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Cake day: June 23rd, 2023

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  • Just as a mild counterexample, I’ve personally changed my views quite drastically over my time on reddit and now lemmy, and most of it was from individuals just sharing their own perspective.

    I held some latent bigotry and misogyny, part of which I picked in my day to day life, and partly from 4ch. I won’t say I’ve eliminated it completely, but I think I’ve become a better person from my interactions online.

    If we’re not out here trying to actively learn from and help other people, then what the heck are we doing?









  • people need to take a step back and look at who they are hurting with this and how realistic it is to expect people to just get rid of their car.

    I think after reading @doughless@lemmy.world 's perspective, I’m certainly a bit more sympathetic. I guess I had a picture in my head about the economic status of the typical Tesla owner that they could probably afford to absorb the loss if they could afford the thing in the first place. I forgot we live in a world where you can finance everything, even your take-out, and that even luxury car owners might be living paycheque to paycheque.

    That, and that there are probably quite a few people who got one for environmental reasons who don’t deserve to be hurt for what was most likely an innocent mistake.



  • I’m just about to make some scrambled tofu. It hits similar macros, flavour and texture to scrambled eggs:

    • 1-2 tbsp cooking oil
    • One onion, sliced
    • Generous pinch of black salt (kalak nama) or just whatever cooking salt you use
    • 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
    • 1 lb medium-firm tofu
    • 0.5 tsp tumeric
    • 1 tsp ground cumin
    • 1 tsp Italian spice, or thyme, or both
    • 0.5 tsp chipotle powder, or other spicy capsicum powder
    • 1-2 tsp nutritional yeast (optional)
    • 1 tsp soy sauce
    • 1 scallion to garnish
    1. Cook the onion for a few minutes in the a skillet or large pan, then add the garlic and cook until starting to brown.
    2. Crumble in the tofu, add the spices and cook on medium for ~10 mins, scraping off the pan bottom and flipping occasionally.
    3. Deglaze with soy sauce and/or water. Serve (on toast) topped with scallions.

    Notes:

    • Most Western people probably don’t have kalak nama, but it really gives a nice sulphurous eggy flavour. Worth getting some if you like that and intended to make this regularly. It’ll also keep forever.
    • if you prep the scallion before you start cooking, toss the whites in with the garlic, and save the green for garnish. I don’t because it saves time to prep the scallion during step 2
    • you can go with a less firm or more firm tofu depending on how you like your scramble



  • The report, which crunched the numbers for all 50 states, is based on Pew Research’s definition of middle class: two-thirds to double the median household income.

    This kinda strikes me as a bit of a disingenuous definition. Being middle class always struck me as having a moderate amount of disposable income after all regular life expenses.

    If you’re living in an expensive part of your state, you could well be above that 66% of median state income mark, but still be quite impoverished.



  • enkers@sh.itjust.workstoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldUS Frites
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    “Frites” is a portmanteau of the words “French” and “frites”, so it’s still just “frites”.

    Incidentally, when translating the word “frites” to English, you can’t be certain of how many instances of the word “French” you need to add, and the only way to be certain is to ask the original author. This has led to many difficulties in translating posthumous works.



  • Annd it’s caused by use of contaminated manure (or contaminated runoff water), so buying organic doesn’t really help. Buying hydroponic or compost-only (veganic) would, though, but that’s probably not available at most supermarkets, and there would be a significant cost premium.

    On the other hand, not getting listeria does sound pretty good too.

    And of course the problem’s source is mass animal agriculture, so stopping eating animals would be a step in the right direction regardless.