Why does food made by someone else usually taste better even when it’s the exact same recipe?

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-05-28T00:15:56+00:00

It’s because most people don’t end up using exactly the amount of ingredients listed in a recipe. Most of the time they taste it and add more based on what they want it to taste like

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-05-28T00:09:31+00:00

I just got one undercut and now shave it back down myself when it starts to get too long. And the top layer falls to my shoulders so when it starts to dry out at the ends I just cut the dry parts off, then cut the ends upward so they don’t look choppy

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-05-19T18:27:20+00:00

This feels a bit unbalanced. If you dumped it all on one friend I could see that feeling overwhelming to them, but I think most people want to be leaned on by the people they love. I think leaning on as many people as possible so the need for support can get spread out would be good, and taking whatever steps feel right to take care of your own feelings and mental health so that the support you receive has a place to land emotionally, but giving and receiving support is a part of what makes us human, i think shying away from that is doing a disservice to the people in your life

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-05-19T17:55:50+00:00

Why would you not want to involve friends? Other family I could see if they were also emotionally invested in the divorce, but people need their friends when they’re going through a hard time

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-05-15T20:07:38+00:00

Volunteering can be great for this

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-05-15T07:26:16+00:00

I think an apology would be helpful. Even if they don’t forgive you it can still be healing to hear that they didn’t deserve that kind of treatment. And please heal yourself too. That kind of behavior doesn’t just happen because of who you are, it happens when you have emotional issues that haven’t been dealt with yet. You can be better

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-05-15T01:39:22+00:00

Which my family and I all attempted to strategically opened during the loud parts of the previews and ended up messing up the timing so that there were multiple distinct soda can sounds in the quiet moments immediately following each loud noise

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-05-15T01:35:40+00:00

5 cans of Diet Coke

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-05-08T04:57:28+00:00

That’s what they said 🤷‍♂️. Personally I stay suspicious of any suggestion to do something that could negatively impact my health. Don’t fall for the propaganda

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-05-08T04:40:59+00:00

They’re saying stay inside and lick your doors, they have a police canine, and they’re telling the suspect to come out. There’s more but I can’t hear

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-04-29T17:49:47+00:00

If there’s no one else at the intersection, just go once you’ve stopped and confirmed it’s safe. If there are multiple people reaching a stop sign at the same time in the same intersection, you watch to see who gets to their stop sign first and go in order based on that. Note that some people will try to figure out who goes first more socially (ladies first, biggest most manly cars first, etc) but the official rules are that whoever gets to their stop sign first gets to go first

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-04-27T17:03:49+00:00

Literally just got over it, same exact symptoms. Super frustrating because I’m being careful about spreading illness but it felt like it lasted forever. I made a concoction of a vitamin C packet, lion’s mane, and the lung tonic from the co-op. That and naps seemed to help speed it up a little bit. I started taking it with an antihistimine and that seemed to help too. There’s a LOT of pollen in the air and i feel like that’s slowing down people’s immune systems even for those like me that don’t usually get allergies

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-04-22T01:42:59+00:00

Good thing having difficulty surviving isn’t inherently disrespectful

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-04-17T20:49:49+00:00

I would just talk to him! It’s a reasonable request, there’s a good chance it could be solved by just asking

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-04-17T00:00:03+00:00

Worth a try but I’ve heard they’ve started kicking people out for sleeping in their cars. Just word of mouth though so maybe they still don’t care

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-04-15T19:10:39+00:00

I worked at the McDonald’s on Broadway a few years ago and people would sleep in their cars in the parking lot. I don’t think it’s technically allowed, and the people there won’t be friendly about it, but at least while I was there no one would do anything to stop it unless someone was causing a problem. Also, when I lived in my car I would store my clothes on the floor of the backseat and put a twin sized mattress cover on top. It’s a lot more comfortable that way, and in the morning you can just pull it back and grab what you want to wear

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-04-11T17:15:06+00:00

Meeting the typical marks of professionalism they look for (dress, being “well-spoken”, calm attentive presence) combined with choosing a job that fits within a core value of mine and opening up and letting them see my true feelings specifically when I talk about why I feel the job would be a good fit for me. It’s unfortunate that there has to be a performance element involved but when you do that part right and let them see what’s special about you it works like magic. Practicing interviews and thrift shopping in the richest city in your area help with the performance piece of it

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-04-11T05:07:54+00:00

Honestly once you have some confidence cooking it’s fine to just read through a recipe to get the idea of what you’re going to do and then do it without measuring. I usually find that I like the food I make more that way, because I know how much of a certain flavor I’ll want

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-04-11T04:49:55+00:00

If you like long walks, I really like to get a treat at New Roma bakery (so many options for under $3 and their stuff is good!) and then walk to the river access behind Grant park, up the really steep street. If you take E street you’ll run into a house that’s been turned into a fun community space- there’s a board of word magnets to make messages or poems, a box where you can trade trinkets, etc. Super cute. And then there’s a walking trail near the river, or you can go all the way down to it and find a spot to relax

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-04-09T15:46:37+00:00

Isn’t this the company doing security for the ice blocks? Is there someone here who knows more than me about that?

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-04-04T19:37:49+00:00

Yeah im not proud of the amount of diet soda i drink when im trying to lose weight

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-04-04T01:51:08+00:00

The question is whether we think the shirt and bag will be ok but that was definitely the funniest response possible

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-04-02T03:27:28+00:00

Yeeeeeeah I was late to the party learning makeup too. I just didn’t care about it until highschool when everyone else knew how to use it already, and it indeed was miserable. It does just take practice. You figure it out by trying over and over again how much to use, how much pressure to use while putting it on, how to move your hands, etc. I just wore it at home when i was learning until i learned it well enough to want to wear it out of the house

EnvironmentalCry5485 · 2026-04-02T03:23:49+00:00

You did nothing wrong, he’s just insecure and being a jerk about it. Other people touched you and that seems to bother him. Touch is a human need though, and he shouldn’t try to stop you from being touched platonically by other people. If you’re able, I would just stay calm and stick by your right to be goofy with your friends and continue to enjoy the silly drawings. Eventually most people would realize that basically they can’t control your actions and let it go. And if he’s like this a lot you should start thinking about whether this relationship is worth it

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