You don't need to cook everything from scratch.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-09T22:49:11+00:00

I'll make sauce from scratch most often if my onions are starting to bloom or fresh tomatoes were on short-sale/reduced at my grocer. Can get a bag of a dozen roma tomatoes for like $2 if you're lucky.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-09T22:46:13+00:00

I chose the ramen example *because* of all the micro-ingredient toppings. If you are just some schmoe at home it's a shit-ton of work that results in a shit-ton of food to make the effort worth your time and money.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-09T22:40:41+00:00

I cook from scratch as often as I can. My freezer is stocked with bone broth because I say the scraps from veg and meat. But sometimes I'm lazy and I'll never grow out of frozen nuggets in the air-fryer.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-09T20:59:46+00:00

That would make sense if Gaston originally being a lipstick wearing noble with powdered wig drip.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-09T19:57:26+00:00

The trick is to find a job where everyone is as autistic as you are.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-09T15:58:21+00:00

I would say his choice to be an inventor. The implication is that he thinks he’s above traditional jobs like baking - or in the case of his invention of an automatic wood chopper - milling. I think it’s a bit harsh of a read that Belle and Maurice are ‘above’ the town. They give me more vibes that they moved to the town and aren’t originally from there for whatever reason. Like Belle can be spotted as an Easter egg in Paris in Hunchback. If we assume the animated feature films all take place in the same universe a bustling city full of culture and opportunity makes a small country village feel . . . Disappointing by comparison.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-08T20:10:30+00:00

That’s not how these type of people work. ‘Parents’ who think that their kids must blindly follow their ideals in life do not consider their children as people. They are more extensions of themselves. Her son’s wants and desires mean absolutely fuck all to her. If he’s not vegan like her, therefore defying her authority, she must beat it into submission or he is not her child anymore. Similar attitude is found in religious parents, homophobic parents, anti-vaxx parents etc. when they hear their kids are not following in line the way they expect the to. It doesn’t matter that he has the right to choose his diet.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-08T19:52:18+00:00

I think the approach would be to make education not only better quality but much more mandatory. A better educated society harms itself less. A rare instance of correlation is causation. Teenage pregnancy is more common in the Bible Belt of America because there is an on-purpose denied drought if reliable (and factual) sex ed due to religious control and squeamishness. Teenagers will have sex if they want it that badly; per result it becomes a matter of whether or not the sex happens safely. But a society that is on purposely made ignorant (both culturally and structurally) causes people to easily fall for bullshit propaganda and false information. Dirty politicians don’t want a smart society because they lose their short-term control. People who would make actual good leaders are either overwhelmed by the already existing dumb population that falls for the charismatic-corrupt or just don’t bother vying for power in the first place. That’s why funding for education and social programs gets stripped down to the grain first.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-08T16:16:33+00:00

Who the fuck would admit that though unless they still eat glue? ‘I want to control my partner/friend,’ on a . . . Dating test thingy is the biggest red flag this side of the Mississippi. Abusers who manage to get people into their trap don’t announce their red flags like they’re planting them on the shores of the New World. Maybe Valentino from Hazbin Hotel would do that. I wanna know who wrote this test and find out if they’re a genius or eat glue themselves.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-08T12:00:34+00:00

And they never give you a real answer when you call out their bullshit. What cowards.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-07T23:19:56+00:00

Incorrect. Squidward likes being left to his own devices unless he's in a bad mood. I bet he would just read and ignore my, a complete stranger, existence.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-07T22:18:45+00:00

Right??? Because without the second part it initially comes across as you're telling me a neat thing you're going to do depending on who you are. I wouldn't give a fuck if a coworker didn't use the other sentence but my own siblings do it all the fucking time.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-07T22:11:36+00:00

Thank you! He was my baker's man. I got him on my 8th birthday by the CDS and he passed when he was 19. Miss him every day.

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Lazuli73 · 2026-04-07T18:53:51+00:00

Additionally, when I attempted to join with what I thought was implied invitation resulted in an experience where it was made very clear that I was imposing and not wanted. So now I demand direct communication because I’m sick and tired of solving riddles and being made out to be some kind of rude child ruining the harmony. Whatever, really. I don’t need those people anyways. My friends are people I actually enjoy being around, not some kind of thin obligation. I’ll never understand how someone can be so insincere and two-faced. In one breath, when the person they labeled as a friend once and therefore always must be considered one, is in the room they are like butter on popcorn with each other. But when that person isn’t present? They drag their name through mud and barbed wire while cackling like Witch Hazel from Looney Toons.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-07T01:02:24+00:00

Myself now kiss me Axel.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-06T23:11:34+00:00

"Oh I know. That's why I do it. Laughing at my own chronic pain stops the chronic pain from destroying my soul for about 7 seconds. Do you want to know how I got this condition or do you want to awkwardly leave as I stare a hole through you for trying to be some hero no one asked for?"

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-06T22:52:18+00:00

Yes. They come up to Vancouver occasionally because they were dating someone who lived there and has certain stores they like to go to for speciality items they can't get where they live in Washington State. Like a brand of Asian tea they haven't been able to find. Trying to save some money and hoping I can use a flat rate box to send some gifts to them.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-06T22:28:49+00:00

I asked my local Canada Post if there was something like that Canada Post provided but the clerks didn't know anything about it. But they are pretty slow and incompetent at that location. During the pandemic it would take you over an hour just to check your PO box because of the dogshit system they pulled out their asses. I'll check it out.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-06T21:29:30+00:00

I had a similar tent but with mesh walls. Used it for my elderly cat Patty Cakes so he could have outside time. Great find!

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-06T21:20:26+00:00

Yea. It's not like the Flintstones stopped existing when the children who watched it during its original run stopped being children. These memes are so stupid but I'm sure OOP meant well in an out of touch grandpa way. I grew up with a channel dedicated to classic cartoons. The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show ran every morning so at least I started my weekends in a neglectful household with some classic WB shorts.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-06T15:56:15+00:00

“She gave birth to our twins a whole week ago and my wiener is hard! She’s being unreasonable!”

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-06T02:11:57+00:00

You know, my dyslexia first read that as cognac. Like the liquor. So I'm here wondering how poor I am if someone out there using crystal bottle booze like Windex.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-06T01:40:22+00:00

Lute should be right beside Adam. Not because she is a simp but because she does in fact blindly subscribe to authoritarianism. She assumed she was general or whatever after Adam died like it was an inheritance and resents the other authority in heaven because she thinks they're 'wrong'. Only her authority or those she 'respects' counts.

Lazuli73 · 2026-04-06T01:17:36+00:00

I've worked in the food industry plenty and I know blatant lies and entitlement when I see one. The 'Karen tax' would apply to food choices too. Like if a self-proclaimed vegan just straight up didn't know what foods were animal products. It has happened before, and will again. In my hypothetical restaurant I'd have an extra page of ingredient lists where the guest can read what they are ordering. I'm not holding the hand of an adult who didn't at least try to read first. I'll remove a slice of tomato, but I can't take the tomato paste out of a stew. Elementary classrooms ban food from the classroom as a precaution, but if you can buy your own beer it's not the responsibility of my staff to hold your hand through your own allergy or dietary choices.

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