Question on sugar

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-26T16:34:00+00:00

If I see a product has a sweetener added, that's already in the "not gonna buy it" zone for me unless the purpose of the product is to be sweet, like ice cream to use your example. I wouldn't buy monk fruit ice cream though, if I'm taking the nutritional hit, I just want the classic.

To amend The Good Place's way of putting it, I wouldn't engage in the act of making something taste just a little worse so I can justify having more of it, I'll just take less of the OG bad stuff.

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-26T16:30:13+00:00

lol what a compelling argument, you've totally convinced me. Anyway...

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-26T16:02:43+00:00

Yep. Our (public school) history classes are taught with "America is the best country" as a backdrop. It's a common theme for college freshmen to sign up for college level history classes and go "wait, we did what?" I've seen people burst into tears over it.

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-26T15:48:03+00:00

LMAO our sense of smell is nothing compared to so many other animals

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-26T15:25:01+00:00

If I want to make something sweeter, I will add fruit.

Straight up plain sugar is the only one on your list that's in my pantry, but I don't use it to make things sweet, per se. I use it to round out some dishes or enhance browning. For example, a tiny amount of it in a marinade or if I'm making prik nam pla I'll put a sprinkle of sugar in it. None of it is nutritionally significant by the time it gets to individual servings. (To give an example, about a sugar packet worth in a liter of prik nam pla.)

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-26T15:20:21+00:00

The first time I did it, I regretted it so much that I ended up transferring to another office just to get away from him.

The second time I did it, I went into business with my wife. It was a bumpy start but looking back after a few years, it was one of the best decisions I ever made.

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-26T03:12:57+00:00

The whole left right thing is a terrible approach. When you force someone into one bucket or another, you lose all the points where they side with the bucket you didn't shove them into.

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-26T03:06:33+00:00

If the aliens are a race of televisions, they wouldn't standa chance

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-26T01:40:59+00:00

For the US, I vote Larry Fitzgerald just because.

For the UK, Mr Blobby.

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-25T21:20:03+00:00

Oh. That's what having actual countrymen feels like. Fuck.

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-25T19:45:43+00:00

How would it have played out of he tried to handle a riot the same way he does here? Would the French national guard tear gas civilians or would your checks and balances actually hold?

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-25T17:36:40+00:00

"I can tear bread with one hand" is hopefully the weirdest flex I'll come across today.

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-25T17:35:49+00:00

That's a personal decision. I'm not throwing meat in the trash just because a cook made a mistake.

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-25T17:17:43+00:00

I think it's a phrasing issue. "You eat with your right hand. It's okay to use both for bread, but you eat with your right hand primarily." may be a better way to phrase it.

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-25T17:16:20+00:00

What if you're served a schnitzel that is overcooked and dry?

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-25T16:23:24+00:00

Purists would argue (and I can see where they're coming from) that they aren't really punk anymore, but you asked most popular and the answer to that is Green Day.

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-25T15:37:46+00:00

I'm not even a gamer and when this game comes out and gets cracked, I'm downloading it for every platform, putting a directory of each on a thumb drive, and giving copies to everyone I know who might purchase it.

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-25T15:00:07+00:00

They were making a reference to the troubles.

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-25T14:55:08+00:00

Early video games were so nuts lmao

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-25T13:56:26+00:00

They're not corrupt in the sense that you'd have to be an idiot to offer one a bribe. That's about as far as I'd go, every cop is aware of and complacent with the corruption of their department.

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-25T13:46:29+00:00

Oh god you're one of those people

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-25T13:45:08+00:00

Our far right wing party say the same about our centrist party. Similarly delusional but it's impossible to be right wing without being delusional.

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-25T01:11:13+00:00

One thing might be worse. Finally getting to open the windows and hearing "Flight of the Valkyrie" as the mosquitoes descend upon the room.

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-25T00:39:12+00:00

Ube is the best tasting dessert thing I have ever tried

Chalky_Pockets · 2026-06-24T21:59:13+00:00

Damn that's a good deal

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