This is actually incredibly relevant to me. I'm anti-"It is what it is" and instead say "Such is life," "So it goes," "C'est la vie" and an additional alternative is great. Won't eliminate C'est la vie entirely because it's a Protest the Hero song, but thanks for another 'tired acknowledgment of the absurdity of reality' phrase!

Custard. The first dish I learned to bake was crème brulée. The simplicity of ingredients contrasting with the precision and careful preparation helped distract me from the fact I'd just failed out of my engineering studies. Meringue as well; wouldn't want to waste the egg whites!

I want to learn French so I can refuse to speak it rather than not know how.

Just want to chime in with something; this is one of the most respectful, mutually considerate discussions I've seen on the internet in recent memory and y'all should be proud.

https://othersbynoone.bandcamp.com/album/book-i-dr-breacher

https://othersbynoone.bandcamp.com/album/book-ii-where-stories-come-from

Primo theater nerd progessive rock sprinkled with metal. My taste heavily leans towards exceptional instrumentation and harsh vocals, but this band's vocalist blew me away. It is immediately obvious that he was the lead in one to several of his high school's musicals and likely went on to study and train in a conservatory or university program. His delivery is nuanced and theatrical without going overboard.

The instrumentation is stellar with an arrangement that accentuates and complements the vocals without fighting for space. Impressively, the combined runtime beats out Between the Buried and Me's Parallax 1&2 by 6 minutes. Like Parallax, the Breacher saga has enough variety in composition that the 2+ hours isn't a slog but an enjoyable journey that doesn't overstay it's welcome.

FFO: Native Construct, Coheed and Cambria, Ludo's Broken Bride EP, BTBAM-like zaniness

Speaking from experience as well, ain't nothing "rapid onset" about cultivating a properly metal head of hair.

I do appreciate the clarification though!

transgenderism

Forgive me if I've been mislead, but from what I understand "transgenderism" is a term used by transphobes to diminish a legitimate phenomenon, implying it is a belief or fad.

Still upvoted for contributing to the discussion and for supporting an alien in his search for the universe's best cup of coffee.