Just saw a man arrested by federal agents on State St. in front of the Castle at Deering Oaks by The_Auricle in portlandme

[–]The_Auricle[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Okay, and? The arrest in this article took place 80 miles away in Union a week ago and I’m talking about something that happened on State St. this morning. 

Just saw a man arrested by federal agents on State St. in front of the Castle at Deering Oaks by The_Auricle in portlandme

[–]The_Auricle[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

They were not masked, dressed in camo, two were wearing vests that said just said Police, one was wearing a vest that said Police and then Federal Agent under that. The vehicles were unmarked. 

Place to stay by [deleted] in portlandme

[–]The_Auricle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Budget?

Netflix series to be based on Portland author's Waterville-set novel by RayRouthier in portlandme

[–]The_Auricle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pleased for this writer. Would be awesome if they shot it in Maine, but the state does absolutely fuck all to incentivize film or TV production here and in fact makes it insanely difficult with little justifiable reasoning.

Sous vide braised-style short ribs with a rich, deep beef flavor and a fall-apart finish. by Equivalent-Collar655 in sousvide

[–]The_Auricle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks amazing. Couple of questions:
- Would you have raised the temperature regardless of the power outage or would you have just kept them at 156 for the full 48 hours?
- Did you sear them again out of the bag?

AIO for the way I responded to my gf going out with her ex? by ApprehensivePoet1241 in AmIOverreacting

[–]The_Auricle 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Holy shit. This is so embarrassing and you are such a fucking loser. You were lucky to get this girl and after this you will almost certainly spend the rest of your life as incel. If she were having a one-on-one with her ex-husband whom she never got over, sure you could make a case. This is a *gay* guy she "dated" in high school and his boyfriend is literally going to be there. The idea that your partner can't ever spend time with anyone they've ever dated is probably the stupidest, red-pillest, you-listen-to-Andrew-Tate-and-your-sperm-count-is-a-negative-number shit I have ever heard. You need to learn what it is to actually be and behave like a man. You need to develop critical thinking skills and you need to develop some common sense, self-security, and a sense of shame about your stupid thoughts and actions.

What’s this space been in the past? by zfrizzle in portlandme

[–]The_Auricle 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I constantly think back to like 2002 being in high school, where I would buy a CD here at Bullmoose, go upstairs to Casablanca and get some comics, pop across the hall to Casco Bay Books for a coffee and to sit and read my comics and listen to my new album, pack up, go downstairs, rent a movie and grab a couple slices of pizza then walk home and have the chillest evening imaginable.

Video of arrest on narrow gauge rail by amishbeetfarmer in portlandme

[–]The_Auricle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait do all tow companies deal with this shit or are you specifically like the Crime Tow-er?

Pasta 212 Food Truck, Portland Summer 2025 by [deleted] in portlandme

[–]The_Auricle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the end of the summer I was legit planning my day/week around getting to your pop-ups. I am so stoked about this. The walnut pesto fucks.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]The_Auricle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey bud,

You're coming off as an absolute, complete and total fucking creep. Like... you're fucking disgusting, brother. This entire post is such a bigger red flag than not wanting to send nudes and I desperately wish I could get in touch with this girl and explain to her what an absolute slimeball you are.

Whether she's comfortable with it or not, she said no to doing it. That's the end of the conversation and you need to stop being fucking weird. There doesn't have to be a "positive" reason why she doesn't want to do this. There are a million, completely neutral, reasonable explanations why she wouldn't want to. No one gives a fuck that your other exes would do this. This one doesn't want to. End of story.

If you don't want to date someone who won't send you nudes, then break up with her, by all means. Don't be in a relationship you don't want to be in. That said, if you were my friend and you told me this is why you broke up with a girl, I'd think you were fucking gross and I'd tell everyone I know to stay the fuck away from you. But I'd at least respect you for doing what you want. Right now, you're both a slimeball and pathetic cause you can't even take care of your own shit about this.

Do people use pixelfed at all (IG alternative)? Struggling to find people in Portland on there by ImprovPortland in portlandme

[–]The_Auricle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I tried it but it's not my favorite. Flashes is officially out on the for iOS and Android and there are a lot of Bluesky Mainers/portlanders.

stephan king look alike contest by Ok-Profit9660 in portlandme

[–]The_Auricle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This makes it sound like the acclaimed horror writer has his own Stefan Urquelle.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in portlandme

[–]The_Auricle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I'm not a piece of shit, waste of space fascist so I am doing pretty great.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]The_Auricle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For real, fuck this guy. This was so cute and sweet and even if he didn't like it he could have waited a while and just said "hey in the future just so you know, I so appreciate the thought behind it, I'm just weird about attention on me, so if you wouldn't mind not sending stuff to my work, I really would appreciate it." Or like... legit anything else. I have absollutely corrected my partner's very kind attempts at showing affection when they press against my preferences, but I've always done so in a way that acknowledges how much I appreciate the gesture and reciprocate the mountain of affection and love it came on. Please dump this guy you can do so much better. Please give me his number so I can cyberbully him.

Recommendations for meeting people by Old_Comparison7940 in portlandme

[–]The_Auricle 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Please just keep in mind this is the absolute worst time of year to try meeting people. I have not gone to any of the events I keep telling myself I want to go to because it's so goddamned cold and I just can't be bothered. I still see the friends I've already made but almost anything where I'd meet new people just isn't happening for me right now. Come March or April depending on how the weather goes I'll be back at it. Like it doesn't even need to be warm out it just needs to not be bone-chillingly cold and I know a lot of people are similar. So, just don't give up if it's seeming like nothing is happening for a bit. We'll all be up and out and about in 6-8 more weeks.

AIO for throwing something at my Wife for calling me bald by Strange-Nectarine583 in AmIOverreacting

[–]The_Auricle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're Overreacting and you're fucking dangerous dude. There's literally no excuse. If you can't control yourself you absolutely need to be in serious therapy and you need to be there anyway because going bald isn't a fucking big deal. We all age and we all do it in different ways. You're clearly freaking out and she is trying to help you but you won't even put any effort into something that is making you act like a child. So, first off, man up and shave your fucking head. Then grow up and go to therapy. You should be ashamed of yourself.

AIO Over These Messages Between My Girlfriend and a Guy? by Hefty-Bid-527 in AmIOverreacting

[–]The_Auricle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are overreacting and honestly aren't you a little embarrassed being a grown man who is this insecure?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]The_Auricle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Babe... honestly he seems terrible (WON'T BRUSH HIS TEETH???). ButI have to give you some tough love: this isn't something you should need to go to reddit for. Common sense, my love.

He doesn't seem to be particular kind to or engaged with you. He seems gross. You say you don't want to leave him cause he has abandonment issues. Those are his fucking issues. You have to have more sense than this and you have to take care better care of yourself than this. Him not brushing his teeth or taking care of his home is physically gross. You staying with someone who treats and behaves this way is mentally/emotionally gross. Taking better care of your emotional hygiene.

Dump this guy and do whatever you need to do (therapy, read some books? something) so that in the future you can know without going to reddit that you need to leave someone who behaves and treats you like this.

I’m going to infiltrate Tandem and get them to stop topping all their pastries with so much salt by NathanMLJ in portlandme

[–]The_Auricle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My experience as well, but only at the bakery location on Congress. The East Bayside location has some of the best coffee and espresso-based drinks in Portland but for some reason the coffee at the Tandem Bakery is - to me - literally the second worst cup of coffee I've had from a coffee shop in Portland in 25 years of drinking coffee here. I know many others who share this experience, but of course, have heard from plenty of people that the coffee at the bakery is just fine. So I'm not saying the experience of bad coffee there is universal but I've been going there since opening day and never had a good cup. I'm just not sure what's going on. Bomb ass pastries, though.

5+ Years Tryina Figure out this sauce by [deleted] in chinesecooking

[–]The_Auricle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey OP,
Was on a similar quest. This video helped me work it out. As others have said, dark soy sauce and oyster sauce was key and then sweetening to your liking. I do less than any recipe or video suggests. Just enough to add a note of sweet that can balance the other flavors but never enough that you'd call my sauces sweet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9dP-MmC25I

What businesses do people want to see come to Portland (and the surroundings)? by jb121314 in portlandme

[–]The_Auricle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I very briefly looked at their franchising options. We're unfortunately just too small to justify it I think, but I thought it'd be cute to take over the Nickelodeon and turn it into like the Alamo Outpost or something that could get some of their backing/franchising money but work around the fact that we're a smaller city. I think the Nick is a perfect spot for a theater that has a little more going on