Daily random discussion - Jul 9, 2023
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Today’s Ask PHlemmy: What's one food that you cannot understand why people enjoy?
Cheesecake. Sorry pero kapag nakain ako Nyan, pakiramdam ko kumakain ako ng kasalanan
balut
Growing up eating balut, its hard to convince anyone else to eat it.
I mean, hirap din idescribe e.
Anchovies on pizza. I cannot.
One anchovy sa homemade na salad sauce is really really good tho.
Fun fact: i ate ensaymada once without knowing it was wayy past its edible date.
Still alive (and a dumbass).
I don't understand why people enjoy eating this. And, for the love of good food, don't watch this while eating/planning to eat.
It's not as bad as some other food I've seen, but more on genuinely curious, as the video would say it is the world's most dangerous ::: spoiler spoiler Cheese :::
Methinks the appeal of that cheese (outside its hometown) is purely for novelty. So you can hang it on your wall like a kill and say I did that.
Kinda like how people try to fish for Salema porgy just to experience the infamous high. Or that song bird that you eat in a restaurant with a table cloth over your head.
TIL people can get high on fish. I do see the appeal for novelty. But to have casu marzu as a staple? Aw hell naw. I've seen too many films and IRL maggots to disassociate it from culinary nirvana.
Then again, if this was a one time dare, I'd probably say aye. LOL
I think I've read somewhere that if you want to remove the maggots from that cheese, you're to put it onto a paper bag and then shake them off. And shake it off until no maggots fall off.
So I guess the idea is to starve them of air, then have them fall off.
I'd actually welcome the opportunity to try it, especially the way the natives over there enjoy it.
Ah, yes, called it! It's that thing.
I'm actually amazed at their reasoning: It's perfectly edible because it's actually being eaten! If it's already truly bad, then nothing will eat it!
Like, I get it, but also, wtf.
that casu marzu kinda interesting
buro/burong isda :(
it literally looks and tastes like vomit :(
Same. It smells like vomit too. I don't get it.
I usually have a "don't knock it until you try it" stance when it comes to food, but... okay, this is a stretch, but meal replacement drinks.
I don't think people enjoy it. I don't think anyone would really opt for it instead of a, IDK, freshly cooked lechong paksiw over steaming hot rice or whatever tempting meal of your imagination.
I just can't comprehend it. Why would anyone enjoy it, masochism? a desire to achieve the ultimate in asceticism? an acquired taste?
Not to mention that they're horribly overpriced and a bit of a scam, lol. You can get the same amount of calories from quality mass gainers for the fraction of the price and chugging it at a quicker rate because it (usually) tastes good.
Plus, you can tailor it to your use case. If you want to slim down or just have the equivalent of a decent meal, then mix it with water and take just one scoop. For bulking, blend with milk, peanut butter, egg whites, etc.
I almost forgot about the ridiculous price of those. Naka-1k ata ako for one week's worth ng ganun? Napa-oo na lang ako kasi nahihiya ako sa nag-benta sa akin.
Just the sound of it is disgusting enough
It takes a hell of an effort to mix properly, it tastes horrible (and you're discouraged from adding sugar into the mix, only fruits if you have access to a blender), and it has an icky texture.
Yeah, it's worse than it sounds.
Why not just blend fruits then if there's already access to a blender, at least that's soothing and delicious. I swear some people just create the most nonsensical stuff just for the heck of it.
You know the explanation I got when I asked a similar question? Nutrients. Kesyo ma-kukumpleto daw nung drink na yun yung nutrients na nakukuha mo from food. It's also part of a pretty low-calorie diet (aimed for losing weight), so I don't think taste is of particular importance when making it.
This is the soylent stuff, right? I dunno man, ever since I've seen the "soup" eaten on the Matrix, I said to myself to never just go full meals on juice. There's just something about being able to chew and enjoy your food (as well as the variety). I get it, it has everything the body needs, but tasting the way we want it? surely there's no harm in adding that (most of the time).
EDIT: That being said, I've had a ton of fun preparing oat meal in various ways (sweet, savory, wtf, etc.)
Yung nabili ko hindi yung soylent, Nutrilife or some MLM-sounding shit. Di naman na din ako umulit after I bought one week's worth of that shit. Di na rin ako bumalik sa gym na yun, hahahaha!
Pucha, gusto kong pumayat via exercise, hindi dahil sa gutom!
Oof. Must be really bad then. But as you said, the itch to find out just how bad is scratching at me rn. LOL
Not a food, but the culture, hobby or whatever: MUKBANG
I don't know why many Filipinos enjoyed it, and its ASMR doesn't entertain me, in fact it's disgusting.
Kain tayo ng lugaw mga mamser.
Shereep, dagdagan ko yan ng tokwa't baboy
Meron kanina kaso tokwa lang e, kami na yung baboy 🐖
Goodbye, Reddit, for good. My requested data is ready for download.
Ei congrats!
Umabot halos dalawang linggo simula nag-request ako.
wow, mabilis ah~ lol!
And di ko rin akalaing mag-proprocess sila ng request kahit na di ka taga-EU or California
Threads is becoming popular among users because of Twitter's reading limits implemented by Musk. However, there are other users switching to alternatives like Blue Sky and Mastodon.
I decided to deactivate my Threads account. Yes, I know it's still there and I can't delete it. But at least it's away from public view.
Nakakairita how the influencers/celebrities inorganically generate engagement by posting dumb questions... which then gets recommended to me. Balik Mastodon na lang ako where it's peace and quiet.
On the fence with deactivating threads, as (thankfully) influencers haven't spilled over their junk content threads onto mine.
But with the fediverse coming extremely close to threads, i might deactivate soon without even so much of a "hello who's there" post on threads lmao
Meta’s ‘friendly’ Threads collides with unfriendly internet
I like how Meta (and an ex-Meta) is framing interoperability with the fediverse that they are the ones that's potentially going to be the problem, lol.
So Angat Dam is reaching critical levels with El Niño just around the corner.
Time to do the John Lloyd-Sarah Geronimo rain dance and let all the offkey singers belt out their greatest hits.
I sometimes wonder if desalination is a viable solution to our water problems.
But then again, it might be more cost-effective to just build more dams to store water during the rainy season.
I'm not that educated on the subject, but last I've read (sparse and a long time ago), is that these plants cost a fuck-ton of money. We'll see how it goes. Now that you mention it, might as well watch a docu on this.
TBH, the only reason it's floating about the top of my head is because I've recently watched a vid by Practical Engineering on it.
https://invidious.tiekoetter.com/watch?v=mxqOPdEUNTs
Oh, it's my time to shine^mic^ ^test,^ ^mic^ ^test^
Surprised to see some activity on our Raddle sister community, albeit from non-PH posters that were amused by the MMDA's choice for an acronym. 😆
At least it's not about MILF, again. 😂
Funny thing is, the next article I posted was about the MILF, completely unaware that it followed the MMDA one.
Ah. HAHAHAHAHAH! No one's willing to make that joke, huh?
Edit:
Nvm. Someone actually made the joke:
Hi, from
lemmy.ml, a socialist planet, they say. lolBettor wins Lotto 6/42 jackpot worth P7.6M
Ang bait ng PCSO ngayong buwan ah. Makataya nga baka ako next, lmao.
Ano ba magandang pangalan ng boyfriend???? Charrr 🫢 Good morning, Lemmy peepz 🌞
Ano bang hanap mo? Baka makakita ako para sayo haha
Trauma ba kapag isang redditor? Emz 😭
Luh, sino yan? Awayin natin 🤼♂️
Ponciano
Magandang tanghali, aking Ponciano
Tas yung palayaw either Poncing, Pons, or Syano.
Johnny Sins eyyyyy jk.
Ay
^di po ako mala p0rn performance^👀😭Normal ba na agawan ng isang 13 yr old na agawan at itago ang mga laruan ng 2 yr old? Pag may bagong toy kasi ung kapatid nya, sinisira, tinatago o naagaw nung kapatid nyang 13 yr old.
Ah, oh. You need to give the talk. If you can talk to your thirteen year old in a way na hinde accusatory or pagalit.
Is is possible that she/he/they need attention, and maybe talk it out?
No amount of #copaganda can change my #mind.
Crossposted from the orangered place:
It seems many of my workmates have resigned for greener pastures. Parang gusto ko nang mag-resign sa current ko dahil mababa yung binigay na salary increase recently. I've been looking for other jobs sa ibang companies, pero not sure kung saan ang better. Baka i-lowball nila ako sa offer hehehe
I am not sure if I should be doing this, but hell....
For the handful of us who've moved (temporarily or otherwise) to lemm.ee, there's currently a consultation going on about defederation from Meta's Threads. Upvoting the post means you're in favor of defederation.
EDIT:
I was wrong in calling that thread a vote. Changed "there's currently a vote going on about defederation..." to "there's currently about a consultation going on about defederation". At any rate, it's not a vote.
Lemmy ML just put the hammer down and said kthxbye to threads link
Yeah, it's kinda expected from lemmy.ml to do that. The only other instances I expected to act right away are lemmygrad and hexbear. But lemm.ee? Caught me by surprise, lol!
Supporting lemm.ee's decision. Big companies rarely do good when invited into independent spaces.
I missed this part, and I was wrong in calling it a "vote":
But yeah, I support lemm.ee's decision as well.
Points for honesty though. Glad I have a .ee account. .world is sorta "on the way but not quite yet there" fucked.
already upvoted because meta can stay where it is, it doesn't need to mix with my lemmy instance
I really hope lemmy.world follows suit, but given the statement lemmy.world admins made, it's still up in the air, if ever.
Question is, what exactly constitutes as "see" in their wait-and-see approach? By the time you realize anything nefarious, it's already too late.
I still stand by what I said yesterday about how Lemmy.world's stance is a lot better than Mastodon.social's stance. However, it's kind of a "at least they're not blatantly singing the praises of Meta joining the Fediverse," which is not a terribly high bar to clear. Also, that at the very least they paid a lip service to "defederation when needed."
But when it really counts? I am not terribly sure Lemmy.world will actually do anything (hence, me tacking that 'if ever" part in the end). And as you've rightfully pointed out--even if they do something, it might already be too late.
Why do websites insist on using this font (Roboto, I think)? It's very hard to read.
It's also the font on our ModMail, which explains why I often do not check our inbox.
Personally I prefer Archivo Regular 400 and upwards and depending on use case, point size of the type can vary. The light versions are too thin imho. Futura and I do have some saved font collections but i forget the names. As long as the spacing between letters is good (aimed for readability, not for Taylor Swift quotes, with no attack on Taylor herself), shapes easily contrast from the background, provided that proper color is used too. Eh, but I'm just mindlessly rambling at this point lmao.
Also, the all white and thin font is painful to look at (sorry). No option to customize to a high-contrast layout option? Me thinks Roboto would do well say in a dark background and neon colored font (thank you Microsoft VSC)
Capriola and Montserrat used to be my go-to body fonts when I was still blogging. Granted, the audience was just me, but I thought it was very legible and looks good on a wall of text.
Not something I would use on a formal document, however.
I've seen design guides recommending Roboto as a body text font for whatever reason. I'd admit it looks "good", but at the cost of legibility (same as Calibri). But if I want it to be "clean-looking" as well as legible? Good old trusty Arial is there. Though I would just usually stop thinking and just use Noto Sans, lol!
I prefer using Inter for my projects since Roboto is getting dated in my opinion.
+1 for inter. Shet sorry I have had a weird fascination with fonts, and Gawt Damn you earn big bucks if you have good fonts in a font foundry.
Because Google, a tech partially owns the web. lol
I'm really not used to working on my supposed day off, I'm feeling so lazy and unproductive at work right now. And I'm not particularly motivated to work on a good day lol.
Rest and recreation, karapatan mo yan. Do it, spend a day doing nothing. Its so fun!
Grabe... mukhang abot-Baguio ang simoy ng hangin rito ngayong umaga.
napapansin nyo ba yun preparation ng US nowadays?
https://inv.vern.cc/watch?v=plHRRFHZ_f0
Pro tip: Stay the hell away from lemmy instances that do not have the modlog feature.
if i didn't try i wouldn't have known that i have such a talent in making roux (mukhang champorado)
Watching The Addams Family rn and this movie is one scene away from being an x rated film because of the charity auction scene lol. Couple goals talaga sina Gomez at Morticia.
Anyone tried squabbles yet? Is it good?
Good evening, peeps.
Love is Light (2022)
I've found another nostalgia-invoking anime song, which is Snow Halation from the anime Love Live! School Idol Project. S1E2 palang ako so I have to restrain myself from playing it on repeat or else I'll diminish the significance and ruin the experience for me when I get to the Snow Halation scene, whenever that is.
bat kaya may ashpalt mga barangay road dito
Saang dito? Kay Dennis Uy?
Hahahha! A wild duterte crony appears out of nowhere!
Wala akong maisip na maganda, eh. Sorry naman
ako. ako isipin mo
Wag po, stepbro.
secret
Pwede din palang doon, ni Brod Pete. Yung dating dito, doon na ngayon.
Alien?
Puro na lang ata deaths/accidents/horror yung nasa auto-downloads ko (I listen during commute or to fall asleep) I've started dreaming about them 💀
Medyo nakakatakot? I wanna dream about eating delicious food and cute stuff, not that. I think I need to horror cleanse 😅 it's gonna be difficult tho. I myself can't believe I think I need a break from that.
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