Dr. Witch, not witch-doctor

I got a Ko-Fi if you want support my nonsense or buy an art https://ko-fi.com/whimsystitch/shop

[lovehype]

i hate this place i want to go to build a bear

[lovehype]

me and the besties going to build a bear

[leftnipsdoodles]

powerful mental image, had to get it out

[erisluna35]

I felt bad for Beth. Had to include her.

[nature-nerd-sarah]

crossposting this meme from a discord server lol

[quasi-normalcy]

Every single person I know who did football in high school, without exception, has a chronic injury. Many regret what it's done to their knees and back, even major organs like the brain.

There is no serious legislative push to ban high school football.

[quasi-normalcy]

Also, like, if you want to talk about social pressure on minors to undertake activities that will result in regrettable, irreversible damage to their bodies:

No one, *ever*, tried to persuade me to transition.

My gym teacher tried to persuade me to try out for the football team almost every single day that I was in junior high.

[quasi-normalcy]

#i firmly believe that the reason why concussions and brain damage in general#are not taken nearly as seriously as they should be#is because of football#if we take concussions and brain trauma seriously then we have to acknowledge the risks that children are undertaking at even#high school level football#but we can't do that#because the kids need to play football in high school so they can play football in college so they can join the NFL#This time I'm really gonna queue it.

[astrologamage]

I recently watched this video by hydn called “The Great Concussion Denial” and holy fucking shit. Made me sick to my stomach. The tldr is that it’s all the NFL pushing football on kids but that’s really diluting the story

[sqweanky]

YOOOO manic breakdown POSTPONED LOOK AT THIS THING

the kowari....

[funstyle]

I saw someone spell it "whimsicle" today. Like popsicle

[cristhine-inkwell]

funniest dynamic in re:zero to me, too bad they didn't interacted much

[zey-again]

[skaianbruja]

And also a good amount of what people call "fake" Mexican food is really just Norteño food

"Nobody eats flour tortillas in Mexico!"

Maybe nobody in Jalisco, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Veracruz etc. eats flour tortillas, but my Chihuahuense grandparents ate nothing but flour tortillas and legit never even touched a corn tortilla until my dad married my Jalisciense mom

"Burritos are not authentic Mexican food! In Mexico they're considered gringo food!"

The burrito as we know it today is believed to have most likely originated in either Chihuahua or Sonora, both of which are Northern Mexican states

[skaianbruja]

Quesabirria is from Tijuana. Chimichangas are believed to have originated either in the Southwestern US state of Arizona or the Northern Mexican state of Sonora. Nachos are from Coahuila, and while yes, they were apparently created for gringos, that doesn't erase the fact that they still originated in Northern Mexico

[skaianbruja]

Even many of the dishes that did without a doubt originate in what are now California, the Southwest, or Texas aren't "fake" either

And no, I'm not talking about any of the shit from Taco Bell, Chipotle, or Aqui. Those I do consider to be fake Mexican, not because of where they were founded, but because the founders of those restaurants were fucking gringos who whitewashed my culture's cuisine for profit

I'm talking about dishes like chicken and olive enchiladas. No olives aren't used in Jalisco or Oaxaca or Veracruz etc., but something I've learned while trying to learn about the history of Mexican cuisine in the so-called Western United States is that the use of olives is traditional to Chicano cuisine. We were already using olives (and flour tortillas) in our cuisine before the gringos ever stepped foot here

There's also something to be said about how a lot of times when people talk about "real"/"authentic"/"traditional" Mexican cuisine they're really mostly just referring to the cuisine of the Western, Central, and Southern regions of Mexico (something I myself have been guilty of as someone who grew up on Jalisciense cuisine). Norteño and Chicano cuisine often get excluded

[stupidbeecandle]

So to the folks who know and love real Mexican foods, is it true that olives arent "a Mexican ingredient"?

It seems like it shows up in Mexican foods all along the west and southwest regions of the USA but Ive heard some folks say that olives are some white nonsense

[skaianbruja]

Hi, as someone who grew up on "real Mexican food" (Never mind that my entire post is literally about challenging the idea that Chicano cuisine is "fake" Mexican cuisine), I think I'm at least somewhat qualified to answer your question: No, olives are not used commonly used in Mexican cuisine from Mexico. However, that doesn't mean that olives are gringo bullshit. Again, they are a traditional part of Chicano cuisine

I don't know if you can read Spanish or not, but if you can, I recommend checking out this book (El Cocinero Español):

ECE-1-001

Now while this book was published decades after California became a US state, the recipes in it are ones that Californios would've made and eaten for generations prior to the gringos invading Alta California. There are about 70 recipes in this book that include olives as an ingredient; the very first recipe is one for stuffed olives:

[stupidbeecandle]

Wow thanks! This is really informative. I teach food classes in therapy and this would be a fun topic at our next group meeting :)

[tics-deactivated20201202]

POV u are a tasty little cheese

[catbreon-draws]

If you close your eyes right before the rat hits, your brain will think that you have died. some people find calmness in this.

[segamascott]

[comparativetarot]

Back of Card. Art by Viki Lester, from Tarot Affirmations.

[glassshine]

[earhartsease]

on it boss

[sparklenaut]

I cannot believe it worked

[chortlebot]

before someone screenshots this and posts it elsewhere this is me

[clawcakes]

PREV TRUTH NUKE

[skaianbruja]

And also a good amount of what people call "fake" Mexican food is really just Norteño food

"Nobody eats flour tortillas in Mexico!"

Maybe nobody in Jalisco, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Veracruz etc. eats flour tortillas, but my Chihuahuense grandparents ate nothing but flour tortillas and legit never even touched a corn tortilla until my dad married my Jalisciense mom

"Burritos are not authentic Mexican food! In Mexico they're considered gringo food!"

The burrito as we know it today is believed to have most likely originated in either Chihuahua or Sonora, both of which are Northern Mexican states

[skaianbruja]

Quesabirria is from Tijuana. Chimichangas are believed to have originated either in the Southwestern US state of Arizona or the Northern Mexican state of Sonora. Nachos are from Coahuila, and while yes, they were apparently created for gringos, that doesn't erase the fact that they still originated in Northern Mexico

[skaianbruja]

Even many of the dishes that did without a doubt originate in what are now California, the Southwest, or Texas aren't "fake" either

And no, I'm not talking about any of the shit from Taco Bell, Chipotle, or Aqui. Those I do consider to be fake Mexican, not because of where they were founded, but because the founders of those restaurants were fucking gringos who whitewashed my culture's cuisine for profit

I'm talking about dishes like chicken and olive enchiladas. No olives aren't used in Jalisco or Oaxaca or Veracruz etc., but something I've learned while trying to learn about the history of Mexican cuisine in the so-called Western United States is that the use of olives is traditional to Chicano cuisine. We were already using olives (and flour tortillas) in our cuisine before the gringos ever stepped foot here

There's also something to be said about how a lot of times when people talk about "real"/"authentic"/"traditional" Mexican cuisine they're really mostly just referring to the cuisine of the Western, Central, and Southern regions of Mexico (something I myself have been guilty of as someone who grew up on Jalisciense cuisine). Norteño and Chicano cuisine often get excluded

[stupidbeecandle]

So to the folks who know and love real Mexican foods, is it true that olives arent "a Mexican ingredient"?

It seems like it shows up in Mexican foods all along the west and southwest regions of the USA but Ive heard some folks say that olives are some white nonsense

[fidelcostco]

can't believe the only options are 30 minutes early or 10 minutes late. if only there were some other way. but what can you do

[mushroom-soup-is-my-religion]

[stupidbeecandle]

The jumpscare of having the exact bus and street I used to take daily back in the day. Trimet bus 15. Wtf