I thought it was hilarious. Easy humor can still be funny and the idea of the headless horseman performing fellatio on himself is funny especially with the guys playing it so deadpan.

It’s funnier when you remember no one in the cast is old enough to remember pre-Giulisny NY unless they grew up in the city as children. Even Kenan was a child star when Times Square became Disneyfied. Those puppets are annoying though. 

He also explicitly called Trump supporters Nazis so I don’t think he was saying both sides are bad.

They’re raping a disembodied ghost head that tried to drag them to hell. I don’t think this sketch is promoting rape culture. 

I think that’s true, though? New York DOES have that mythology for a lot of people. That’s always been a big part of the appeal of the show, why the stories about the cast parties are so legendary. A lot of their most famous bits have had that “It’s New York!” vibe. I’m thinking Lazy Sunday. And the John Mulaney diner…

Kate McKinnon and John Mulaney in a classic movie is pretty much always funny. 

The five timers joke isn’t funny and I dread easch time the show feels they have to acknowledge this made-up non-joke with an elaborate conceit about how cool SNL is, with all your favourite celebrities hanging out. I don’t know why it bugs me but it does.

Still. Anything that’s going to be “open package, maybe add water, eat” is going to be easier than something with a shopping and multistep cooking process that dirties the kitchen. That’s why I always wonder about these comfort food things. I love tacos, but I’m not going to go across town to the Latin American…

I was one of those people. It’s fun if you love baking and are obsessed with bread but it’s a project. It takes 24 hours. If you’re craving bread, which I basically always am, it’s a frustrating exercise in patience. 

I’d be curious which of those items people buy and which of those items people make. That changes the calculus. Comfort baking cookies? Sure. Comfort waiting for yeast dough to rise? No. 

Right but if you look at the list not all the items are high calorie. Steak isn’t on there and cereal is fairly low-cal unless you eat a lot of it, which tbf we all do. It really is the perfect comfort food, milk or no.

You should make your own nutella, with peanuts instead of hazelnuts. Lifechanging. And easy if you have a food processor. 

They’re both way easier to make. 

The best thing for stress is probably phone banking or calling the appropriate organizations to get them to actually force all the votes to be counted and Trump to actually step down if he loses, instead of letting everything be handled by a SCOTUS more favourable to the GOP than it was in 2000, the last time this…

Could be. It’s a cuisine based mostly on refined grains, potatoes, and animal fat. And chicken. Either farm labour or our people had a lot of bad breakups. 

Guess that’s the difference. The Jewish cooking websites I follow are secular, but do the traditional Orthodox still do margarine? I feel like even if you want a meat meal and a pie crust or cookie dessert there are better options than margarine. Coconut oil? Coconut ice cream? Meringue? Even regular vegetable oil. 

Now that I think about it, isn’t rugelach just rolled-up pie?

I would legit read a a book about Jews of a certain era and putting margiarine in everything. And that tofu “ice cream” that was popular for about 5 minutes in the early 90s. The Jews now just use butter for everything (or maybe coconut oil) and make the rest of the meal vegetarian if the dessert is that important. 

Excluding Montreal Jewish food, Quebec food is basically different ways to eat pig. I’ve had tourtiere and it’s amazing. 

Pie is not a sandwich because you can’t pick it up and eat it with your hands.