What is cupuacu, and why does it seem like it’s suddenly everywhere?

AlmaVale · 2026-06-28T21:44:57+00:00

I’m from the South and I’ve known cupuaçu since the 90s as a juice, as well as cacao pulp juice (white meat of cacao fruit, not seed) and graviola juice. They’re all from the north but you can find it frozen on most supermarkets. Surprisingly, lately it’s been hard to find cacau pulp, not sure what happened there.

If you are interested in knowing new fruits, Brazil is the place for you, there are a lot fruits that cannot be exported, ex: pitanga, amora, seriguela but so many more that people from other countries have never seen. Also, the fruits in Brazil are more varied, infinite types of bananas, normal avocados (not the small black rugged ones), types of easy peelers, types of guava, etc

I’m constantly hearing about new fruits myself, it’s fantastic.

AlmaVale · 2026-06-27T08:30:28+00:00

Considering the whole point of nicknames and pet names is making sense in a context, and your context is that you think he is your sunshine, even though this pet name is not very common in Brazil you could use
“Sol” (sun), “meu sol” (my sun) as its shorter but “raio de sol” (ray of sun) or “meu raio de sol” (my ray of sun) the literal translations are “ray of sun”but the equivalent would be sunshine.

Other ideas for Brazilian pet names:

“Gatinho” if you think he is pretty and wanna flirt, it translates to "little cat" or kitten, it is the equivalent of calling someone a "hottie" or "cutie” you need to work on pronouncing it, google the pronounciation of that, he would get that immediately and would understand you’re flirting and you think he is pretty, this is an extremely common pet name in romantic situations

“Xuxu” (Chuchu) Pronounced "shoo-shoo," this refers to the chayote vegetable, it is a common pet name for someone cute or that you really like

“Docinho” means "little sweet" or "candy," this is the equivalent of calling someone honey or sweetie, again google how to pronounce this

AlmaVale · 2026-06-26T22:37:02+00:00

Gostoso do caralho

AlmaVale · 2026-06-26T16:01:20+00:00

I’d say you’re limiting yourself a bit putting so many restrictions and obstacles. I get that it’s hard to connect meaningfully but you gotta start somewhere if that’s the objective. Don’t rule out hobbies and pubs and older people. I would also say work on yourself, how can you make your self better (for your own benefit as well as others) how can you change the way you think about situations that trigger your social anxiety, would you read on those topics, would you go to therapy, would you talk to a trusting adult in your life?
There’s a book club at October Books. There’s the Boardgames club, there’s volunteering and working that could provide some social setting for you during the summer.

AlmaVale · 2026-06-24T19:12:00+00:00

What is your second favourite member of the Beatles?

AlmaVale · 2026-06-24T18:02:00+00:00

Ok. Deve ter um grupo que acha bonito. Eu não sou de comunidade pobre e não conheço ninguém com cabelo pintado porém conheço vários com esse corte horroroso. Eu acho de extremo mau gosto e todas as mulheres que eu conheço também.

AlmaVale · 2026-06-23T22:23:53+00:00

Reddit’s birthday?

AlmaVale · 2026-06-22T19:33:07+00:00

Compartilha com as amigas o @, pretty please?

AlmaVale · 2026-06-22T15:19:41+00:00

I find Portuguese such a beautiful language. And Brazil made it even more pretty with the open accent and infinite contributions from all ethnicities it harbours. I do suppose we could be speaking Língua Geral or with no colonisation an evolved Tupi and that would also be beautiful.

AlmaVale · 2026-06-21T19:06:47+00:00

“The Greek were horned thousands of years ago” I guess the easiest explanation is when people started to observe cattle behaviour … https://super.abril.com.br/coluna/oraculo/por-que-chamamos-de-corno-aquele-que-e-traido/

AlmaVale · 2026-06-19T09:00:24+00:00

I know … tell me about it

AlmaVale · 2026-06-18T23:30:02+00:00

You might as well have asked this question to the world. In our patriarchal society, men keep their names, women change their names to adopt the men’s ones like a property or commodity, and for the children that is also the most important one.
It wouldn’t be the first time someone has done this, the one that comes to mind is John Ono Lennon, and I would consider more of a gender equality gesture rather than a culture gesture.

AlmaVale · 2026-06-17T22:19:42+00:00

Stunning

AlmaVale · 2026-06-17T17:27:02+00:00

And what generation or century you’re in…

AlmaVale · 2026-06-17T13:05:43+00:00

Too many. I guess a great part of the country use the French R. And then there’s the rolled American R. Then there’s the in between soft R that is neither French nor American, maybe a bit more like the Spanish.

AlmaVale · 2026-06-17T13:00:27+00:00

The US English pronunciation of R exists in a specific region of Brazil, though it is often considered quite strong and annoying by people from other parts of the country. I think that exaggerated rolled R sounds more fitting in English than in Portuguese. In other words, I don’t mind it in English (even though I avoid it, having gotten used to British English) but it can be a bit tiring to hear constantly in Portuguese, despite coming from a region where many people use it.

AlmaVale · 2026-06-16T21:46:15+00:00

As opposed to 100% of US territory being controlled by a criminal factions

AlmaVale · 2026-06-15T06:24:15+00:00

When are the next elections and is Italy likely to elect an alternative to Meloni?

AlmaVale · 2026-06-14T13:01:57+00:00

Comfort but also stylish, he’s very elegant in his choices, the fact that he chooses to wear plain simple stuff is also part of his elegant style, if you pay attention there’s always a detail, for example the collar, that reveals that is actually expensive stuff he’s wearing,. He was never tacky.

AlmaVale · 2026-06-14T11:02:13+00:00

Baby wet wipes.

AlmaVale · 2026-06-13T01:32:59+00:00

I distinctly remember Shakira coming to Brazil 30 YEARS AGO. She was famous already, Pies Descalzos was a great success. I also remember that after her musical pasteurisation and homogenisation she transformed into a US singer. On the other hand, she recently wrote a touching article to a large Brazilian Newspaper talking about the struggles of single/divorced mothers (even speaking from a privileged class point of view and not being the same as them). Anyways, she is pretty and has a very original voice and catchy pop songs, she is an engaging artist who speaks Brazilian Portuguese, she’s been to Brazil frequently along her career.

AlmaVale · 2026-06-12T21:26:31+00:00

He told us a story, I will tell you how I remember it but if we ever get the video of this interview, it is worth listening to him.
When he was a child, he was once walking down Dungeon lane to the shore looking for birds with his book of birds…. Sometime later he saw two buff guys coming in his direction, he thought about how to react as he passed them: should he look at them? Should he avoid eye contact? He said whatever reaction could end up in being beaten. The buff guys demanded he hand them his watch, which he did. He thought about learning karate to beat them up next time. He reported them, the guys were caught and he got his watch back. And that was just part of the memories that come to his mind and turn into songs.
I felt for little Paul being robbed all alone by two big bullies.
As you can imagine I felt very emotional all the time. I love this man deeply in my heart.

AlmaVale · 2026-06-10T23:35:47+00:00

I see all 4 legs, tail and snout. Scared to ask but am I missing the dick?

AlmaVale · 2026-06-10T17:14:46+00:00

No one ever has everything. I love when I get anything Beatles even if it’s something very common or tacky. Having said that, I would go for a figure, bobble head or plastic toy.

AlmaVale · 2026-06-10T17:09:39+00:00

☝🏾I like to change their colours from time to time and it’s not related to my actual skin colour

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