NABDad
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- Comment on People whose cooking videos say like, "These are so good I make them every week! I make this dish twice a week! I make these three times a week!..." must eat like 6 meals a day. 1 day ago:
Last Monday we made sausage and spinach strombolis. 1/2 hot & 1/2 mild Italian sausage, chopped frozen spinach (thawed and drained), mozzarella and parmigiana cheese. Brown the sausage, cool it, mix with the spinach and cheese, wrap individually into single-serving strombolis. Roughly three pounds of sausage makes 12 strombolis.
We’ve been eating them every day since Monday and had the last two yesterday.
I wouldn’t make it every day, but only because a recipe makes 12. However, I wanted to make it again after six days of eating them so I could eat them for another six days.
- Comment on Religions have some of the wackiest rules 2 days ago:
- Comment on Even his doctors are full of it 2 weeks ago:
My wife lost an inch, then had to have a vertebrae fused in her neck and she got the inch back.
Pissed off my daughter as she had just outgrown my wife, only for my wife to pass her and force her to do it again.
- Comment on Even his doctors are full of it 2 weeks ago:
They measured my height the last few times I was in for a physical.
I think it’s because I’ve reached the age where they want to see if I’ve started to shrink.
- Comment on Do you really have to let everyone know 2 weeks ago:
It’s called “advertising”
- Comment on The US Secretary of Education referred to AI as ‘A1,’ like the steak sauce 2 weeks ago:
She doesn’t have the job because she’s smart.
She has the job because she’s on their side.
- Comment on Should visitors to a country (tourist / visa-holders / people staying temporarily) have the right to criticize the government? When should an immigrant have the right to criticize the government? 3 weeks ago:
Well, it was yes.
What we’re all seeing now is that the Constitution ultimately depends on our willingness to agree to collectively abide by it.
It was always just a story, but while we all agreed to believe in it, it was a true story.
- Comment on What is anti-propaganda? 3 weeks ago:
I managed to logic my parents out of one thing.
My parents actually asked me if it was possible that the vaccines contained 5G micro robots.
After taking a moment to maintain my composure and put on my “pretend I wasn’t asked a stupid question and answer seriously” face, I asked them to take out their phone.
When the phone was in their hand, I asked them to consider the fact that it must be charged every day to keep working, and that the vast majority of the size of the phone was taken up by the battery. Then I pointed out that a device small enough to be injected wouldn’t have enough power to still be on when it left the needle.
Luckily I didn’t have to go further than that.
I think that’s the only time I’ve had any success pounding logic into them. I think the problem is they can’t think of me as anything but a child, except where computers are concerned.
They paid for my computer science degree, and they know I’ve been working in IT for 32 years, and I answer all their computer questions. So, if the subject is computer-related, I’m their expert. Anything else and I’m just a deluded child.
I haven’t tried talking to my mom about the SSA COBOL AI rewrite yet. I’m not sure if she heard about it or if she did whether she understood enough to even be concerned enough to ask me.
- Comment on How would I describe myself? 3 weeks ago:
I found this to be an interesting question.
I don’t think of myself in terms like that. I’m American (as in United States of). If people ask where I’m from, I’d say Pennsylvania.
If asked what I am, in terms of what countries my ancestors came from, I would typically just list my four grandparents. Since that encompasses four different European countries, it’s too complicated to think of myself as a hyphenated American. Maybe you’re in that situation.
Ultimately, the label is yours, so you get to decide. No one else’s opinion matters. It’s your identity. Just say what feels right to you.
- Comment on What actually came first? The chicken or the egg? 3 weeks ago:
Ah, but is a chicken egg a chicken egg because it came out of a chicken or because a chicken comes out of it?
That is the real question.
- Comment on If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man? 3 weeks ago:
Sounds like Twice Baked Potatoes.
My mom used to make them. My wife does too.
To be extra fancy, use a piping bag with a star tip when you fill them.
- Comment on If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man? 3 weeks ago:
Never got it. I never did much drinking there.
Back in the olden days, my order was:
Potato skins Salad Filet mignon Deep Dish Apple Pie
It broke my damn heart when they stopped offering that dessert.
- Comment on Did ChatGPT come up with Trump’s tariff rate formula? AI chatbots ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Grok all return the same formula for reciprocal tariff calculations, several X users claim. 3 weeks ago:
They’re fishing for answers in the answer pond,
Except, they’ve actually dropped their lines in the stupidity toilet.
- Comment on If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man? 3 weeks ago:
Yep.
Sometimes the answer you need is to the question you didn’t ask.
- Comment on If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man? 3 weeks ago:
My wife would kill me if we wasted any part of the potatoes.
We’ve done a couple things with the insides. Sometimes we pan fry the bits in butter with some sauteed onions to have at breakfast the next day.
Last time was the first time I used a melon baller.
When we saw the almost perfect potato balls, it was almost automatic to deep fry them, add a little salt, and just eat them like that.
- Comment on If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man? 3 weeks ago:
You mentioned TGI Fridays.
When I was in college, we’d go to Fridays all the time, and the food was incredible.
Then, over the years, it turned to shit. We stopped going.
One day, we were craving the memory of what it was and decided to give it anorher chance.
When we sat down, the manager stopped by our table to thank us for coming in and informed us that they had changed their process. She said that in recent years all their food was being prepared off-site, frozen, and just microwaved to order at the restaurant. However, they recently went back to doing all the prep from scratch in their kitchen.
The food was incredible! Exactly what we remembered. We started going back.
Then COVID hit. The Fridays that we would go to shut down.
The last time we went to a Fridays, the restaurant was empty, the staff was disinterested, and the food was shit.
- Comment on If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man? 3 weeks ago:
Where does Applebee’s get their potato skins?
I’ll give you instructions for making potato skins.
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Since you referenced food from Applebee’s, first you’re going to need to wean yourself off whatever drugs you’re on so you can tell the difference between food and what Applebee’s sells.
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wash and dry some potatoes.
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pierce the potatoes several times, all around the outside with a fork.
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bake the potatoes in a preheated 400° F. oven until you can easily insert your poking fork all the way to the center of the potato (probably about an hour, depending on the potatoes).
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take the potatoes out of the oven and let them cool down.
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slice each potato in half
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scoop out the insides of each potato, leaving about a quarter inch thickness for the skins. Last time I did this, I used a melon baller and deep-fried all the potato balls.
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deep fry the scooped out skins at about 375°. I prefer beef tallow for frying.
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when they are golden brown, take them out and set them aside to drain.
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cook bacon until crispy, then brake it up into small pieces.
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arrange all the fried potato skins on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
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season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
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fill each potato skin with shredded cheddar cheese, and sprinkle bacon pieces on top.
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bake in the oven at 350° until the cheese melts.
Serve with sour cream and chopped scallions.
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- Comment on Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Striking Motorcyclists More Than Any Other Brand: New Analysis 3 weeks ago:
They also happen to be linked up to a rapid and highly efficient super computer far outclassing anything that humanity has ever devised
A neural network that has been in development for 650 million years.
- Comment on Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution. 4 weeks ago:
I think you can dislike pedophiles and even want to see them punished, yet still recognize that some asshole doing it to get revenue from their YouTube channel is not the right solution.
Personally, I’m of the opinion that most crime is the result of either poverty or neurological flaws, and torture is not the best solution to either problem.
People need to be kept safe, and the criminal justice system is ostensibly the mechanism we’ve decided to use for that.
- Comment on How do I clean this mess? 4 weeks ago:
Nuke it from orbit.
It’s the only way to be sure.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I guess I’d recommend watching Banshee.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
In the years before the US existed, when the land was colonized by European powers, Europe had a lot of really annoying, prudish types who were a major downer.
Someone had the bright idea to encourage them to move to the colonies where they could live their prudish existence free from the naked bodies of Europe.
We ended up with all of Europe’s biggest prudes. Europe’s prudes have been trying to reestablish themselves, but they are at a serious disadvantage. Meanwhile, we in America have to deal with an overwhelming population of prudes that we’ve struggled for centuries to extinguish.
While we’re on the subject, Europe also found it convenient to dump their criminals here. So we end up with a culture in which full frontal nudity is unacceptable, but gun violence is just fun entertainment.
I say that as someone who loves some good violence. Nothing quite so enjoyable as living vicariously through some bad ass beating the snot out of the bad guys in a movie.
I never would have thought of myself as a prude, but recently stopped watching the series Banshee because the amount of gratuitous sex in the show was exceeding the amount of gratuitous violence to such a degree that I began to feel uncomfortable.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Also you need to love licorice and sauna, that’s a rule
TIL I’m Finnish.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Your concern seems strange to me.
Looking at “British” for example, you’re taking about four culturally diverse groups (English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish). “Ethnically British” doesn’t really make sense.
That doesn’t even consider the multitude of people from everywhere around the world who are British and perfectly comfortable identifying as such.
- Comment on How effective would sanctions on US by the international community be? 5 weeks ago:
Why would anyone bother with sanctions? Nothing a foreign government could do would be worse than what our own is doing.
Just wait it out and hope you manage to find a way to secure our nukes after everything disintegrates.
- Comment on What exactly are they teaching in our schools? 1 month ago:
Obedience and conformity.
Same as always.
- Comment on Almost done 1 month ago:
I think I’m down to 2 hours and 12 years, 9 months.
Assuming it’s still possible to retire by then.
- Comment on Are there any non capitalistic technology companies still around? 1 month ago:
I’ve never worked for a for-profit company since I graduated college. There is variation in non-profit employers, but there are some that are great places to work.
I got a job at a university after graduation (different university than where I got my degree), and I worked there in different departments until I took a job in the university hospital. I’ve worked here for more than 25 years.
The pay tends to be a bit lower than what you’d get at a for-profit company, but not as bad as some would lead you to believe. I’ve been able to buy a home, raise a family, and live fairly comfortably.
The benefits are very good. There’s a strong focus on education and growth, and work-life balance isn’t just a lie they tell people in the interview.
- Comment on fireflies 1 month ago:
I’m doing my part. Haven’t raked leaves in at least 20 years.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Sometimes an actual medical condition makes the difference.
At a yearly physical, my doctor noted, “no one could gain that much weight that fast without something wrong”. That’s how I got tested for and diagnosed with a thyroid disorder. It’s also the explanation for why I could never lose weight. I thought the reason I could hardly move was because I was just getting older.
For years I had been unable to lose weight by dieting. After getting my thyroid levels corrected with medication, I became more active. I started casually intermittent fasting, and I lost 30 pounds.
There’s also been research that shows your gut bacteria has a lot to do with whether you gain weight or not.