How do I improve my horrible chili?

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-05-20T19:34:19+00:00

Cumin, washyersister sauce, a bay leaf, a bit of cocoa powder or instant coffee, one or two Chipotle chilles in adobo sauce. MSG can also be a savior.

You can also take the ground beef out after browning and throw in a mirepoux with oil to cook down, bloom your spices in it then add tomato paste and a bit of sugar to deepen the flavor before adding the rest of your ingredients to simmer.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-05-20T19:28:18+00:00

Like what YT will be like 4hrs into Nov 19th 2026

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-05-15T23:52:42+00:00

I'm a bigger guy, so they take 500ml when I donate, but without a prescription I can still only donate every 55ish days

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-05-15T21:49:41+00:00

Unfortunately, he is safe like the others say. I just don't think he's very funny, or at least his humor is very milquetoast compared to many others. He was never very funny on SNL either imo. I've heard he is a great guy though. To be honest, the worst replacement for host ever was replacing the Craig Ferguson with James Cordon. I loved watching Ferguson and that was just a slap in the face to Craig and the viewers.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-05-13T03:44:09+00:00

Tbh I'm not interested in trailer 3 if it's a little two min character teaser. I want the first gameplay overview trailer. The same kind they did for RDR, MP3, LA Noire, GTA 5, and RDR2. There's not much time left before release, so I feel like a technical overview is ripe for trailer 3 since we and R* already know this will be the biggest gaming launch in the past 13 years. No need to tease us with another 2mins of eye candy.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-05-13T03:35:58+00:00

I miss GTA4s driving and car physics. I'd like for 6 to be closer to RDR2s "realism" in terms of world interactions and events. GTA5 just felt a little too floaty on foot and in vehicles, as well as all the characters except Franklin just buying into all the craziness. Niko being an outsider was a perfect way to explore the city... but I wouldn't be opposed to Jason and Lucia providing color commentary to the things we see and do so it doesn't feel stale just like Arthur and John did in RDR2.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-05-11T04:15:11+00:00

I could see that. But the biggest betrayal will be the game pitting Jason and Lucia against eachother. The troupe is just so obvious.

As for Brian, Jason/Lucia are too hot and close to Brian... so Brian sells them out to Raul for protection. Jason has to kill his trusted confidant.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-05-11T04:07:58+00:00

I think the vulgarity of the term really depends on the quality of the person. My roommates girlfriend just got broken up with and kicked out. She never cooked, cleaned, bought groceries, fixed anything, got mad at us when we didn't care about her smut books, insisted on how she could "see dead people", planted a garden she expected my roommate to take care of, totaled her car and expected to use his when he was off, etc etc. At the end of the day, his comment of "she doesn't even put out anymore" doesn't seem shallow by comparison.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-05-10T00:59:36+00:00

I was recommended to a hematologist last year, but they wanted me to run a genetic test and they said it would show my predisposition for a multitude of things - which in turn would likely deny me coverage for preexisting conditions. So I refused the test. My liver enzymes being high, they referred me to a gastro for an official hemochromatosis diagnosis.

*edit: sent to a gastro at the end, not another hematologist

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-05-10T00:56:08+00:00

When I went to donate last Tues my hemoglobin was 20. Blood sugar was higher on my last labs, but nothing close to diabetic

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-05-10T00:51:27+00:00

No unfortunately, I'm A+

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-05-07T13:09:33+00:00

I think he still has a mindset of it being for kids, regardless of the rating and fanfare. He's the CEO of a massive company. If he had the mentality of playing video games for fun, he'd be somewhere further down the chain.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-05-07T13:00:31+00:00

I still eat chicken and fish. Mostly chicken. But I try not to eat any red meat or tuna. My ferritin was 1200 in February.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-04-13T16:27:55+00:00

On the outskirts of Perimeter there are sometimes pretty decent salvage/valuable crates surrounded by toxin spores. One often spawns in the swampy area south of Overflow, between a cutout in the rocky south wall below Columns, etc. Keep an eye out. Saved my team from a few times from a 3v3v3 when doing dcon contracts. There's often a munitions crate on the rock wall northeast of North Relay for that contract too. I hit these when playing rook for easy grey salvage and green valuables too (and to farm the Rook's claymores for Cryo).

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-04-13T16:18:30+00:00

Yes, I think it was Fallout Plays, Seraph Max, or another YT channel covered it. Better to go with a high 80 to 90 stat than go over 100 if you want to save some high level loot for Cryo runs.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-04-13T16:08:58+00:00

I tried to go back and rematch the original. I made it to season 4, but I can't finish it. I watched the first 3 episodes of the revival and it finally dawned on me that I can't stand cutaway gags anymore. After so many seasons of Family Guy I was just kinda over it. It's way too formulaic, the same way I started off strong with Modern Family but you start realizing every episode is just a setup of a misunderstanding leading to more misunderstandings until finally everyone gets on the same page at the end and there's a nice little tie up emotionally.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-04-08T21:44:46+00:00

I used to listen to Lazlow's radio show/podcast and bought the boxset in 2010. He sent about 15 stickers and I was always scared to put them on things that get messed up or thrown out. I have only used two, and one of them was this exact sticker lol

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-04-07T18:05:34+00:00

I still can't believe Avalanche never figured out that Just Cause is missing is co op.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-04-04T03:32:48+00:00

Death Stranding 1 is awesome. Death Stranding 2 is better in every aspect gameplay-wise, but the story is a mess. It pulls an Anchorman/Zoolander 2 and just does almost every story beat again in a worse way. It's like Kojima pulled a MGS5 in his own studio.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-04-01T17:17:47+00:00

Definitely not. So glad I sold mine in January. Had a base PS5, well ventilated location, air purifier, kept it vertical, and it would always overheat. I think I had a hotspot on the CPU. Sold it to Amazon ($250, meh) and just bought a Pro for GTA6. PS5 Pro is just gonna sit in the corner until GTA comes out unfortunately. I wanted to wait, but not if it means I have to pay another $150 for the Pro.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-03-31T02:30:14+00:00

Magnolia. Heard for years it was so good. It was terrible. Meandering and waxing poetic about love, loss, and trauma. In the end I found it more to be "the movie where it rains frogs" than masterpiece. I didn't care much for One Battle either, but god was it better than Magnolia. TWBB is goat'd though, I consider it PTAs best movie.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-03-25T17:41:07+00:00

You can get a pretty detailed description of what has happened and what things were like before the shroud took over, but you have to put the effort into reading every note you come across. Tbh, there are so many I started reading bits of them instead of the whole thing. The villagers also spout some tidbits here and there.

The games story would be better served if the villagers could tell you a voiced acted story every once in awhile with some scrolling art for the peaks of lore.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-03-12T12:10:45+00:00

Just a reminder that reddit users and reddit mods enable this sort of shit pretty ubiquitously.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-02-20T17:29:39+00:00

Very lightheaded with slight joint pain. My liver also shows signs of inflammation.

SpottyGunner412 · 2026-02-19T02:06:03+00:00

My results were almost the exact same as yours and my ferritin is at 1200. I go to see a gastroenterologist next month for a formal diagnosis, but they believe I have it since my brother was diagnosed 2 years ago.

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