fireweed

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[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Again, depending on where in the world you are, you may not have the equipment nor access to ingredients necessary to make these properly. You might be able to approximate, but it won't be as good, which is the entire point of my comment.

American pizza requires a pizza oven or regular oven with a steel/stone (or dish for Detroit-style pizza), specific types of cheese, and depending on your preference, specific toppings; these may not be available abroad. In some countries, ovens are not considered standard kitchen equipment; good luck making decent pizza on the stovetop.

Similarly, really good BBQ requires special equipment that even most American homes don't have, and requires a good deal of outdoor space (otherwise you risk smoking out yourself/your neighbors).

Mexican food is more flexible in terms of equipment, but ingredients may be hard to source (especially spices).

For ice cream you might struggle to find the right add-in ingredients depending on what flavor you're trying to make, but again, the biggest issue is equipment. You can make ice cream at home without an ice cream maker, but it seems like more hassle than it's worth and still requires some equipment and decent freezer space (fwiw I've never done it before; maybe it's easier than it sounds).

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

American style pizza

frozen broccoli

You have exactly ten seconds to get the fuck out of my comment section

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

It's not showing the error now so shrug. Also the account I'm logged in as has engaged in zero activity (no comments, no voting, just lurking) in almost a year, so I don't know what I'd have suddenly been shadowbanned for.

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 53 points 6 days ago (20 children)

Obviously this is entirely dependent on where you're moving to, but I struggled to find the following when living abroad:

  • good (American-style) pizza
  • good Mexican food
  • good BBQ
  • certain ice cream flavors (like cherries jubilee/cherry garcia)
  • wide open spaces completely devoid of people
  • large-group events of a boisterous and goofy nature
  • certain types of museums/educational facilities (such as good zoos/wildlife rehab open to the public and interactive science museums)
 

Screenshots of reddit.com/r/all on mobile as it appeared immediately after loading (did not scroll), taken at 12:34 and 12:40 PST; look what suddenly disappeared from the #1 post spot! That's a rather specific "server error"...

I happened to take the first screenshot (12:34) because I thought it was suspicious enough that they were suddenly dealing with an unspecified "error" right as bad news about the site hit the top of r/all. Then a few minutes later (~12:38) the site didn't load at all. A few minutes after that, the bad press post is gone from r/all. If you go to the post now (https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1jl6smd/elon_musk_pressured_reddits_ceo_on_content/), it says "Sorry, this post has been removed by the moderators of r/politics" (marked as "off-topic").

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

There's also a severe shortage of medical professionals ever since covid in all fields all over the country (but especially in rural and rapidly-growing areas). Good luck actually getting a medical appointment, and even if you can swing one standards have been weakened so that what would normally be a visit with a doctor (or the field's equivalent) is now a nurse practitioner or other less-educated title. If you want a "real" medical professional you need a referral, and again, good luck getting that appointment scheduled. Everyone working in medicine is overworked and burned out. Unless you're actively bleeding out, seeking medical attention, especially routine checkups and preventative screening, doesn't feel worth it anymore.

I'm not too surprised to see cancer deaths being one rare area that's decreasing; besides strides in treatment, most cancer sufferers are older and thus wealthier and also have Medicare, plus they also probably already have a primary care physician from pre-shortage. The hardest-hit in the medical care shortage are the young and people who have recently moved, and find themselves running into the wall of "no one is taking new patients."

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

If you're looking for something a little different in the gangster genre, the anime series Baccano! might be worth a try.

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 56 points 1 week ago

Original tweet quote translation:

"After inserting the giant butt plug, the [strained back/slipped disk] pain disappeared"

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What are your recommendations for people with small faces? Because I've never encountered an N95 that felt like it fit.