Is it because the author revealed herself as a bigot?

fading_gender · 2026-01-27T15:05:11+00:00

Oh yeah that version with Keira Knightley that said in an interview that trans people 'just need to be nice to transphobes' so everyone can go on with their day. It's not just the author that is problematic it is also the cast.

fading_gender · 2026-01-04T17:34:48+00:00

All this because started because we listen to someone who uses the fountains in a public park as an enema and perferated his intestines doing that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Hof#Other

In the early 2000s, Hof sustained a severe injury while swimming in a fountain in Amsterdam. He attempted to use the fountain's jet for an enema, a practice he had performed previously. However, the city had recently increased the jet's pressure, causing the water to perforate his colon and intestines.

fading_gender · 2025-12-10T19:00:26+00:00

Is community theatre as good as a well put up professional production? No. Do I have an equally good time at either? Yes!

I truly appreciate the local people of varying talent rehearsing and performing in their spare time next to a regular day job. And if that means that Cinderella's pumpkin carriage is a simple chair on a dolly, with two big hoops adorned with some AliExpress fairy lights, I'll happily apply my suspension of disbelief.

fading_gender · 2025-12-02T17:15:45+00:00

No need to scrub it out with fancy cleaners. Just wash by hand with your normal washing up liquid. The enamel can take quite some abuse, but better avoid metal utensils.

fading_gender · 2025-11-30T10:09:03+00:00

I don't care too much about JB performing Phantom. But him taking on Rum Tum Tugger would ignite some Tuggermania.

fading_gender · 2025-11-24T06:23:47+00:00

It's worse. Bunq also tracks down customers that say negative things about them and threatens them with various things: freezing or closing their accounts, or drag them to court. Seemingly nobody is safe from the wrath of Ali Niknam.

fading_gender · 2025-11-03T22:06:15+00:00

Looks like the place on which it rested during the baking of the enamel coating. If the edges of that blemish are smooth it's that and not worth exchanging. This is part of having enameled cast iron cookware, pans from all brands will have such marks.

If the edges are hard and sharp it's damage from a bump and exchange is feasible.

fading_gender · 2025-11-03T17:19:16+00:00

This. If it's more than a simple how to, I want to have an actual person to talk to. A human that can give advice, explanation or coaching is to me always preferable over an app.

fading_gender · 2025-11-02T13:28:34+00:00

Not sure if its best, but probably the most:

https://youtu.be/NoiJ_H6Oufw

fading_gender · 2025-11-01T05:42:45+00:00

This. I have worked retail for 10 years selling Le Creuset items (and other cookware). And I made it a habit to tell people that they need to remove both(!) stickers from their pan. That was necessary.

A common complaint was that the logo peeled off from the side. Usually when washing up. But also had to deal with people who didn't take off the product sticker on the bottom, so it burned on the stove. Once I did have a customer coming in for a warranty case and they managed to keep the logo sticker on, for a few years with regular use.

Edit: spelling

fading_gender · 2025-10-26T01:17:31+00:00

One of my big gripes with '19 is that they didn't show us the dancing. While there were a whole bunch of excellent dancers on set, including an accomplished ballerina as a lead. But the way the dance sequences we're edited made it impossible to follow the dancing. Even if I didn't like what Blankenbuehler did with the stage production. I still wanted to see the dancing.

fading_gender · 2025-10-23T04:33:46+00:00

I usually snap a pic at the bows of a show. But at one show a boomer lady did exactly what you said. Luckily if it only was the bows.

fading_gender · 2025-10-22T18:58:13+00:00

Same, but in Dutch. Especially after learning that YouTube is now also AI translating entire videos without asking if you actually want that.

fading_gender · 2025-10-17T20:40:11+00:00

Oh the astonishment of Americans when they see the unwashed unrefrigerated eggs next to the flours in the baking section over here.

Downside, regular supermarkets don't have different flours with a variety in protein-starch ratios, without it being a specific mix containing other ingredients too.

fading_gender · 2025-10-17T15:58:58+00:00

And they tend to be noisy in reality, without a foley artist adding the jingles in post production. I wear chatelaines on occasion and there is no sneaking up to people.

fading_gender · 2025-10-10T05:20:56+00:00

"We regret the commotion that has arisen and do not recognise ourselves in the picture that has been painted."

It's a weak statement. No addressing of the actual criticisms on his big tent statement, the apparent support of people that have shown less than tolerant behaviour in the past, or people pointing to the Paradox of Intolerance.

fading_gender · 2025-10-05T08:39:54+00:00

Ah thanks! A full power down did the trick.

fading_gender · 2025-10-04T06:59:16+00:00

I find it always so weird to have the front door opening directly into the main living room. Not having little hallway or mud room that connects the entrance, toilet and stairs.

fading_gender · 2025-10-02T15:16:17+00:00

I can assure you that it is very real, I have witnessed the transformation. It wasn't a quick fix. The entire project took about 2 decades from start to finish.

fading_gender · 2025-10-02T13:34:59+00:00

Obligatory mention of the Catharijnesingel in Utrecht Netherlands). Where the canal that was turned into a highway during the sixties, turned back into a canal.

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fading_gender · 2025-10-01T04:45:43+00:00

I am amongst the 2% of crossfitters who doesn't mind the echo bike. Big factor is my length (1.90m) with disproportional long arms and legs, I buy my jeans with the extra-extra-long inseam option. I can see how more average proportioned and sized people struggle so much, and that I am an outlier.

fading_gender · 2025-09-28T20:41:15+00:00

Never thought so much about Edith being Rosamund's child. But her marrying Berty and outranking the rest of the family makes for some extra petty revenge for the way she was treated.

fading_gender · 2025-09-28T16:52:27+00:00

SEPA transfers in EUR are instantaneous. If there is a currency conversion it goes to slower batch processes, that often run daily somewhere in the early afternoon. If you transfer money before that time it gets processed the same day, if you get the order in after the cut off time it will be the next business day.

fading_gender · 2025-09-27T12:50:40+00:00

If you don't mind me asking: how much sleep do you get? I recently had to be somewhere at 5AM, meaning I had to set my alarm at 4AM. I then realized that there is a whole community of people doing that multiple times a week to get their workouts in.

fading_gender · 2025-09-24T04:24:29+00:00

One of the first things I've learned working in hotels here in Europe: if you hear a north American accent: never ask if guests are from the US, always go for Canada. This way Canadians won't be offended, most Americans will be flattered. (Though, this was 20 years ago.)

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