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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • Too long. I won’t make any sort of call from a single person’s perspective when different people directly involved have different takes.

    I would reconsider whether my subscribing to this community “sparks joy” or is helpful to my mental health, and then I would probably unsubscribe.

    AITA doesn’t need to be recreated lemmy, IMO. That was one of the most toxic subs on reddit that wasn’t specifically porn or violence related.


  • Move to a nice big house with my four sisters and, IDK, start a coven. Not really, but the neighbors would probably think we’re witches or something.

    Across the four of us, hobbies and projects would be spilling out at the seams. I would have a much bigger garden and brew and ferment all the things. I would also love a metalworking shop. One sister is into textiles so sewing equipment and looms and I wouldn’t be surprised if she wanted to try raising sheep and processing her own wool given enough time. Another is into fitness so we’d have a rockin’ black iron gym.



  • I started with Joshua Weissman’s recipe on YouTube and then went from there, mixing different fruits and veggies and adjusting the brine.

    Basically, the bad bacteria doesn’t like salt and the healthy bacteria does. So dump your peppers and whatever else for flavor in a brine, let it hang out for a while, add some garlic and vinegar and any secondary adds then blend the shit out of and enjoy. It gets even better as it ages in my fridge for a couple months. I made one with habanero, carrot, and mango that was delicious.

    You want everything submerged so it doesn’t mold. Ferment it in a jar that is covered but not sealed.

    How To Ferment And Make Your Own Hot Sauce, Easily - YouTube Fermented Hot Sauce (joshuaweissman.com)






  • I pick up and discard hobbies frequently. I do hobbies for entertainment; once it’s no longer enjoyable, I move on. Some hobbies I find I don’t really like, some I get tired of when I hit some level of mastery, very few last me for year over year. I basically treat trying new hobbies as a hobby.

    If guitar isn’t fun for you, move on. Definitely don’t let feelings of guilt and laziness in, that’s not the point of a hobby.



  • I was at a summer camp as a kid. I went into the bathrooms, which were only a notch better than latrines. There was a crack in one wall and as I’m peeing, snakes start pouring out of the crack and from gaps along the ceiling. This is like Indiana Jones movie level of Lots Of Snakes. I run out, still peeing a bit with my pants halfway down.

    I was terrified, but also in the back of my head knew there weren’t any venomous snakes in the area and this would make for a good story someday. A counselor found me, believed me (thank goodness), and helped me get to clean pants before too many other campers saw me so the story at the time stayed about the snakes and not me pissing my pants.