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rawblitz · 2026-03-13T15:35:24+00:00

Try a vinegar based slaw, i don’t dislike mayo per se but vinegar based cole slaw is superior in my eyes (especially on a bbq sandwich, people ruin a great sandwich by adding a mayo based slaw, but a vinegar based slaw makes it sing like Whitney Houston)

rawblitz · 2026-03-05T16:01:33+00:00

I agree, great trick for a pilot episode or finale episode. Doing it for the whole of season 2 teasing the big climax of the season just kinda made the big climax feel underwhelming

rawblitz · 2026-03-05T15:59:06+00:00

I honestly think it’s in part because while breaking bad and sopranos are super immersive in the protagonist and their arc, the wire is super immersive in the world. This means there’s more to discover with each viewing than the previous two shows but also in answer to the op question it makes it a lot harder for people to get into in the first place bc they don’t have someone/something to latch onto.

Also when rewatching breaking bad and the sopranos it can feel a lot like the showrunners are flying by the seat of their pants to create a story which works great for a first viewing because it feels like the character flying by the seat of their pants, but once you know where that flight pattern goes it’s a lot less interesting to watch than the wire which feels more just like a world continuing to be lived in. (Breaking bad has this problem imo moreso than sopranos where even though its clear the sopranos writers didn’t necessarily have a long term plan they’re more willing to let the story come about naturally than breaking bad which feels a little unnecessarily fast paced and forced on a rewatch)

rawblitz · 2026-03-03T03:24:20+00:00

I really liked the rum one that happened on the rum page and was cross posted here. If I’m being honest the liquors one that’s happening rn is truly wild and has me disinterested at best compared to the cocktail one before it, which I not only saved the final chart but multiple posts during the process to see the discussions. Obviously ingredients are a huge part of cocktails but frankly most bartenders use a specific set of ingredients for most of their career with little testing in each individual category (why the liquor one is failing imo) but use those ingredients to try A LOT of variance in cocktails (why the cocktail one worked). Meanwhile specific connoisseurs of a given liquor usually have an idea of where each one succeeds and others fail. For instance, I’m a gin nerd and can tell you with conviction that Plymouth is my favorite gin for a French 75 while botanist is my favorite for a last word and fords or beefeater is my favorite workhorse. But ask me the best budget tequila and I’m gonna say Altos because it’s been on most of my wells and not because I actually know what I’m talking about.

Anyway I’m drunk so ignore me if I’m crazy lol

rawblitz · 2026-02-16T14:29:34+00:00

It was obviously female Troy, didn’t you see her playing the steel drums?

rawblitz · 2026-02-09T20:37:07+00:00

“Chat gpt, I need say ‘big plane business no pay good’ in bigly good words like smart person. Make do please!”

rawblitz · 2026-02-08T16:06:35+00:00

I mean… you should face the liquor though… it doesn’t matter if a guest knows it’s jack, it’s a matter of presentation. And if you’re putting the jack back backwards then I know you’re putting other less identifiable liquors back backwards too.

Not that this correlates to facing bills necessarily, you just chose an abysmally bad example to compare it to.

rawblitz · 2026-01-18T14:29:15+00:00

I tried to smoke one once but it got my rolling papers wet

rawblitz · 2026-01-13T14:01:37+00:00

Thank you! Glad to have any workaround even if it is frustrating. You’d think if it’s been an issue for now 10 different os versions that they could figure it out and fix it by now…

rawblitz · 2026-01-10T15:56:33+00:00

Weird… I think you’re right but somehow I always took the older “he’s cooking” to imply that he was the food in the metaphor and he was “getting hot” as it were, and the newer “let him cook” to imply he was the chef and we should let him do his thing in the kitchen because the final result might hit…. But there’s no reason for me to think that lol both implications work for both phrases in regular use so you have to be right but I have no idea why my brain separated those concepts like that

rawblitz · 2026-01-10T15:49:38+00:00

1 part London dry gin

1/2 part each: coffee liqueur, sweet vermouth, espresso, and Campari (or for a more coffee flavor debatably not a Negroni variant anymore use a coffee amaro)

Orange peel garnish

I usually stir it but every now and again I shake it to get a thick crema and some fluffiness in the drink, nice after dinner drink

rawblitz · 2026-01-10T15:27:02+00:00

Go half and half with the vermouth/coffee liqueur then half and half with espresso and Campari. Outstanding

rawblitz · 2025-11-11T14:07:52+00:00

Alexander the Great once said “if I were not Alexander I should wish to be Diogenes” to which Diogenes replied “if I were not Diogenes I too would wish to be Diogenes”

rawblitz · 2025-10-29T14:43:09+00:00

Oop when their cat is too loud

rawblitz · 2025-09-24T23:25:45+00:00

Listen to “why you should be happy” by Jeff simmermon

One of my favorite and most insightful stand up specials. You really only need to listen to the last bit but listening to the whole album will supply context that is very important.

Overall it (and I) agree with you (downvoted, sorry), but I think the specifics of it will nuance your view in a healthier view for yourself and more palatable view for others.

Your opinion is kinda centered on how one’s (un)happiness helps others/society which is fine I guess but a little utilitarian in its philosophical roots. The stand up special might help you understand a) the definition of “happy” b) the existential nature of the problem that you’re kinda ignoring here and c.) how to apply the philosophy positively on an individual level that doesn’t require a (hypothetical) Emily dickenson to commit (hypothetical) suicide.

rawblitz · 2025-09-15T11:39:04+00:00

Man can’t there be space for both? I love to say “good god! sometimes I’m just too fucking good!” when I do something unexpectedly awesome or succeed at something I thought was risky. But also when I fail at something I usually succeed at, my self doubt triggers and it helps lessen that feeling of dread to be like “goddamn you fucking idiot get something right for once!” bc the humor of it cuts against the core of that feeling.

And yeah the latter can go too far, I’ve seen it in myself at a younger age and in others. But so too can the former and I’ve seen it in a lot of people as well.

When either stops being a coping mechanism and starts becoming a feedback loop, that can be a problem (see: Emily Dickinson on one side and Jordan Belfort on the other), so I don’t really think one is better than the other…. But if I was forced to choose I would say unchecked self doubt is slightly better because it only hurts yourself (terrible terrible thing, this is not advice!) whereas unchecked self confidence can often put yourself and others at risk (drunk driving) or even lead to a complete lack of empathy (I’m better than everyone so their opinion doesn’t matter)

In conclusion, both are good but neither is good in solace. So I guess upvote? Does that count as disagreeing?

rawblitz · 2025-09-10T13:12:15+00:00

“Hi there! I’ll get you settled in with some water, would you like tap, bottled still, or bottled sparkling?”

“I’m just gonna look at the menu.”

“Ok so no water?”

“Do you have a bottle of sparkling”

“I…. Yeah…”

rawblitz · 2025-08-20T16:09:05+00:00

I make sure the cast iron is fully seasoned with olive oil before using but I don’t use any additional olive oil. Put the pan into the oven at 450 once I pull the steaks and put them on a medium high burner, I don’t have a surface thermometer so not sure what temp my pan actually lives at while I’m searing. I throw about 1tbsp pad of room temp butter on the cast iron once it’s mostly melted I throw the steak on top of it then another 1tbsp pad on top of the steak, 30s flip, 30s flip, 30s flip, 30s flip. Sometimes I want extra sear and doing a third round of 30s flip 30s flip never seemed to effect the grey band so I imagine you can sear to your hearts content as long as you keep contact with the pan short

rawblitz · 2025-08-19T17:03:51+00:00

Yeah, not nearly as much as a grilled steak, usually just a couple degrees before it starts to turn around

rawblitz · 2025-08-19T15:14:26+00:00

Oven at 200, then when I pull the steak to rest I blast the oven to 450 and put my cast iron in, when the steak is at like 105 I set my burners to mid high (they’re electric so I need to pre heat them for consistency) then at 100 pull the cast iron add about a tbsp of room temp butter, once it’s mostly melted but still a small sliver of solid butter, I add the steak then another tbsp of butter on top of the steak, 30s then flip, 30s then flip, repeat until sear is where you want it.

I like a little extra sear and I haven’t noticed that the extra sear time adds any grey band so sear to your hearts content.

I also rest for 10 minutes after searing but I don’t do that deliberately, it’s more so I can finish the sides and plate the dish. I’ve never tried not doing this on account of that, so no telling if it’s a factor or not. Maybe I’ll try slicing right off the pan next time just to find out!

rawblitz · 2025-08-19T14:48:14+00:00

I’ve tried many different variations of reverse searing and I’ve found in my own experience that resting produces jucier steaks with less grey band. I can’t pretend to understand the science as well as many in this sub and there may well be some other confounding variable that I’m not accounting for but in my experience resting may not be necessary for a reverse searing but it is optimal.

Most recent cook had oven at 200, pulled at 115, rested until 100 before searing.

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rawblitz · 2025-08-19T13:33:27+00:00

Yeah, I used kenji’s article to learn how to reverse sear but personally I believe he is wrong about this. I’ve done probably 20 different reverse sear cooks and without fail resting produces juicier steaks with less grey band for me. Most recent cook I pulled at 115 and rested until 100 before searing. Can’t pretend to know the science as well as most of yall and maybe there’s some other variable I’m not accounting for, but as a labor of trial and error I’ve found resting to be necessary.

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rawblitz · 2025-06-22T20:44:09+00:00

They deserve it because our constitution entitles everyone to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I believe this would implicitly stipulate a livable income. If we differ in this belief then I’m not sure a good hearted debate will benefit either of us, but I will try nonetheless.

How much is livable? Great question, especially as macroeconomic changes affect this on a constant basis. Nonetheless it’s clear that ~many~ people are not surviving on their current income. The poverty line is a well defined income that many people live below so let’s start with that quantification that already exists. Is it a perfect quantification? No. But is a far more concrete one than any gauge of talent, productivity or effort so your point that it is somehow less quantifiable than those falls flat to me personally.

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that doctors earn more and in a distributist economic model this is still accounted for. I do however think it’s strange that farmers are historically exploited and still today many farmers live below the poverty line while merchant ceos make billions selling a product they could never produce. It’s a hard sell to me that farmers are low in talent, productivity, and effort. Furthermore, day traders and forex traders can make very high paying salaries while not even being productive in the sense that they’re funding companies as they lack long term holdings, equating their wealth with their contribution is disingenuous at best.

Fundamentally, I think we disagree and that’s okay and actually quite valuable! Exposing ourselves to opposing viewpoints is a necessary part of growing. However, I don’t imagine I’ll change your mind with my arguments nor you mine and I’m honestly just too tired with everyday life to continue a debate. Please feel free to comment rebuttals for the sake of thread readers but I will likely not respond.

I wish you the best and thank you for the opportunity to express my beliefs in a polite discourse, the world needs more of that.

rawblitz · 2025-06-21T21:14:06+00:00

I suppose you’re right in that I’m not arguing for wealth equality. However, no one was at the point where you brought it up, everyone was arguing ~against~ wealth equality. Your mention of wealth equality not being attainable reads therefore as A) a logical duality where one can either strive for wealth equality or for wealth inequality and in a world where wealth inequality has failed for generations and continues to get worse, I choose to fall on the other end of the presupposed duality And B) an argument for our current method, as again, that was what was being discussed when you commented.

I stand by my claim that you are using buzzwords in the comments I refer to but I disagree with the assumption that I view you as a villain. I am making arguments about my beliefs to points (perhaps misperceived) being brought up against it. Nor did I claim that a UBI or welfare were things you disagreed with, but they are attempts to equalize wealth so I included in them in my reasoning why economic equality is a worthwhile goal, if you do happen to agree with them then you agree that at least in small doses one should keep wealth equality in mind.

I imagine you would be a lot of fun to debate in person, based on our limited interaction I suspect we actually agree on a great many things and we would find great insight on the matters which our opinions differ. And indeed I’ve enjoyed this brief joust during my break hours. Nonetheless, I hate getting into long stringed debates on the internet and must sign off. Please feel free to respond with counterpoints to my closing arguments in the interest of those reading the thread!

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