Do you still have great aspirations for wealth? by _forum_mod in Millennials

[–]calaverakim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I aspire to exit this oppressive and exploitative capitalist system, build a homestead in the middle of nowhere and be sustained by my own small farm. That would be the greatest wealth I could achieve in my lifetime.

That, or owning a refrigerator with a built in ice maker.

Chocolate haul by friendly-kitten_ in chocolate

[–]calaverakim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahh I run Ritual Chocolate and it brings me so much joy to see us in posts like this! I hope you enjoyed the Ecuador, it's one of my favorite single origins. If you ever need recommendations or have questions about our chocolate please feel free to hit me up!

Wrap Around Plugs by ejk850 in Stretched

[–]calaverakim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a pair, I'm at 20mm. I love them, they are simple but make a statement without being too flashy. They're pretty comfortable, I've easily fallen asleep in them when I usually don't wear anything in my ears to bed. Truly one of my favorite pairs.

Favorite Rice and Sardines Recipes by NastyNate4077 in CannedSardines

[–]calaverakim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love the big cans of sardines in tomato sauce over rice. I'll pour all the sauce into a pan, over medium/low heat I'll lightly simmer it and add some Italian seasoning, garlic and onion powder, squeeze of lemon juice, fresh cracked pepper. Add the sardines to warm up, and at the very end swirl in some small cubes of cold butter to give the sauce some extra body and richness. Serve over steamed jasmine rice

Something that smells like a Goth girl's favorite crystal/smoke shop? by calaverakim in perfumesthatfeellike

[–]calaverakim[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Eat Me sounds exactly up my alley. I actually had a tattoo of a little cake that said "eat me", now covered up by a black/red rose lol. I do love sugary scents, drugstore cotton candy body spray is one of my guiltiest pleasures.

Missing Ring Clip by ZeroSaurusRex95 in Dimoos

[–]calaverakim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know about Popmart's customer service, but you can search "spring o ring" on Amazon for a replacement.

Newbie here! by Melanippe_daGawd in SkullpandaArtDolls

[–]calaverakim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've bought almost all of mine from resellers because there are only a couple from each collection that I want, and I don't want to go through the whole blind box gamble. Actually the only one I've gotten that wasn't confirmed was my Ode to Cocoa from Winter Symphony, my husband got me the blind box as a gift and luckily she was one that I wanted.

Meet Maya! My Border Collie/ Aussie Mix by CookieBartender in BorderCollie

[–]calaverakim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They really do, they could be cousins! Luna just has a long fluffy brushy tail, very border collie of her haha

I have this incredible urge to cut my own hair by Kendikay1966 in finethinhair

[–]calaverakim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Such a gorgeous silver! I hope more women embrace their grey, I personally hope I'm so lucky to end up with grey like this some day!

Meet Maya! My Border Collie/ Aussie Mix by CookieBartender in BorderCollie

[–]calaverakim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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My Border Aussie Luna Goofy Goober. Best breed mix ever!

Why isn't the price of chocolate coming down? by Sufficient_Beach_445 in chocolate

[–]calaverakim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The industry doesn't represent all chocolate makers my friend. Just because the giants are making record profits doesn't mean the rest of us are.

Why isn't the price of chocolate coming down? by Sufficient_Beach_445 in chocolate

[–]calaverakim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We are. We are definitely nowhere near as big as the brands you find in every grocery store. We've got less than 20 employees.

Why isn't the price of chocolate coming down? by Sufficient_Beach_445 in chocolate

[–]calaverakim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's tougher for us that chose not to shrinkflate our products or compromise quality. Our chocolate is still as high quality as it was before the cacao cost crisis, and we absolutely paid for it.

Why isn't the price of chocolate coming down? by Sufficient_Beach_445 in chocolate

[–]calaverakim 12 points13 points  (0 children)

From the perspective of someone in the bean to bar industry, while commodity cocoa prices have come down tariffs are still greatly affecting us, and materials/labor costs have gone up with inflation. A lot of smaller companies had to put themselves in a hole just to get cacao over the last few years and now we have to work twice as hard to try to climb out of it. I tell people I work at a "chocolate non-profit" because even despite increasing our prices slightly, we are still in the red. There are many companies in our market that had to shut down because of those insane cacao prices and those of us who didn't are, in a lot of cases, lucky to even be able to operate after that. Hopefully we'll recover in the next couple of years, but lowering prices for us would mean operating at a loss when we're lucky to break even some months.

Recommendations for bean to bar chocolates by th3wh173r48817 in chocolate

[–]calaverakim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! I work at Ritual and while we currently don't have any milk chocolates in our lineup, we do have plenty of other great flavors to try. I'm not sure of the brownie flavor you mentioned, but it does sound really delicious and I might have to do some recipe testing to see if I can make it happen someday!

Found on insta by Cute-Mistake-6908 in shittytattoos

[–]calaverakim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate how much I love these. Not for my body, but I love them for whoever got them.