EponymousBosh

joined 8 months ago

If you have a Nebula subscription, Lindsay Ellis has a fascinating video about Blazing Saddles and why it really couldn't be made today, but not for the reasons you'd think; it has more to do with the history of the Western genre and the state of race relations in the US than "political correctness." I wish she'd put it on Youtube.

So I guess that's my roundabout answer: any movie that "couldn't be made today" is probably because of larger social forces than just "too much swearing/violence/nudity/etc."

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 7 points 4 days ago

Still best practice to use current name unless the person has specified otherwise.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 12 points 4 days ago

IMO, best practice is still to use the current name/pronouns. I think it's OK to say something like "Caitlyn, formerly known as Bruce" if clarity is needed and then proceed with current name going forward. In this instance, everyone knew who we were talking about so it was unnecessary.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

As someone who's used both, I think men's and women's restrooms are equally gross overall. Humans is humans, bodies is bodies, grossness doesn't discriminate, etc.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 5 points 4 days ago

I find regular oat milk and/or almond milk too watery, same as you. Oat milk or almond milk-based creamers are where it's at for me. Califia Farms also makes a "barista blend" oat milk specifically for coffee drinks if you can find it.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 17 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Downvoted for deadnaming someone. It'd be a decent joke otherwise.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Website recommendation: Cookie and Kate. Generally pretty easy recipes and I haven't been disappointed yet. The Vegan Lasagna is a lot of work but 100% worth it.

Book recs: Moosewood Simple Suppers and Weeknight One-Pot Vegan Cooking. I checked the latter out from the library and liked so many of the recipes that I immediately bought a copy. And I actually made one of ny faves out of the Moosewood book last night: Lemony Couscous with Chickpeas. I like to cut the couscous down to one cup and throw an extra can of chickpeas in, but it's good as-written too.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 2 points 2 weeks ago

There's a fork of QKSMS called Quik SMS that's still being developed! That's what I use now.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 2 points 2 weeks ago

TV bumpers/"vanity plates." The Viacom and 20th Century Fox ones were particularly bad when I was a kid. I don't watch much TV...

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 3 points 2 weeks ago

I grew up in Florida but I haven't lived there in a long time and I had a visceral fear reaction to just reading the words "palmetto bugs." AUGH.

 

If you've only ever heard "Gangnam Style," you're missing out!

 

I'd been pronouncing it as "Mackle-more" but then I watched Todd In The Shadows' new video about him, and I swear he pronounced it "Mack-le-more" for half the video, and now I don't know which one is the real pronounciation and which one is the joke. I have no strong feelings about him as an artist one way or another but I'd feel like a dick if I'd been inadvertently clowning on him for over a decade.

 

Last night I had a "back in school" dream, only in this one, the McElroy brothers were helping me cheat on a project. Unsurprisingly, Justin was the most helpful. What weird ones have y'all had?

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