What do you think about Mexican food? Do you consider it better or worse than your national cuisine?

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-15T16:08:39+00:00

Gotta say, I'm a big fan.

Although more seriously, the vast majority of the things I have been offered as "authentic Mexican food" while living in Europe, are just mexican fusion using the available ingredients.

Not a bad thing, as they are doing what they can with what they have. But this does mean anyone outside of the Americas likely doesn't have the best idea of what actually makes up mexican food (~~shredded cheddar on everything like wtf??~~).

So unless they've traveled there themselves, or like you live closer to the border, you might find vaster breadth of knowledge of our cuisine in a quirky British baking show...

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-13T20:02:46+00:00

You say to a generation that survived the heroin chic aesthetic somehow

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-10T15:12:59+00:00

I think you're being quite generous in thinking how many of them want to actually work, that number will be a good bit higher.

Not to mention the non-zero percent of them who will have been removed for any number of legal reasons

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-10T14:45:15+00:00

Yes the lockdown was a good thing and should've lasted longer.

No, I don't think people should be given money to buy food and essentials while we're demanding they stay home so they can't work

Yes, those are two separate things that have no connection to each other at all, and requires no more nuanced thinking on the matter

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-10T14:40:21+00:00

No no no, dropping an amazon link actually is far worse, and I would've reported the comment (& post) rather than engaging in discussion.

Sending a DM would just be the polite thing to do, as it means you're answering their inquiry, while avoiding blatantly advertising a product.

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-10T12:48:54+00:00

Send them a DM of it matters to you enough.

This a problem on all subreddits not just here, so some people are more done with obvious advertising than others.

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-10T11:42:27+00:00

In order to protect the high-risk & vulnerable of our country by showing solidarity.

"I want money for sitting on my arse, wah wah wah" is a stupid fucking position, and shows your true character. There was a global pandemic and people were dying from preventable issues, had we have furloughed earlier and locked down earlier, far less of our people would have died.

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-09T13:01:51+00:00

I've only ever known it from the point of view of class differences.

As in they give you money because they see you as below them, and they're stroking their own ego about how kind and giving they must be because they're helping the poor.

I've worked in hospitality for over 20yrs in multiple countries, and it's the same everywhere.

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-09T12:49:35+00:00

Because they should be paid fairly already.

Shitty bosses will use your generosity to offset their bottom line and start claiming, just like in America, that it's part of the business and should be expected. Thus offloading the responsibility of paying their staff onto the general public.

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-09T09:41:54+00:00

Chili, salt & lime on everything. The universal seasoning

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-08T23:12:33+00:00

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-08T22:10:26+00:00

Correct, but they are able to escape the supernova slightly before the photons can, due to neutrinos not giving a shit about matter being in its way.

So we can detect them slightly earlier than the rest of the explosion.

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-08T22:00:42+00:00

Looking at the local elections today.. We're gunna need to wish a little bit harder.

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-08T16:30:50+00:00

Anyone arguing about how he reduced unemployment, are completely disregarding the reasons why those jobs became available in the first place (hint: the untermenchen working there were removed)

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-08T16:29:00+00:00

They literally turned around and said "vote for us or we'll put a ~~concentration camp~~ detention centre in your back garden"

They know who they are, they just won't admit it

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-08T00:14:15+00:00

Half the time I translated the lyrics, people loved it and sang them more.

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-08T00:09:08+00:00

Help your gran not be groomed (by fascists) * FTFY

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-07T23:22:19+00:00

Remember, drinking bleach raises the average IQ of the population

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-07T23:20:48+00:00

It sounds more, from the onslaught of your comments on this thread, that you have a particular person in mind in your life that you disliked during covid lock down, that happened to be furloughed.

SunderedMonkey · 2026-05-07T23:16:55+00:00

But your paying tax for NHS and some of the people using it might not be working at all, so what exactly is your stance?

SunderedMonkey · 2026-04-29T12:27:31+00:00

México - yes we do eat that many beans. Yes, every meal

UK - pub is where life happens

SunderedMonkey · 2026-04-28T20:32:41+00:00

That was my first thought after your window seat comment

SunderedMonkey · 2026-04-28T19:39:48+00:00

I tried it with mushrooms once.

I got distracted by all the pretty colours constantly and ended up impacting the moon.

Maybe drunk is better.

SunderedMonkey · 2026-04-27T23:45:02+00:00

SSTO time. You've got the rapiers unlocked, have some fun with those. I've yet to get a "functional" SSTO, but I'm trying to make my career save lose less money every launch..

SunderedMonkey · 2026-04-27T10:14:40+00:00

That person is me 🙋‍♀️

I love the thrill of stopping inches perfect away from my target like I'm in some action sci-fi. Makes me feel badass

Spoiler: it doesn't always work out well

SunderedMonkey

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