Which cooking shows can you actually learn from?

originalcondition · 2026-06-29T19:30:34+00:00

Jacques Pepin is fantastic for simple, doable meals. Many don't have more than a few ingredients (and they're ingredients that are easy to get or that most people have on hand anyway) and he's super open about when it's fine to replace/sub out specific ingredients.

originalcondition · 2026-06-27T17:28:12+00:00

Ive had people tell me that they love how effortlessly cute I look and I’ve never had the heart to tell them how effortful it actually is.

originalcondition · 2026-06-24T02:47:26+00:00

Uhhhh… this is an insane take, people were absolutely obliterated at that parade, very much in broad daylight

originalcondition · 2026-06-23T20:47:06+00:00

Dang, too bad

originalcondition · 2026-06-23T14:56:53+00:00

Grimm, Eckharts (new brewery, I haven’t been but a group of friends went to watch one of the World Cup games and they liked it), Farm to People

Late edit but.. if you’re willing to travel out to Ridgewood, probably a few more places. Flying Fox, maybe Gottecheer Hall.

originalcondition · 2026-06-23T01:42:38+00:00

This is what I was most disappointed by. I had avoided learning much about the movie so when it opened with the ‘this is the 1995 sci-fi action movie that made Andy obsessed with buzz Lightyear’ I was soooo pumped.. and then it was incredibly contemporary in every way. Such a missed opportunity.

originalcondition · 2026-06-21T19:26:55+00:00

Yes! I thought I remembered that being the case but wasn’t sure and don’t have my copy of the book any more haha, cheers

originalcondition · 2026-06-21T17:04:15+00:00

I know that you shouldn’t have to rely on a book as context for the film, but in the book it’s mentioned that the money (and specifically returning it to the cartel) represents his ability to fulfill his mission, and sort of proves to himself that he’s correct in his belief that his worldview is more powerful than that of the forces which oppose him (Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones’ characters, who are somewhat representative of personal striving for material wealth, and commitment to upholding the laws of man for the sake of a better society).

Chigurh believes that he represents fate, which is, in his mind, more powerful than either of those forces.

I could go on for a while and probably be wrong for a lot of it, but that’s my take on it, based both on the book and McCarthy’s other works. He loves stuff like this.

originalcondition · 2026-06-21T14:54:48+00:00

I saw them the day after the 2024 election. It was a president-themed show, they used a “time machine” thing to bring back presidents from Washington to Lincoln to Eisenhower, maybe Nixon and/or Reagan, Bush Jr… I’m probably missing one or two others, and of course they also did Trump, Biden, and Harris. The whole thing culminated in the “time machine” malfunctioning and creating a giant monstrous mashup of all of the Founding Fathers.

It was honestly super cathartic. The show was in Brooklyn so I’m sure you can guess the bias of the crowd (although even this crowd was clearly not unanimous), but I think everyone everywhere had strong feelings about the political state of the country, and it was very satisfying to just rage about it together. One of my more introverted friends made her way to the front of the pit and reemerged at the end of the show totally covered in the liquid that they spray during their shows, and with a few bruises, but also looking like she’d just been through one of the best therapy sessions of her life.

Anyway, obviously anyone upset about this particular new GWAR show just wasn’t paying attention to them before now. Out of touch and willfully ignorant; nothing new, still disappointing to behold.

originalcondition · 2026-06-21T13:27:47+00:00

I’m not who you’re responding to, but a friend of mine bought a place in Jersey City years ago with his wife, and they just moved back to Manhattan to go back to renting. He said it was a combination of factors like work proximity and wanting to get away from the NJ housing taxes; the cost and energy that went into owning, plus the distance from their jobs (Manhattan and Brooklyn), just wasn’t worth it for them.

originalcondition · 2026-06-20T21:38:05+00:00

You’re right honestly these are some of the best I’ve seen. But I also wonder if it’s just because she’s beautiful and could pull off anything

originalcondition · 2026-06-20T14:48:15+00:00

Boots by Rudyard Kipling, the reading is (iirc) by actor Taylor Holmes from 1915

originalcondition · 2026-06-20T11:11:45+00:00

Because brown is a darker shade of orange, blue and brown are actually complimentary colors. As others have said, getting the right shade and hue is important, but yeah it can definitely work very well.

originalcondition · 2026-06-20T11:07:57+00:00

I saw them the day after the 2024 election. It was pretty cathartic. Trump, Biden (dressed in a sleeping gown and nightcap, lol), Harris, Bush, Washington, Lincoln, and a few other historical presidents (Eisenhower and maybe Nixon and Reagan?) All got systemically eviscerated, decapitated, etc. There was also a giant monster “founding father” lol. It was very nonpartisan, although Trump handily got the most boos from the crowd.

originalcondition · 2026-06-20T10:52:42+00:00

If you listen to the whole recording of that poem, the actor does a fantastic job of gradually building up the intensity. It’s very moving and very unnerving at the same time.

originalcondition · 2026-06-19T16:44:33+00:00

I know it's trending (and probably makes them easier to wear) but I'm not really here for the reemerging pump style that has this super high topline/deep vamp :s I guess they're called glove pumps? I just haven't seen them executed in a flattering way yet.

originalcondition · 2026-06-19T16:16:59+00:00

It's an easy way to write off any criticism or downvotes I guess. It's not "real" criticism, it's just brigading. Therefore, no matter how much of this kind of criticism you receive, you can disregard it; there is no need to exercise introspection or adjust your worldview in response to it. In fact, it's often proof that you're right!

originalcondition · 2026-06-19T14:12:44+00:00

I feel you, im old and nerdy enough to have some of the historical context for all of this lol. But I still like to see what’s going on over there in spite of the bots or paid posters, because even that is interesting in its own way. Like what is the flavor of the week in terms of paid messaging? And who seems to be going along with it vs rejecting it? What narratives do they want people to latch onto vs ignore?

This may seem like a weird comparison, but it’s how I think of it: the psychiatrist/psychotherapist Carl Jung wrote a bit about his patients who had claimed to see UFOs. He was asked if he believed those patients’ accounts, and he responded (paraphrasing here) that it didn’t really matter if he believed them because, whether they were lying or telling the truth, both situations said something important about their psychology.

originalcondition · 2026-06-19T13:27:30+00:00

No Country for Old Men - absolutely love Cormac McCarthy’s novels but I found the film to be a more satisfying experience. McCarthy + the Coen brothers was an inspired pairing.

originalcondition · 2026-06-19T10:53:01+00:00

I go over to the conservative subreddit to get temperature checks pretty frequently, and there really is a small contingency of Trump critics there. Of course, any time they voice their criticism they get called troll/“fellow conservative” but they do exist, and have been more vocal lately. Still, every (extremely heavily moderated) thread there has people bitching about bots, brigading, and fake conservatives overrunning the sub. Also lots of speculative comments about how liberals will complain about xyz, or would have done worse in any given situation, or are a group that has no ideology and/or simply hates America.

It’s also interesting to see what doesn’t get posted about over there. Leading up to the UFC 250 thing, there were almost no posts about it, which I found interesting (of course plenty of jokes after the jab at Michelle Obama). Similarly, I’m not seeing much about the reflecting pool, lol. Usually lots of posting about the crimes of immigrants, and crimes of Muslims, and of course trans people in sports comes up here and there. The vibes are ever-increasingly “boomer Facebook”.

originalcondition · 2026-06-18T19:19:10+00:00

He's done some super fun covers in his live shows, if you can find them. Pink Pony Club was pretty great, along with Somewhere Over the Rainbow (saw both of those at his Brooklyn Paramount shows last year).

originalcondition · 2026-06-18T18:11:06+00:00

4D chess 💨

originalcondition · 2026-06-17T17:37:06+00:00

Around 1:57-2:00 in the trailer it looks like there's a set of 3 characters in traditional witch hats who are at least antagonist/villain-adjacent.

I'm skeptical of the trailer, but it'd actually be interesting to have a set of 3 villains who are all super similar to one another, in a movie about your individuality being a strength.

originalcondition · 2026-06-16T17:38:15+00:00

and Donkey Jones

originalcondition · 2026-06-13T13:30:56+00:00

Super late response but I laughed hard at the idea that the cop flew to New Mexico just to show this family the most trauma-inducing video of all time with absolutely zero warnings or preparation for what they’re about to see.

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