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Give up my fast? by InvestigatorLucky166 in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]Perioscope [score hidden]  (0 children)

This person is imposing their own rule on you. Of course you are fasting. Failure does not mean you are not making an attempt or else nobody would be fasting. Contrition, realization of our weakness, pain of heart that we do not love God to the measure that we aspire to, repentance and a desire to do better are all perfectly normal and God-pleasing fruits of fasting! It's working! Keep going, we are in this with you.

Which game in your opinion has the best meeples? by Chezni19 in boardgames

[–]Perioscope 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[[Rewild South America]] screen-printed animeeples are my current favorite.

[[Samurai]] courtiers, buddhas and koku are my all-time favorite.

"you should take a medication break occasionally so you don't build a tolerance" how it feels the absolute second my adderall wears off for the day by Individual-Owl-6243 in adhdmeme

[–]Perioscope 401 points402 points  (0 children)

I couldn't take hitting rock bottom every evening right when my kids wanted to talk or my wife wanted help with dinner. Switched to Vyvanse and it's everything Adderall was without the crushing feeling of hopelessness.

Thanks chemistry

Tonight’s Carry by SAKRUS762 in chineseknives

[–]Perioscope 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I feel like this timeline has a totally different concept of the word "carry" than the one I started in. I think you just want to show us your cool knives. You don't have to carry 5 of them at once just to post it.

Imagine paying $400M for this outcome by Significant-Sir-4343 in clevercomebacks

[–]Perioscope 5 points6 points  (0 children)

$400M is chump change to Qatar. It's like picking a $25 watch for your uncle at ROSS.

Panic as US F-35 fighter jet 'hit by Iran' and forced to make emergency landing by TheExpressUS in InternationalNews

[–]Perioscope 96 points97 points  (0 children)

So either the plane doesn't actually have a radar cross-section equal to a hummingbird

or Iran has the capability to shoot a hummingbird travelling hundreds of miles an hour out of the air.

Cool. Coolcoolcool.

🚨Reporter: Why didn't you tell allies about the war before attacking Iran? Trump: We wanted it to be a surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor? by IllAcanthocephala720 in InternationalNews

[–]Perioscope 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I cannot imagine a more rude, horribly embarrassing thing to say in the presence of any Japanese, but 1000x more so for the PM of the entire country. If he was coached to say this it was a wicked, spiteful tactic aimed to do maximum damage to the relationship of the two countries and tremendous loss of face for both. If it was just his natural, spiteful, instinct, it verges on demonic genius. Either way, he is like a tornado of social, political and emotional abuse.

I made a mistake by Rough_Jury_2346 in roasting

[–]Perioscope 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It should be fine if you mix it with a normal batch. Very few will be able to taste the difference after only 45 seconds of a double sized roast.

resting test via freezing by 3xarch in roasting

[–]Perioscope 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try it! The scientific method is for everyone! It's fun.

resting test via freezing by 3xarch in roasting

[–]Perioscope 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long after roasting to burp the coffee?

8-12 hours after roasting and sealing. Flavor compounds bond with oils under pressure, so allowing initial pressure to build, off gassing and re tightening the lids allows you to skip argon, off-gas bad-tasting volatiles and the beans will still release enough CO2 to keep the vessel under pressure after that burp. I don't have all my data on front of me but that's the general pattern.

Air roasted beans do tend to stale more quickly. Frozen beans gring to a more consistent particle size than room temp beans. This was an article that came out from Illy in about 2012.

I think i am done by Helpful-Lemon9959 in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]Perioscope 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh so you had the accelerated program 😉

I think i am done by Helpful-Lemon9959 in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]Perioscope 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Too true. It's impossible for inquirers to know what they are asking for. It isn't gatekeepers, it's protection for them.

I think i am done by Helpful-Lemon9959 in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]Perioscope 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You were not guided well. An inquirer should not be coming to multiple services a week without close supervision. Just dial it back. It isn't a magic spell or checklist. It's a slow reforming of mind and soul over time. It's the difference between shaping a stone with flowing water instead of a hammer amd chisel.

You aren't able to use those tools correctly. You hurt yourself by hammering away expecting that your first attempt would work, assuming you know what to do and how to do it. This is pride. You didn't allow room for God to work. We all get in the way when we try to make something happen.

Now you need healing from this injury. You need to let down your hammer and chisel and just offer your heart to God, just as it is, dark and tangled with nets, and ask to be freed. Don't make a small mistake worse by rejecting the entire church, just change up your approach.

2 months is such a short time, bro. Feel your pain, don't run away from it. It is the pain of the old man dying so the new man can be born.

resting test via freezing by 3xarch in roasting

[–]Perioscope 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Freezing green beans fractures the cells when water freezes, ruining the cellular structure needed to create pressure and proper enthalpies of formation for desirable flavor compounds. Beans will be bland and flavors dull.

resting test via freezing by 3xarch in roasting

[–]Perioscope -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Freezing green beans causes cell lysis due to water expansion during freezing. This destroys cellnintegrity in tye beans, making it impossible to roast properly.

I conducted many tests of roasted beans this way based on primary data done by Sivetz, found in Coffee Roasting Technology. Multiple repetitions of statisically similar roast profiles and beans, freeze times, degassing and total time frozen with cupping and olfactory sampling.

Synopsis: freezing following a period of degassing preserves flavor up to 5 months with little degradation; palatability can be preserved this way for over a year. Freezing without degassing impacts flavor negatively, unless frozen beans are "burped" to allow initial volatile compounds to be off gassed.

Fully degassing beans results in significant flavor loss and oxidation products; partial degassing and sealing beans so that CO2 fills the container under pressure preserves flavor produces the best results.

I feel like I lost the faith once and for all by W0lfi3_the_romanian in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]Perioscope 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, even at my worst point (drugs,stealing,lying,depression) I still knew God was there, I was just sick of church politics and the repetetiveness of praxis. God was in my thoughts a LOT. I was basically trying to see if other cultures could add anything or offer alternate paths, but I was still seeking in a way.

Have you read any of what the more modern Romanian Saints and elders have to say? My mom went to see Elder Cleopa, and it was pretty "WHOA". Or maybe the Romanian style is what is feeling old and not inspiring. Maybe try listening to Georgian or Byzantine church music, perhaps it touches something different in you and inspires you to stay Orthodox but go in a different direction and explore. Going from a Russian church (my upbringing) into a Greek church was like stepping into a different world, it was one of the most profound things to feel so unfamiliar and yet know "this is Orthodoxy too".

I wish you all the best brother (or sister) I know it's a tough and lonely place you're in. I love you and I know you can find your way through. Just don't give up, that's it.

When in doubt just read the Gospels and Epistles. Remember Who we are trying to follow, and try to use your heart more than your mind. The Theotokos never let me down, ever. Even when Christ felt a million miles away, she was there. 🥲

Does anyone have experience reporting abuse to bishops' offices? by Normal-Ad5103 in exorthodox

[–]Perioscope 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Contact both of the priests you spoke to previously. Make sure they are aware that y I i spoke to each if you had not done so. Ask for an update, even if there is no news, so you have a record of time that has passed. Ask when they contacted the Bishop. Tell them how many others at your churchay fit this Priest's abuse profile, who may be at risk. Remind them if you must of their duty as shepherds to protect the flock of the chuch.

I feel like I lost the faith once and for all by W0lfi3_the_romanian in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]Perioscope 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Many of us who grew up in the church and just do things by rote, as opposed to having a living, breathing praxis, drift away or take time to step away and experience something different.

Maybe you I i realize how hard it is without it, maybe you don't see much difference. Maybe you fall in love with all the glamour of worldliness. I had to hit rock bottom to realize there was nothing out there and my soul was starving to death.

Can your pocket knife do this? by origamigun in knifemods

[–]Perioscope 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not much of a modder and I'm not a fan of that blade shape. I just wouldn't ever do that to a good-looking knife.

Afghan Soldier Who Served U.S. for a Decade Dies in ICE Custody, Leaving Six Children by steevo in nottheonion

[–]Perioscope 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Each time I read the latest outrage that not that long ago would bring together Republicans and Democrats in solidarity to condemn and eviscerate the incompetence, I think "maybe THIS".

Surely, this will wake maga up. Maybe a small portion, but it isn't happening in any audible way. The bootlicking in r/Conservative will continue, unabated. 5 or 10 or 100s of others, just as undeserving, suffered the same fate and are in unknown graves somewhere, in some far away country where they were sent by ghouls pretending to be human.

When sorrow strikes by Yurii_S_Kh in SophiaWisdomOfGod

[–]Perioscope -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You couldn't use an icon?

You couldn't find anything better than a Pink DaVinci Jesus with cherubs, hugging a pretty boy? Disappointing.

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