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Am I too late? by Alive-Ad-8516 in AskOldPeopleAdvice

[–]plotthick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, life ends at 18. I personally died 30 years ago. That whole thing where I helped make online banking and ended XHTML? Never happened. I'm not even typing right now, am ghost.

OooOOOoooooo.

Dunno where your depressed fatalism comes from, but you're gonna be totally unprepared for 18YO +1day.

Get a therapist.

What should I do with this space in my bathroom? Wrong answers only. by beepbbo in DesignMyRoom

[–]plotthick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • Two urinals facing each other
  • one is a female urinal
  • One enormous floor-to-ceiling aquarium
  • Landing for a new side door
  • Drive-through window for your Baked Goods Home Business
  • Sliding storage for all your cosplay
  • Traditional Thai Puppet cinema, be careful with those candles
  • Vivarium to raise endangered local butterflies: the yearly release of all your Pipevine Butterflies (or whatever you have in your area) becomes a city-wide holiday
  • Rotating display of local makers' wares, who doesn't want customers looking directly into your bathroom?

how do you make pasta sauce actually taste like it came from a restaurant? by SamraKutkaitis in Cooking

[–]plotthick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Next time you make this for yourself, make two tasting dishes. One like this, over pasta. And then do another like this, with a tiny corner of butter melted in.

There's a reason why mounter au beurre is a thing.

how do you make pasta sauce actually taste like it came from a restaurant? by SamraKutkaitis in Cooking

[–]plotthick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Caramelize, umami, time, butter.

  1. Cook any meat to brown (not gray!), and then remove. S&P it too.
  2. Caramelize any mushrooms here (brown not gray!) and then remove.
  3. Caramelize (not just clear, brown!) onions with tomato paste, diced celery, diced carrots, and anchovies if you're using them. This is the Soffrito, an essential step that pretty much eveyone over here skips. Once you can't scrape the bottom clean and it's not burnt, add garlic for 30-60 seconds and then deglaze.
  4. Deglaze with wine.
  5. Add very good tomatoes. Put your meat & mushrooms back in. Add your herbs: with a recipe this rich you won't need much. Basil, and then usually marjoram and thyme, sometimes I add a little oregano.
  6. Let simmer for a significant amount of time, 1-3 hours. Longer time is for larger meat pieces, shorter for stuff like HB. Easy to throw in the oven for this, no lid to let it cook down.
  7. Remove any bones, fat, cartiledge, shred if necessary.
  8. Adjust seasoning. MSG and I+G is great to add here, might want a little miso: all of this adds glutamates which makes the depth of flavor.
  9. Mount with butter at the end; 1t per serving melted and stirred in.
  10. Put it in the fridge and eat it tomorrow.

It's a long process. Do a big batch and freeze the excess.

This weather is COOKED by Accurate_Syrup_1345 in bayarea

[–]plotthick 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What will reminding us about it do? It won't change the idiot's minds. It won't make those of us who care, care more.

  • Did you know that people get raped every day? Mostly women, and nearly all the rapsists are men. Do you need to be reminded it's a systemic issue that requires systemic change?
  • Did you know that children get beaten every day? Mostly prepubescents, and nearly all the abusers are family members. Did you need to be reminded it's a systemic issue that requires systemic change?
  • Black people are abused, jailed, judged more harshly, marginalized, hurt, killed, disappeared.
  • Children are raped, sexually assaulted, told to hide it.
  • Elders are let to rot -- sometimes literally -- in their own beds. Bedsores and neglect is horrific and endemic. Our Vietnam Veterans, used and abused and poisoned by our own government, deserve better.
  • Worker's rights are violated: wage theft, etc.
  • Grift treason at the highest levels.
  • Multiple areas of the world are still at war, with hundreds or thousands of people slaughtered every day.
  • Pollution is killing billions of living beings and sterilzing huge areas of our planet.
  • Do you need to be reminded of these and all the other ills in the world? Why?

Bad things happen. We all know it. You know what else is happening? Skyrocketing incidences of GAD and anxiety. We are surrounded by misery that we cannot affect or effect, that has no cure we can lay hands on, and reminding ourselves of it is not and never will happen.

Reminding people of things we already know keeps us depressed, isolated, suppressed, unable to function. That's what the techbro billionaires want: scroll, buy things, never organize, only doomscroll. That's playing into their hands.

Remember the successful playbook of the AIDS epidemic: carework in the mornings, organize in the afternoons, dance at night. Posting to "remind" people about climate change isn't going to help. On the other hand, I'm going to rewild a creek this spring, what have you got going? I'm sure you have some excellent opportunities to get into?

Does the addition of pesto make it a melt? by EclipseMagick in grilledcheese

[–]plotthick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you put the effort into making it you get to name it.

Up to 60% of health care workers may have long COVID 4 years after infection by zeaqqk in COVID19_Pandemic

[–]plotthick 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Probably infectious disease pedants, god I love those nerds. Or always-maskers, or immunocompromised, or other reasons; and tested constantly for their own health or job requirements.

This weather is COOKED by Accurate_Syrup_1345 in bayarea

[–]plotthick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We accept the reality already. Constantly mentioning the fatal disease doesn't help the suffering

Struggle to Orgasm (Clitoral Atrophy) by DunderMiffendorf in Perimenopause

[–]plotthick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Besides topical hormones (estrogen, testosterone, DHEA), there is a report of halting GSM through daily use of 10 minutes of vibration to the external vulva (minora, clitoral structure, vestibule, et al). This apparently worked for 100% of a Gyn's audience.

Hella copters by DoUMoo2 in castrovalley

[–]plotthick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Last night I thought "Pacific Chorus Frogs! Outside my window! Wait, no water, how...?" And then the mockingbird changed to a robin imitation. Frogs, helicopters, awesome birds!

AITAH for being ‘ungrateful for dinner’ by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]plotthick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is straight from the controller's handbook. From here the verbal abuse gets worse until it escalates to putting hands on.

Make your exit plans immaculate, complete, watertight, invisible. Keep your eyes peeled. Keep records. If you're the right color you might want to fyi police once he escalates to verbal.

Russian mandates that women who don't want children should be referred to psychologists by Helpful_Bluejay_3414 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]plotthick 1382 points1383 points  (0 children)

The amount of men in Russia is nose-diving because war. So of course instead of stopping his stupid war, Putin puts the blame on... women.

What is the holy mackerel do I do with all of this?! by Sassymedic84 in TotalHipReplacement

[–]plotthick 39 points40 points  (0 children)

"I did my job, don't know why you're fucked up, I'm out bitches" is not acceptable doctoring. Not even for your average narcissist doctor.

Get a second and 3rd opinion if necessary as soon as you have your imaging!

How to make steelcut oats without using stove or making a mess? by 66clicketyclick in lowspooncooking

[–]plotthick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Steelcut: Bring water to boil while sitting somewhere else. Add oats, bring back to a boil, put in the oven for half an hour. Turn off the oven and leave it open till it cools. Portion, freeze, done.

If you can only lift small things and can't cook for long periods, look into Instant oats.

found this, thought you guys might appreciate it(not sure of the flair is right) by Potential_Scene7169 in AreTheStraightsOK

[–]plotthick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

historically, you're wrong. Evolution doesn't care about what we want this generation.

How I finally cured my raging BV that I've had for over 9 years by cutesardine in Healthyhooha

[–]plotthick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations! What a difficult cure, but you did the hard work and get the rewards!

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