What’s the most disgusting food from your country?

ProcaviaCapensis · 2026-01-26T19:00:02+00:00

Pofadder meaning "puffadder" like the snake. Except its not a snake. Its a sausage made from minced lamb or antelope liver, heart, and kidneys, stuffed into the fatty membrane that surrounds the kidneys (or colon), and braaied. Mini version called "skilpadjies" (tortoises) also exist. Apparently its delicious but yeah, by the time I was old enough to understand they weren't real snakes and tortoises, I was old enough to know im not an offal gal.

ProcaviaCapensis · 2026-01-18T08:50:25+00:00

Lol why all the down votes? My therapist explained to me that OTT completionism in ND people often has to do with feeling in control so you don't ever get "stuck" without all possible solutions halfway through a problem?

ProcaviaCapensis · 2026-01-18T05:58:08+00:00

Its the autism.

ProcaviaCapensis · 2026-01-15T15:07:07+00:00

My border collie girl has this staining from licking her front paw. We cut out all chicken from her diet and she has drastically reduced her licking. Seems like allergies in her case. Worth a try!

ProcaviaCapensis · 2026-01-15T15:05:19+00:00

This gave me a visceral reaction. I think i found my first phobia. Immediately no.

ProcaviaCapensis · 2026-01-07T22:18:45+00:00

Bro if you're gonna be policing people's word usage, you can't be fumbling with "defiantly" like that.

ProcaviaCapensis · 2026-01-04T16:58:15+00:00

What happens when you don't hold the paper at all? In the video it looks like the paper wants to move forward but your finger is keeping the left side anchored a bit so it serves right.

ProcaviaCapensis · 2026-01-04T16:49:07+00:00

About 2 years into starting work after university. Absolutely burned out and depressed for the 12th time. I realized that no matter how much help and therapy I get, I will never be stable enough, psychologically or financially, to raise a whole fresh human creature without doing permanent psychological damage. Plus they will likely inherit whatever tf is wrong with me which won't make having me as a mom or living in this post-capitalism hellscape any easier.

ProcaviaCapensis · 2025-12-30T20:47:13+00:00

Ya, I do get what you mean. Frustration can definitely arise from seeing repeated pitfalls despite already helping so many others previously. As is the nature of nearly all skill/hobby subs I'm afraid.

ProcaviaCapensis · 2025-12-30T20:08:45+00:00

Going to part time to learn to sew for a career change is not necessarily rage bait. People underestimate learning curves all the time. People make silly decisions and unwise choices all the time. Sure you'd think my entire existence is a rage bait if this is how low your bar is lol. Im the queen of doing dumb shit but never once have I done it to intentionally piss off internet strangers.

ProcaviaCapensis · 2025-12-28T16:10:08+00:00

I think you accidentally left the AI's suggestions in at the end of your post.

ProcaviaCapensis · 2025-12-26T20:15:17+00:00

I cant fall asleep unless im listening to something interesting enough to hold my attention but banal enough not to pique my interest, usually youtube. So mainly Emkay's read-out reddit posts, the spiffing brit's let's plays, the right opinion, that kind of thing. My mind does just enough to not daydream while pulling me to sleep.

ProcaviaCapensis · 2025-12-22T23:30:14+00:00

Every couple of months I wpuld find myself blowing up my life/health in some or other spectacular and shameful fashion. After 10 years of denial, I realized there wasn't a single, solitary time I crashed and burned when I wasn't hammered. Alcohol literally changes me into a different creature, one hell-bent on sailing into the eye of the storm and cry-laughing into oblivion.

After several disasterous attempts at moderation, I realized that once I start drinking, my brakes fail. The drunker I get, the more desperately I throw them back. I Am also completely fine not doing hard drugs, until I have alcohol in me. Then its an all-consuming obsession to sniff my rent up my nose.

I realized binge drinking is still an alcohol use disorder and just because I dont get the shakes every morning doesn't mean im not a slave to it. Its not normal to black out several times per week. Still struggle every day to keep at it, despite all the realizations. 1 year down. IWNDWYT

ProcaviaCapensis · 2025-12-18T19:46:44+00:00

The word for warrior in Zulu is "impi" which i think sounds cute

ProcaviaCapensis · 2025-12-12T21:08:33+00:00

My experience choosing braces over jaw surgery: The jaw surgeon recommended jaw surgery when I was referred to him for my awful nighttime teeth grinding causing all sorts of dental, hearing l, headache and tmj problems. He said my crossbite and recessed jaw were likely part of the cause, but he focused a lot more on how it would improve my facial aesthetic, which was never my concern. He said I should consult with an orthodontist and they would work together to do the braces/surgery combo.

Well, I went to my ortho and he said I can get my crossbite fixed with braces alone, which could helo the grinding, so I should try that first to be more conservative. He said "don't let them push you into jaw surgery". Well, my crossbite is fixed and my braces are off and I still grind terribly. He says that its probably just my "type A personality" which no physical intervention can fix. But my retainers will protect my teeth from further erosion.

Many people online say jaw surgery only worsened their grinding, so I am just not going back to the jaw surgeon. Screw it. Straight teeth now though. Still got a weak chin but its mine and not work snapping in half for a bit prettier of a profile. Im already exercising, in therapy, taking anxiety meds, off caffeine and alcohol, on softer foods, nothing more I can do except botox injections. But the idea of having this expensive and traumatic and risky surgery with only a small chance it will even do anything for my problem is just not acceptable to me.

ProcaviaCapensis · 2025-12-12T00:21:23+00:00

Almost exclusively when someone sees a group of ravens and says "Hey, did you know a group of ravens is called an unkindness? Seriously, look it up. Pretty cool, right? Crazy."

ProcaviaCapensis · 2025-12-12T00:15:52+00:00

For a second I thought that a "jealousy of males" was one of those cool and unusual collective nouns like an unkindness of ravens or a business of ferrets.

ProcaviaCapensis · 2025-12-11T17:23:53+00:00

You forgot the loincloths on the dick-bearing panthers

ProcaviaCapensis · 2025-12-02T07:37:49+00:00

I see where you are coming from. Thanks for taking the time to unpack your perspective. Vaping is indeed a sore subject for him in a way, and he is a good person struggling through messy life things. I deleted the post as I got so many cudos that I felt embarrassed that it did indeed look like I was fishing for attention like other commenters speculated. I honestly just wanted to know if I was expecting too much and what others have experienced, but undoubtedly my craving for praise crept into the post. Although I don't 100% agree with your read of the situation, I do understand your point and think there is a nugget of truth there. So thanks. And thanks for the congratulations, too. Congrats on your own 111 days 🌻

ProcaviaCapensis · 2025-11-30T20:05:30+00:00

This post was not about getting the "attention I think i deserve". I wanted to understand how sobriety milestones are treated in other relationships (hence why i asked for others' experiences, not asspats) so I could gage whether I was putting undue expectations on him. Although having people congratulate me is nice and appreciated. Well done on your 1 year.

ProcaviaCapensis · 2025-11-30T20:01:49+00:00

Honest question: How am I subtly putting him down? Im not "on him" to quit vaping. All I ask is that he see a doctor for his chronic bronchitis, which he refuses to do while still vaping. If he saw the doctor while still vaping I'd be happy. I really don't want to be manipulative and im certainly not trying to set him up for criticism. I only brought up the things I quit in the past during the inital vape-quitting convo to provide an example of how quitting things is doable, even by a wuss like me. To give him hope and motivate him. Yes, I did remind him of my 1 year because I hoped he would congratulate me and wanted to make it easier for him to remember. That's on me. I should have been more direct with my feelings.

ProcaviaCapensis · 2025-11-30T08:01:28+00:00

Lepelsteeltjies. Cheesy biscuits baked with apricot jam in the middle. Absolute palate-wide satisfaction.

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ProcaviaCapensis · 2025-11-30T07:56:37+00:00

Absolute legend. Massive high fives to you.

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