anethum

anethum OP wrote

Reply to how about beyonce covering "jolene" erasing the implied gay of the song _and_ turning it into "you can't step to me because we're _so good at monogamy_" by anethum

some more stuff because i'm shadowboxing with a guy i made up in my head and losing:

i don't have any problems with beyonce doing country. i actually think the songs sound cool! please don't lump me in with the folks who are criticizing her for that. god knows there are actual, more profound criticisms of beyonce that could be had (s/o to oolong for sharing that article here a few back). though i guess that's not my place specifically to do that. so i'll stick to the more superficial stuff. hee.

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anethum wrote

Reply to comment by anethum in A Nice Cup of Tea (George Orwell) by nitori

checking in: a cheap teabag (that i still think is nicest when drunk plain anyway), three teaspoons of powdered milk, sweetened with stevia, and a pinch of salt.

...maybe the salt lifted the drink up a bit? it's a sideways movement at worst. maybe using stevia for sweetener messes up the flavour profile? possibly. not really a big fan of regular sugar, though.

you could argue that by this point it's not even tea any more; it's just some abominable hot cocktail. i'd again argue that we're past that point when we added milk into it

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anethum wrote

Reply to A Nice Cup of Tea (George Orwell) by nitori

But still, how can you call yourself a true tea-lover if you destroy the flavour of your tea by putting sugar in it? It would be equally reasonable to put in pepper or salt.

haven't checked yet, but just like how adding a little bit of salt into your chocolate drink works well, i think we could be onto something with a little bit of salt in your milk tea?

anyway, two can play that game: i don't think you should even add milk if your leaves are that good. are we tasting the tea or the milk here, hm

my personal tastes: i don't put sugar in tea, but occasionally some cheap tea that's a little bit too sweet is nice i think. it's difficult to get milk that's not flavoured/sweetened in my place anyway so any milk tea would be sweet by default, so no milk either. but when i do put milk in it, i make it a little bit too sweet, again. for some reason i can never get it "sweet enough", but "not sweet enough" is by far the worst thing for me.

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anethum wrote

Reply to "cool quartz necklace, what properties does it have?" well i purchased it because of the "craigslist jackoff necklace guy" but the most magical thing about it is its abundance on earth and the piezoelectric effect making it a fantastic clock in electric circuits. but mostly the jacking off by twovests

what if i ask you to explain yourself. would you write a 1,500-word explainer on "craiglist jackoff necklace guy". what if i ask nicely

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anethum wrote

Reply to I just learned that sometimes the things people say aren't fully accurate to the best of their knowledge, sometimes without even the intent to deceive by flabberghaster

speaking as someone who does that: sometimes you just need to say things. yeah, it sounds horrible, but: it's like a rhythm game. sometimes the notes just come to you and you just gotta. hit it, to keep the tempo of the conversation. my sentences are usually 70% caveats by content, but sometimes you just can't get these in and it sucks but that's how it is

obviously if the topic at hand is serious, folks shouldn't do that, but

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anethum wrote

Reply to the chat gpt haircut by twovests

i had actually posted a hypothesis on what your original post could've meant and where it could've come from and i deleted it 'cause i didn't vibe with it and i'm so glad i did because this is such a good story and my hypothesis turned out to be so off-base that it would almost feel like i'm belittling you

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