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hotcrossedfangs

shounenchild

my favorite part of this whole thing tbh

ruinedchildhood

pronouncingitwang

at some point in your life you will be boiling fruit, water, sugar, and lemon juice in a pot to make a syrup or jam. the instructions will tell you to simmer for a certain amt of time. your timer will go off and you will look at the pot and go, "hm, this doesn't look thick enough. maybe i'll let it go for another 10 minutes." this is the devil speaking. it's only so liquid right now because it is at boiling point. it will thicken when it cools down. learn from the follies of my youth and do not let this happen to you

yokowan

at some point in your life you will be making a sauce or a stew in which you need to add cornstarch to thicken it. and you will prepare a slurry of starch in cold water and think "this looks like way too little starch to thicken this amount of liquid." this is the devil speaking. cornstarch instantly polymerizes at 95°C and if you add too much it will turn into an impossibly thick goop.

le-jardin-inculte

at some point in your life you will be making some sort of cream based dessert that requires gelatin to thicken it. and you will soak some gelatin sheets in water and think "this is too few gelatin sheets for this amount of cream." this is the devil speaking. it will thicken in the fridge and if you add too much you will end up with milk jelly

shithowdy

at some point in your life you will be baking cookies. you will take the sheet out after twelve minutes as the recipe instructs and the cookies will still be glistening and soft. "these don't seem cooked enough," you will think to yourself, "i should place them back into the oven until their edges are nice and golden." this is the devil talking. this is how you get dry, overdone cookies. the cookies will continue to bake on the warm sheet for several more minutes and then harden up after sitting on a rack for a while. trust the process. trust the process.

fuckyeahchinesefashion

OP: This is the first time I've seen the Yellow River's sediment discharge with my own eyes.

jingyuanyuan

There's a Chinese meme that the Yellow River doesn't need rituals to present sacrifices because if it's hungry it'll come onto the shore and eat the sacrifices itself.

asmuchasidliketo

#some netizens also say chinese people like unification because only a powerful unified dynasty can survive the yellow river and sometimes #also the chang jiang when they decide to flood and change directions and kill and displace millions #also only large dynasties have the resources to do hydroengineering to try and control the yellow river #yellow river be like: if you don't hydroengineer you die #but if you do you might also die heehee #“we call these our mother rivers not because they are gentle but because we are too scared” tags on above post

(source: Wikipedia)

setnet

@mikkeneko

alterac

what in the

oh my god??

cryoverkiltmilk

People talk about how the Great Lakes are deadly because they are uncaring, but the Yellow River is literally out to get everyone.

#china #yellow river #those are some wild jumps

stydixa

What are you afraid of, a fate worse than death? No, just death, isn't that enough? CLUE (1985) Dir. Jonathan Lynn

#Clue

ilovecoelacanths

went to a new optometrist today wearing my squid facts ‘save our freaks dont mine the deep’ shirt from @sarahmackattack that has a strawberry squid on it. and i wasn’t even thinking about it but the optometrist walked in and he was like ‘oh what does your shirt say’ so i showed him and he was like ‘oh that’s neat!’ and then i thought he might like to know about strawberry squid eyes since they have weird eyes and he is an optometrist and all. so i was like ‘yeah it’s actually a real kind of squid called a strawberry squid, their eyes are really cool because they have one big yellow-green one and one small blue one’ and he kind of gasped and went ‘oh my god that’s so interesting i wonder why they have that. do you know what their retina composition is like?’ and i watched as he minimized my chart on the computer and started looking up images of strawberry squid and then he googled ‘strawberry squid retina composition’ and he was like ‘sorry we’ll get to your eye exam in a moment i just really want to find out’ LMAO 10/10 optometrist experience will be returning

apollohour

From where you are right this instant, how long do you think it would take you to touch a horse?

I am touching a horse right now

Less that 10min

10-30min

30-60min

1-2hrs

2-4hrs

4-10hrs

more than 10 hrs

I simply would not find one

From where you are right this instant, how long do you think it would take you to touch a horse?

I am touching a horse right now

Less that 10min

10-30min

30-60min

1-2hrs

2-4hrs

4-10hrs

more than 10 hrs

I simply would not find one

Remaining time: 5 days 15 hours

#At 11 at night it would take a bit longer because I'd probably have to break in #But there's an equestrian school about 15 minutes away off the top of my head #They'd probably be weird out if I told them Tumblr told me to go touch a horse though

iamnotlanuk

New one in the saga of Tony Hawk trying to live life as Tony Hawk

comingfromastatechampionasshole

Easy, Lazy, Potato Soup

I Am A Lazy Asshole With No Motivation Because the World is Broken Potato Soup

This is a great, comforting, extremely low effort soup. Who among us has any motivation right now? I like to serve it with a buffet of toppings, by which I mean go ahead and dig around in your fridge for anything to put on top of it. I’ll give you some ideas!

3-4 pounds of potatoes, cubed into about 1-2 inch cubes. Not to go full Cooking 101 with Holligay, but there are two major types of potatoes, starchy and waxy, and you want waxy type for this or the texture will be off! Easy to find waxy types are Yukon Gold and Red.

1 medium onion, chopped

6 cloves of garlic, chopped lazily.

2 tbsp of dried thyme or dill or basil or whatever your herb of choice generally is

2 tsp (or more) smoked paprika

4 cups chicken or veg broth.

A heaping spoonful of whole grain mustard

Salt and pepper (Or Alpine, which is the greatest choice. I use alpine and pepper)

1.5 cups heavy cream.

Toppings! Anything you like, but ideas: chopped green onion, bacon, cheese, sour cream, sauteed mushrooms, go nuts.

Toss everything but the cream and toppings into a slow cooker. Cook on low eight hours or high for four hours if you MUST but it tastes better on low for eight.

Stir in heavy cream and use an immersion blender, regular blender, or food processor to blend until creamy. Adjust seasoning to taste, put in a bowl with any toppings you fancy, and eat! IT’S THAT EASY.

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thegaymertrainer

Ribbon dancing I was not aware of your evolution 🤯

#gymnastics #rhythmic gymnastics #Alina Harnasko #AIN

bannertanks

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He doesn’t even know, and he doesn’t want to.

thatdisasterauthor

I don't go here but I feel like "It's a metaphor. Don't force it to do the work of a fact." is a great statement about literature and fan-content in general.