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oolong OP wrote

i posted about this on the fempire as it happened, and essentially, i am really careless.

to treat cystic acne, ie to dry the hell out of it, i would dab tea tree oil onto my face but i'd use a drenched cotton swab or tissue. and i'd do it while my face was still wet. and i'd use it right above my mouth and under my nose. so that one time, a slightly diluted drop of tea tea oil got into my mouth and then i experienced numbness from the waist down and light headedness for half an hour.

i tried using the fempire as poison control (i emailed the local poison authority too, they responded to me a whole month later lol) while panicking but it was luckily not that bad. unfortunately i did not learn because i had minor repeats of this until the tea tree oil expired and my mom threw it out. i'm currently considering buying a bottle again!

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WRETCHEDSORCERESS OP wrote

Reply to comment by nomorepie in Stir Fry by WRETCHEDSORCERESS

I usually like to toss the tofu in a bit of salt and msg, prebake it in convection oven til its lightly browned and slightly crisp, then toss them into the stir fry before I add the sauce!

You can use cornstarch and stuff for more of a coating, but I dont normally feel the need. It's a fun treat if you're craving that crispy fried texture though

Good luck with the tofu!!! It's one of my favorite foods :)

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cowloom wrote

Whenever I start feeling this way, I remind myself that people who lived under brutal empires in the past probably also felt the same way. But those empires eventually crumbled, the people started the long journey of healing, and eventually the future was bright again. I very much want a good future, but that future has to be fought for, and part of that means rooting out defeatist thoughts.

I'm a fan of the "revolutionary suicide" concept (by this I mean the original meaning of the phrase as coined by Huey Newton, before it was hijacked by the Jonestown cult). Revolutionary suicide, in its original form, was the idea that it is better to die on your feet than on your knees; that it is better to die resisting the forces that would drive me to self murder, rather than by giving in to them. This is one of the things that keeps me going. If the fascists want me dead, they will have to come and kill me themselves. I won't do it for them.

No matter how bleak things may be, we can't give up hope. Because there is always hope, as long as people are willing to resist.

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rain wrote

Reply to comment by nitori in just toast by cowloom

I’m curious which corner of america. I’ve lived my whole life here, and the only time I’ve heard untoasted bread referred to as toast was when you planned on toasting it before eating.

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rain wrote

Oh you misunderstand - I don’t want to keep the goat, I want the goat as a neighbor. Wandering around, climbing cars, eating bicycles, alternatively delighting and terrifying the kids. You know, a goat being a free goat.

I’m also joking; I live in town and while it would be fun to watch my neighbors try to cope it would almost certainly end badly for the goat :(

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nomorepie wrote

Sounds good, I need to make this as well (bought tofu the other day but I've never made it before so I'm scared to try 😅)

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