Is there a movie that has gone through a more dramatic reappraisal after it left theaters? Like Carpenter’s the Thing has gone from the “quintessential moron movie of the 80's” to “one of the greatest movies ever made” in the years since its release. I’m sure there were movies that were beloved in their time that just…

Well, the theoretical half-life of the proton is about 10³⁴ years so not forever ever. 

Every time I am confronted with tasteless, odorless gold on food I think of this classic bit by David Cross:

Relaunching moviepass during a pandemic that makes people *not want to go to the movies* might work out if you convince people to sign up and then not go to the movies.

He was an absolute trash heap of a person, but at least he was a person unlike the tech overlords with outsized impact on the internet now.

It really does feel like they’re trying to hollow out the business to sell off before Vince kicks it.  There might not be a World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment except as a video library in 20 years.

A turkey dog is a sandwich.  All things are sandwiches.  Soup is a sandwich.  A 1997 Toyota Corolla is a sandwich.  Ennui is a sandwich.  You are a sandwich.

I can confirm that the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area and adjacent suburbs are just not a very donut-rich environment.  There are bakeries, and they often have donuts but I knew of like two donut shops near me and one of them closed during the pandemic.

It’s not going to be “pleasant to smoke in” weather around here for a while, so I wonder if it would get too “pickled” if you cooked it sous vide in the marinade, chilled it, then put it on the smoker for an hour to warm it back up and set some crust.

A lot of why these big chains are building generic boxy buildings instead of “this building is unique to this chain” has be be due to how many of the various fast food chain restaurants have closed down in the last 30+ years, and how it’s really hard to sell one of those “this is obviously a Pizza Hut” compared to a…

I really don’t understand playing a Bioware game and not recruiting every possible companion.  That’s kind of like playing an Elder Scrolls game and not joining every faction.  There’s roleplaying reasons for it perhaps, but you’re not really playing these games to roleplay in the traditional sense.

“Food related merch” is a weird enough thing to crop up, but now they want me to spend money on useless things like NFTs?  FFS.

I usually make my own fruit cake, then macerate it with brandy spritzing it every other day for 3 weeks.

The AVClub article about this mentioned that he is now up to 800 Papa Johns pizzas over the last year and a half, it’s a testament to something that he keeps buying pizza he hates.

I’m going to disagree on “never use a food processor”. If you’re making aligot, the amylose released by really obliterating the potatoes combines with the proteins in the literal pound of cheese you’re adding, that creates the the long, elastic fibers that are the signature of the dish.

The charcuterie tray is a thing you eat while waiting around for dinner, not a thing that is actually on the table/sideboard.

I think the thing that the author misses is that instead of playing a game where I have no chance to win without paying a premium for access to the best whatsits, I could instead choose to play a better video game that does not do that.

Anything that takes sweet potatoes and leans into the sweetness by adding things that are even sweeter- marshmallows, maple syrup, chocolate chips, whatever.

This is what happens when you have decades of unsubstantiated “check your kids halloween candy, there’s malefactors about” news stories.  You’re basically baiting people to put something scandalous, but harmless, in the candy bucket.

Sometimes I get gas from a place called Kum & Go.