[–] 1 point 17 minutes ago

Well, sure. Nobody should be proud of something they got by birth, and I do think beauty as something you DO or even buy is more egalitarian than a standard based on heredity, where you can just lose or win and can't change it.

Overall I have seen the ideal of beautiful get much more varied and diverse over my lifetime, which is nice, too.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

    Where do you put the paper filter? I couldn't find rounds the right size for mine, you lay it on top of the grounds?

    On cholesterol - mine has always been high no matter the diet so the doctor sent me for a quick "calcium score" test which came back showing zero buildup in the arteries, so he advised against statins. Not sure if you are old enough for that to be relevant, but there are other tests that measure the size of LDL particles, etc. to see if they are a dangerous type. Statins are an old and safe drug, of course, no real reason to worry about them just wanted to point out cholesterol is more complicated than just high or low.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 hours ago

    I am still mad about that too. Why the fuck did Al Gore concede before the count was finished? I feel like the timeline split and I ended up on the wrong one. Absolutely agree with you, that is the beginning of all this bullshit.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 hours ago

    I know it can be different for trans ladies, but would encourage you to show it off. Height is an asset IMO. Wear heels, be tall, it's a good look, don't hide or shrink. No idea how I dodged that as an insecurity, I'm older and when I was young it was not seen as pretty, but models got tall and still it's mostly tall ladies who model, right? Because it's pretty, the long lines.

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  • [–] 4 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

    I feel more like I got close to what I'd choose, just never quite to the point I couldn't do better, if that makes sense? I'm tall for a girl, 5'9" but would have liked to be one inch taller, in my legs. Thin but would like to be thinner. Pretty happy with my hair, actually, except for the color. Loose curls are what I'd choose, and are what I have. Never had a waist, and yes did want one, bone structure thing, but "elongated athletic" is a body type I like, I don't care that much.

    All my hangups relate to weight. I've been thinner but never actually felt like it wouldn't look better to be even thinner, which I realize makes no sense but is still how I feel.

    Agree a lot of it is created by commercial interests trying to sell things.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago

    Well we are actually also aging more slowly, or at least some of us are, and we are more likely to be the working old people. I agree it would be nice to be able to retire, but half a lifetime in retirement probably won't work out for me or society. Already I have worked for 40 years and at a "real job" (one that could be described as a career) for 25 years. I don't see any possibility of retirement for probably 15 more years unless we get an unexpected windfall.

    Agree on not living to 100. 85 is a good run and not sure I want to get older than that, bodies can only last a limited time no matter how well we treat them. But people my age, especially women, are predicted to live past 90, that's crazy. How am I supposed to make enough money to retire while I can enjoy it some AND live past 90?

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    We are having a party tonight(though nobody has arrived yet) and the cocktails are:

    Toxic Avenger - fresh pineapple juice, Mezcal, Chartreuse, honey.

    Blood Orange Margarita with green mango tequila.

    Black Jellybean, always my Halloween favorite - vodka, sambucca, vanilla, cream soda, this year no lime just a pinch of citric acid in the pitcher, much cleaner

    Mojito.

    Friend Zone (N/A) - strawberry kvass, tonic, lemon. Shockingly good.

    Also: Tepache de pina, coffee, diet coke. Beer & cider.

    Some of the watermelon (thelemmy.club)
     

    Got near a hundred mini watermelon this year, the very late ones were no good but for a couple months they were glorious. Mini love variety, it was a brutally hot summer and they flourished, I let them take over the whole garden.

    Two plants survived being overrun by watermelon, the asparagus and the hong tsoi. I'm sort of resting it until "spring" which is planted around Feb here.

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    Very basic scoring this time. One line one x. I was happy to find some "golden whole wheat flour" yesterday.

    350g Golden whole wheat flour

    650g strong white bread flour

    20g sel gris

    675g tap water

    200g starter made with all purpose white flour and tap water, hydration 100%.

    Just mix, rest, stretch and fold 4x at 30 minute intervals. Bulk rise took awhile, maybe 4 hours this time (it varies, one hour to 8 - is a condition not a time). Split and bench rest then shaped, into cloth lined baskets wrapped in plastic bags, overnight in the refrigerator. Baked cold bread in very hot closed pans 20 minutes then open lids and 20 minutes more. 450F.

     

    (Sorry for the mixed measurements - I had a bunch of egg white so had to weigh out 1 egg worth)

    35 grams egg white

    1 Tbsp guava jelly or guava paste

    1 oz good mezcal

    1/2 oz over proof reposado tequila

    1/2 oz Aperol

    3/4 oz lemon juice

    ETA I failed to list one step. First: whisk or muddle the jelly and booze to incorporate it.

    Shake without ice, then with ice. Just as good as it sounds and so beautiful.

    El Diablo (thelemmy.club)
     

    It's not a looker, but tastes great.

    2 oz tequila (any)

    1 oz lime juice

    1 oz creme de cassis

    2-3 oz ginger beer (I used 1 oz ginger syrup, 3 oz fizzy water, 2 squirts of fire tincture)

    Result of googling "what else can I make with tequila and lime"

    Husband is having a Stella, that's the bottle in the background.

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    He's up to 7.5 lb from under 1 lb when we found him. (From 300 grams of baby to 3.5kg of kitten in only a few months, crazy.)

    Here is a "before", the day my kids texted to say they found the source of the meowing I had heard before work. Just a wee handful. Always bold as anything though, he was never afraid of us or our 75lb mutt of a dog.

     

    1 oz barrel strength bourbon

    1 oz barrel strength reposado tequila

    1 scant oz Aperol with a splash of Campari to make an ounce.

    1 oz Amaro Nonino

    1 oz grapefruit juice

    1 oz lemon juice

    Shake together with ice. If you are somewhere it's not still summer, serve up in a chilled coupe. Tart enough for a sugared rim. But it's still hot here, so everything is iced. This is sort of 1.5 servings, I just find it fussy to measure .75 of an ounce. Equal parts is the key.

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    https://makemeacocktail.com/en/cocktail/9953/banderilla

    Equal parts tequila, mezcal, Apricot liqueur and lime, half part Aperol works best IMO, any more Aperol and it gets too sweet.

    This is a pantry recipe for me as I keep Giffard Abricot in stock always. You want a good apricot in this, I think passion fruit or peach would be equally delicious but make sure it's made from real fruit. Also can sub Campari for the Aperol if you want a little more bitter.

     

    Ok so my garden is basically a watermelon patch right now, so I was interested in this as it uses one whole mini watermelon, but this says the juice lasts one day, the drink once clarified lasts months.

    I guess I could freeze the rest, or simply make less, or since the final version keeps well, make more of that - but why does the recipe say to make so much more of the watermelon juice than one would use, if it doesn't keep?

    Has anyone on here done milk clarifying, is it very fussy?

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