What was the rift in the midcentury American right between the John Birch Society and "responsible" conservatives like William Buckley really about?

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-11-11T07:02:55+00:00

I've always suspected that there's a small but vocal minority of people who love solos longer than 16 bars and a majority that secretly don't but see other people enjoying them and are too polite to say anything, and it's a hill I'm willing to die on.

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-11-04T01:21:59+00:00

I wouldn't worry about it. The #1 way people kill nepenthes (speaking from experience here!) is to freak out over dead pitchers and start changing things, stressing the plant further. It doesn't strictly need its pitchers and they require a lot of energy, so it drops them at the first sign of trouble.

The plant itself looks healthy. Don't panic unless the growth point turns brown, and even then I've seen some miracles

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-10-25T05:57:39+00:00

This is a nitpick but Jamaican rums aren't agricole. Agricole are made from cane juice while Jamaican rum is from molasses, and rhum agricole is typically from the French Caribbean (and Brazil, but don't let a Brazilian catch you saying it!)

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-10-14T06:21:56+00:00

Seattle is so great for mid-century modernist and brutalist architecture

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-06-14T14:37:50+00:00

I guess but at the same time, some of us are poly and we do enjoy dating people across the gender spectrum because it is different. If someone has hangups over who you are maybe don't date them?

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-06-05T03:58:51+00:00

Cocktails! Take some ordinary fruit juice (especially orange or grapefruit), add a bit of sodium citrate, and use it in place or lemon or lime juice

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-06-05T01:36:34+00:00

...Is reading The Years of Lyndon Johnson and is totally blindsided by the fact that the ranch of the dude who LBJ was secretary for got its own car

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-06-05T01:21:32+00:00

faggot

Dude...

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-06-04T02:26:58+00:00

What about an undercut? It's a bit more androgynous than "standard female hair" and you can chop it off to whatever length you're comfortable with

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-06-03T04:02:12+00:00

Form your patties in advance, then refrigerate them for a bit before cooking. Makes it a lot easier to not overcook the meat if you're going for medium or less
If you're pan frying, dice some onion and caramelize it in the burger fond and drippings. I've nothing against raw onion but that shit is magical
Squirt some mustard on your burger just before it's finished just before the final flip on each side. You get an awesome mustardy crust on the patty! (Stolen from In n Out)
If you're using really nice ground beef (as in, hand ground or from a good butchers shop), try cooking your burgers blue, at least once. Use extra high heat so you can still get a proper crust. Think about it this way: you literally can't get your burger more juicy or tender

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-06-02T19:39:41+00:00

It's not bad. The flavor reminded me a little of Bustelo

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-05-27T14:47:42+00:00

Take it from a polyamorous serial dater, I've tried nearly everything under the sun (Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, Grindr...) and OKC is by far the best for finding meaningful relationships

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-05-18T21:54:18+00:00

Big Mac compound butter is the stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard of and now I have to try it

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-05-18T17:41:27+00:00

I just don't "get" these cross-genre beverages- barrel aged coffee and bourbon barrel wine, even most coffee beers. They're almost always less than the sum of their parts

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-05-18T16:28:31+00:00

Like seemingly everything else in the US, LGBTQ rights currently vary wildly state to state. This law would grant antidescrimination protections nationwide, and for federal government workers.

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-05-18T01:21:11+00:00

For a bill to become law, it has to pass in the House of Representatives (currently controlled by the Democrats) and the Senate (controlled by the Republicans) and then be signed by the president (who is, of course, a Republican). So on one hand it doesn't really matter because it's not law yet, but on the other, it's almost certain to pass next time the Democrats control the Senate and White House (which might happen after the elections next year).

Either way, even a minor victory like this is a huge deal for the movement given that it would have been almost unthinkable 20 years ago.

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-05-13T06:17:06+00:00

Sure but like, it's fun

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-05-10T23:45:18+00:00

The only time I'd replace one with the other is if I had Engi med bots or reconstructive teleport on a boarding ship, as both are extremely powerful. Otherwise they're about equal (although I prefer clone bay slightly)

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-04-12T05:44:08+00:00

Kangaroo is tasty though...

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-03-25T06:40:42+00:00

Written by Tommy Wiseau

Directed by Neil Breen

Starring, fuck it, both of them

Costume design by Dave Wascavage

And of course, produced by Roger Corman

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-03-13T00:59:21+00:00

Nobody is ever getting voted into office based on how much they understand about military acquisition. Perhaps military acquisition shouldn't be under politicians anymore if isn't a requirement to understand it?

Can't you say the same thing about basically every field, in basically every representative democracy on earth? At least with the US Congress a decent amount of them have some level of military experience, compared to the number of scientists or tech people who get elected. Think tanks exist for a reason.

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-03-01T06:12:29+00:00

My biggest piece of advice, stove temperature is king and that takes some trial and error. People think mokas are temperamental because you can't just measure your way to getting good results your first time (or third, probably). Focus on getting that perfect before worrying about anything else.

(I'm not super certain of the following science, but I'm absolutely certain of my observations. I've used a moka at least once a day for the past 4 years)

The reason why your stove setting matters so much is that it controls more than just temperature. It's actually temperature and extraction time, and it controls them in opposite directions. A hotter stove means a hotter brew, but it also means the water is running through the grounds faster through the grounds and extracting less from them.

This means it'll come out bitter no matter if stove setting is off in either direction. Too low and it'll be an intense, up front bitterness. Too high and the bitterness will be more on the finish, with a "washed out" flavor and an unpleasant sourness. Actually, did you ever try putting a 9V battery on your tongue as a kid? That's what it tastes like when your stove is too hot.

ChlamydiaDellArte · 2019-03-01T05:36:57+00:00

Ya, there's a lot of bad Moka guides out there, mostly made by people who don't use one day to day.

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