I loved Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction so much as a kid. Still do, but I used to too.

Yeah, it’s not as important as professionals make it out to be. Like, if you under-salt a dish, people will notice that the meal doesn’t taste as good as the last time you made it, even if they can’t identify why. But the “depth” that bay leaves are supposed to add to a dish, probably won’t even register for most people. I don’t think bay leaves are entirely useless, but I do think it’s safe for home cooks to consider it an optional ingredient. If you have them, use them. If you don’t this time? Don’t worry about it.

That sounds like something I gotta try. Would you mind sharing the recipe?

I guess this hot take depends on the audience… But if you don’t have bay leaves on hand for a recipe, your family and friends aren’t going to notice the difference. When push comes to shove, it’s probably the least important part of any recipe. If you’re making soup or a stock, it’s gonna be fine without it.

I’m not the person you asked, but I do know that Voyager supports user tagging.

https://github.com/aeharding/voyager
https://getvoyager.app/

So others don’t have to search for the missing context like I did: https://piefed.ca/post/887087#comment_5810045

It means that person had previously tagged you for being a suspected troll before deciding to block you entirely.

Limited edition/novelty snack flavors are never good. No matter how many mediocre snacks I’ve had to finish over the years I never learn my lesson.

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I’m not a historian and I got the joke just fine. …Oh no…

My inner cat when he actually gets outside:

Ya know, it would be pretty weird if I went around referring to my father by our surname. I wonder if he has someone writing his tweets for him too, or if he’s just that fuckin’ weird.

Yeah, everyone knows raccoons hate muskrats. They’re nature’s greatest enemies.

Nah, that moth is clearly super into Norwegian black metal and committing arson.

“My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion. I didn’t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don’t have any tumors or hemorrhages. But I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital. While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I’ve also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia,” he said in a statement.

McConnell said he’s moved from a hospital to a rehabilitation center to continue regaining his strength. His doctors have run through “every test they can think of” to try to determine what caused the incident.

Must be nice to have access to good healthcare and be rich enough to just decide to set up camp in a private room at a hospital for a month when “nothing’s wrong.” Totally normal American experience right there.

You better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I’m telling you why
The Mothman is comin’ to town
He sees you when you’re sleeping
He knows when you’re awake
He knows if you’ve been bad or good
So be good for goodness’ sake!

Jokes aside, The Mothman Prophecies might be one of the worst books I’ve ever read that somehow translated into a pretty solid movie, mostly because it ignores 90% of it. The majority of the book is just John Keel rambling about ultraterrestrials, and boy is it a slog to get through.

I’m more of a KoЯn man.

The modern American experience be like:

Would you rather take a $1500 ambulance ride or deal with an Uber driver that won’t turn off Joe Rogan? Either way, you’re gonna suffer.

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