Exactly this! All of this. Ok, adding some things to your impress me list:

Hell yeah, taking a mortar and pestle to some spices! This is the way. You’re right that it’s like night and day! If you’re looking to put together a good collection, you might want to try Asheville, NC based Spicewalla. It’s owned by Chef Meherwan Irani of Chai Pani, and SW has been featured in Bon Appétit, Food &…

Yep! It’s all of those things. And a lot really depends on the way our brains are wired to feel and express empathy toward others:

Omg, Chick Tracts! You’re so right about that! I live in the southern part of the US (smack in the middle of the Bible Belt), but I wasn’t raised by an evangelical family. So the first time I encountered a Chick Tract, it definitely felt like I was peeking into some kind of alternate universe.

I’m so sorry. Your situation seems a bit more delicate, since these are your in-laws rather than your own parents— I’m guessing you’re probably taking some cues from your spouse regarding what you can and can’t say to them? I hope you’re being well supported while dealing with them.

Yep! There was definitely poop involved at some point near his time of death. He was almost certainly wearing an adult diaper, too.

Regret? Rush Limbaugh? Not that I’ve heard.

Exactly this! And “smart” doesn’t always mean having emotional intelligence, right? It’s really not rocket surgery (lol) that so many people who would otherwise be considered intelligent gravitated toward someone who validated their deepest, darkest impulses.

“I thought I was listening to a crazy person.”

Ugh, I’m so sorry. Thank you for sharing this. I hope you get your dad back one day. Your dad’s story sounds so familiar from what we can observe happening to many people who become radicalized: a person becomes more isolated from others, then something comes along and fills that void, messages repeated over and over…

If anyone could deserve a painful death, it would be Rush Limbaugh. But I used to work for a hospice agency, so I doubt that’s how he actually died, unfortunately. Those with access to good medical care also tend to have access to pain medications, a good support network and all the bells and whistles of premium level …

Yep. Age seems a bit like alcohol, in that it can bring out how you truly feel. And it often seems like it boils down to the way you perceive your own life in relation to others.

“Thanks for sharing your experience. I wish I knew what it was in his rhetoric that inspired people like our fathers.”

This! If that happens in an online relationship, it’s 100% a scam, no doubt. And tbh, if any talk about exchanging/spending money comes up— within the first 6 months or longer— while you’re in ANY relationship (online or in person dating, friendship, etc.), it’s most likely a scam or grift.

Your “pan pizza with its oily friend crust” just gave me flashbacks to my time back in high school, working as a server at Pizza Hut. I remember my jaw dropped on my first day, when I saw a coworker with this half gallon sized pump bottle of oil— pump, pump, pump, filling the bottoms of the pans with like 1/4 inch of o…

I’ve heard that this works well, but tbh I just don’t trust it. The intense high heat from the self clean cycle can occasionally warp a cast iron skillet, so I’ve been hesitant to try it out with a skillet I really care about. Plus, I can’t handle the fumes from a self clean cycle as it is, so I’m not gonna create any …

Please think twice about using ankle weights, especially if they’re the ones that are on the heavy end of the spectrum. 

Yeah, I think the deep fried stuff can be hit or miss. If it’s been made from frozen okra (often cut and pre-battered like chicken nuggets), or if it’s been sitting around too long, it’s definitely deep fried mush with a hint of slime.

I can’t wait to see how they move on without Cara Dune. I’d really love to see something totally lame like this:

^^This.^^ It’s as if they equate FREEDOM!!! with this free for all, anything goes as long as I approve of it, you’re not my dad so you can’t tell me what to do attitude about every goddamn thing. But they’re the first ones to try and restrict women’s healthcare, forbid LGBTQ marriage and pull a Karen by calling the…