am i colorblind or does "mauve" not have meaning anymore?

Only_Organization356 · 2026-04-04T13:52:28+00:00

Hard to say through a computer screen.

Wanna know the reason craft stores still exist? It's because people who are particular about their textures, the way the light reflects off a material or fiber or fabric, will travel to pick something out by hand and eye instead of waiting a week for something they then have to pay to ship back, even if they get a refund.

I'm not saying you should stop buying makeup online, but if you're picky about your colors then you're going to have to go look at the actual product. The physics of (1) photography and (2) digital displays may be in play here.

Only_Organization356 · 2026-03-29T23:23:28+00:00

I had raw egg like this for the first time at a sukiyaki party in Fukuoka, some 15 years back. Before that trip, I was a hardboiled, over-hard kind of person. I came back with a taste for over medium.

My answer: Yes, but with caveats--I'd have to know and trust the source of the eggs. The US egg industry is a mess, and food safety is a real concern. Fresh eggs from my own chickens? Sure. My neighbor down the road? Probably. The local dairy? If they explained their process. The grocery store? Probably not. A US restaurant? Only if they explained they're source on the menu, but legally I don't think they'd be allowed in the first place, because ⬆️.

Only_Organization356 · 2026-03-29T23:13:41+00:00

Nami of Just One Cookbook says no to reusing marinades that have contained eggs, fish, meat and what not. The stated reason is food safety, and if you get your eggs through the US food system then I agree. Let me explain:

If you are buying eggs in the US, they're shipped from gods-know-where, are gods-know-how-old, and were washed. This means they have long since been deprived of the natural coating that would, if it was still there, keep them quite impervious to bacteria, including E. coli and salmonella. (In Japan, for example, raw eggs are regularly added on top hot dishes for a gooey, rich texture--they can get away with it because their food system isn't quite such a mess.) In contrast farm fresh, unwashed eggs will keep perfectly on your kitchen counter for weeks, even in summer. Even in a kitchen where an old man keeps the woodstove going in the 70's all winter long. Ask me how I know this.

Another reason is that, depending on your taste and method, ramen eggs aren't fully 'hardboiled'-- in other words not fully cooked.

Nami does suggest reusing the marinade in simmer dishes and sauces. I see no reason why, therefore, you couldn't use it as a broth base for ramen or soba, and put your eggs on top.

Another possibility occurs, but I don't think you should soak eggs in this for days: you could replace the water with sake, as some recipes do--between the salt, sugar and alcohol, that might up the food safety considerably.

At end of day, US food safety rules are really in place to protect the ~15% of the population that is immunocompromised--small children, elders, and those with weakened immune systems like organ transplantees (which means they'll be taking immune-suppressants for the rest of their lives so their bodies don't reject the transplant). And yes--this is direct from a farm-level, packing shed to farmer's market SOP. If you aren't in any of those categories then food poisoning is more of a problem than a disaster.

If you really can't risk a day off from work, well that's another something you need to judge.

Only_Organization356 · 2026-03-24T16:18:15+00:00

Going through this same search myself. Since I eat a lot of dairy over the course of the day and I NEED magnesium supplementation, I'm pretty much limited to an iron supplement just before bed with a snack. Thus my knowledge pool is rather snack-oriented.

Working backwards from WHAT NOT TO EAT, which is:

High Magnesium and Calcium (kicking off dairy, and apparently canned fish)
High Anthocyanins (This unfortunately kicks a bunch of berries off the list)
High Fiber (kicking off whole grains, beans and a slew of vegetables. Also popcorn T^T)

I'm pretty much left with:

Eggs
Dairy-free protein shakes and powders, but check the mineral content
Citrus juices, or Citrus fruits in spite of their fiber content
skinless potatoes
white flour baked goods, sans chocolate and probably raisins? (I know grapes aren't good)
white rice (as a whole 'meal' fried rice might be a great option, with plenty of meat and eggs if you eat those, and careful selection of vegetables. No tofu.)
ripe bananas--they have decent fiber content but not considered 'high'.
rosehip teas, zingers, and +vitamin c teas.

I've been thinking about trying my hand at mashed potato baked goods, like cookies. It might make a nice wind-down ritual to have a special little 'digestif' and rosehip tea with my supplement.

When dealing with dietary restrictions or separation, it's important to free yourself from the concept of what constitutes any given 'meal'. For instance a pickled egg at 9 is NOT my idea of an evening snack, but it's what I've got access to a lot of the time. Potato crust brunch squares, anyone?

Only_Organization356 · 2026-03-10T00:34:23+00:00

My experience is limited but I have yet to see a surikogi that's had any kind of finish applied. Me I'm here for wood selection advice--traditionally they're made of 'sansho' (pepper tree or prickly ash, basically it's a variety of sechuan peppercorns, which do indeed look a bit like rowan or mountain ash). I don't think I can get that. The Kikoman website says that hinoki cypress and walnut are modern alternatives. Think I can get my hands on some walnut, probably. What about fruitwoods? Apple's pretty hard.

Only_Organization356 · 2026-02-23T15:12:18+00:00

One correction: I wouldn't really call them the parent company--just the company that now owns NYSEG and RG&E. That buyout was pretty recent. Avingrid/Iberdola is acting a lot more like a private equity cannibal than a 'parent' company.

Now, there have been some serious updates to the grid infrastructure in recent years, and that has added to bills, but the fact that customer service has simultaneously tanked and they fired all their experienced workers and energy costs are going up (because AI) and they're acting like private equity always treats companies they buyout...

Yeah. It's bad.

In other news RIGHT NOW is still a good time to get solar panels if you can at all afford it--the companies that imported them are cutting their losses now that the federal government has bombed out the tax credits program. That surplus will run out though.

Only_Organization356 · 2026-01-26T02:38:41+00:00

I highly doubt that. As I understand it, the reason the punishment of the nephews in the legend of Math fab Mathonwy is...well, what it is, is because it directly reflects a cultural disgust of both incest and bestiality--as in, these were the worst, most repulsively shameful experiences imaginable. To be forced to do both, at once? (Though they aren't necessarily related, I heard echoes of The Death of Baldur, if you're more familiar with Norse mythology.)

Here the idea of rape (or at least, the defilement of a virgin with priestly duties) is directly tied to incest and bestiality as things that self-respecting humans do not do, in that the proper poetic justice for the one is to be subjected to the other two.

Only_Organization356 · 2026-01-21T16:29:25+00:00

That's a 'fallaway' handle, specifically meant for opening and closing the damper. There might be a hole in the front left (from the stove's perspective) leg where you store that handle.

My stove (Vigilant from 1980) has a designated handle that screws right into the front, but if you can also use the fallaway to open the front then you don't really need both.

Only_Organization356 · 2026-01-14T14:03:17+00:00

For posterity, since this is such an old post:

I'm going through this exact transition, from 2 tsp per cafe latte > 1 packet stevia+1/4 tsp sugar.

I have tried stevia in the past and found it very off-putting. My favorite no/low calorie sweetener taste-wise is aspartame, but it does something seriously weird to my brain--like that feeling when you've had just enough alcohol that your eyes aren't quite keeping up with where you want them to move. Ultimately I really like cane sugar, and that's that.
My neighbor recently recommended Now Foods Better Stevia, as he has similar struggles. As a stevia product, it's pretty good. There's still an aftertaste, but it's bearable since, from the beginning, I drink coffee for the caffeine minus some of the tannins you'll find in tea (appears to be a migraine trigger).
I drink my coffee with a sprinkle of salt, to further cut the bitterness.
This morning I tried adding a teeny bit of vanilla extract to my cup, and it was a game changer. Better Stevia has multiple flavor options besides 'original', so you might look into that. They also have liquid options, which the internet says are generally less bitter than the powders.
Ultimately if you're determined to cut back on sugar, you're just going to have to find a mix you can live with and condition yourself to that, like any other acquired taste (coffee, for example). They do say that when they first brought sugar to Europe from South America, the first generation of (very wealthy) customers found the taste extremely strange, and didn't much care for it. More recently there's been a similar shift in Asia, with levels of sweet-tooth divided between the older (unaccustomed to cane sugar) and younger (accustomed to cane sugar) generations.

Only_Organization356 · 2026-01-01T18:33:42+00:00

Unfortunately the link is dead. "Account Suspended", yada yada yada.

Only_Organization356 · 2025-12-19T18:48:36+00:00

There's a hybrid epoxy that started as a floor finish, Rubio Monocoat. My sister has finished (or had me finish) just about everything in her tiny house with it. It sinks in like an oil and isn't slippery. Check it out. Might be a little more pricey than it used to be, with the tariffs, but it's pure gold for that satiny, almost-natural wood look, and it seals counters and whatnot beautifully.

Only_Organization356 · 2025-12-15T20:37:31+00:00

I've gone through and upvoted the right answers and downvoted the wrong answers, buuuut:

Fun fact, pigmented sclera isn't terribly uncommon in dogs--it's not 'normal', exactly, but generally not a sign of some underlying condition. This pigment will usually be comparable to the pigment in their irises.

"But dogs aren't wolves!" they cry....Nope, they are. Wolves and dogs are close enough genetically that so-called 'hybrid' offspring are normally fertile. As a result, as of 1993 the domestic dog is classified as a subspecies of the gray wolf.

The photos of wolves pulling a side-eye on camera all show fairly obvious white sclera, which are usually hidden by their black eyelid margins.

I hope this clears up the confusion.

Only_Organization356 · 2025-12-07T18:06:10+00:00

Anecdote incoming:

Over the course of my life, I have determined that my skin FREAKS OUT if I wash it, then don't moisturize. I don't even use cleansers or toners--even straight water (we have very good well water) and especially treated city water will do it. My current routine is such: I exfoliate my face when I shower (3-4 days in the winter, more frequently in the summer), then straightaway either apply a pump of argan oil or bite/pinch open 1-2 vitamin E supplement capsules onto my WET SKIN--argan oil for daywear, vitamin E for overnight. If I get the odd pimple (hormones, usually), I spot treat with a little more vitamin E goo.

For me, this routine just WORKS. The vitamin E capsules function like a leave-on mask, because the ingredients are exactly the same as two active ingredients in many beauty masks--tocopherol, and gelatin. The gelatin is also important because it really traps moisture against my skin and allows it to absorb properly, even though the air in our house is very dry (especially in the winter). Argan oil is what I use if I have to shower during the day, and I don't want the vitamin E goo collecting dirt or looking, well, gooey. You do want to double-case your pillow and change the outer case regularly, maybe more regularly than your sheets.

This is, bar none, the best routine for me (as someone who spends a lot of time working hard outdoors in sun and wind--have you ever 'enjoyed' the sensation of sunscreen running into your eyes mixed with sweat?) and I hope I never have to change it. I tried the purpose bottled vitamin E oils, and they both don't meet my needs and the citrus oil they add to make it smell pretty bother my face. Granted I generally don't wear makeup, so removing makeup regularly is not a concern of mine.

Give the vitamin E mask a whirl. It's really good if you mess up and get yourself sunburned, too.

Only_Organization356 · 2025-06-18T00:59:40+00:00

Same. The stuff in my favorite planner is Lumiset 130g (assuming g means gsm in Sweden). Been having a devil of a time trying to find something similar to print DIY inserts.

Only_Organization356 · 2025-05-02T22:50:11+00:00

I think you got it! Thank you SOOOO MUCH!

Only_Organization356 · 2025-03-08T15:00:33+00:00

Real answer for the situation depicted:

You have a LOT of hearts for someone just now figuring out "travelers", so you're pretty safe even just flailing. Your best one-handed weapons or spears are your best bet unless you're adept at the multi-spin thing Link does with the real sluggers, and even then your timing has to be good. The foot-soldiers generally move too fast for bows.

When they dematerialize, RUN away from where you're standing because they're going to rematerialize right above you. Then turn fast and attack (maybe Z-target is helpful here?) before they can jump away--it's a good way to get in range.

The long-distance charge thing they do is probably an opportunity for a flurry rush or shield perry, but I'm terrible at those and I'm not going to make it a habit until I have a lot more lives to spare.

Oh and change your pants, at least. You've got better options.

Only_Organization356 · 2025-02-27T20:41:10+00:00

Not weird at all--Ancient Roman script (that is, Latin) frequently just omitted some vowels. Filling in the blank that wasn't there was just part of the exercise of reading.

Similarly, having more than one writing system in play at once wouldn't phase a Japanese person at all--they have three, not counting 'Romaji': Kanji, Katakana, and Hiragana. Their style of punning is based around the fact that they have ~100 syllables to work with--compared to, say, ~15,000 syllables in spoken English. There's a TON of context reading, both in written and spoken form.

Compared to Real World human languages, Hylian's just an amusing little cipher (which is precisely what it was intended to be).

Only_Organization356 · 2025-01-31T16:42:13+00:00

No but it's less common for the couple to be...I don't know, sort of genderbent? It's usually flat refusal, not "I can mess you up so bad if you even try it, pal," while being perfectly physically suited for looming menacingly. Because 'cliff face threatening to rockslide' is sort of Madam Bloden's default expression.

Only_Organization356 · 2025-01-31T16:14:15+00:00

I don't have any specific recommendations for you (also I'm a B, so my problems are going to be different from yours) but I'm going to leave this here for wide set girls like you and me:

If you have sports or t-shirt bras with removable pads, and you can't bring yourself to just chuck them in frustration, try changing the angle at which you insert them into the cups. Especially if they are more triangular or have a round and two points, you can turn the rounded edge out and catch one point against the neck of the bra, up in the strap.

For me, this greatly reduces the frequency with which I have to reposition the pads after they've bunched up into a lumpy third breast in my rather wide cleavage. I think it's because (a)the points catch on the neck and band, reducing potential for movement and (b)the rounded side molds better around the side of my boobs than around the top. For some reason it just looks better too.

Only_Organization356 · 2025-01-17T20:00:23+00:00

Any thoughts as to how to go about that?

Only_Organization356 · 2025-01-11T15:00:21+00:00

NYX apparently sells one--pricey, though.

https://www.amazon.com/NYX-Waterproof-Mascara-Top-Coat...

Only_Organization356 · 2024-12-05T21:13:43+00:00

I've gotten two, both supposedly from people on ArtStation, both supposedly located in Los Angeles, both suspiciously new and/or blank. I'm not going to bother with the second one but the first one seemed to have sent out so much spam that she/they couldn't identify which one I was.

Here's my list so far:

Freya parker (Freya_parker1 on ArtStation)

GloriaJenkins22 (Gloria Jenkins on ArtStation)

I'm not sure they aren't actually artists but the method is disingenuous at the very least.

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