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I ate guinea pig when I was in Ecuador, but it was fried, so it was very tough. I imagine better preparations could have softer meat. I would never want it in an ice cream (not a fan of bacon ice cream either).

It wasn't as good as rabbit by a long shot, but it's probably an appropriate comparison to make since they're both rodents. And, again, it might have been the prep or the fact that I was a teenager and didn't have an extensive food vocabulary yet. At the time, I said it was "like 3/4ths chicken, 1/4th fish," but I doubt my words in retrospect.
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It doesn't actually take any mental athleticism to see the pathway:
-Wareen claimed ancestry (which is true and does corroborate her family story)
-Native leaders say that ancestry =/= tribal membership, something Warren never claimed
-"Liberals are liars."
-Trump gives a nickname meant to mock her claims and remind everyone what a lying liar she is; the nickname is that of a historical Native woman.

There is no non-racist motivation for thinking that 'Pocahontas' would play well with any electoral group. It's the same rationale that lets Republicans at all levels of government call Democrats the 'real racists' while talking about the dangers of "inner cities," "sharia" and "immigrants" as problems the GOP can fix or eradicate.
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-Cipher- posted...

What

The Republicans want Warren's claim of Native ancestry to be framed as a purposeful appropriation of minority status that is offensive to Native Americans...and Trumo's tack has been to use a derogatory nickname against Warren based in Native history.

The racism is that they think using the name of a real Native person to insult Warren is a winning strategy or that it would somehow be less offensive to Native Americans than a woman who restated a family story. It would be like calling Rachel Dolezal 'Booker T' to mock her claims of Blackness; why the hell bring Booker T or Pocahontas into condemnation of someone White?
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Baaaaaaahmp
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I've been the fortunate recipient of pounds and pounds of goat cubes. Most are in the freezer, but I kept about two pounds out to cook.

In the past, I've eaten goat, but never cooked it. Some stuff online mentioned soaking it in milk; will it be very tough? Any tips or beloved spice mixes I should try? Thank you as always, CE.
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It's not the same, but I had cyclical vomiting for about four years due to ulcers I got in grab school and ended up quitting my job because it was an hour bus ride each way. I was underemployed, so it wasn't the worst decision either way, but it really impacted my confidence for future jobs.

I work from home now doing language analysis and the vomiting cycle has mostly subdued the past year or so. Things are slowly looking up.
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I came here when I was under ToU age and stayed until I was about 21, then dropped out until about a month ago. I'm 30 now.
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Tupacrulez posted...

Well we're married, so I'm glad we're besties.

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Give me the goddamn money right now, Denny.
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You shouldn't drink more than 33 oz. of water per hour, so you'd need to make sure you drank up to 33 oz. for thirteen hours a day to make it feasible and not hurt you.

I think I could do it. Damn. I couldn't take any long-distance flights with that $50 mil, though, because water service is ****ing impossible on a plane.
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Topnotch satire of pretentious broken society memes. Good show.
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DuranOfForcena posted...

the main street we are off of has all the nice, big, rich houses, so that's where the trick or treaters usually go to score big.

I likewise didn't go trick-or-treating in my own neighborhood. The houses were too spread out and rural. Well, good luck to those kids this year. I hope you get a piece of candy, too.
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Happy birthday, Cyric! Have a smooth decade.
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Vol2tex posted...

Do you guys really get close to 100% of the daily recommended amounts for Iron, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, etc?

*shrugs* I've never had any vitamin deficiencies in adult life. The B vitamins are the ones you need daily because you pee them out. If you're worried, take a multivitamin once or twice a week for maintenance, but eating enough of a good diet really ought to give you most of what you need. Remember, food sources are how our species developed what ought be our baseline, so if you're eating 'right,' you're giving yourself what you need, especially when you recall the periods of famine we evolved during (no point counting your macros when all you have is blubber and tubers for the next five months).

Vitamin C specifically is in pretty much every common fruit and most vegetables: tomatoes, citrus, apples, carrots, celery, spinach. Most of those also have Vitamin A. Add some eggs for iron and choline and you're basically set before we even get to the tasty animal fats.
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Beastmaster
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DuranOfForcena posted...

i don't have any good halloween costume memories because my family has always been pretty poor and i was the youngest of 3 kids, which means that by the time things like this got to me it was compromise time, so all of my costumes were either lame handmade craft stuff that my mom did herself or cheap walmart crap.

I'm sorry, that sounds tough and really frustrating. My mom made my costumes, too, and she often took shortcuts. I was an only child, though, so they dumped a lot of resources into me.

Do you get any trick-or-treaters where you live?
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SimpleMan posted...

I kinda hope I don't cause then hey more candy for me.

>:)
But we're grown-ups and can buy candy anytime.

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As for this year's costume, I've decided to be Reggie from GLOW in her first screen test as Liberty Belle. Mostly because I needed some new athletic gear, but she's also my favorite and gets the least screentime.

(Topics that get bumped in the night)
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Vegetables: These by far make up the bulk of my diet by plate volume and may almost match meat in terms of absolute volume by weight.

Fruits: Several times a week, but not every day. They go into smoothies or as a one-off snack an hour before a workout.

Nuts: Rare. I like them and they're handy snacks, but I infrequently snack and I'm not hard up for other sources of fat, fiber or protein.
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You can have family togetherness and reinforce basic tenets of schooling and morals outside of school hours.

Keeping them isolated in no way prepares them for the real world or does anything to diminish social anxiety; rather, it legitimizes it. Exposing children to more ideas is only ever beneficial for their well-being and intellect.
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BruceWayneJr posted...

I bought a priest frock and taped a baby doll to the crotch. This was around 2003-04.

I was a nun around the same time, but the only edgy prop I took was a ruler.
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DuranOfForcena posted...

they want to make for us vegetarian biscuits and gravy using cream of mushroom soup as a base.

That doesn't sound good. Were they trying to pull some BS out of a can, too?

I wasn't suggesting using mushroom soup as anything other than a soup side dish and wouldn't suggest it. Having too much meat pride makes you miss out on lots of other tasty foods, but it's obnoxious when people try to make vegetarian replacements mimic meat dishes, too. Vegetables (etc.) are good on their own merits and should be enjoyed that way.

EDIT: Sorry, thought you were TC. I have deleted something from the end of the post that asked why you hadn't known what gravy was.
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DuranOfForcena posted...

yeah if you want to get it thrown at you

WTF? I love meat, but that doesn't mean other things aren't delicious. Mushroom gravy is damn good and if you already have a meat gravy for your dish, mushroom soup is worthwhile. You're limiting yourself.
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I honestly think it should be illegal.
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You can make mushroom or other vegetable gravies.
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

I was joking (not about how I was raised)but it was funny how my post was right before the topic abruptly stopped.

It stopping was the trick and the bump was the treat! <3

Banjo2553 posted...

I have a feeling I won't be able to fit comfortably in it anymore though, I've gained some weight since then.

Dang. Time to upgrade to Thor, then. I have some viking shifts that are soooooo damn comfy. A bit more streamlined than mumus, but easy to wear within any range of 250 pound weight-gain.
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Banjo2553 posted...

I was happy with it

Perfect. Tunics are pretty comfortable!
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

I was raised a Jehovah Witness and I am offended that you guys are enjoying a conversation that I can't be part of. End this topic.

I missed this message and am bummed for little you. I had a JW who knocked on my door a LOT of non-Halloween days in that suburb without trick-or-treaters (see above). Seems like he was trying to grasp some sense of the Halloweens he never had.
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Medzzz posted...

Bart Simpson when I was five or so. I was just a cheap plastic mask

Still counts!


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SimpleMan posted...

Grim Reaper was probably my favorite cause it was simple. Pops built me a scythe for it. Probably won't bother dressing up this year. I'll be ready to pass out candy, but since in the 15 years that I've lived here there have been 3 kids doing the trick or treating thing I doubt anyone will show up.

Solid. That's a cool costume. Drag about the trick-or-treaters, though. I hope you get some. I grew up in a rural area and we never got any because all the kids in my area went to the closest suburbs for candy.

When I grew up and moved to a suburb, I was so excited to get trick-or-treaters, but because it was an apartment, I never did the four years I was there.
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MrResetti posted...

I was the red ranger 23 years ago

Excellent. Thanks for keeping us safe that Halloween, fellow ranger.
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IfGodCouldDie posted...

wore a green bowler hat, a red half mask, painted the bottom half of my face green, wore a green sweater, and black pants, and had a cape that had the suits of cards checker patterned on it in green and black. I called myself the power of imagination.

That's fantastical. Neat! I love costumes that come from pure daydream and abstraction.

Butterfiles posted...

I just wore leggings under it l

I hear that! Doing anything ambitious this year?
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Link's Awakening was the first game I ever beat as a kid. I called the hotline after the game ended because I didn't know what was supposed to happen the next time I started the cartridge. The call was maybe two minutes, so it wasn't a big deal.
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He said it was just a name!
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Accolon posted...

When i was 8 my dad made me an awesome zombie costume, with fake mold on the shirt and a raw liver hanging out.

Im not dressing up this year, but next Halloween I'm doing Luke Skywalker and dressing my baby as Yoda

Yowza! That's really, really cool of your dad and with your upcoming idea, you sound like a cool one, too. Young Luke or recent Luke?

Aeriis posted...

I was Princess Zelda in 2017! That might be my favorite ever, maybe?

Hotcha, cha! Maybe mine, too. That's superlative! Did you make that?
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DocDelicious posted...

Scolds. Lots ok "you're sick!" and "you're not right!" type of reactions.

Heh. You bad thing. Keep it up.

tennisdude818 posted...

French maid

DocileOrangeCup posted...

Banana

Noice.
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GoodOlJr posted...

It can scar the uterus walls and cause issues getting pregnant later

That's really not accurate unless you're doing it yourself.
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DocDelicious posted...

Got so many bad reactions.

Scares or scolds?

I hurt my leg once when I was a tween and trick-or-treated in a wheelchair with a sunhat cut up to look like someone in an electric chair. Since I couldn't go up stairs, I'd stay on the sidewalk and holler 'trick-or-treat!' while my friends went up for candy for all of us. One old lady thought I was mental delayed/physically handicapped and gushed over how nice my friends were for taking the poor invalid out. We got so much candy from her, but I always felt guilty.
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SH_expert44 posted...

I played along, moving back and forth in a repetitive motion and then lunged at them for a jump scare.

Phenomenal! I hope the homeowners gave you extra candy for that. The simple scares are best.
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SH_expert44 posted...

I had everything, including the pickaxe. Many of the kids in the neighborhood even recognized it which surprised me.

Spectacular! Did you get any scares in on them?
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Zeeak4444 posted...

I cut some purple scrubs into shorts then pieced it together from there. Had a buddy print graphics on a shirt, found a green bowler hat and cut out the black question marks to glue on. Most of it was stuff I shopped for like purple and green long socks so nothing to crazy or original but nothing from a costume shop or anything.

The tuxes were a blast we went to like a shop where you rent costumes (for like plays and stuff) and then pieced it together there. We won the costume contest (second place was a killer Garth and Wayne duo). Were both really animated people too so we went into full character for it.

Those both sound really great. Pulling things together into the outfit is the best version of the fun of dressing up. Mad props on that and congrats on your victory!
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That's why I carry, like, a dozen books with me when I travel, breh.
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Good nutrition of both parents, adequate hydration and exercise, stress control and folic acid. Genetic testing of the prospective parents before conception and testing of the fetus during gestation.
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SailorGoon posted...

I'd rather not trim it since I want to get my twirls back stat

That makes sense. There are a lot of opportunities for a 'stache with a good twiddliness factor. Happy growing!
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_CARLOX_ posted...

OMG!!! Vanai! Is it really you? It really has been that long and most of the people from back then moved on a long time ago. And just to show I do remember you: You have a great sense of style.

It's the real me, even more stylish than when I was a tween. Thank you! <3 Have a super rest of the day and a spoooooooky month.
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