be free of that legacy.
Here's my complaint about this. Had trump lost the election, he would be demanding recounts in every possible place as well as launching lawsuits to delay and distract. We KNOW this, since he did it in 2020.
How unreasonable is it, then, that with all the questions raised by both his statements in public (such as "we’ll have it fixed so good you won’t have to vote" regarding 2028) and the statistical anomalies we can't call for a recount in places where things seem amiss? If nothing is found, great, we elect a fascist; but if there was an attack/hack/fraud, then we find it and expose it. We have nothing to lose (we're saving money over a trump loss and recounts everywhere) and Democracy to win.
I'm in a swing state and I definitely checked after the election to see that my ballot was counted. However, I can't see the details as a private citizen, so I can't verify it was tabulated correctly. I'm in NC, where the republican governor candidate was truly repugnant, but trump won by 3.39 points and Josh Stein won by over 14! In fact, more people voted for Stein than Trump. Maybe we could get Mark Robinson to request a recount...
I believe we are well and truly fucked.
Education and critical thinking is lacking in the majority of the electorate and the trend is that we elect leaders that reinforce that instead of mitigate it. Defunding education doesn't improve this situation, and I feel we hit a tipping point where we might not be able to get these skills back in the curriculum going forward.
Home-brewer here. I've used a C02 canister and keg to carbonate my beer for a while, since it's simpler and more consistent than trying to add sugar to a bottle before capping it.
I also bought a $1 adapter that lets me connect my CO2 to a bottle and carbonate a few liters of water with a few moments of shaking. Add a few tiny bottles of flavoring and I can make a 12-pack of seltzer in about 30 seconds with any flavors I have on hand. Pear is my current favorite, but I also have cherry, vanilla, orange and others, and they can be mixed. My kiddos love the 'dreamsicle' that is a few drops of vanilla + orange. I rarely add sugar, unless I'm aiming for a more 'soda' vibe.
The CO2 canister and gas regulator assembly was probably $70-ish bucks around 10 years ago. Refilling the canister is $20 and I do it around quarterly, while making 5-10 liters of seltzer a week. I have a homebrew store nearby, but I'm pretty sure that I could find a food-grade CO2 provider too, since any bar needs one.
I have friends who use SodaStream, but their gas canisters are terrible for pricing when you can do it yourself.
I used seltzer to kick a soda habit. I swapped sugary sodas like Mountain Dew for a non-sugar fizzy drink. I just couldn't go for flat water and needed the bubbles. LaCroix and its cousins were a step in the right direction and having the ability to make my own on-demand was perfect.