Showerthoughts
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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- The entire showerthought must be in the title
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This. In my case, it was realizing that I can have potato chips every day of the week.
I don't get the appeal of chicken wings. The amount of work involved vs the meat payout is way lopsided.
Chicken wings are only food on medium difficulty. Whole crabs take more energy to open than you gain from meat.
Sometimes it's not all about how easy it is to eat something. Sometimes if something tastes good enough, I'm willing to put in the smallest amount of effort.
Every time I've had it I taste whatever was put on it, zero chicken taste. At that point you may as well just make little dumplings with batter and the seasonings and keep it boneless.
Sometimes I prefer food that takes work to eat because I know I'm not actually all that hungry, just bored.
Well the appeal basically boils down to they’re fucking delicious; particularly when compared to other chicken parts seasoned in the same way.
Your focus on the meat of it all is probably your downfall. Fat brings the flavor and chicken skin is packed with it. Wings, far and away have the best skin to meat ratio of all the chicken parts.
- wings: too much work
- drumsticks: too easy
- thighs: perfection
Part of being an adult is knowing that OP needs to mind their own business.
Part of being an adult is eating chicken wings everyday for a week until you get bored because you can. lol
I remember saying to my roommate at the time, 30+ years ago, something like, "I can just buy and eat cake whenever I want. What the hell?"
This was just before my realization that pie is superior to cake in every way.
Hear hear 🤝
Compared to lots of other foods, chicken wings aren't especially unhealthy, I think? They aren't normally deep fried, chicken is a healthier meat than beef or pork, not sure there are good health reasons not to eat them every day? Of course it gets boring after a while.
Im sorry to say, chicken wings could quite possibly be the worst thing for you. Its the absolute fattest part of the chicken. Its really all fat. Then they are covered in sugary sauce or fatty sauce. They aren't chicken breast, they're the dark meat covered in skin. The dipped in delicious butter/oil rich buffalo sauce. The best things ever...
Embrace your inner child.
Why not?
It's a protein, so it really just depends on what your eating with them. As long as you're getting balanced nutrition, there's no reason Chicken Wings can't be the protein choice every day.
They are fried and fatty. Some protein, but mostly fats. Also, vegetables are made of protein.
You..you don't have to fry them
https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/crispy-baked-chicken-wings/#wprm-recipe-container-10130
Legit baked wing recipe. Baked but they come out as crispy as fried. You use baking powder and dry seasonings and pat the wings dry before baking. So damn good.
Part of being an adult is making wackadoodle decisions and eating things you later regret.
Wait; what?
I mean, maybe they’re a liiiittle fatty, but I’m not going to be eating boneless skinless chicken breast instead.
I made a Thai green curry with enough ghost peppers that I’m taking firey shits today and that boneless skinless chicken breast was damn tasty.
In This House We Believe
Chicken thighs are always better than chicken breast.
…but at least you have some fat from the coconut milk to help lubricate things…
That’s exactly what a chicken would say
I don’t really like chicken wings. Too much messy work for too little reward.
That's why I only eat them twice a week.
I know it's not the healthiest of the foods but being Finnish chicken it's at least not seasoned with literal poison and considering that I airfry them it's at least better than deepfryed. Let me have my wings and comforting lies. Cooking and eating is such a struggle for me.
I could, though, it’s an option.
200 million chicken get slaughtered each day, they lived a life of horror veyond comprehension. If they are lucky they are the 50% that lands in the meat grinder after birth. And people here are worried that it might be unhealthy or that they need their protein.
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purposely made right they are great but like with rotiseri I eat them first because that is the point in time where they will be at their best but they are not the best part.
reminds me of the saying - the difference between wisdom and knowledge is, knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit and wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I kind of think along the lines of knowing I could eat a whole dozen donuts and knowing I shouldn’t eat a whole dozen donuts … all bets are off if they’re warm Krispy Kreme
Knowing and doing are very different.