A million upbears. Spot on

Totally valid. Yeah it’s way better than it used to be, though there are definitely still shitty elements. A lot of them have left or gone to Flesh and Blood tho

Actually I have to stand up for MTG here. We genuinely have one of the better gaming communities. He wasn’t just banned by a tournament, he was kicked out after a mass public movement by major content creators and pros, many of whom received death threats for months afterwards

This place also loves leaning into making fun of how dumb Musk is, and I find it cringe for similar reasons. It’s still buying into the same circus

Limited is superior to all of the above

It’s also interesting to think about what “sauce” means as a functional part of cooking. Westernised Chinese food tends to have a thick gloopy starch sauce that in China you would only use on specific dishes. Which lead a lot of people to ask me questions like “what sauce do you cook that in?” about stir-fry recipes I gave them and that question makes zero sense to me. But then I realised I just don’t view soy sauce, etc as “sauces” because they’re more like salt-replacing seasonings? Hard to explain

I tried to explain HP/brown sauce to some Americans recently and got as far as “…it’s good”. No idea how to describe it. But it goes great on eggs and is white people friendly

They simply cannot conceive of any interaction that is not transactional in nature

I actually prefer steamed mantou with some savoury pickled/brined veg or fermented tofu. The fried is nice as an occasional snack but it’s so heavy I can’t eat many of them

So that’s where all those missing Garfields ended up

Yessssssssss this photo is everything gonna go out and get some too

Imagine a fatter longer lighter churro

That makes so much sense. Fuck

Has anyone noticed a slight uptick in women - usually in male-dominated spaces - calling themselves females? I find it so jarring when I encounter it. Like. Internalised misogyny is such a bitch ):

Perhaps we should consider that both things can be true: she intended the compliment of “I am sexually AND emotionally to you to such a great degree that I want nothing less than marriage”; and his reaction was valid because he perceived the meaning as “I’m settling for you”.

We don’t know how this miscommunication happened. She could have phrased it poorly or said it in a weird tone. He could have misheard. He could have a ton of pre-existing conditioning and pressures that led him to place her comment in a social context that she doesn’t share.

Neither of them have to be in the wrong here. Both of them should do the work and try to understand each other better.

Yeah when it’s made elsewhere they tend to tone it down a lot. And often it’s not as crispy ):

Incredible. I mean. A lot. But also. I’m in

I’m from Changsha and I LOOOVE stinky tofu! The best is when you can smell the stall from down the street. So delicious