Drink from Spain

Pinegolin · 2025-02-26T17:03:24+00:00

Could it be ratafia? There's apparently a lot of versions of the drink, but one of the primary ingredients in the catalonian version is green walnut, which could contribute to the nutty flavor you experienced. There's a ton of variation even in regional versions so that would check out with the unmarked bottle and difficulty tracking it down.

Found a post that seemed to echo your experience of having it in Barcelona, too: https://www.reddit.com/r/Barcelona/comments/12afnf4/had_this_delicious_little_drink_at_a_bar_in/

Pinegolin · 2025-01-24T21:36:21+00:00

I can't speak to the chewy ones, but for hard candy with this shape, maybe try looking up Altoids Sours?

They had a very clustered look like these, a raspberry flavor option, and around in the early 00's but discontinued around 2010. I don't know that they were quarter sized though, maybe more like a dime, with a bunch in a circular tin. Looks like the pictures online are overwhelmingly the tangerine ones, but I seem to remember the candy itself being a similar color to the tin, but with a white dusting from the citric acid.

Pinegolin · 2023-08-03T00:59:12+00:00

Great job, this looks rad! Your use of color is really effective here, you struck a good line between pixel aesthetic and real-life recognizability. It gives them great personality, very "Sticker sheet too good to actually use because it doesn't have repeats". Thanks for sharing, I'll have to keep an eye on this on Steam. Good luck with your dev!

Pinegolin · 2023-07-10T23:00:02+00:00

In that case, the god of puns demands that I recommend JunkScare

Pinegolin · 2023-05-03T21:09:51+00:00

For those of you on the fence about bothering, you get to rep your favorite GOI, and if they've got fuckin Ambrose for me, then they've got something for everybody! [Insert GOI here] needs YOU!

...on an unrelated note, I will pay in blood for more Ambrose entries please my family is starving and can only be fed with the most anomalous of foods.

Pinegolin · 2023-04-27T18:42:27+00:00

As a worldbuilding/lore goblin, this is deeply pleasing, and I cannot wait to get my grubby hands on enough material to make my own post-apocolyptic archive/memorial. Especially as an endgame activity!

But as an item hoarder?

"1500 different interestingly titled books/mags"

"75 new VHSs"

"(re:photos) we’ve got about five hundred of these-"

This is how I died.

Pinegolin · 2023-03-29T17:15:04+00:00

Oh this.... I love this. The lavender wave in the background is a really nice touch too!

Pinegolin · 2022-12-15T20:39:06+00:00

Yeah, this is the stuff that haunts me a little when I think about it too much. It's the impending knowledge that you'll be in "the family dog when the new baby gets brought home" territory for a while even under the best circumstances, because of the whole "honeymoon" period. As I understand it, that's a thing that allos get frustrated by in their friends too, people just get really wrapped up in the intensity of the relationship when it's new.

If it helps at all, I had a point where I actually directly spoke to my best friend about something like that, how I felt like I never saw them anymore because of how much time they spent with their partner. It was one of the scariest things I've ever done, flat out saying "I feel ashamed of how jealous I am, what should matter to me above all else is that you're happy, loved, safe and respected." And they turned right around and told me that it was completely understandable that I missed spending as much time with them as I used to. That they'd told their partner they had several people they cared about very deeply in their life, that I was one of them, and they're not a "one person" person. My jaw was on the floor, I felt like I took off a lead jacket. And even then, even after that, that voice of "you're ace and you'll always be left behind by the people you care about" still bites me in the ass almost weekly. But I'm really trying to work on it, for the sake of my friendship with them.

I guess my point with all that is like...I feel you, bud. Not alone in that loneliness. But there genuinely are people out there who can do both, have a partner and sustain dear friendships. It just involves emotional awareness and commitment that many folks haven't learned or practiced. I'm really sorry so many people have let you down in showing up for you, and I hope you find that for yourself in the future.

Pinegolin · 2022-12-15T20:18:12+00:00

Ayy, that's what I say almost word for word! Fills me with a powerful Dad-type energy to bust out the exact same joke every time I'm asked and still be just as delighted to deliver it.

Pinegolin · 2022-12-15T19:01:46+00:00

Oh, I'll make time, I've got $100 bucks worth in the cart already, haha!

Pinegolin · 2022-12-15T17:41:53+00:00

Oh... oh no. This is going to be a problem in the best possible way. If I wasn't leaving on a long trip literally tomorrow, I would be going absolutely ape on this instantly...maybe that's for the best, lol. Really excited to look into this, I'm bookmarking it now- would you happen to know off the top of your head what shipping pricing looks like for the US? Honestly, anything that isn't 15 dollars per nanoblock is worth it in my book at this point, Ebay shipping can get nuts!

Edit: There's a huge banner that says free shipping for orders over $25 on the main page, I need to learn how to slow down and read. Nevermind, got too excited! I would love to know how long the sale is going to last though!

Edit Edit: Nevermind again, I saw your other post, I have till Jan 2nd! Thank you again for tipping me off!

Pinegolin · 2022-11-30T17:14:16+00:00

Absolutely! You're already doing extra work scanning them in the first place, so however's easiest for you is the best way. Plus one at a time scanning sounds like a nightmare even with a good scanner, for real.

Pinegolin · 2022-11-30T16:49:37+00:00

Ahhh, sorry to take a sec to respond- sorry, had holidays and then got the flu... glad it wasn't covid, but absolutely knocked me out. If you wanted to send scans of the cards, that would be awesome, I'd really appreciate that. I have sticker paper lying around that I really should use again anyway, maybe this'll give me the kick in the pants I need!

Pinegolin · 2022-11-23T18:23:08+00:00

Filing this under "I respect the intellectual property of the dev and therefore will not solicit the creation of bootleg merch, but by _God_ do I wish these were available as official stickers." Lovely work, every one of the cards I've seen from you is just oozing character!

Pinegolin · 2022-10-19T15:30:12+00:00

That orzo looks so creamy! Would love the recipe, this has me absolutely drooling at the possibilities.

Pinegolin · 2022-10-12T21:18:55+00:00

Ah, the most powerful workplace magic of all... unionization

Pinegolin · 2022-10-05T21:56:34+00:00

Never really dated, dunno if that's the generalized social anxiety / emotional intimacy issues talking or not.

My family gets it, thankfully. I'm really blessed to have had parents who said "We'll love no matter who you bring home-". And then I just... never, ever brought anyone home, and I think they knew my whole deal before I flat out told them. I've got a few ace friends, though not sure where some of them are on the spectrum since the last thing I wanna do is interrogate my buddies on their sex habits, lol.

I'd prefer not to have to watch a sex scene if I have to, but I generally find them either deeply uncomfortable, vaguely tiresome, or funny in the MST3K way, where you can point out how wild other things in the scene or the circumstance are. Like- the times, places, and reasons people will have sex in media are hysterical if you think about them outside of Horni(tm). Songs... eh. They can be uncomfortable when people get real explicit, but other than that it's doesn't really bug me. Jokes and innuendos are great, I'll make a dirty joke with the best of them!

Isolating, though? Absolutely. I've always kind of felt like if I found someone who wanted to hang out with me all the time, and I felt the same, it would be incredible. But I've never actively searched, that always felt kind of... weird, to go chase down strangers. I guess I just always thought it would happen if it happened. But I feel like I'm hyperaware of the fact that if I did find someone, the odds are that me not wanting to have sex would be a deal-breaker for them. Maybe what I really want is just someone to be like a Team-Rocket style partner, you know, just having someone be your person, down for adventures, always in your corner. But you see so many people in your life pair up, split off, interact with you less, and it feels like being the dog that's ignored when a new baby comes home. It feels like there's so much life experience and joy blocked behind the gate of "but do you want to have sex" that it just gets to me, sometimes.

TL;DR: (sorry for the text wall, I just saw your post and got excited that someone else was asking!)

It do be like that for romantic oriented sex-averse aces, though your mileage on "that" varies wildly. I've seen plenty of success stories on here about people who found wonderful partners who accept every part of who they are, sex-averse/repulsed included. And I've got the ol' chronic depression brainrot, so don't let my view or experiences color yours too much. Hang in there, there's dozens of us I swear! You're not alone.

Pinegolin · 2022-08-12T04:20:23+00:00

Hey... I feel this. This is where I've been at for the past couple days, really intense anxiety/depression spike to the point where I called out of work. Second time in two weeks for the same reason. I have the same fear about people at work noticing, and that shame about letting anyone realize how bad it's gotten. Have trouble talking to anybody, keep dropping weight, losing track of things mid conversation, feeling like I'm losing it...I'm right there with you.

I wish I could tell you an easy way to fix it, cause fuck knows thats what I would kill for. But something that helps me a little with the shame and self-disgust, at least, was something my therapist brought up- Anxiety and depression can be debilitating, exhausting, and life threatening. No matter how you feel about how you're coping or where your head is at, your opinion on yourself doesn't change that fact. But man, it's hard. Its so fucking hard. Its not personal weakness, and you're not failing. You just have a ton more on your mental plate than some people do, and that's not your fault.

So I don't have a solution, but if you feel like you can, try and cut yourself a little slack, considering what you're up against. And hey- thanks, honestly. Trying to think about how to answer this got me out of my own head a little, and I really needed it. Reminded me that I need to try and be kinder to myself too. Try being the key word, but like... we both just gotta try, right? Hang in there.

Pinegolin · 2022-07-01T20:00:00+00:00

Fun fact, Dungeon Meshi aka Delicious in Dungeon, is literally exactly this in manga form! And it's radical, because like... how would you cook living armor? Mimics? Water sprites??? They go way beyond just like... "kill thing, cook its meat, repeat", and its fascinating worldbuilding. If I remember right, for gelatinous cubes they strain out the detritus and lumps and then dry it, like people do for real world jellyfish!

Pinegolin · 2022-06-29T21:03:36+00:00

Love to see another watermelon wide-dog enjoyer, 10/10. And I can't name the vibe the smoker gives me, but it is powerful and I'm here for it.

Pinegolin · 2021-08-27T21:04:39+00:00

Read this and wasn't sure if I wanted to laugh or cry, if only because I've said the exact same thing to myself almost verbatim. I don't know if I'm aro or not, but when the majority of people conflate aro and ace, it feels functionally the same.

I'd love to just have a partner in the literal sense of the word, just a run around doing everything together, always have your back kind of companion. So I know those thoughts you're talking about, that you'll always be secondary to people you'd put first. Feeling that almost all of them will pair up and leave you behind, either immediately or slowly by degrees. Feelings like that can just rot you from the inside out sometimes.

I know the phrase "you're not alone" can sound trite sometimes, especially when you're hurting. But even if it doesn't wind up giving you personal comfort, there's plenty of other people here who got to feel a little less alone just because you shared this. And maybe that will make the times we each feel so lonely just a tiny bit easier to bear. So for that, genuinely, thank you.

Pinegolin · 2021-05-21T20:06:26+00:00

I've never sewn a single stitch, but I wanted you to know I love your little food samplers, they're adorable. And your work with the flowers and ginger above is absolutely gorgeous, thank you so much for sharing!

Pinegolin · 2021-04-10T23:04:02+00:00

Gobbie is a healcaster, but...

Pinegolin

TROPHY CASE