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What product do you swear by? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] 2 points 2 hours ago

We have that trash can, it's been working for 6 years now!

I had a Honda Civic, and when it got totaled I got another Honda. Before these I had other cars but the Hondas have been so, so reliable. This one is 15 now, still going strong. I don't think I would get a different brand now unless they really fucked up.

Kitchen Aid mixers are still good.

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    Help me name my new kitten? in c/cat@lemmy.world
    Trying new things in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
    [–] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

    Vanilla ice cream is divine, but I would certainly try something not available elsewhere. Perhaps something savory, I've never had a savory ice cream, wonder if that's even possible or if the sugar is part of how it works.

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    Anon is a carpenter in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
    Florida voters elect Republican who marched with neo-Nazis in Charlottesville in c/politics@lemmy.world
    Man O' War in c/cocktails@lemmy.world
    Do you see colours for things like this? in c/autism@lemmy.world
    I’ve hated the way I look ever since I was a teenager in c/vent@lemmy.world
    [–] 2 points 9 hours ago

    I kinda wish we could see you. My guess is that you are much harder on yourself than anyone else would be, and people are responding to your lack of acceptance not just your looks - when someone is so self-critical we think they are also judging us harshly.

    Remember also we all see our own flaws as magnified and assets as not important. Other people see us differently.

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    Vent: Turns out that my parents have been reading books on transgender issues from a"biblical" perspective and ignoring everything I've ever lent or sent their way. in c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    [–] 9 points 9 hours ago

    I am so sorry. Honestly I do sometimes wish my trans son had stayed a girl as she was so beautiful, but you know who I don't say that to? My son. My desires for my grown kids do not matter, why would they? It's my job to raise them to be themselves, right? So they can be happy and successful in whatever way they want. And courtesy costs nothing, I don't understand why people don't just address people however they prefer. I also don't know why parents think they can control kids like that, it's crazy. They did their part, you go on and live now, it's your world not theirs anymore. I hope you can find some way to relate to them without harming yourself, but if not, that's their loss, you will be fine.

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    Democrats were ‘horrifically cruel’ to me, says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in c/politics@lemmy.world
    [–] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

    I am so polite on my bike when in the sidewalk. Just today, waited first for a guy to walk by slowly, and went onto the grass (thankfully it was the part of my route with a grass strip between road and sidewalk) around another.

    It's my understanding that the sidewalk is for pedestrians and I am supposed to ride in the road, but of course the road is dangerous. We are allowed the sidewalk with a speed limit of 10mph. So I yield always to anyone on foot.

    And you HAVE to be careful. Monday night coming home in the dark there was someone sleeping on the sidewalk! If I had been going fast I'd have run them right over.

    Maybe Australia needs the sidewalk speed limit? Or if your motorists aren't so aggressive, ban the bikes from the sidewalk?

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    • What are your tricks for falling asleep when you can't but you really need to? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
    [–] 2 points 11 hours ago

    Good luck to you. My husband sleeps, but he falls asleep easily at just about any time he wants to, so my guess is his sleep quality isn't great either.

    I work a lot but in a lot of ways have an unusually pampered sort of life - like for the last 2 weeks it's been 9:30 to 20:00 but I wake up when I wake up, bike in and back from work, kids are grown, and husband helpful so I don't have to do much else on weekdays. I know not everyone has the luxury of that natural sleep cycle, but if you can get it, everything else feels better.

    I do love a cocktail on the weekend (obviously) and occasionally wine with supper, though not lately since work goes so late.

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    • What are your tricks for falling asleep when you can't but you really need to? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
    [–] 2 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

    Ugh, I can't sleep well after drinking. Husband manages like that, coffee upon waking and a beer in the evening but I have to wake up naturally, coffee after being up a few hours, any drinking before suppertime only so that I can go to bed dead sober. Like I even would have coffee before bed if I feel a migraine coming on, and can sleep, but not with alcohol.

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    Halloween! 2026 Edition (lemmy.world)
     

    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.

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    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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    This weekend's bread (thelemmy.club)
     

    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.

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    Breakfast in Tampa (or, guava pastry & a cigar, while reading la gaceta) (thelemmy.club)
    submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [M] to c/cocktails@lemmy.world
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    (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.

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    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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    Legolas lounging (thelemmy.club)
     

    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.

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    Today is Yesterday is Tomorrow (thelemmy.club)
     

    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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    Banderilla (thelemmy.club)
     

    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.

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    Clarified watermelon tequila drink (imbibemagazine.com)
     

    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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