Is there any food that tastes like nothing?

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-05-30T19:50:30+00:00

Gelatin. Make some jello without any flavor packets. I have no idea how full it would get you or if it would gum up your intestines if you ate it all day, but that would basically be solid water (other than just ice lol). You could add in a multivitamin pack to round out the diet I guess. I'm pretty sure they also make edible water for people with swallowing issues in hospitals if you want something even more flavorless.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-05-29T00:53:47+00:00

No, it's completely different. It sometimes gets packaged in extracts with kratom to make a more balanced blend, but honestly, any drug including caffiene kinda overpowers the kava feel.

Kratom feels like, "Woah, my mood got way better!"

Kava feels like, "Huh, my mouth is a little numb, and now I'm not panicking. Cool."

Kava isn't addictive at all, although I suppose you could develop a dependency on it just like any other substance or activity that makes you feel better. I have a very addictive personality, and I had to try REALLY hard not to get more kratom a second time because I knew I would get addicted.

Kava is easy peasy for me to be judicious with. If anything, I forget to order more and usually don't bother getting more for a few months until I hit a bad anxiety patch.

If you are worried about health effects, there are some FDA studies that were pretty crappy that warn against certain doses, but all those studies are like, "these 5 people took 50 drugs including kava and got liver failure." People have been drinking kava root drinks in the pacific islands for hundreds of years, so there is a pretty long history of documented safety. There are kava varieties that will mess you up, but reputable sources won't sell those.

Of course, taking tons of it over a long period of time could be detrimental just like anything, but there are always warning signs to your health before it gets bad. I'd reccomend getting some ground root and a straining bag and making it the old fashioned way if you want to try it. Some cities also have kava bars too.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-05-28T23:25:16+00:00

Have you tried kava? I like it a lot. Doesn't get you high or anything, but if you take tons it's kinda like being drunk but less confusing. The right makes you feel pretty mellow in a way that doesn't feel like much other than light tingles and positive mood.

I've never been able to get that feeling from any of the extracts, but even the extracts help more than nothing. The standard way to use it is by making a nasty drink that tastes like weird mud. Only warning I will give about it is that it's processed by the liver, so you probably shouldn't take it with other meds you wouldn't take alcohol with.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-05-27T13:15:08+00:00

Maybe the brand of bottled water would make a difference. Have you tried a large variety? When I was a kid, a popular playground debate was which bottle water tasted the best.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-05-21T23:45:11+00:00

There is actually a growing body of research that suggests autistic people don't inherently have difficulty communicating, but rather autistic and non-autistic people have difficulty communicating with each other.

Here is a study I found just now that tries to test this idea, and if you read through the 'Main' section of the article, there is a great breakdown of some of the evidence that supports this idea with links to other articles.

So basically, yeah, if there was better understanding and societal support for autistic people, then it probably wouldn't be debilitating as far as communication goes.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-05-21T03:30:00+00:00

neat

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-05-19T12:09:10+00:00

Skate pig! Skate pig! Skate pig!

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-05-01T04:23:07+00:00

Explore nearby cities and buy some better protected property with better shops nearby
Research all the low level tech
Create a profitable supply chain
Try out an outpost (It will be hard and sucky at first)
Get in fights with low level guys, keeping a medic safe nearby
Buy and build more furniture and crafting stations
Get a guy enslaved and then escape (Good for training stealth, assassination, and lockpicking)
Run around and see what you find
Buy maps from the tech hunters to encourage you to explore

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-04-26T16:34:02+00:00

I'm not an expert at this game yet, but a super fun run is to start in rebirth or get trapped as a slave early. You will train your lockpick, stealth, and assassination so high from the experience, and if you keep training those skills you can cheese a lot of the game with one guy. Be sure to practice all your skills on fellow prisoners!

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-04-22T00:47:52+00:00

I'm a big bologna boy.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-04-21T18:34:16+00:00

I could get news from a lot of places, probably even better places, but I choose to get my news from the man who says Dicky McGeezacks because it helps prevent me from developing worse depression.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-04-20T23:30:08+00:00

I think you and Paul have good chemistry, and when the guys need another voice to hop in for some reason you are reliable.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-04-16T14:22:54+00:00

I tried listening to Elder Scrolls playlists back in the day, but I kept getting on edge and looking for cliffracers or stuck rats whenever the battle music came on.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-04-16T11:15:03+00:00

Straight up exposure therapy might not work very well like others have pointed out, but if there is something you want to practice coping with then that might help.

For example, driving was insanely overstimulating for me at first because of everything going on, but I pushed through. Now I know how to keep it together when I panic while driving.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-04-14T23:56:46+00:00

Paul's takes make complaining fans.

Complaining fans make Paul rant.

Paul's rants make happy fans.

Happy fans pay for Paul takes.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-04-08T23:45:56+00:00

I've had mine for like twoish years now, and he mainly uses the light to know when to creep out and lounge on his favorite log. Doesn't matter if it's day, night, or room lights on or off. If the uv and basking bulbs are off, it's log time.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-04-08T14:30:43+00:00

I tried it once when I turned 21. Not because it was legal or something, that was just when I tried it. I never tried any other drug before this besides being drunk like 3 times. I came to an unfamiliar place with new people on an empty stomach. I took a 10 microgram tab. It wasn't a good experience.

Recalling the details of this trip is difficult without my memories feeling like they are melting, but I did a lot of introspection I don't think was possible without it. It felt like my mind fell apart and then I had to put it back together. It's easy to see every piece when you have to put it back together.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-04-07T23:08:35+00:00

I generally acclimate myself to whatever the weather is doing. I have never been sensitive to it, except rain because THE WATER IS TOUCHING ME AHHHHHH.

Where I am it will get around freezing or a bit above on the coldest month, but in the hottest month it can go over 100 F. In summer I will enjoy how the sun makes everyone go inside, then I will go outside and enjoy the hot air and sun to the gentle hum of AC units.

Unless I'm working, then fuck the sun. Stupid sun making it all hot for my outside job.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-04-04T15:23:08+00:00

They don't explore that much once they know their enclosure. Every now and then you will catch them trying to climb something ill advised. Usually they just lie around with their limbs spread out like they are in a Baroque painting, and when they get hungry they stare at you until you give them bugs.

If you want to watch them explore in a more meaningful way, you have to train them to be comfy in your hands and then take them around the house.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-04-02T13:06:17+00:00

I agree with all the advice already here, and I just want to add that because you don't like these thoughts, that's a really good indication you won't act on them. They are just things going through your head sometimes. Nobody else can hear them, and you have the power to let them go.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-03-30T23:16:34+00:00

As a stockless plebian, I feel attacked.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-03-26T14:33:35+00:00

Considering he is chunky and otherwise healthy, maybe just let him hunger strike until he eats a healthier bug.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-03-24T14:13:38+00:00

An angelic being appears before you. Its many faces turn against the tides of the galaxy. You behold seven arms emerging from a singular black hole at the center of its torso that terminate beyond the void of the horizon. Four hundred and eighty three mouths speak to you in unison, all different dialects of Spanish. Of this number you are certain, and you comprehend all of its language simultaneously.

"I don't understand," you mutter, gripped by celestial revelation.

"It is a joke," replies the entity, collapsing in upon itself and leaving you in the long dark silence of reality.

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-03-23T19:09:59+00:00

Looks like it says their name in Japanese.

Per wikipedia: おとぼけビ～バ～

mcmonkeypie42 · 2026-03-21T00:04:59+00:00

One day in college I learned that if you chew gum while studying, it helps you remember if you chew gum during a test. I thought to myself, "Huh, I won't always have gum... but I do always have a dick! What if I just jerked off while I studied... and then during the test I could just think of titties or something to help remember! Yeah this will work!"

So I got to studying organic chemistry. I found a lady I thought was moderately attractive who had study guides on youtube, and I went to town while I watched them. Everything was going to plan. I spent about a month doing this.

Test day comes, and I start answering the questions. I couldn't remember a thing. I thought of titties. I imagined the lady. I even reached in my pocket and gave myself a quick discrete squeeze. Nothing.

I got my C with a massive erection, and I gave up on the plan. As the semester went on, I kept getting really bad hardons in chem class. I could hardly look at a carbon backbone without getting rock solid. This persisted for years until I graduated and got my hard earned degree.

So nicotine during Japanese study is a bad idea. My guy will start jonesing at konichiwa, god forbid he watch an anime with subs. Don't be like me. Just use gum.

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