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I think when they said that, the implication was that there was no need for such. I.e. it interrupted the flow of the story and didn’t add anything useful, other than perhaps pandering to a certain crowd.

Seems kind of weirdly unnecessary to start with “Lemmy” instead of just going with TMBG, but whatevs. Subscribed to John & John.

Umm… whoah

Late reply, but in English media articles, it’s still fairly common for me to see references to what people said on Reddit. AFAIK there are also still entertainment sites (“Caveman Circus” being one) that still regularly harvest expert or semi-expert takes found on Reddit in order to construct ‘best of’ articles.

Though-- perhaps that activity is down somewhat, as you suggest.

Unfortunately for us fans, it looks like Callery Kearns may have retired. Maybe you know something more?

The only influence German has now is the odd loanword, like Weltschmerz and Schadenfreude.

Hahahahaha! XD

Good luck, bro. (you’re gonna NEED it)

These are really well done for the most part. Very light-hearted, but rather devious: (Just for Laughs Gags)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyGz1AYQMhM&list=PLEB4EBCDDCF605225

I’d be interested in learning, because German is the biggest contributor to modern English along with French. Of course the split happened long, long ago, but still…

It would have to be a couple years though, after I (knock on wood) am done getting to about B2/C1 on French.

chicken powder separately

Unfortunately, the ones around here aren’t all that great. Going by a ramen packet right now, it looks like this “Maruchan” version probably has more spices and dehydrated veggies than the straight chicken powder. Also, methinks the OXO cubes would be pretty hard to sprinkle over popcorn(!)

That said, there’s all kinds of great popcorn toppings (store bought and homemade), so I don’t suspect it’s a big problem.

I think I’ll refrain from posting a pic here, but mom had a ‘plant-bent’ that she followed up on by eventually becoming a certified ‘master gardener’ via series of courses.

In parallel with that, over the course of many years, mom took the little suburban backyard we had and transformed it in to… holy Willy Wonkas… a sort of ‘lush paradise,’ and with each square foot or so, it consisted of generally non-native, fascinating species. I.e., plants with interesting herbal qualities, incredible flowers, or whatnot.

Earlier, we’d rescued two stray cats, and it was really fun seeing them go back outside and frolic in mom’s garden. Hahaha, it was like an amusement park to them, one in which they became undeniably blissful and non-argumentative. (see, they didn’t like each too much, despite being sister littermates)

I sort of accidentally discovered that when dining at the local cantina.

The restaurant did something neat in serving an appetizer of guacamole on top of pico de gallo. For whatever reason I decided to dump the whole thing in to the bowl of spicy, chicken-black bean soup I was having. The contrast in flavors, and cooked vs fresh, spicy vs cool was an instant game changer. Indeed, I never looked back from there.

Can someone explain this one for me?

Apart from the algorithm-angle, I kind of enjoyed it as an analogue to institutions like Christianity. Think of the formula as a typical sculpture of Christ on the cross-- commonly revered by millions, but at its heart, something which doesn’t add up in today’s world, leading millions of slavish worshippers astray over and over again.

(haha, and yes, that was a cynical interpretation indeed)

@sundray@lemmus.org

Where would I even find Mastodon content, being logged in on Lemmy?

The instances / servers don’t seem to auto-populate here, so would I need to subscribe to something?

Hahaha… I’ve pointed that out so many times that I’m glad it eventually stuck, i.e. the ‘cardboard cutout’ thing and the windows built out of physics from Flatland.

I needed to preserve that NAPGism.

I know I’m frequently complaining about Gallagher’s consistency of professionalism, but it really is sort of wonderful the way he’s such a huge slacker in that way. So much more interesting than the consistent but totally banal ‘production type’ comics of some of his colleagues.

Highlights for me:

• Grandpa Nutmeg hovering next to a tree, not actually sitting on a branch
• In something of a fratboy move, Grandpa has decided to shave the left side of his moustache off, altho keeping the right
• Grandpa’s new eye in the edit intrigues me. Seems like I’ve seen that look before in the Egyptian section of the local art museum.

Side note: another example of Gallagher more and more seeming to disregard his model sheets for the characters.

I mean Iggy, here. He looks like sort of a bigger, redneck version of the character. Or maybe it’s just his stunt double and they goofed up the take.

Really cool to see Caspar Milquetoast utilised as some grist for the mill. (and Magritte of course)

The Timid Soul is super-dated in some ways, but I think speaks rather eternally to the neurotic in all of us.

Waaaaiiitaaminute…!

So who’s saying “snort snort” exactly (the birds, concealed), or is it a sound effect?

The act of looking changes the reality.