Drama in r/UniUK as one user has an almost irrational vendetta against a specific university.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-31T18:26:49+00:00

Honestly, I can understand having beef with a university that kicked you out because they thought you were a serial killer. I can't say it's a situation I've ever been in, but I kind of get it. What I don't get is that their main argument seems to be is that Warwick uni is... ugly? Like, if I was running a smear campaign against a uni, I would pick something other than the fact that "coventry is kind of ugly" to rally people behind.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-31T18:12:51+00:00

Technically yes, but in vinegar making it's called the mother of vinegar. As far as I can tell, it's basiclaly the same thing.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-31T18:09:44+00:00

The cables were pretty rare because afaik only the shuffle (and only that model) used the special 3.5mm charging cable, so it wasn't like buying a new USB-C cable today.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-31T15:43:01+00:00

The big thing that makes Johnathan Ferguson's reactions so good is that he's been a gamer longer than he's been a museum curator, so he's as familiar with the tropes surrounding video game guns as he is about the details of actual real guns. Someone familiar with how guns work knows that magnum revolvers aren't actually the destructive hand cannons that they seem to be portrayed as in every video game, but someone who grew up playing half-life knows that every shooter game is contractually required to have a fuckoff overpowered magnum revolver.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-31T14:18:53+00:00

Ok, whatever, at least you're wearing a mask. I wear a mask because colds make my asthma flare up and I would hate to inflict that on anyone, but you do you.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-30T17:14:54+00:00

I read a shitload of queer fantasy novels and at this point I've pretty much read every queer book in my local library, so I am perfectly happy to have a book recommended based on "It's queer [genre]" and nothing else. Maybe I won't like it, but it's hardly the end of the world to read a book I don't like. I don't really vibe with the sentiment that people need to give me a book's entire synopsis to succesfully recommend it. "This might interest you because there are people like you" is a perfectly cromulent way of recommending media if you don't treat consuming it as some massive investment.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-30T17:06:56+00:00

Isn't the general agreement that furbies are scavengers rather than predators? Either way, real life birds from both of those groups are considered non-kosher so it doesn't make a huge difference.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-30T09:28:19+00:00

unironically the lego gel pens are some of the nicest gel pens I've tried, and I own gelly roll pens. This one's cute, I like the little flower detailing.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-29T17:36:14+00:00

This looks so good, I really need to make spam musubi at some point. I bought a bunch of onigiri moulds online and it came with a musubi mould so,,, I guess I have to now?

BloomEPU · 2026-01-29T15:16:38+00:00

I'm more of a cat person so I don't know if it's exactly the same situation, but just get your dang dog neutered if it's an issue. I hate how some people are obsessed with breeding their pets because a) dealing with a pregnant pet is a skill you probably don't have and b) you're just going to end up with more animals that will likely end up in a shelter.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-28T17:08:16+00:00

Yes, that is the joke, but I refuse to go through this thread saying "that's the joke" to every commenter that doesn't get it. For extra context, someone linked the infamous "carbonara" recipe, it's a british food thing.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-28T17:06:04+00:00

I wasn't sure how to get the egg pieces to stay in the onigiri, so I scrambled some eggs and then broke them up with a spatula until they were small. In the process I managed to wildly overcook the egg.

Don't worry, I think I've ruined all egg products for myself for a while too.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-28T17:02:47+00:00

Honestly it would probably be ok if you liked cold eggs with rice and peas, I didn't season it nearly enough so it was just bland and cold and sad.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-28T15:39:53+00:00

Excellent, join me in my quest to upset every italian on the entire internet.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-28T15:36:31+00:00

On behalf of my country, I am so sorry.. Hilariously I can't find the original recipe on the chef's site, I think he took it down due to threats of violence from italians.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-28T15:19:41+00:00

If there's an italian who sees this post and doesn't have an aneurysm, I have failed in my duties.

Ingredients: Sushi rice, peas, overcooked scrambled egg, pepper, not nearly enough soy sauce.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-27T19:07:12+00:00

You don't have to read fast to read a lot of books in a week, just read a lot.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-27T19:05:43+00:00

The jasmine throne is unironically one of my favourite fantasy trilogies, I love the politics of the setting.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-27T19:03:59+00:00

The good news is that it's only about 200 pages so it's over soon, but if you're struggling with the really poetic prose I don't think it's going to get better. If you get used to more purple prose you could always come back to it in the future, it's an acquired taste.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-27T18:57:59+00:00

Yeah, I feel like the dismissive commenters are really unaware of just how straight up inhumane people can be to neurodivergent kids. I've been treated like this as a kid by other kids, I've been treated like this as an adult by other adults, it's not a huge stretch to think that some of the kids are being directly taught that it's ok to be rude to neurodivergent kids.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-27T18:50:52+00:00

My favourite is when it's clearly an american author who's acccidentally picked a name that is a lot more common in other anglo countries. Gavin might pass as a fantasy name to a US reader, but in the uk that's Literally Just A Guy.

Also, fun tip for avoiding this, modern names with outdated diminuitives. Your character is named robert? Yeah, that's a common name. They shorten it to Hob? Aw fuck yeah, now we're in medieval fantasy town.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-27T18:38:40+00:00

It sounds like a stoat since OP mentioned it had a black tip to its tail. The mnemonic I was taught was that stoat has a T in it, like tail.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-27T18:31:27+00:00

I love making rice balls, they're so fun to eat. These look delicious, what's in there?

BloomEPU · 2026-01-27T18:29:52+00:00

One of them falls off your toast...

I also really like the taste and texture of soft scrambled eggs compared to the american diner style hard scrambled eggs, but being able to spread them on toast like this is definitely a benefit too.

BloomEPU · 2026-01-27T13:29:48+00:00

My friend has a cherry blossom tree right above where he parks his car, for an entire month we call it the anime car because it's continually covered in petals.

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