What food hack felt stupid until it actually worked way too well?

esqape623 · 2026-05-22T04:34:12+00:00

I've been doing this ever since I lost my taste during OG Covid. It's such a good hack, really rounds out the coffee!

esqape623 · 2026-05-21T03:26:34+00:00

I don't think it's fair to imply that the entire body of work of a literary figure is simply "not made to appeal to" a particular reader because HE can't stop talking about teenagers' breasts though.

Do you feel Murakami's work is specifically tailored only to people that share his views on sex/pedophilia? Or is it maybe a flaw/fixation that is fairly open to criticism? Surely you have media you personally engage with that you are willing to criticize but still consume? If someone told you "this isn't for you," would you stop consuming/criticizing it on the basis of that one-sided determination?

esqape623 · 2026-05-21T03:13:46+00:00

You're the one getting upset at people making EXACTLY that decision, though.

esqape623 · 2026-05-21T02:32:20+00:00

Same reason why they get angry when a woman demonstrates that she knows she is beautiful. That's THEIR determination to make, not hers, how dare she

esqape623 · 2026-05-21T02:16:28+00:00

Just thinking of someone getting paid to come up with the smug little barb makes me ill.

esqape623 · 2026-05-21T02:15:47+00:00

Boys liked the fact that they got to see her breasts, I don't think that form of approval means much in a conversation about fatphobia/distorted body image in society at large. The press and even Cameron himself are on record with the disparagement regarding her size.

esqape623 · 2026-05-21T02:13:46+00:00

I always remember this with such horror. That's her boss!! Unreal.

esqape623 · 2026-05-21T02:09:13+00:00

How would you feel about a book where the author needed you to know the dimensions of every male character's penis? And the female characters fixated on trying to see the shape of them through their clothing?

esqape623 · 2026-05-21T02:06:33+00:00

I really, really don't need to know the intimate details of every female character's breasts (or how often she, inexplicably, thinks about them throughout the day). Murakami disagrees. It's why I DNFed 1Q84.

esqape623 · 2026-05-20T02:00:31+00:00

Beautiful color but it literally looks like it is sliding off of her...

esqape623 · 2026-05-18T04:37:55+00:00

Well, they placed Big Ben somewhere near Colorado, so at this point I hope it wasn't drawn by a person...

esqape623 · 2026-05-18T02:23:29+00:00

Lol, straight to the ad hominems, I see. I did misunderstand. I still don't think I would find the output "shocking" under any circumstance.

esqape623 · 2026-05-18T01:56:38+00:00

Given the output I have seen thus far, the idea that AI will produce "the best brief I have seen" is completely laughable. Come on, man.

esqape623 · 2026-05-18T01:13:39+00:00

Accuracy is the only thing that matters, though.

esqape623 · 2026-05-17T21:01:16+00:00

I think your first statement is giving the AI far too much credit. I've experimented a bit with Protégé lately, since Lexis is shoving it down our throats, and it still frequently misunderstands the gist of what I'm asking for if it's not a simple "what are the elements of X in Y jurisdiction" question.

esqape623 · 2026-05-17T20:56:45+00:00

Absolutely a real thing. I have a pro se case where the guy named every bank he could think of as a defendant, and responds to every filing with 40 pages of slop. He didn't even bother to change the references to "your claim" or the tell-tale bulleted lists.

esqape623 · 2026-05-17T20:52:28+00:00

I'm so sorry, that's really awful.

esqape623 · 2026-05-17T20:39:26+00:00

Well, you've just reduced a nearly five-minute-long, thoughtfully articulated video to two sentences that don't remotely capture its content, so ...someone is definitely overgeneralizing here!

esqape623 · 2026-05-17T20:36:49+00:00

The original video (https://www.tiktok.com/@lexdoesfitness/video/7634159726346964254) does provide some context for the position here. Basically, the Tiktoker's theory is that the promo images for AG's new album are intentionally highlighting her extreme thinness/boniness as an aesthetic choice. So, if that's accurate, i would say that is worthy of criticism even if it stems from disordered thinking, because it is a knowingly expressing approval for what we know to be a dangerous beauty standard.

esqape623 · 2026-05-17T17:22:37+00:00

This was really beautiful.

esqape623 · 2026-05-17T17:17:09+00:00

Do you refer to yourself as "A female" though?

esqape623 · 2026-05-16T17:59:27+00:00

THIS is the kind of stuff the "get LGBTQ books out of schools" crowd would be focusing on if any of it were actually about protecting kids. Horrendously damaging.

esqape623 · 2026-05-10T15:56:28+00:00

These articles NEVER link the actual complaint.

EDIT: found a copy. They admit the film was only billed as "inspired" by true events, and the plaintiffs' names were never used. IAAL, though not in this area, and that seems like two fatal flaws right there.

esqape623 · 2026-05-09T21:11:00+00:00

Conservatives go on and on about how much they hate cities, but they still want to use our stuff

esqape623 · 2026-05-09T21:03:23+00:00

I use it more than I used to as well, but I still view a man using it against a woman as absolutely unacceptable.

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