TheAlbatross

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TheAlbatross,

Yes! I loved AC6 and I’m eager for more Armored Core. I’m glad it did well enough that they’re gonna make more

TheAlbatross,

Cruelty is the point, my friend. The sooner you realize that, the more sense it makes

TheAlbatross,

It used to be $6.99 a pound ten years ago. That was wonderful. While it’s still my favorite light roast, it’s expense means I drink it maybe once a year when I get a bag as a gift or a treat for myself.

TheAlbatross,

Custards and flans come to mind, pickled eggs are also wonderful and keep for a while. I’m partial to shakshuka, though it won’t use the eggs up as quickly as a frittata or quiche would.

TheAlbatross,

It absolutely can be done by hand, though it may be the dish that convinces you that an electric mixer is worthwhile! 🤣

I’d say if you’ve made a hollandaise or whipped cream by hand, its a bit less work than that.

I often cheat a bit and make a simple custard from 3 eggs, 1 can of evaporated milk, 1 can of sweetened condensed milk and a teaspoon of vanilla extract, whisked together and baked in a water bath until still jiggly in the center, but otherwise set and that’s barely any effort. Make a caramel to coat the bottom of your baking vessel that you add before the custard mixture and call that a flan.

TheAlbatross,

I think a few cold war era helicopters had lil desk fans in them that were only there to give a visual indicator to the pilot and gunner that the generator was offline and to remedy that issue.

TheAlbatross,

Went out for KBBQ and had Cassis Oolong and soju all night and now making a Sea Breeze nightcap. Been in a big grapefruit mood, but didn’t wanna make another batch of honey syrup for Brown Derbies.

TheAlbatross,

I’m not so sure I’d call myself a “tankie”, but I’d like a $12k new car and if it were an EV, even better. I recently paid more for a used car! Cars, like everything else, have gotten so stupidly expensive. It would have been nice to see one thing actually become more affordable because I know wages ain’t gonna increase accordingly for a long time.

TheAlbatross, (edited )

The joke is that they’ve escaped or eluded capture, they can’t be “at large” if they’re in jail

TheAlbatross,

This isn’t as crazy as it seems. In some bread and cake recipes, you can easily replace some of the oil with applesauce and have a successful bake. I’ve done this with muffins and banana bread to great success.

They’re still being foolish as you need some fat for most bakes to work and using apple sauce introduces more fiber, protein and water instead of fat, but it’s not a totally baseless substitution.

TheAlbatross, (edited )

That was a “fine enough” substitute before commercial egg replacers got as good and commonplace as they are now. I’ll still do it for some recipes as I like the added apple flavor and moisture, but I generally use Ener-G Egg Replacer for replacing eggs in a dough mix and maple syrup for egg washes when vegan baking these days.

What do you think of the term "short king" as a term that's supposed to champion body positivity for men?

Body positivity is such a strange concept to me. There’s efforts to reclaim words while simultaneously calling them bad if used as an insult. Ideally, people wouldn’t be offended by someone describing their body with common descriptors, but socially there is so much value attributed to certain body types that it’s almost...

TheAlbatross, (edited )

I’m a man, I’m 5’5" and I’m far beyond caring about my height. It bothered me in high school but I found out shortly after it really doesn’t matter that much if you carry yourself confidently.

That said, I’ve seen a number of other cis men find confidence in themselves by using short king self referentially and hearing people they want to date celebrate “short kings”, so it seems to be a useful term. I’ve also seen a number of trans men find it to be a confidence boosting term, combating the dysmorphia of their perceived height deficiency.

I’ll revel in such things with my friends for laughs, but, ultimately, it doesn’t do much for me, but I like seeing what it’s done for others.

TheAlbatross, (edited )

You have a great deal of value outside of how much money you make there are people out there interested in those qualities. I’m sorry you haven’t noticed them yet, but they are out there. Try to keep an open mind and an open heart and you may find them and they find you sooner than you think.

TheAlbatross,

You know damn well that’s not what I meant and also that’s far too low these days, you should ask for more.

TheAlbatross,

Aren’t those subjective things? It’s easier to measure something like chess skill or whether or not someone can do complex math, but harder to quantify someone’s morality.

TheAlbatross,

I certainly haven’t been playing as much since the debacle.

I suspect the PSN requirement was just put off temporarily and they’ll ramp up efforts soon since Sony recently touted their earnings to investors for the quarter, now they’re free to make mistakes and problems.

TheAlbatross,

Superman. He just does everything and wins. Unless you show him a green rock.

It’s stupid. I don’t understand how it ever interested anyone.

TheAlbatross,

The ones that go on a tad longer than you expect then pitch up at the end

TheAlbatross, (edited )

Cis is a Latin prefix that is the opposite of the Latin prefix trans, so it makes sense to use it for people who identify as their gender assigned at birth.

For what reason is it useful to have this word? Simple, for being able to specifically speak about people who identify as their assigned gender just as it’s useful to have transgender to speak about people who do not identify in that way.

TheAlbatross,

Y’all need jug handles

TheAlbatross,

Lmao that sucks

TheAlbatross,

From how I understand it, you dream every night as your body enters REM sleep, but you often don’t remember dreams. You can try and train yourself to better recall your dreams and in doing so you may find that you “dream more often”.

I’d say I have weeks where I remember my dreams, sometimes multiple, every night, and other times where I’ll go a week or more without recalling any. It varies on a lot of things. In particular, I’ll find if I stop smoking weed for about 4 or more days, I’ll start remembering dreams vividly and frequently, but that’ll lessen over 2 weeks.

TheAlbatross,

If sounds like you and he had very different goals in dating, so it’s probably for the best this didn’t work out. You’re young. You have plenty of time for dating ahead of you. I wouldn’t put a lot of weight on this.

TheAlbatross,

Today I’m making a mint simple syrup for a pitcher of mojitos to enjoy tomorrow after setting up the grill and Sunday is gonna be strawberry daiquiris (tho virgin for me)

TheAlbatross,

Pretty good! I was kicked out of home at 17 and finished high school by floating between friends houses. Doing that, I met someone who helped me get into a college, tho I couldn’t afford to pay for more than a year. I was briefly homeless, but I had a car (ideal), but now I live in a lovely single family home with my boyfriend and another couple. I worked my way up from a sales job into a management role at a company and I don’t have to do all that much daily. I’ve made a network of friends who have become my found family and I love them very much.

Holidays are a bit strange. I disliked them for a while, but I later learned it was less that I disliked the holiday and traditions, but I disliked being alone. People go back to their bio families for holidays and I just can’t do that. Being Jewish made this a little trickier, as even when non-Jewish friends wanted to participate (which was so wonderful and sweet and made me cry multiple times) you have to teach them the traditions and how to say things in Hebrew or Yiddish. Imagine celebrating every holiday with your young nieces and nephews who need to be taught what to do. Finding and befriending more Jews really helped with that as I can usually tag along with their families.

There’s times when it’s clear my experiences are different from most others. When people talk about family, I often misjudge the importance or weight of those conversations and the behaviors around families. I’ll hear someone complain about the horrendous things their sister or brother are doing and how they help them anyway and I’m baffled. I don’t entirely know what to say and how to be empathetic in the right way when someone’s aunt or parent dies. I don’t understand the anxiety someone has when their mother visits.

But I think I’ve successfully built my own little family community. A group of beloved friends for whom I’d do anything and vice versa. It took about a decade, but it’s come together well and I don’t feel some deep longing for a blood related family connection because I have them and they have me.

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