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The living room is red herring.

One thing I think people need to understand is that ‘Tex-Mex’ should not be considered a goddamned insult. Texas has a deep history with it’s relationship to Mexico, and Texas is fucking huge.

To put it in perspective, go look at a land size comparison of Texas and the entire UK. Texas is bigger. On it’s own.

So to expect it to not have it’s own culture and it’s own cuisine is stupid as hell. Now, if we want to discuss which we prefer… that’s a different conversation.

And to ask me if I want to live there? The answer is a resounding “hell no.”

I hate to say this but this is part of why Wegovy is working for me. It gave me the sense of being hungry, not hungry, and full. Also no sugar crashes when I go too long without eating.

I’m not pimping for semaglutide but some of us clearly don’t have this important switch and I’m happy to get it however I can.

I’m going to be saying samosa under my breath like I’m correcting someone every time they say mimosa now. To notch humor. Made me laugh out loud.

Most of the English-speaking world has come to know the word “chai” as a specific blend of spices, rather than recognize the word “chai” as a translation of the word “tea.” Which means now, in several countries, “chai” means a blend of cardamom, cinnamon, clove, ginger, and allspice. Give or take some other herbs.

So if you go to a restaurant in the US, for example, and you ask for “tea,” you’ll get plain tea. If you ask for chai, you’ll get tea with those spices.

Sort of how “pumpkin spice” is a mix of cinnamon, ginger, cloves, allspice and nutmeg.

I bake. I’m known for making birthday cakes for people.

I just made one November the 15th, and that night I was bombarded with “how much would you charge to bake one of these for-?”

Absolutely not. People are bastards. The instant my baking turns from “thoughtful gift” to something owed, I will be stuck with all the bullshit that entails. No thanks. Delicious, complex, mesmerizing bakes and absolutely zero strings attached thank you very much.

I know this sucks but I’m here to back up the OP’s reply to you. The main theme of the book is that it can’t be taught; you have to take out of it whatever you take out of it.

I refer to it on occasion even now, 15 years after I first read it. It’s a fantastic book like that, but it’s about the nature of everything.

You know what’s extra fun about this?

Those secretions bleach underwear. That’s right, my cute black panties are all inevitably doomed to have a white spot in the crotch over time!

Yessss.

My ring is moissanite and it’s got a rainbow flash (instead of the boring diamond one). It cost just over a hundred off etsy and it has no slavery involved! I love it!

Moissanite is the way to go!

Genuine thank you for this. I like frogs and thinking he died there really bummed me out.

I hope that little dude can get back out of there.

I know nothing of animal physics outside of how my cat can get in and out of literally anything if he’s motivated by chaos.

@XiaoHei

I can’t actually understand this comment at all. I get to “globohomo” and I laugh too hard to read further.

@AFKBRBChocolate

Harold Crick!

Tax man! BOO!

Let me add- not only are they mostly coping fatties, they co-opted truths for the other end of the spectrum (extreme low BMI) and started claiming the same for themselves. Yes. BMI is a poor indicator of health in weight lifters. 500 lb people do not share that outlier.

I say this as a fat person who will likely die fat, who feels no guilt or shame or any negative internalized anything. It is a fact. I am fat. I will likely be fat for the rest of my life. It’s as clinical to me (I work in healthcare) as the sky being blue or my patient being bradycardic- it is what it is and the sooner we stop pretending it’s anything more than that, the sooner we can all move on to the more important realities of dealing with the consequences.