Holy hell I am over seeing businesses using AI posters. And yes, I will absolutely call it out when I see it on social media. The world needs ART, not the same lines CELEBRATING slop.
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Slop machines in my apocalypse scenarioโฝ
I bought Nagi's cookbook!!!
was feeling so jaded about cooking and I see how so many here love her cooking and I've done a few of her recipes too ad they always turn out good and delicious
so I bought "Tonight" on Amazon, which is a cook book on evening meals
I'm a little excited. โบ๏ธ
You can't go wrong with a Nagi meal, they're so tasty. I made her one pot Mexican Beef & Rice tonight and it was delicious and will do us for meals for a few days. She makes cooking sensible, not fashion.
Slept so much today bleh. Now I've had some chicken noodles and a lil bit of chocolate, I'm feeling a smidge more human, so off to play more Sacred 2.
Been convinced too go and play the first one, when I'm done with 2. So looking forward to that. The character classes are so cool in both games. Like, 2 has a Temple Guardian class that's basically a robot Anubis powered by magi-tech. But 1 has a vampiress that takes damage during the day (which is cool af)! Gah!
Thought I developed a few new beauty spots on my chin last night but it turns out it was just the soy in the japchae I cooked and I'm a grub.
Such a good recipe (recipetin).
In the top 3 desert island foodz.
Am planning on Nagi's Mexican rice & beef for dins tonight, will check out her japchae recipe sometime! Can't go wrong with a RTE meal!
Okay yeah so I am sick, with something shitty. Not so much my sinuses, but full body aches and feeling so fatigued regardless of how much I sleep. I guess this cold sore decided to flare up because of my weakened immune system, plus I have my period as well ๐
So weird tho, that's it's flared up now when I've had COVID three times and never had a cold sore then, or 8 years with an abusive prick and no cold sore. The body is so weird and interesting.
On the subject of the body and it's myriad of intertwining systems, I recommend the following YT channels for more cool body science:
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RoanokeGaming: a biologist who discusses horror/sci-fi films and whether the stuff portrayed in them is biologically viable, or discusses how they could happen (such as how a zombie virus might actually work).
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Chubbyemu: a clinical pharmacist and toxologist who discusses real cases (whether it's one case, or one case that's a combination of multiple for storytelling purposes), and talks about the biology of what happened.
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Phy the Neutrophil: biology instructor that focuses more on the microbiology of pathogens (his animations are awesome)!
That doesn't sound good either way. Stay on the water and hit up those pseudo cold and flu tablets if you can get them
"a man ate 145 packets of twisties. Here's what happened to his sense of self".
Get well soon :)
"a woman ate gas station croquembouche, here's what happened to her ear lobes!"
Thank you ๐ I don't want to end up on Chubbyemu
I'll put in my diagnosis of the flu. Drink plenty of water. Rest. Get well soon. ๐ป
I think you've got what I got over the weekend. 2 days of chills/fever (fairly severe) then nose & eyes running like Cathy Freeman but no sore throat (??). And coughing up silly putty. And a re-appearing of past cold sores. It seems to be going around.
Chubbyemu is a bit of a genius - clever storytelling of serious problems done properly and scientifically. That's rare on YT.
Ugh no bueno! I hope it passes soon, I just want to sleep but I have things to do lol. Interestingly, no phlegm or silly putty, my sinuses are barely affected. But all my glands hurt, and my muscles were super sore and achey.
Whinge whine rant wehhh
Love Chubbyemu, if you like him you'll prolly like Phy the Neutrophil tbh
no phlegm or silly putty,
Yet.
Lots of water and rest for you, please!!
Bongkrekik acid is gnarly
I need to check those YouTubers out, sounds interesting! Feel better soon โบ๏ธ
mono perhaps
hugs, feel better soon
Gosh idk if I've ever had mono before, I've heard of it but never really understood what it is. I hope it's not that ๐ญ
That seemingly outdated but bloody useful work tool I put in a box labeled "do not discard"? Guess what?
It's with my Synology unique NAS key to unlock the bays.
Alongside my little tool to pop keys off a mechanical keyboard.
It was there right where you left it and it came in handy. โบ๏ธ
Your optimism is admirable if misguided
putting things away in the right place is my thing
Mine too. Explaining my level of grump at the idiot manager who piffed them.
Beep Beep ๐
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Chocolate dipped pretzels, please!
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Cheesesteak and a Yuengling thanks
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Hot chips with hot sauce and carrot cake (not hot) and coffee please
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Thanks chef!
Cheese and spinach sausage roll please, with tomato sauce
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Mexican hot chocolate please
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Thank you, I needed that!
liege waffles and a cappuccino please
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nom nom Thank you chef
Been tinkering with LUTs and adjusting brightness levels in videos. I used to be able to render a video faster than its runtime, but now a one minute video takes 1:50 to render. What will I do with myself?