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Make you laugh / Re: Things that made you laugh today
« Last post by 8ullfrog on Today at 07:20:54 PM »If they hate his bad cowpoo bill, why did they vote for it?
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Make you laugh / Re: Things that made you laugh today
« Last post by 6pairsofshoes on Yesterday at 09:10:44 PM »Me contemplating a bunch of servile legislators ruining my country.
https://youtube.com/shorts/7k1C6XWLMB0?si=-fuTk8o72KfPmbUI
https://youtube.com/shorts/7k1C6XWLMB0?si=-fuTk8o72KfPmbUI
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Food and Drink / Re: What are you eating / What did you eat.
« Last post by 8ullfrog on June 28, 2025, 06:51:05 PM »Someone recently posted a hot pocket on reddit, it was seriously 1/4 the size I remember them being.
I actually preferred the albertsons knockoff hot pockets, but I'm not going to drive four states to get some.
I've been experimenting with pulsing meat to get a finer grain, but it's playing with fire. It only takes one too many taps on the processor to get into unpleasantness.
Alton brown warned me!
Anyway, the burrito meat came out very well, I practiced restraint.
Sloppy joe? Not so much. I might put them over hot dogs and see if that's better, but a standalone sloppy joe? Nah, it's too fine.
I actually preferred the albertsons knockoff hot pockets, but I'm not going to drive four states to get some.
I've been experimenting with pulsing meat to get a finer grain, but it's playing with fire. It only takes one too many taps on the processor to get into unpleasantness.
Alton brown warned me!
Anyway, the burrito meat came out very well, I practiced restraint.
Sloppy joe? Not so much. I might put them over hot dogs and see if that's better, but a standalone sloppy joe? Nah, it's too fine.
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TV / Movies / Re: Latest Movie You Watched
« Last post by smokester on June 28, 2025, 01:54:03 PM »TNG and myself took the opportunity to watch Predator: Killer of Killers while the rest of the family were in christ country for a week. That film really surprised me as it was so well done. I think the animation actually worked better than 'live action'. I really hope they make it an ongoing thing.
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TV / Movies / Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Last post by 6pairsofshoes on June 26, 2025, 07:55:56 AM »On amazonprime video:
Ivan the Terrible.
Great costumes and sets. In Russian with subtitles. I think he needed to be more terrible to have earned this name. I just finished episode 3. I don't think this production gives much of an insight into his lasting impact on the Rus, the people who developed the modern state of Russia. He does seem to prefigure the ambitions of Putin in terms of territorial expansion. There's several boyars and members of the Orthodox Church who continually plot against him so there are internecine power struggles in the empire.
Ivan the Terrible.
Great costumes and sets. In Russian with subtitles. I think he needed to be more terrible to have earned this name. I just finished episode 3. I don't think this production gives much of an insight into his lasting impact on the Rus, the people who developed the modern state of Russia. He does seem to prefigure the ambitions of Putin in terms of territorial expansion. There's several boyars and members of the Orthodox Church who continually plot against him so there are internecine power struggles in the empire.
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TV / Movies / Re: Latest Movie You Watched
« Last post by 6pairsofshoes on June 26, 2025, 07:51:38 AM »To be fair there are some great nuggets in the film, especially the expansion of Carl's Jr into a major commercial and governmental entity. And the Costco nestled into the fields of garbage with the engaging greeters. The tattoed name of the male protagonist is good, too. I might have finished it but my husband, who is a great deal less tolerant of crappy movies, just bolted so I had to turn it off.
Come to think of it, "Welcome to Costco, I love you" is one of the most articulate things anyone is capable of saying in that future. It's a complete sentence and is, for all intents and purposes, grammatically correct.
Come to think of it, "Welcome to Costco, I love you" is one of the most articulate things anyone is capable of saying in that future. It's a complete sentence and is, for all intents and purposes, grammatically correct.
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TV / Movies / Re: Latest Movie You Watched
« Last post by 8ullfrog on June 25, 2025, 03:28:32 PM »Huh, It was funny under Bush but I can see a take going sour now.
My favorite joke is the doctor who talks about his ex wife being a pilot. She crashes her plane in a sight gag.
As for Carl's Jr, I still say their slogan is "golly YOU I'M EATING"
Apparently Costco tells employees to never say "Welcome to Costco, I love you."
My favorite joke is the doctor who talks about his ex wife being a pilot. She crashes her plane in a sight gag.
As for Carl's Jr, I still say their slogan is "golly YOU I'M EATING"
Apparently Costco tells employees to never say "Welcome to Costco, I love you."
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Food and Drink / Re: What are you eating / What did you eat.
« Last post by 6pairsofshoes on June 25, 2025, 07:37:39 AM »I once had a roommate who liked to make those. Mine has more stuff in it so it gets pretty messy once removed from the pan and put onto a plate.
Adventures in baking:
I bake blueberry muffins frequently and they usually turn out fine, but recently I bought and froze some utterly flavorless blueberries. In order to give them some flavor, I squeezed a small lemon and tossed the fruit in it. They got a little wet and as a result all the fruit sank to the bottoms of the muffins. When I attempt to put them in the oven to reheat, they stick to the racks and make a mess. I guess I'll have to drain them and toss them in flour to avoid this in the future. At least they taste ok.
It's too hot to cook and the temptation to go get a slice of pizza is very high.
Adventures in baking:
I bake blueberry muffins frequently and they usually turn out fine, but recently I bought and froze some utterly flavorless blueberries. In order to give them some flavor, I squeezed a small lemon and tossed the fruit in it. They got a little wet and as a result all the fruit sank to the bottoms of the muffins. When I attempt to put them in the oven to reheat, they stick to the racks and make a mess. I guess I'll have to drain them and toss them in flour to avoid this in the future. At least they taste ok.
It's too hot to cook and the temptation to go get a slice of pizza is very high.
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TV / Movies / Re: Latest Movie You Watched
« Last post by 6pairsofshoes on June 25, 2025, 07:27:54 AM »Idiocracy, 2006.
I got halfway through before I just gave up. Depressing and stupid effort at humor.
Mike Judge should stick to Beavis and scoundrel. I liked them.
I got halfway through before I just gave up. Depressing and stupid effort at humor.
Mike Judge should stick to Beavis and scoundrel. I liked them.
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TV / Movies / Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Last post by 8ullfrog on June 24, 2025, 09:26:56 PM »poo, my regular streaming site appears to have been killed by cloudflare. This absolutely sucks, finding a new streaming site that doesn't try to malwarefuck my browser is difficult.
I should have diversified my bonds. Wu Tang Financial warned me!
I got lucky, only my old mirror is dead. The new mirror worked great! And the new episode of murderbot was both highly amusing and infuriatingly short.
I should have diversified my bonds. Wu Tang Financial warned me!
I got lucky, only my old mirror is dead. The new mirror worked great! And the new episode of murderbot was both highly amusing and infuriatingly short.