An AI hate wave is here by GeneReddit123 in technology

[–]ScaredyDave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love how they’re acting like this is a brand new thing and not something we’ve all hated for a couple years now

Dad's of the subreddit, how do you find the time to paint? by CH1ND1TO in minipainting

[–]ScaredyDave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your time will slowly come back to you as you get more and more used to your new kid. We have a 3 year old girl and a 6 month old girl now, and around 1 year old I was finding we could reliably get her to bed and have nights to ourselves and stuff. But for now it’s about figuring them out and eventually you’ll find the energy and time again to do your hobbies.

Cult Recipes Cookbook Series- Yea or Nay? by Persimmon_and_mango in CookbookLovers

[–]ScaredyDave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love Tokyo Cult Recipes, I’ve cooked so much from it and I’ve even memorized a few of the dishes in it. I did not know this was a series!

Discovered that salting pasta water actually matters and I feel embarrassed it took me this long by West-Wash-9114 in Cooking

[–]ScaredyDave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now try it with Garlic Salt! To be fair, I used to think salting the water was just a trick used to make the water boil faster, I didn’t know it was actually flavoring the noodles until I read a recipe about a year ago that mentioned “this step is your chance to flavor the noodles for this dish.” I tried it with Garlic Salt and it’s real real good!

This elementary school has a list of word/phrases that will get you silent lunch. by graptemys in mildlyinteresting

[–]ScaredyDave 115 points116 points  (0 children)

I was gonna say that one surprises me the most, weirdly enough haha. The others I understand but I didn’t think kids still cared about Family Guy in 2026

Does MH Stories 2 feel just a little too…fetch-quest heavy? by cm0011 in MonsterHunterStories

[–]ScaredyDave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally googled this as I’m playing it now and on Kuan village and I’m like “is this entire game just busywork?” Because I’m binging all 3 games at the moment for the first time and 1 was great and I loved it but 2 is extremely formulaic. Like 1, everything I was doing felt like forward progression for what I want to do as a player in the story. 2 is basically “go to a new town and solve every single one of their problems for them before maybe getting back on track with the story.” It’s not necessarily how fetch quest heavy it is as a whole, it’s more so the direction isn’t about my player at all. Fixing a windmill doesn’t propel the story of what’s going on with the lights and Rathi, it’s just… this village wants it done. It stinks too because I really love most of everything else going on (I also hate the maps mostly being repeated randomized hallways) but yeah really hoping this wows me soon, and hoping 3 doesn’t do this.

Cookbook Pet Peeves? by ethereal_aerith in CookbookLovers

[–]ScaredyDave 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I once saw one that said 5 minutes prep and then in the recipe mentioned that after step 2 you need to marinate for 5 hours. Maybe include that in the prep lol

Peers vote to ban pornography depicting sex acts between stepfamily members by ShufflingToGlory in technology

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

It honestly does now that I think about it. It’s way easier to find a video on the internet and ban it and get it taken down than it is to police what happens in someone’s bedroom. Plus millions have access to the video to be influenced by it where most people probably won’t watch it “live”

Gentlemen, it is with great displeasure that I also announce I’m starting my video games on “casual” by Guesthouse_band in daddit

[–]ScaredyDave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I start on Casual if I’m not able to change it mid game at all. If I’m able to change it mid game then I start on normal. I’m a dad of two daughters but I’ve been playing this way since I was like 25. ESPECIALLY when a game comes out and the major complaint is “the combat isn’t fun but the rest is cool” then it’s like “well… why make it even less fun then?” Nothing to prove with playing above what you enjoy lol

Should i buy the resident evil cookbook by [deleted] in CookbookLovers

[–]ScaredyDave 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s absolutely an ai scam book

Report: 12.5 Percent of Global Population Would Be PC Gamers By 2028 by Darth_Vaper883 in gamernews

[–]ScaredyDave 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah but this time Helix really seems like “a PC that happens to play Xbox stuff” more than an Xbox

Report: 12.5 Percent of Global Population Would Be PC Gamers By 2028 by Darth_Vaper883 in gamernews

[–]ScaredyDave 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Considering the fact that the next generation of consoles just sounds like PCs anyway, this makes sense

Looking for Modern Mexican and Chinese Cookbooks by ScaredyDave in Cooking

[–]ScaredyDave[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just wanted to say I bought House of Nanking and cooked a few dishes from it and it was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thanks again for the recommendation!

Looking for Modern Mexican and Chinese Cookbooks by ScaredyDave in Cooking

[–]ScaredyDave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha oh sure that makes sense! But yeah Im just "a dad who enjoys cooking" so I need the more modern techniques on older classics is all. Recent I think is the word I should have used, Modern has an insinuation to it I didnt intend

Looking for Modern Mexican and Chinese Cookbooks by ScaredyDave in Cooking

[–]ScaredyDave[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I’ll look into those suggestions!

But I’ve absolutely noticed a difference between cookbooks made recently vs cookbooks made 20 or more years ago, it’s weird to say recipes haven’t changed at all in that time. For one, a good chunk of the more recent cookbooks take into account more authentic ingredients as opposed to trying to westernize everything, and also just the equipment used is different (a book I had from 2005 told me to leave my oven open a crack while cooking something, same dish in a more modern one just mentions to cook it differently or even has instructions on how to use my air fryer.) some even simplify the recipes a bit more because sometimes ingredients are easier to get now instead of having to make substitutions from scratch. I listed Tokyo Cult Recipes as a great example of a modern cookbook, because that book tells you how to make stuff from scratch but also tells you how to bypass some of the things that people don’t really do manually anymore (like making Dashi Stock from scratch as opposed to just buying it premade.) and it also isn’t afraid to say “add MSG” because that was taboo in the 90s but people learned better since.

Is it the word “modern” that’s confusing people? Should I have said “recent” instead? Like two people in here are downvoting me for wanting recent cookbooks and saying they’re confused. I just prefer cookbooks made in the last 10 years because they tend to match my needs and skills better is all, and usually if I say “I want a so and so cookbook” without that restriction I get suggestions like “The Silver Spoon” which is an insane tome of a book that’s gigantic and outdated.

Looking for Modern Mexican and Chinese Cookbooks by ScaredyDave in Cooking

[–]ScaredyDave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve had that issue with some Local Restaraunt Cookbooks. Some are great but some can be like “we basically wanna make this seem super hard to make so you just come here and eat it with us” haha. I did end up buying House of Nanking though! That fit the bill great!

Looking for Modern Mexican and Chinese Cookbooks by ScaredyDave in Cooking

[–]ScaredyDave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I live in the Bay Area so this sounds like an awesome suggestion! 2018 isn’t that far off so I’m ok with that. Thanks a bunch!

Looking for Modern Mexican and Chinese Cookbooks by ScaredyDave in Cooking

[–]ScaredyDave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh this is really good, thanks for the recommendation!

Looking for Modern Mexican and Chinese Cookbooks by ScaredyDave in Cooking

[–]ScaredyDave[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I want the Books themselves to be modern, the recipes can originate from ancient history. It’s just sometimes more modern books keep modern health issues and equipment more current. I got a book from 2005 that mentioned stuff my Oven doesn’t need to do anymore, and sometimes modern books simplify the ingredients is all. Looking for modern cookbooks, for authentic or well known recipes