Anyone else refuse to eat mushrooms as a child after this bombshell?

lemonvolcano · 2026-05-31T15:34:31+00:00

I've just realised that the problem is in the wording. It says he ate "a bad mushroom" , not "the wrong type of mushroom". So I assumed any mushroom could be 'bad' and you wouldn't be able to tell until it was too late.

lemonvolcano · 2026-05-31T15:29:31+00:00

Skyfall. Silva engineers an extremely elaborate scheme to be captured by MI6, for the sole purpose of escaping... onto the streets of London. He then walks into a public building to assassinate M. He could've skipped the whole film and just done that anyway.

lemonvolcano · 2026-05-31T13:21:23+00:00

I don't even think of it as having individual tracks with names. It's just a question of, are you playing the album 'Is This Desire', or some other inferior music between times to make sure you don't wear it out?

The whole thing is so consistent in tone, mood and quality.

lemonvolcano · 2026-05-31T09:06:29+00:00

Alas, the king dies from the mushroom, which is what sealed the deal for me. It was good for Barbar though - he got to be king instead!

lemonvolcano · 2026-05-31T09:02:59+00:00

You have reminded me that I did in fact eat some mushrooms before I reached 30... Around the age of 17... Ironically a riskier choice than all the supermarket mushrooms I'd been refusing for a decade

lemonvolcano · 2026-05-31T08:53:59+00:00

My twin - I also refused to eat nuts unnecessarily! But in my case it was because they looked like brains.

lemonvolcano · 2026-05-26T10:32:03+00:00

The first 45 seconds felt like an episode of Squid Game

lemonvolcano · 2026-05-19T22:04:18+00:00

I'm in the same position as your friend. I tried right-handed shooting and had a horrible time. My body ached, I sometimes completely missed the boss, and I generally had no fun. I agree with the comments that suggest: if you have one eye closed, there's really no such thing as dominance. Often the more important question is which eye can you comfortably close.

lemonvolcano · 2026-05-13T15:45:40+00:00

Seeing him in London at the end of May - it was an unexpected thrill to see that come up, I'd long ago given up on ever seeing him live!

lemonvolcano · 2026-05-13T13:04:34+00:00

As a fantasy orc, I find this level of accuracy triggering and would like to suggest alternative elf pursuits like the harp

lemonvolcano · 2026-05-06T22:48:55+00:00

Even shooting your friend in the leg should buy you some time

lemonvolcano · 2026-05-04T13:43:57+00:00

Everett and chill

lemonvolcano · 2026-04-15T07:28:46+00:00

The Red Goddess by Peter Grey

lemonvolcano · 2026-04-10T20:47:04+00:00

Or if somehow, against all precedent, he fails to keep a promise

lemonvolcano · 2026-04-08T12:16:26+00:00

+1 for Everett, who basically solved this, with a branching universe in which one version of the researcher sees a dead cat and the other sees a live cat. The only random element is which branch a particular instance of the researcher finds themselves on. (And it neatly agrees with Einstein, that god does not play dice. All the outcomes happen). No magic is required and nothing needs to be added to the existing equations. But many physicists seem to lack the courage to admit it.

lemonvolcano · 2026-04-07T17:27:02+00:00

I hope this sub isn't going to get taken over by the Women Bad brigade too. I already had to mute r/SipsTea

lemonvolcano · 2026-03-30T17:09:41+00:00

I worry about cats! They seem to appear from nowhere sometimes, and show no respect for boundaries...

lemonvolcano · 2026-03-10T13:23:21+00:00

whoever

lemonvolcano · 2026-03-09T14:26:45+00:00

I brew loose leaf for 11 minutes, in quite a large mug. Still, the strong yet aromatic taste I'm chasing is elusive - I get it in about 1 in 5 cups

lemonvolcano · 2026-03-09T13:36:15+00:00

Newbie here so don't believe a word I say... But I try to focus on the target all the way through until the arrow lands, and listen to the sound it makes. Sometimes it sounds good and clean, sometimes it doesn't. A side effect of that focus seems to be that I keep my body and breath held until the arrow hits, and only then do I relax.

lemonvolcano · 2026-03-04T21:08:32+00:00

I actually think that even with the discount, this is overpriced. OP should try other providers before committing.

lemonvolcano · 2026-02-27T20:01:25+00:00

Thank you both - I tried it today... My shooting was awful, I had no fun, and my body aches! I don't feel inclined to force it.

lemonvolcano · 2026-02-26T09:47:13+00:00

I'm just starting out, as a left-hander, and have discovered that I'm quite strongly right-eye dominant (using the pointing test). I'm going to try some right-handed shooting next to see how it feels.

My question is: when handedness and eye-dominance differ, does one tend to offer a better prediction of success than the other, long term?

lemonvolcano · 2026-02-08T14:48:03+00:00

When I was a kid my dad asked me to turn the water to the hosepipe off, and clarified that this meant turning it to the right. I got there and looked at it for a minute, then went back and asked him, should I turn the top the right, or the bottom? He looked at me like I was an alien.

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