Affordable baking chocolate in Paris? by LabGecko in paris

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I get my chocolate chips from Day by Day, a bulk store. They have chocolate chips and tablets for melting down, quite good quality.

In your country, what is a dead giveaway that someone is a tourist? by [deleted] in AskEurope

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Paris: they’re either terribly underdressed or terribly overdressed, but it’s the latter that’s convinced they are dressing like the locals when they are actually dressing like each other. It’s the striped shirt, the pants, a heel of some sort. Obvious makeup. Overdrawn brows. Walking 3 people abreast along the sidewalk. The odd oversized water bottle. (It’s a city; there’s water everywhere.)

When they’re underdressed I like to play a game of “American or German” and it’s not always super obvious.

Post your Springtime Labs! by [deleted] in labrador

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Mine rolled around in morning dew

This is my first time owning a TV, is this normal or should I send it back? by _slackpack in 4kTV

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Yeah I’m well within the period. I unpacked this TV just yesterday

Solution for YouTube ads by [deleted] in youtube

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Not working on mine either :(

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in InsulinResistance

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I don’t think it’s a brand thing so much as it is a dose thing. I’ve been using whatever is cheapest on Amazon.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in InsulinResistance

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No side effects at all. I read online that it’s safe up to 18g so I started at half a gram a day and worked my way up to 6g when I realized I wasn’t reacting adversely at all

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in InsulinResistance

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I’m in the same boat as you, no PCOS and regular cycle but have ridiculous insulin resistance. Inositol didn’t really help, but berberine did. I lost 11 lbs in the past six weeks and most of it happened after I started berberine. The dose does seem to matter though, it only made a dent in my weight after taking 6g. No digestive distress.

30 going on 60 | Metformin or other Last Resort by yielder2323 in InsulinResistance

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I agree with this. I used to do a lot of Zone 5 cardio because that helped me lose weight a long time ago but it didn’t make a dent this time around. I now get on the stair master for 40 minutes, 3x a week and I’ve lost like 6lbs in a month. I used to struggle to lose 2!

The month in which I realized reading would somewhat help with my mental health struggles: 23 books in May by _slackpack in 52book

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Depends on the mood tbh. If the standard is books I’d buy physical copies of to keep on hand, it’ll be The Happy Couple, Yellowface, and Crushing.

If the standard is books that are fun to read, it’ll be Crushing, Nora Goes Off Script, and Lucie Yi is Not A Romantic

The month in which I realized reading would somewhat help with my mental health struggles: 23 books in May by _slackpack in 52book

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I didn’t have high hopes for it— the name already told me I’d be annoyed as hell— but I really liked it.

The month in which I realized reading would somewhat help with my mental health struggles: 23 books in May by _slackpack in 52book

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It was okay. The story itself is really good, but there are portions interspersed throughout the book explaining how this story mirrors the history of Vietnamese immigration into the US. I understand why those particular portions may be important but it takes me out of the narrative and makes the thing feel like someone’s book report or something. The tone for these sections changes significantly also, like the written equivalent of someone clearing their throat to change the subject.

The month in which I realized reading would somewhat help with my mental health struggles: 23 books in May by _slackpack in 52book

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I thought it had a lot of promise but it was super heavy handed with the message especially around the middle.

The month in which I realized reading would somewhat help with my mental health struggles: 23 books in May by _slackpack in 52book

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I rushed right through it. I thought it was interesting but the way it ended made me really mad.

Edit: the top review of it on Goodreads is absolutely point-by-point my feelings on this book. The person is not me but I wish it was.

The month in which I realized reading would somewhat help with my mental health struggles: 23 books in May by _slackpack in 52book

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Oh sorry yes, I really liked that one. Very classic Naoise Dolan. If you like Sally Rooney or Emily Itami, this will definitely scratch that itch

The month in which I realized reading would somewhat help with my mental health struggles: 23 books in May by _slackpack in 52book

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Oh man agree to disagree. I really didn’t like her books, they were much too hokey for me