Randomness thread, part two.

[Pascal]

Should comment on photos like that "It's not a bad photo at all, you're just not that nice to look at". The trick is to try and make it sound as non-nasty as possible.

Or go for "don't worry about your looks, your personality makes up for it"

[eugmac]

i like to leave a trail of cringe wherever i go.

AND she managed to call being Asian a disease!

[jackvance]

italians also put black pepper on strawberries. i think there's lots of contrasting flavour combos that people are too pussy to try out.

True. A few weeks ago a girl put salt+pepper+chicken herbs/spices (the ones you normally only put on chicken) on my fries and they tasted amazing.

[d0zer]

I've been putting soy sauce on mashed potatoes and it's pretty f'n legit lemme tell you.

[eugmac]

Meh, how do you think people eat potatoes in Japan?

[eugmac]

I ate home-grown potatoes recently, fresh out of the ground. Left the skins on, just boiled them and ate them with butter and salt. Perfect. Absolutely perfect.

[rong]

Sweet potato added to regular potato is amazing for mashing. Add some spring onion, garlic and butter. Mmmmmmm.

[rong]

I'm also a fan of roasting new potatoes, skin in. Add some salt, pepper and rosemary.

[rong]

Just bought a 360 solely to play gta5. My current one is dead. Not been motivated to buy a new one until now.

[Luco]

Just bought a 360 solely to play gta5. My current one is dead. Not been motivated to buy a new one until now.

I used to be a gamer. Stupid life

[rong]

My Mrs got an evening job. I now have free time again.

[Savy]

Get good at poker then instead of faffing about on a game for children!

[rong]

Meh, poker paid for the xbox so its only right that I appease the poker gods by using the machine they have delivered me.

[eugmac]

let's go back to food, i like that topic better. autumn - my favourite food time of the year. i guess it's just normal 'cause it's harvest time for all the good stuff. bring on the apple pies and all that jazz.

[eugmac]

something i do miss from the other side of the atlantic - pumpkin pie. i will have to attempt one myself.

[rong]

I'm in love with carrot dipped in humous.

[rong]

And cold roast potatoes and humous.

[rong]

And cold bits of yesterday's leg of lamb and humous. (or hummus or hommous idk)

[MadMojoMonkey]

I think what you're trying to spell is "homos"

And I have to tell you that's some weird fetish you got goin' on there.

[abelardx]

I tried to tell the osteopath a joke and he said "that's not humerus."

[MadMojoMonkey]

It's hard to lie to an astronomer. They always know you're not Sirius.

[ChipEaterMan]

It's hard to lie to an astronomer. They always know you're not Sirius.

[bikes]

WELCOME TO THE CRINGE CLUB

[ChipEaterMan]

I wonder if aubrey is smiling right now

[boost]

Such an epic trainwreck. Man, some people are just absolutely clueless.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthi...-facebook-ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...gHEctcy0#t=469

[d0zer]

Such an epic trainwreck. Man, some people are just absolutely clueless.

My first thought was that you were talking about this thread...

[a500lbgorilla]

I'm in love with carrot dipped in humous.

Carrot chips are a game changer. No one will touch the pretzels.

[abelardx]

Such an epic trainwreck. Man, some people are just absolutely clueless.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthi...-facebook-ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...gHEctcy0#t=469

Ya if you ever invite Gordon Ramsay or Robert Levine to your restaurant just bow your head and say, "I will do whatever you say. Please make me a winner." Did they think Gordon was going to say "Your restaurant, despite being in deep doo doo, is perfect. I wouldn't change a thing."? lol so easily avoided

[boost]

I've worked for people who are nearly as delusional. However, they were either a lot more competent, or possessed at least some redeeming qualities. These two...

[wufwugy]

In my process of going 98% vegan, I've been trying the carrot dipped in hummus thing, using baby carrots. Don't like it. Way too much chewing and the carrot dominates the flavor. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Will try celery later. I need to figure out how to make a good bean dip and a good vegetable to dip into it

[kingnat]

In my process of going 98% vegan, I've been trying the carrot dipped in hummus thing, using baby carrots. Don't like it. Way too much chewing and the carrot dominates the flavor. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Will try celery later. I need to figure out how to make a good bean dip and a good vegetable to dip into it

Make better hummus obviously.

[MadMojoMonkey]

Pretty much sums up my experience w/ carrots and hummus. All carrot, no hummus.
Hummus and pita is great, though. Baba ghanoush and pita is great, too.

I can't imagine raw carrots being better with any dip that is vegan. Maybe a yogurt-based spinach and artichoke dip?

I mean, raw carrots are great. There aren't too many foods you can sculpt while you eat.
Carrot sculpting is totally a thing; I learned it as a pre-school teacher.

[wufwugy]

Make better hummus obviously.

I get delicious stuff.

[abelardx]

Alex or Amanda?

[d0zer]

Make better hummus obviously.

There's no hope for him, he's complaining about having to chew too much.

[aubreymcfate]

There's no hope for him, he's complaining about having to chew too much.

i literalol'ed.

i tried the watermelon and salt. meh. wasn't gross or anything but i was underwhelmed, just like with the feta/watermelon combo. i will try it again though, maybe with better watermelon and different salt next time.

[Luco]

I've worked for people who are nearly as delusional. However, they were either a lot more competent, or possessed at least some redeeming qualities. These two...

I loved that episode, I believe it was the first time ever (in 100+ episodes) that he declared the place 'beyond saving'. The meltdown is trolololololol

[rong]

In my process of going 98% vegan, I've been trying the carrot dipped in hummus thing, using baby carrots. Don't like it. Way too much chewing and the carrot dominates the flavor. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Will try celery later. I need to figure out how to make a good bean dip and a good vegetable to dip into it

How are you cutting the carrot? Thin slices, yeah? Like sat 0.7mm wide or so? Because surely the issue is carrot to humous ratio. I mean I can eat a whole pot of humous if I have enough chopped carrot.

[rong]

Had a horse raddish based dip over the weekend. Also went great with carrot, pitta etc.

[eugmac]

I'll have to try making my own hummus, I always have bought it from middle eastern merchants at the market.

[jyms]

I make my own hummus and it's awesome, right down to making my own tahini from roasting sesame seeds. Try Jicama instead of carrot, cut it thin like chips.



That episode was awesome when I watched it. I was dying for Ramsay to walk out on them, they didn't deserve his effort. So cool.

[abelardx]

Wow I just watched that episode. That was incredible. It was funny at first but then it was sad. She has serious psychiatric problems. She needs help.

[MadMojoMonkey]

I make my own hummus and it's awesome, right down to making my own tahini from roasting sesame seeds. Try Jicama instead of carrot, cut it thin like chips.

So... jyms is a fucking hippy?!
processing...
processing...
Brain asplode in progress.

[jyms]

I think I am almost the exact opposite of hippy, but there are some things that creep into my non hippy ways. Like Grounding, gathering spring water from a natural spring every month or making Chaga tea.

I think if I get the opportunity to move out of the ig city it could be a possibility, but I would never go Vegan.

[wufwugy]

eh im going mostly vegan for health issues. it's a variety of things, one of which is back pain that appears to be partly caused by inflammation and exacerbated by inflammatory meals. my body is weird

dan, id need a video on how those carrots are cut

[wufwugy]

this is like the six millionth time i thought dan and jyms were the same person because of those avatars

[a500lbgorilla]

Since no one seems to be aware of what carrot chips are



They basically make life better. Baby carrots aren't food - they're vegetables.

[Galapogos]

this is like the six millionth time i thought dan and jyms were the same person because of those avatars

I keep thinking you're rilla because there's something very rilla-esque about your avatar.

[a500lbgorilla]

I keep thinking you're rilla because there's something very rilla-esque about your avatar.

I'm still waiting for the day when I find out wuf's my fight-club-style alter ego.

[rong]

I keep thinking I'm wufwugy because when I went to India I know I perfected squatting.

[wufwugy]

do you even poop?

[wufwugy]

Since no one seems to be aware of what carrot chips are



They basically make life better. Baby carrots aren't food - they're vegetables.

eh i was gonna buy some but the only options were organic.

[rong]

do you even poop?

Only at work, I like to get paid for it.

[eugmac]

What do people have against organic food? Also carrot chips...? Wtf guys. Peel your own fucking carrots. It's not that hard.

[eugmac]

Oh are those actually like chips, like fried and crispy or something?

[ChipEaterMan]

I make my own hummus and it's awesome, right down to making my own tahini from roasting sesame seeds. Try Jicama instead of carrot, cut it thin like chips.
That episode was awesome when I watched it. I was dying for Ramsay to walk out on them, they didn't deserve his effort. So cool.

[boost]

What do people have against organic food? Also carrot chips...? Wtf guys. Peel your own fucking carrots. It's not that hard.

Yeah, seriously, this. Did the bag cost 86c more? Are you afraid you won't get your proper dose of growth hormones and pesticides?

[rong]

I assumed they were like crisps(chips to you yanks). Not just cut up carrot. Why would anybody buy precut carrot? That's ridiculous.

[wufwugy]

My comment about organic was partly a joke. Partly. It's not one I would expect anybody to get, even after I explain it

I live in the Pacific Northwest, and up here everybody thinks organic produce cures cancer. My sister and her husband are scraping by, yet the only produce she buys is organic, because she wants her family to be healthy. It doesn't matter how much I try to explain to her that not all organic food is created equal, that the negatives she gets from the stress of living paycheck to paycheck (partly by spending assloads more money on organic than regular) are probably more than the health she gains from eating organic, and that the amount of toxins in any animal products far surpass that of non-organic vegetables (she eats meat like 14 times a week).

The myths created around organic are unreal, and it irritates me.

[Savy]

I assumed they were like crisps(chips to you yanks). Not just cut up carrot. Why would anybody buy precut carrot? That's ridiculous.

Because they're American and you have to advertise vegetables to them as a concept they can understand like "chips". God only knows what they'd think this is for.

The myths created around organic are unreal, and it irritates me.

Not to mention the space wasted on growing organic food literally results in people starving.

[d0zer]

Not to mention the space wasted on growing organic food literally results in people starving.

People aren't starving because we can't grow enough food for them, we're more than capable of producing enough food to feed the world, distribution, politics, economy etc are the issues.

[a500lbgorilla]

I assumed they were like crisps(chips to you yanks). Not just cut up carrot. Why would anybody buy precut carrot? That's ridiculous.

Because carrots + labo(u)r < precut + cost

This is why your economy is in the tank. None of you brits know whats up. I'm saving time and creating jobs nom nom nom

[a500lbgorilla]

People aren't starving because we can't grow enough food for them, we're more than capable of producing enough food to feed the world, distribution, politics, economy etc are the issues.

And the fact that the food we produce is shit.

And the fact that tomorrow there will be more people thanks to making it easy to chow down today.

And the fact that ImSavy is bullshitting you.

[kiwiMark]

Plus they're rippled! You'd basically need child labour to recreate this at home.

The 73 varying stages you can buy potato in in dutch supermarkets between uncooked and "fuck it we'll send a guy to put it in your mouth for you" still blows my mind. It's a fucking potato, just throw some hot water at it. Or even just throw some hot at it.

[d0zer]

And the fact that the food we produce is shit.

That has been an unfortunate byproduct of industrialized agriculture, market forces demanded an optimization for quantity, mostly disregarding nutritional quality, in favor of quantity and visual appearance maybe to a lesser extent. I like to think that as people become educated on the subject, we'll see industry adjust. To some extent we already have with the recent interest in heritage strains, though still fairly niche.

[MadMojoMonkey]

Cow shit is organic. That doesn't make it a "healthy option". <- Just for the lolz

Trying to convince someone what is desirable to put in their mouth is a tough sell.

Those "organic" farmers have some good marketing, is all.

What we need are some "Blow Jobs Prevent Cancer" billboards and it'll all be better for everyone.

[d0zer]

farmers didn't promote organic food, hippies and then yuppies did until it bled into the mainstream.

[bikes]

my dear we're slow dancing in a burning room

[boost]

Wuf touched upon this, but just barely.. Organic is a really broad term unfortunately, as the big players got a foothold they lobbied for looser restrictions on what can be in a product labeled organic. The list of acceptable pesticides and what not has grown instead of shrink as it was intended. The thing is, there are plenty of farms which have been organic since before the label was regulated, and even more which are organic in spirit because they can't afford to pay to have their farms inspected and approved. Most of these farms are found at farmers markets. That being said, there are still benefits to buying from the big guys if that's the only alternative you have to conventional; for example, in my opinion, milk without growth hormones is worth the extra cost, as well as free range/organic eggs which surely have health benefits, but at the very least just taste a million times better.

[boost]

farmers didn't promote organic food, hippies and then yuppies did until it bled into the mainstream.

Meh, that's kinda unfair. Many farms which supply local farmer's markets were founded and are run by "hippies" and "yuppies." So while it may be a subset of hippy yuppy farmers which promoted it, it was farmers nonetheless.

[d0zer]

Meh, that's kinda unfair. Many farms which supply local farmer's markets were founded and are run by "hippies" and "yuppies." So while it may be a subset of hippy yuppy farmers which promoted it, it was farmers nonetheless.

Well when he says "Those "organic" farmers have some good marketing, is all", it sounds like they had a well funded marketing department, where it was more of a grassroots (pun intended sure why not) movement that I'd argue was more promoted by consumers of organic food than it was the producers.

[boost]

Yeah, sure. I mean, there was certainly a tipping point, when all of a sudden the big players in the food industry realized they needed to get in on this or it would pass them by. Horizon for example is a wholly owned subsidairy (sic, lolpuns) of Deans. Once big food got on board and were able to bend the regulation of Organic to suit their mass production, it really took off.

[kiwiMark]

Cow shit is organic.

No more than you can say "cow meat is organic."

I also dislike the term organic because for me organic just sounds like, well, living stuff rather than the much narrower definition actually meant when people use the phrase "organic food", but here we are.

[d0zer]

My parents were those hippies on the "bleeding edge" of organic back in the 70s and shit. It's crazy to see how far it's come. Fuckin' big food man, they found a way to fuck it up.

Their "free range eggs" are SHIT compared to my real free range eggs. For the most part grocery store organic that's shipped across the continent is as expensive or more than local farmers market produce, and is lower quality to boot

[wufwugy]

It's probably worth going "organic" with animal products, as you may be able to cut down on some serious harmful additives. However, the healthiest form of animal product probably gives far more toxins than non-organic plant foods. Flesh naturally stores lots of stuff in it that the gut and intestinal system doesn't like

Local is probably the best. Unless there's some shit going down at local producers, you can get more ripened food, probably less corporate, and probably less pesticide

I say "probably" because I don't know know know. I know know, but not know know know. It's a really tough topic to figure out. Frankly I don't care about the pesticide issue of non-organic. Organic has their own pesticide issues that nobody wants to talk about. Regardless, when you consider the kinds of diets normal people live on these days, replacing any of that with non-organic plant foods is huge. The difference in health between those who have healthy organic diets and those who have healthy non-organic diets is probably not even noticeable. Whereas the difference between healthy non-organic and unhealthy anything (organic or non-organic) is substantial.

FWIW, I've been gradually increasing the vegetables in my diet and decreasing the bad stuff and I've noticed that even when I still binge out and get drunk, I have exactly zero next-day-hangover (assuming I didn't get a headache shortly after drinking ended). Previously I would always get feelings of lethargy and stuff, but now I don't even feel like I was drinking. I attribute this to my substantive dietary increase in broccoli, mushrooms, and onions. I also don't have to take supplements like magnesium and zinc anymore. Which is good because those cost money and supplements aren't exactly the safest/healthiest thing in the world