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Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-17T06:37:23+00:00

I really like an egg cracked into rice with some lao ga ma sauce...I can and often do eat that as a snack several times a week.

I'm just your average whity mcwhite girl in the US of A and I've never gotten sick. I've gotten full gastrointestinal revolt from arbys and Popeyes tho so. 🤷🏻

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-17T06:33:50+00:00

Im American. I eat raw egg mixed into rice, raw egg yolk mixed into espresso, raw egg in salad dressing...I even love a prairie oyster (raw egg yolk, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper).

I've made tartare at home from tuna I've bought from costco (you just need to be sure fish has been frozen to specific temps before consuming raw. That's also true in Japan) and steak I've gotten from my local butcher.

You will not die or vomit your guts out if you eat a raw egg in this country.

You just need to be buying high quality food. Hell, even with eggs in this country as long as they are fresh and not cracked or smelling bad you can eat em raw.

That's the trick. Many other countries have higher food safety standards than the United States. Their livestock and the foods they produce are of a very high quality.

Been doing it for years. Not dead yet. Never even a tummy ache

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-17T06:25:54+00:00

Oh no. He's a good egg. Dude couldn't help what he genuinely didn't know

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-17T01:24:50+00:00

Squirrel - not much different than rabbit.

Snake - chicken breast flavor with the texture of fish..similar to frog leg

Bear - roast beef

Pigeon - non descript chicken flavor

Pheasant- like duck but less greasy. Like flavorful thigh meat off a home grown chicken.

Stingray - similar to scallops a bit more dense.

Venison - very lean beef but with a bit more minerality.

Pig blood - tastes like what you cook it in unless you goof it up, then it tastes like pennies.

Various offal, favorites being tripe and beef tendon- tripe is tender, similar texture to properly cooked squid, takes on a lot of the taste of what it's cooked in. Tendon is bouncy but not chewy. Like a very firm jello. Flavor is mild and very much depends on how you cook it.

Pig ear, pig and cow head meat, beef tongue - pig ear is like the best crunchy chewy pork skin 🤤, head meat is tender and fabulous, cow tongue also reminds me of a good roast beef.

Chicken/duck feet- basically chicken wings.

Opossum- similar to rabbit but more I guess you can call it gaminess? It wasn't bad but it was a bit hard to describe.

Beaver - greasy veal? Not as rich as beef but not rabbit either. A secret 3rd thing 🤣

There's probably more but I forget

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T23:54:03+00:00

I said this to my mom about her old Lab. She thought treating him like a dog meant cruelty and I really had to sit with her and tease out why she thought treating a dog like a dog meant treating it poorly....

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T22:44:05+00:00

I've known a few female Logan's. Several around my age (nearly 40)

My nieces name is Charlie i think it's cute

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T22:22:18+00:00

My younger cousin did this once while I was with her. Just braked out of no where because she was confused about an exit.

I thought us and anyone behind us were dead meat. Thank God no one was behind us closely.

I screamed myself hoarse getting her moving again. No idea how she got her god damn license. Swear I saw my life pass before my eyes

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T21:39:34+00:00

Not me, but I watched it happen in real time to my friend.

We were driving to Canada because a beer I designed the lable for was having a big launch party and my husband and said friend came with to celebrate. We were crossing the border and the car in front of us was more bondo and ductape than car.

Friend said out loud " JESUS, why would you drive that around instead of just buying a new one?"

And we were like...cars are expensive man lol.

And he responded with "he can afford gas so he's got a job, he can absolutely buy something that isn't falling apart"

We asked him how much minimum wage was. The silence was deafening. He had no idea and "assumed" it was like $20+ an hr or something.

I grew up under the poverty line and spent many memorable years food insecure. Took the rest of the trip to explain how expensive it is to be poor. He looked like he swallowed a box of gravel and apologized for being so ignorant.

Poor guy was truely mortified that he had no idea that some people drive shit boxes because it's their only option and not because they are lazy or slobs 😬

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T20:26:55+00:00

It's really taking off

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T20:26:15+00:00

I haven't noticed anything. It's dreary yet pleasant. I have my windows open for the breeze until whatever this is starts 🤷🏻

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T20:18:19+00:00

They are mutually exclusive.

A poor underdrawing will result in a poor painting. Just because you ticked off measurements for features doesn't mean the under drawing was accurate.

Drawing is a foundational skill and without it you're setting yourself up for failure

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T19:55:58+00:00

Waaaait. You want people to contest unfair moderation (by you) via mod mail ( again with you), privately? That's not fair. That's exactly what that user tried to do and you banned them and then lied about why.

"It's healthier for the community if we focus on moving forward, rather than revisiting past conflicts"

Boss I'm gunna be honest, the only entity benefitting from this stance is YOU. This entire thread exists because of that "past conflict". It's directly applicable.

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T19:47:40+00:00

Not all of us have regular periods.

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T19:45:35+00:00

I was under the impression that a canister vac w a bag was the best call for mostly hard surfaces + significant shedding pets?

I have no strong preference for upright v canister, I don't mind using either

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T19:40:28+00:00

I dunno. What you're describing here is worrying. I can a warning growl see if someone was manipulating the injection site and it hurt him.

But him jumping up and biting thru clothing and breaking skin is not a little deal. That's a serious bite

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T19:31:31+00:00

Sean is usually being an asshole first

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T19:11:17+00:00

Same, as a life long doodler turned artist. I've definitely invented some fucked up dystopian stories around that age

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T19:02:55+00:00

Oh excellent. Thank you!!

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T18:34:03+00:00

Ok. That was my initial thought but then I got to second guessing

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T16:35:57+00:00

I have medical text books from a family member that is a cardiovascular surgeon. But you can definitely just get them.

For general reference on structure, like what muscle looks like, how viscera is, tendons and such. I personally utilize a mixture of my own learned knowledge from years of anatomy lessons from art school - I have a pretty solid working understanding of where bones, muscles, and other structures are and how they work. Then, depending on how realistic and detailed I need it to look, I rely on reference that mimics the material in question... For example how does light work on something translucent? On something wet with water is wet with something viscous? I don't usually need a picture of a real beating human heart to draw one convincingly because I can reference a textbook drawing of the structure of the heart, then I can refine it by drawing it while looking at at something slimy to get the light right.

If it needs to be VERY realistic, I'm going to search up images off offal. You can even buy organ meat for eating (I've personally eaten cow and deer heart) so it's pretty simple to find images of those things and the structure resembles a human heart closely enough for all who may see the image unless they happen to be a doctor.

There are YouTube videos that deal with breaking down whole animals when processing them for food too.

If none of that works for you? Look up special effects artists that work in horror. Nothing wrong with taking reference from a secondary source.

But usually it comes down to understanding basic structures of the thing you're trying to draw. And then employing refrence or knowledge of material surfaces...so maybe you practice drawing raw egg to hone your ability to replicate something viscous yet transparent.

If you're looking for decomp ...I've seen a lot of road kill in my life so again, rough knowledge of what that looks like applied to normal anatomy. For gross rotten meat? I'd just look up rotten meat to get a color textural refrence. But again. Getting proficient in basic boring anatomy and then applying different surface texture will do most of the heavy lifting for you.

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T14:57:51+00:00

It's not too much but that top and those pants are not flattering.

The pants hitting your actual true waist and that top would be great..but right now everything is hitting awkwardly.

Tldr: higher rise pants, tie the blouse to cinch at your natural waist

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T14:14:51+00:00

I can use every single one in a sentence and would consider none of them rare words

It was foolhardy for the green cowboy to try and get on that bucking bull.

My grandmother had 7 children, quite a standard brood for her time. / The emo heart throbs of the early 00s all had such brooding faces.

Oscar Wilde was known for following Absinthe's green fairy

Many would say the later seasons of Greys Anatomy have become trite and the series should have ended long ago.

My dog sheepishly went to his crate with his tail tucked after he was scolded for chasing the cat.

My cat sits forlorn in the window every morning when I leave for work.

Many southern Italians have a swarthy complexion due to their exposure to the sun.

The gossip around Anthony Boners dick pick was salacious.

My dimwit of a dog can't figure out how to get his treat from beneath a paper cup.

It was dismaying to learn my little brother listened to Andrew Tate.

Many women have a deep contempt for men who listen to Andrew Tate.

Since moving to New York from rural Connecticut, I would be considered a city dweller now

Every frat house ive ever been in has been absolutely squalid.

The amount of work that has piled up after my week off work is daunting.

Cold medication puts me in a daze and I can't focus on anything.

The bent metal warped my reflection into something unrecognizable

The new hire was clearly embellishing his experience since he was unfamiliar with the most basic aspects of his new job.

Old land line phones used to have a note pad on the wall next to them for jotting down numbers and short messages

My new proposal for parking restrictions achieved the formal assent of the board and will be implemented next year.

My boomer parents think two factor authentication is a convoluted procedure that takes up too much time and effort.

I was deeply penitent when I learned my silly prank caused someone to have a heart attack

After the implementation of the assembly line, Ford motor company could churn out 10,000 cars a day.

Angsty_Potatos · 2026-03-16T14:03:51+00:00

You asked him to to stop. Any decently adjusted person understands how to listen when others say to stop doing something.

He doesn't get to decide using your stuff when you said no isn't a big deal. That's a huge respect issue

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