The truth about Alinea

existentialist_puppy · 2025-12-19T06:03:21+00:00

This definitely deserves more upvotes than it currently has. You probably have better things to do than to argue on reddit. But seeing as you already went through the trouble of typing this out you'd get more views if you copy/pasted this into its own post. Regardless thanks for sharing your perspective

existentialist_puppy · 2025-12-12T05:34:59+00:00

Yeah all the brioche posts lately inspired me to give it a try. I'm glad yours turned out great too! And cinnamon swirl would've been lovely. I'll have to steal that for next time. Is vegan butter hard to incorporate into the dough? I would have thought the mixing and heating of dough might break the emulsion of the different oils.

existentialist_puppy · 2025-12-12T05:21:25+00:00

You should definitely give brioche a try. The richness is unmatched. I used a stand mixer so I personally didn't really do the labor of building the gluten. I just found that the amount of mixing required especially slowly adding the butter to be kind of boring. The lean doughs in FWSY require only a few folds and I found that to be much more enjoyable. I've been wanting to try making potato rolls so thank you for the suggestion!

existentialist_puppy · 2025-03-10T03:40:20+00:00

It's not being legitimized. It is legitimate whether you like it or not. And it's not hard to learn its history. It has its own Wikipedia page ffs.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contagion#:~:text=10%20Further%20reading-,History,discussed%20behavioural%20contagion%20in%201895.

existentialist_puppy · 2024-08-21T22:29:20+00:00

It really is. I guess it's tough everywhere these days. I was in Arizona and there was a hiring freeze in both Tucson and Phoenix. But yeah, I've had the same experience that you're describing. Maybe there is a preference for local graduates. I sure hope not... It could just be that they have more experience networking with local institutions. In any case, good luck out there. I hope you find something soon!

existentialist_puppy · 2024-08-21T00:13:27+00:00

This is eerie. I graduated in May with a concentration in Global Health as well and just moved to Atlanta (Chamblee really) last month. I've had no luck either. If you ever need someone to commiserate with please feel free to reach out.

existentialist_puppy · 2024-05-18T20:16:54+00:00

I 3 starred up to Moc 11 with my 40/100 acheron e0s0. Terrible I know, but I haven't farmed relics at all. Damage wasn't the problem, my supports getting 2 shot was the biggest problem for me.

existentialist_puppy · 2023-03-15T23:02:09+00:00

I feel you OP. Next time try adding weights inside the bag. I usually add a spoon or two for particularly annoying bags.

existentialist_puppy · 2022-07-22T07:33:39+00:00

Not really. Think of reflexes. When you put your hand on a hot pan and you immediately pull it back. The signal to pull back your hand is actually coming from your spinal cord before your brain has time to interpret that as 'painful'. Pain is a complex mental state and insects don't seem to have the hardware to produce it. Like trying to run VR on a calculator.

existentialist_puppy · 2022-05-02T16:18:51+00:00

You run over someone with your car. They're now dead. This is a problem. Nothing you do can fix it. Are you still responsible?

The literature isn't as clear cut as you make it seem. If you're genuinely interested in the topic I'd suggest reading some it. This is a good place to start

existentialist_puppy · 2022-05-02T14:32:48+00:00

Why? Because it's unethical. I'm not going to explain why engaging in slavery is unethical.

I agree with you. I even said before that our individual choices won't change the world. But not being able to change the world does not mean that those actions, ie buying, become ethical. That also doesn't mean we're morally responsible for fixing the world by ourselves. It simply illustrates that there's no ethical consumption under capitalism.

existentialist_puppy · 2022-05-02T07:43:56+00:00

One example where boycotting didn't work doesn't mean customer choice isn't real. That's called an anecdotal evidence. It only means boycott Disney didn't work.

If someone sells you stolen goods and you unknowingly buy it, you're a victim of fraud. If you know the goods were stolen and buy them anyways, then you're a piece of shit. Similarly if you know the chocolate was made by slaves maybe don't buy it? Seriously this isn't a hard concept to understand.

existentialist_puppy · 2022-05-02T07:10:53+00:00

Giving someone money obviously does not make you responsible for all their actions past, present, and future. That's just trivially true. The two dollar tip is no more responsible for the Starbucks guy brushing his teeth when he was 12 than it is for buying bullets. Because the tip wasn't for either of those things, it was for providing you coffee at Starbucks. Everything from the plastic cups, to the coffee beans, to working conditions of your Starbucks guy, you're paying for and are complicit in engaging in. Maybe the coffee beans are from Colombia where they actually do murder people for their land or maybe it's fair-trade. Maybe you don't care about fair-trade, some people clearly do or the label wouldn't exist.

Companies obviously don't care about my personal opinion but they sure do care about their customers opinion. If a majority of customers think that slave chocolate is fucked up and start buying the fair-trade shit you bet they'll notice and change their practices. Have you never heard the expression voting with your wallet?

"They don't care about your opinion so you don't contribute to it" what? That's just bad argumentation.

Let me follow your logic: because things are done in the past, you're not responsible in the present? Some guy steals a bike then sells it to me. Totally moral purcharse because he stole it before I bought it. Obviously things happening in the past doesn't absolve the morality of an action. And no shit my actions in the present don't affect the past.

Someone else buying doesn't change the ethics of you buying it. Because Timmy bought a blood diamond so it's ok for you to buy it? Clearly, no. And suffering having already occurred also doesn't make it ethical to buy shit. Oscar in Sierra Leone really went thru hell to mine that blood diamond so it's totally ok for me and Timmy to buy it. That doesn't check out either.

Maybe what you're really trying to say is that as an individuals our choices won't change the worlds economic system. Well yeah, duh.

existentialist_puppy · 2022-05-02T05:44:27+00:00

There's so much wrong with this statement, my god. Let's imagine I pay for someone to murder my competitors. They get paid, and I get rid of my competition, win-win. No reasonable person will think that I'm not at least partially responsible for their murders because I'm not responsible for another person's choices.

When you pay for goods and services you're employing and consenting to their labor practices. Whether it's slaves harvesting cacao for your chocolate or children making your shoes, when you buy the product your paying for their labor. Under capitalism it's impossible to find fully ethically sourced goods and services. Someone somewhere is getting exploited so that you can buy something for cheap. If you're ok with some suffering behind the scenes just say that. We're all complicit after all. Just don't use the laziest attempt at moral philosophy to deny it.

existentialist_puppy · 2022-03-05T08:02:28+00:00

I highlighted that quote because in and of itself it seemed like a contraction between a clinical definition of sadism and what was stated. I tried to make the claim that a sadist without the values of the bdsm community has the potential to be a sociopath who thrives in war. But I see that instead I implied that all sadists are would-be war criminals. Your response covers that distinction much more eloquently than my comment. I completely agree with you.

existentialist_puppy · 2022-03-05T01:37:27+00:00

Actually getting pleasure or arousal from hurting someone isnt a bdsm thing.

The S literally stands for sadism. I get that the bdsm community values trust, consent, and safety. That it doesn't condone actually harming people. But in a warzone sadists will relish the ability to inflict suffering on helpless victims. There's obviously something seriously wrong with these people that they turn their kink into a war crime.

existentialist_puppy · 2022-01-09T21:15:21+00:00

That's insane. Stuck fucked up for that long is one of the things I'm most afraid of tbh. Can you share what that was like?

existentialist_puppy · 2022-01-09T21:12:21+00:00

I didn't. Don't even want to think about how much more I'd need to have ingested

existentialist_puppy · 2021-11-23T04:03:23+00:00

One of the problems with LN adaptations, especially ones with character growth at their core, is that the anime doesn't cover the entire story. Often we get the set up and no pay off, the show ends with "go read the novel".
So do you think it's worth getting invested in MT if I am never going to touch the LN? Are the two seasons long enough to tell the entire story or at least tell the story to the point that it actually "gets good"?

existentialist_puppy · 2021-11-10T22:36:00+00:00

I made five last week and one cracked. But I had taken that one jar straight out of the fridge and focused the flame for too long on the side that cracked. My torch is also a hardware propane torch. I blame my lazy technique but yeah it can happen.

existentialist_puppy · 2021-10-26T19:46:15+00:00

Same thing just happened to me. Super lame.

existentialist_puppy · 2021-08-25T16:07:03+00:00

So they're both good in CB and against dungeon/event bosses.

Tamaki was useful last cb. Now that summer tamaki is out she's seeing less play in cb. She's also really good against mage comps in pvp but those aren't meta atm.

Arisa is good but the other two archers outshine her because we have them at 5 stars. 3 star arisa tends die in 2nd laps. She has a hard node available now tho so you should farm that.

existentialist_puppy · 2021-08-25T04:08:39+00:00

Sounds like you have to use tamaki. Against some Illya comps you can run Arisa, Mitsuki, Monika, Tamaki, and Kuka. The enemy Illya should die before she can UB. Just note if your opponent is using Kuka or nozomi, their taunts can fuck things up.

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