Constantly_confused

she-her/20 I’m just trying to have a good time and meet nice people...

[when-you-fail-again]

[some-lionheart]

[partywithponies]

My woke take, as someone who has worked in both a public library and a school library, is that we desperately need both more books that are at a higher reading level but a less mature subject matter, and more books that are at a lower reading level but a more mature subject matter, because 8 year olds who are advanced readers are still 8 year olds and don't want to read about graphic violence and torture, and teens and adults who have learning difficulties or who are just later readers for whatever reason are still teens and adults and don't want to read about Billy the Bunny going to school or whatever the hell.

[partywithponies]

Shoutout to people in the notes also mentioning people learning the language, I should've mentioned that really, given that I've been stuck reading German picture books myself while learning German.

[gentlekiss]

source

[ibetitdoes]

not to enforce gender roles but a computer should NOT fucking have apps okay. if I wanted an app I'd go on my phone my laptop is for Programs. I mean this.

[mlembug]

bringing the ancient meme back

[cazort]

really glad to see hate for this concept.

count me among the haters. i've been a hater since i first encountered this conflation of many different well-defined concepts into one ill-defined one

it's part of the general trend of hiding the inner workings of computers from the user, which is something i hate since it tends to promote computer illiteracy which tends to promote incompetence and dysfunction in society as a whole

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I definitely make spaghetti sauce extremely wrong but I'm not going to stop

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Chop 1 onion and put it in a pot.

Add 1 or 2 cans of diced tomatoes. Whatever makes the ratio of onion look right.

Add a ridiculous amount of frozen peas. Peas should make up a notable portion of this sauce.

Add frozen corn also if you wanna be real fancy. If I have bacon, I'll add that too, but I very rarely have bacon.

Cook on HIGH.

While sauce is cooking, grab the nearest bottle of mixed spices that isn't obviously for desserts. Add some. How much? I dunno, enough that you feel like you've added seasoning so it's technically cooking. (For me this is most often a mix called Moroccan, but it could be anything. I've reorganised my kitchen recently so tonight it was something called Pizza Topping.)

If you happen to have green herbs lying around, add those too. Whatever you have on hand that's green.

Let the sauce boil on HIGH until all the water is gone. Stir occasionally so the saucepan will be easier to clean later. Serve on cooked spaghetti noodles with no cheese.

Today I added a new step called "while the sauce is cooking, duck out for 15 seconds to post about spaghetti sauce on Tumblr, then get distracted and forget you are cooking." This adds a novel Extremely Burnt edge to the flavour profile.

[realitys-ex]

I am not Italian, or of Italian descent by *any* stretch of the imagination.

I am also not one of those "cooking purists", who believes that everything must be done in a specific/ traditional way (unless you are making a cooking video with the title "how to make x" in which case if you don't specify mid video that your way is not traditional god help you).

I am a firm believer in "If it tastes good, then it is correct for you".

Except in this case.

This hurts every cooking bone in my body. The latent ancestors in my soul. The judgmental elf in my brain just bit a cyanide capsule.

Why? The spices. Using a different spice mix every time, based on what is ready at hand just ... hurts.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

[ludmithjacques]

Absolurl I deranged, Derin. Food crimes.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I don't know what sweating the onions means

[grison-in-space]

It means. It means you cook em a little in a pan with a bit of oil first.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

A pan? How many dishes do you want me to have to wash here?

[grison-in-space]

I mean you can also do it in the same pot you're making the spaghetti sauce in! The important thing is the onions get a little cooked before the wet stuff goes in, so they're not so wet and limp and boiled....

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Honestly this depends entirely on whether I remember to chop an onion first or I find the can opener for the tomatoes first. The ingredients go in in whatever order they go in.

[finnegeanscake]

Derin who hurt you

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

A pack of wild chefs herded my mother off a cliff

[garaks-huge-naturals]

did ur mum get 2021 cruellaed

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Yeah and now I'm in a war against food. I have to hunt down and kill Remy next.

[ecrivainsolitaire]

I don't think you'll catch him. I think he'll smell that horrible sauce from miles afar and will run in the opposite direction. Jesus Christ Derin they sell sauce in jars you don't have to live like this.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I'm not buying that stuff I am a fancy chef

[mememuseumofhistory]

[eatmyeyes]

rbing this cause it gives me the same satisfaction "She told him that she loved him" (put "only" in front of any word in the sentence to change the meaning) gives me

[korrasamibottles]

Not enough people talking about how well broccoli holds a sauce

[theundergroundwoman]

btw you should make sure to spend the infinite cycle of life, death, and rebirth with a bestie. it’s called ouroboros not myoboros

[innerchildabortionclinic]

interesting kink assortment on the dash

[jame7t]

Man I’m a graphic designer why the fuck do I have to explore the Tomb

[i-give-you-a-fish]

You get a Devils Hole Pupfish

Cyprinodon diabolis

[jame7t]

Well Ok I like this

[dogpuppy]

[tiktoks-i-enjoyed]

TT post by @ crafty.lad (he/him).

[what-even-is-thiss]

It can either be an herbivore or a herbivore depending on if you want to pronounce your H sounds today

[1stay0gold1]

if you say a herbivore to me i am publicly executing you

[what-even-is-thiss]

Only if you can survive a DIRECT BLAST from THE FULL COUNCIL

[dragon-in-a-fez]

big fan of the four-year-old on this flight who yelled "THEY ARE BRINGING COMPLEMENTARY BEVERAGES" when the flight attendants came down with the drinks cart

[uss-emberprise]

[depsidase]

[xanaxfarts]

A tiny insect clinging to the head of a horned viper

[depsidase]