Fishin' in the stream of consciousness (all-purpose, no topic chat thread)

I just heard it for the first time today! it must be new otherwise I imagine they'd have been playing it all the time. the station's 50th birthday is coming up so maybe they reached out to him to treat themselves for the occasion

 

Weird food related question I don't think will fit in other food threads:
Is it weird to eat something purely because you appreciate all the effort and time that went into it? For example, brisket. I'm not a huge fan of meat in general but like. I know how long it takes to make what people consider Good Brisket, and it's not something you can set and leave. It's gotta be babysat, for up to 12 hours sometimes. I can really admire the dedication of a pit master. I just. Dont at all feel satisfied or happy after a piece, I'd rather eat a shitton of the 45 minute potato salad, or fill up on rolls and soda. Is that wrong?

 

I think 'eat something because you appreciate the effort and care that went into creating food for you, despite the fact that you feel neutral or lightly negative about the taste' is a pretty standard social contract, at least it's what my parents taught me is the reason you at least try a food every time even if you think you won't like it, because you're showing appreciation and respect for the cook. I think it makes sense that that expands with the amount of effort taken.

I have fairly different tastes (and dietary principles) than my mom, but when I lived with her as an adult I would eat till satiated on whatever she made for dinner, and if I didn't like it enough to keep me full for the night i'd have a low-effort snack a few hours later. it works out!

 

I've been diving in and out of different books and art WIPs all day and managed to forget about lunch, apparently?

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66757169.amp

Hiker got lost in Alaska, and was saved because of the fat bear week Livestream.

 

Porn discussion, not graphic but about the industry itself:

Spoiler

Was at a community ministry thing last night and some of the elders were jokingly talking about porn for reasons I can't really remember (derogatorily of course, because sexually repressed christians) and someone said " all porn doesn't even have dialog so how was (person being discussed, don't know who) credited for writing for (porno being discussed)" and I so desperately wanted to tell them about the lemon stealing whores because the Internet has ruined my sense of humor

 

The children in genshin are out of control. Just was asked if I was gay "because I act gay" and wether I was old "like a wrinkle bag" WILD

 

Possibly stupid question: If I found a note on my windshield after work that said someone hit my parked car, but I don't see any damage that wasn't already there, do I have to call them and get the stupid insurance company involved?

 

nah, they were just being polite

 

Me: "Oh boy, new Maintenance Phase episode!"
Mike in the intro: *joking about how all the feedback is about them mispronouncing words instead of about the content*
Me: "haha"
Aubrey a few minutes later: *repeatedly pronounces "Gila" with a hard G*
Me: *screaming internally*

 

i love maintenance phase but. sobs

 

I've been feeling kinda overwhelmed on and off about holiday prep but on the upside I am actually on top of it, in spite of badbrains??

Also I got a cute little plastic critter as part of an early gift last night, he very much was a similar whimsical fantasy aesthetic to a Pokémon but I am 90% sure he isn't one. But he is adorable and I want to go on adventures with him.

 

Do y'all ever have a Very Specific Food (or Drink) that you can't get a satisfying amount of regularly (I'm talking like. Once or twice a year at most), for whatever reason; could be cost, or seasonal, or scarcity, maybe location restricted, whatever? For me that's cashews. Those fuckers get me feeling like the world's happiest woodland creature, I'm just nibbling away at those weird little things. Love em. So pricey, too far to get to unless I want like... The world's smallest bag of em from a store that's not particularly accessible without a car. I love them. Nibble nibble nibble.

I like other things, and crave stuff like everyone else, but cashews are Special.

 

I can eat tabboulleh by the pound. I usually cannot buy tabboulleh by the pound. :::(((

 

Had to Google that, I really wanna try it now! Anything that green and juicy looking can't taste bad

 

lox

because god hates me in specific all bagel places that serve it near me close at like 2 pm

thus meaning i can never have the bestest of bagels save once in a blue moon

it is wretched and horrible and when i take over as god i will make all bagel places save like three function at my ungodly fuck hours

 

I've been watching scavengers reign on max and I'm really enjoying it! Love the mix of: here's a funky little alien creature, followed by some really gross body horror. Anyone else watching this?

 

I don't have the thing for watching it, but the clips and gifs I've seen looked delightful

 

Bluesky is open now. It's not quite as busy as twitter, but I've been browsing and found like... almost zero nazis!
A weirdly large number of birds, though. Maybe it's just me.

@basedeltazero.bsky.social — Bluesky

 

in other news my current favorite activity is dropping random bits of Crash Bandicoot trivia on my friends who don't play it bc their "WHAT THE FUCK ARE THESE GAMES EVEN ABOUT?" reactions are funny to me