RBWells 1 hour ago • 100%
My teenagers work and pay taxes.
RBWells 1 hour ago • 100%
I think between 16 and 20 is acceptable, but I have one kid who turns 18 a week after the election. So will be almost 22 before they can vote in a presidential election. 19 or 20 before a local or state race.
So I think 16 makes more sense, because the national races being only every 4 years disenfranchises too many young people, everyone who is 15, 16, or 17 at this election won't actually get to vote at 18.
RBWells 1 hour ago • 100%
We are business casual, like most of the south & west now, and I see men's fashion expressed mainly through good shoes, and clothes that fit correctly.
No Stupid Questions
Is there a difference in meaning between the words *people* and *persons*?
RBWells 4 hours ago • 100%
I don't think you would use Persons as the alternative there - just "they". My sister and her friends, wow they travel a lot!
Cocktails, the libationary art!
Show your collection, Lemmy!
RBWells 4 hours ago • 100%
Whiskey with pineapple juice is so good. Pretty much anywhere from pineapple with a splash of whiskey to whiskey with a splash of pineapple.
Cocktails, the libationary art!
Show your collection, Lemmy!
RBWells 5 hours ago • 100%
That's gorgeous!
RBWells 18 hours ago • 71%
Are you Hezbollah and did you buy a phone from Israel? Did you piss off the mob, or a government? Then maybe. Otherwise, unlikely. Phones have been known to catch fire, though.
RBWells 18 hours ago • 100%
Well I am happy, but would be happier if the public transit here was good. Because the city would be so much better.
More money would make me less anxious but I have a reasonable lifestyle already (only took a half century and 4 wage earners in the household) and am satisfied with it.
Show off your collection, or organizational skills, or decorating prowess! This is my wall o' booze. I am lucky to have a little nook off the kitchen, and a glass cabinet from my grandmother.
Unpopular Opinion
The Floor Is Comfier Than Beds and Couches
RBWells 2 days ago • 100%
Yoga mat is about perfect for me IF sleeping on my back. Floor not bad. Bed is much better for sleeping on my side though. Absolutely hate sleeping cold though. Cold will wake me up every time.
Asklemmy
what would be the best way to tell your supervisor to stop inquiring about your personal life and mobbing you into opening up?
RBWells 2 days ago • 100%
It seems at least possible that her intentions are good, and you don't want to blow up your job, right? Have you told her directly that you like her and like your job, but the lunch-and-interrogation is not your idea of a break, and you do need a break? With a smile, do not feel like you are doing anything wrong. You are not doing anything wrong.
I am surprised nobody else is sitting these out ever, if every other person in your group looks forward to the lunches and they are part of what she considers the culture of the department, maybe it's important to her. But I have never worked anywhere where it was a requirement like that.
No Stupid Questions
[Serious] Is there a sub/community here that I can ask deeply personal questions about my sexuality to??
RBWells 2 days ago • 100%
It's not busy but Ask Lemmy NSFW is pretty nice, open-minded and certainly hard to shock.
RBWells 2 days ago • 100%
A visor.
RBWells 2 days ago • 66%
It depends. My mom wanted to break even when she died. Not leave us money, and not cost us money, but did rely on my sister to help out, not financially much but with some care. I sent maybe $500 total towards that, so pretty close to what she wanted.
Husband's parents are loaded, but if his mom needed care I'd help because she has been so nice to me, I was not close with my mom but have been lucky in mothers in law. I don't expect anything from them, think their plan is to skip us and leave some to the grandkids, but in any case they are rich-ish and do not expect anything in the way of financial help.
I took time off to raise my kids, so don't expect to retire but no, I would hope to not need financial help and don't expect it from them. It's a win if they don't need any financial help from me!
In your case, if your parents sacrificed their future income to raise you, I understand why you feel you owe them, but I don't really think that way, you don't accrue debt for being raised. It's more like whoever ends up best off helps the others, so my most successful daughter wants to be "the rich uncle" who can do that, she helps out her sisters, and my hope is like my mom's - to not burden them and to die with close to nothing.
catsRBWells 3 days ago • 100%
So sorry, but glad you got to hold him through the end.
RBWells 4 days ago • 100%
Cold brew on ice. With simple syrup and some milk. Easy peasy.
Roasted ice is delicious, though. Mmm.
RBWells 4 days ago • 100%
Nah it could mean precocious. I learned to read (like, read the newspaper) by 3 and tested with a ridiculous high IQ at 7 but as an adult I feel quite average, related better with adults as a child but relate well with adults as an adult too.
Cocktails, the libationary art!
What are you drinking this weekend, Lemmy?
RBWells 4 days ago • 100%
Wrapping it up with a sidecar variation.
2oz cognac (ABK6)
1oz Giffard Abricot
1 oz Heirloom Pineapple Amaro
1oz lemon juice
Shaken. I had one, then a half one, that's it for the week, back to work tomorrow. Really delicious, cognac and apricot really have an affinity.
RBWells 4 days ago • 100%
My usual breakfast is cafe con leche.
My favorite breakfast is a big fryup, eggs, good homemade sourdough toast, home fries, and spicy refried beans. There isn't one best food in there, it needs all of them.
Runner-up grits with butter, cheese, and nutritional yeast, topped with a fried egg.
Sourdough baking
Do you think it’s worth using high-gluten/bread flour in starter?
RBWells 4 days ago • 100%
Ok - I have always used unbleached all purpose flour in the starter and thought it so unfussy I didn't worry about the brand until one time my husband got store brand all purpose flour, and my bread was struggling, it took me awhile to figure out it was the flour! So some all purpose is so low in gluten it's almost cake flour. Now I am more specific when I ask for flour, but Gold Medal or King Arthur all purpose unbleached work so well to keep it healthy, I do not use bread flour or whole wheat. Used to have a rye starter but this one is so much healthier and easier to use - it's all purpose starter!
Cocktails, the libationary art!
What are you drinking this weekend, Lemmy?
RBWells 5 days ago • 100%
A margarita for Saturday. Gonzalez Reposado, orange liqueur, lime and a spoonful of roasted pineapple syrup.
Unpopular Opinion
General population decline trends in the last years is actually a good news.
RBWells 5 days ago • 100%
I do agree. You can't run the world economy like a pyramid scheme. Not sure there are "too many people" or just technology lag, and I don't believe EVERYTHING is zero sum (we have increased efficiency in a lot of ways, and solar energy & nuclear don't seem like they use as many resources as they provide) but easier on the earth if we don't have as many.
I am not sure it's even an unpopular opinion, though.
Cocktails, the libationary art!
What are you drinking this weekend, Lemmy?
RBWells 5 days ago • 100%
"blueberry, I think" sounds like one of those satirical La Croix flavors, "sat next to a banana", or "memory of strawberry"
Cocktails, the libationary art!
What are you drinking this weekend, Lemmy?
RBWells 5 days ago • 100%
Whiskey with a whiskey float! I don't usually like old fashioned but that actually sounds good. The soda water would help me taste it, not just be overwhelmed with sweet and booze.
RBWells 6 days ago • 100%
Average 0.16 USD per kwh if I divide the whole bill by the KWH.
Our bill is pretty high but literally everything runs on electricity in the house, the cooking, water heating, A/C, we have clothes washer & dryer, there is no gas line.
What are you drinking? I had a whiskey sour with Jameson at a bar, as part of our "world's slowest bar crawl" we've been doing, trying all the bars at a local shopping and dining center. Pretty good. The place had a very good playlist though, when we walked in they were playing Joy Division, then Vampire Weekend, then Boz Scaggs! It was all over the place but good.
Ask Lemmy
If you could make up a new fashion trend/aesthetic, what would it look like and what would you call it
RBWells 6 days ago • 100%
I would be happier if plastic surgery, instead of always being aimed at making people closer to all the same, was used to make us look different. Elf ears, horns, tails, big noses, different shaped faces, neanderthal brow lines, creative changes. That is the style I'd like to see happen.
Also, since I'm in Florida, fancy parasols.
RBWells 6 days ago • 100%
That sounds pretty good to me. Though I would prefer crushed peppers, jalapenos, or Salsa Yucateca, Tabasco is a little too sour. Why do you care? Are you literally gatekeeping her pizza?
Ask Lemmy
What are your favorite examples of 'media within media' (e.g., shows, stories, or movies inside of other shows or books)?
RBWells 6 days ago • 100%
Dunno, I think a fake radio show inside a podcast is media inside a different media. But yes it's the whole thing, and a favorite.
Ask Lemmy
What are your favorite examples of 'media within media' (e.g., shows, stories, or movies inside of other shows or books)?
RBWells 7 days ago • 75%
Yes, with a fictional Public Radio host, his show is the podcast.
RBWells 7 days ago • 100%
I agree with knives, love them.
Natural fermentation is a technology I love, that is pretty ancient. The way I make bread, it's leavened the same way as almost 15,000 years ago. Beer is like that too - it's commercial now but you can achieve it at home without the industrial tech.
Windshield wipers are so clever.
RBWells 1 week ago • 100%
I have a stepdaughter with schizophrenia, she trusts me more than her mom or dad since I wasn't part of her upbringing, so I've been able to do things like bring her to the emergency room when she thought everyone else was out to get her. But at some points help is not helpful - if your help is only hurting you and not doing much for him, you cannot fix that by trying to help. Wrecking your own life is irresponsible to yourself and to your wife.
I do know it's hard. Especially here where there is not much mental health funding and they end up in jail (though stepdaughter was calmer in jail for some reason, that is not a good answer). If he is stuck on violence, and crazy so he can't see his own responsibility in it, just keeps blaming everyone else, you can't fix that.
Ask Lemmy
What are your favorite examples of 'media within media' (e.g., shows, stories, or movies inside of other shows or books)?
RBWells 1 week ago • 87%
Welcome to Nightvale.
RBWells 1 week ago • 100%
Not sure but these are on repeat at my house:
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Hot Fuzz
Into the Spiderverse
Pride and Prejudice, the one with Keira Knightly
So one of them but not sure which.
RBWells 1 week ago • 100%
Have you learned nothing from science fiction stories? I would not change anything.
politics RBWells 1 week ago • 100%
It's gambling, so the house always wins, except it's worse with insurance because you could only win by losing.
Health insurance would make sense if it was cheap. My parents used to have "major medical" plan, indemnity vs very high bills, not healthcare just literal insurance. But it was cheap.
Now I have the High Deductible with HSA plan, same thing except it comes with some free preventative care. But it's expensive! What the fuck!
RBWells 1 week ago • 100%
Wait, you are saying we can have comprehensive environmental restoration and an honest fight vs. climate change if one of the other two is given up?
Gun control for sure for me. Enforce the laws we have, though.
FunnyRBWells 1 week ago • 100%
Holy crap, I looked at Art Masters Jewelry and eew. They are all clunky overdone nigh unwearable, some of the black ones might be good for a dramatic goth look - they look like costume jewelry but are priced like real jewelry though . So ugly.
RBWells 1 week ago • 100%
Perhaps this is why you don't make children with your sister, who is also your aunt? The kid behind him, she is like a snake but the baby on the dads lap has no legs.
memesRBWells 1 week ago • 100%
Hello, world!
Ask Lemmy
If you had to divide your life by one event, before and after, what would that event be and why?
RBWells 1 week ago • 100%
Maybe, actually, my first punk rock show at 14. I still had trouble but pretty sure getting into that scene diverted me from severe alienation in school, and having older people as friends cushioned the blow when my dad died. I think without that I wouldn't have lived this long.
But as an adult? Having kids for sure. Because I needed more money, went back to school, got a real job, and because my first pregnancy did so much more to heal my lingering anorexia than anything else - feeling like my body was real, and useful, and beautiful, I dunno how to explain it (and I'm sure this could go in the opposite direction for some) but for me it was quite healing. That set me on a different path and again, without them I probably wouldn't have lived this long.
The last pivot point in my life was my breakup with my ex, that was a fast track to prosperity in a two income household with a guy who loves me for me. I wholeheartedly hope this trajectory holds.
So three inflection points I see.
2 oz bourbon 1 oz heirloom pineapple amaro 1/2 oz roasted pineapple syrup 1 oz fresh lemon Shake shake shake!
Congratulations to our August winner, u/talentedkiwi@sh.itjust.works, and welcome to September! This month's challenge is to create a cocktail highlighting a savory ingredient. Salt, brine, pickles, something savory is the only ingredient rule. Entries should be original creations or variations.
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This was a delightful article and the drink sounds great.
I want to see the winning entry!
My husband's work friend gave him 2 ripe homegrown ripe guava this week, so Guava margaritas. This is: 2 oz Tequila Ocho claro. 1 oz lime 1/2 oz orange liqueur (passion fruit would be better but I'm out) About 1/4 cup guava flesh muddled with quite a bit of sugar, maybe 1.5 TBSP? Guava has lovely flavor but is not very sweet. Shake all together and double strain over ice, splash of Topo Chico. It's really good!
punchdrink.com
Has anyone here tried aloe liqueur? The rest of this I have, but aloe juice is so yucky, like the idea of mezcal and raspberry.
The 1600 cocktail. The website hosting the recipe seems to be offline but it's from East Imperial Tonic Water. 50ml / 1 ¾ oz Premium Aged Rum. 5ml / ⅙ oz Orgeat. 15ml / ½ oz Cold Brew Coffee. 150ml / 5 oz East Imperial Grapefruit Tonic. Fresh Orange Slice. Stirred everything but the soda (I used a spoonful of tonic syrup and 150ml of Fever Tree grapefruit soda) and no I can't measure 5ml of orgeat, just poured as little as I could. It's a lot better than it sounds, honestly. The coffee makes it. And hello to the 1,600 of you!
I bake exclusively with sourdough starter for any bread but this is the simple one my kids call "the sourdough". For two loaves: 300 grams whole wheat flour 700 grams strong white flour 700 grams water 200 grams refreshed starter at about 100% hydration 20 grams nice sel gris I don't knead it, just stretch and fold 4 times over 2 hours, bulk rise another 2-3 hours, split and bench rest half an hour, shape and refrigerate it overnight in bannetons covered with plastic bags. In the morning (or whenever you are ready the next day) heat oven to 475 F (about 245 for you civilized folk) with the two big cast iron dutch ovens inside, so that they get really hot. Remove dough from fridge, tip it onto parchment (so the bottom is now the top) and score, cold dough is so easy to score! Carefully move into pans, close them up and bake 25 minutes closed then 20-25 minutes open. So it doesn't look well risen in the morning but putting cold dough into a hot closed cast iron pot generates steam, which is pretty much a slam dunk for good looking bread. Absolute magic, I still don't understand how something so delicious is created from literally just flour, water, and a little salt.
This is a weird one. I was feeling experimental today, made one drink that went straight down the drain (fresh OJ & lemon, vodka, absinthe, St. Germaine, don't ask) but this I am enjoying, tart, smoky, bitter. Sort of a margarita variation. 1.5oz blanco tequila .5 each of Tawny port Mezcal Aperol Lemon juice Shaken with not too much ice, served over big ice. I think next time no lemon (port tart enough), stir not shake and crushed ice, but the flavors are working. Sorry for the fuzzy picture, the cat says hi! And does anyone have a good absinthe orange flavor cocktail? I don't think the fresh juice works with it.
I'm having a margarita with Gonzales Reposado. Yum.
[!curlyhair@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/curlyhair) The moderator hasn't logged in in a year. It's sleepy but not dead.
Not July anymore, I'm having a drink before dinner, just thrown together with what looked good. 3 big sweet blackberries 2oz bourbon 1 oz orange liqueur 1/2 oz vanilla liqueur 1/2 oz lemon juice Muddled then shook with ice. Honestly could be a little sweeter. Blackberries are never as sweet as they seem. It's a one and done but if trying again, would muddle the fruit with sugar and then halve the orange liqueur, to get a more vanilla flavor. I was afraid of overdoing it.
For August, create a cocktail with Aperol. Rules as usual - post entire recipe and a review, entries must be novel creations or variations; most upvoted wins.
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Interesting!
Pausing dry July for one drink, streets are too flooded to get to yoga and it's been an eventful month. 1.5 oz bourbon (any whiskey would be good) .75 oz Amaro Toscano (would not substitute another) .75 lemon juice Shake together then stir in 3 oz dry or sweet full flavored ginger beer (mine is home fermented, spicy and dry but a strong and sweet one would also work) Really hitting the spot, the Toscana and ginger reminds me of gingerbread. An aperitif before supper then back to none for another week. Usually my one drink of July is historically on the 15th so made it an extra week!
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This sounds delicious and right up my alley, but a Paloma is so simple and easy and perfect, and with only an oz of grapefruit soda I'm not sure this is even a Paloma variation.
punchdrink.com
From Punch. I am making ginger beer this week and sort of dreaming about what to do with it after my Dry July. I don't have the minty Fernet, but may aquire it to try this.
Recipe is in the non alcoholic pinned post. Funny looking but really good. Made a half batch of the Verdita syrup, my jalapeno was not spicy but I guess that's better than too spicy. Mojito Mint. Next one I may use tepache, not tonic, and spicy it with some fire tincture. But it's very good.
The July contest is a non-alcoholic cocktail, must contain at least 3 ingredients. Non-alcoholic for purposes of this challenge is defined as non-intoxicating, not absolute absence of ethanol so a squirt of a tincture, splash of bitters, a base of kombucha or fermented ginger beer is allowed, also caffeine at reasonable level but a THC cocktail would be disallowed. Happy July!
I made today a pineapple margarita with mezcal, tequila, lime, and the fresh pineapple juice. One more day before I start Dry July and I would like a banger, this is good but not great. Any suggestions for this weekend, also anything interesting and pineapple not alcoholic would also be most welcome. I am making tepache, but it's not done will make ginger beer, have mint in the garden, have tonic water, will probably buy some Chinotto soda too.
punchdrink.com
Apparently we were a bitter bunch in June!
This is delicious. Fruity, tart, round in flavor. 2oz cognac 1oz Giffard Abricot 1oz Heirloom Pineapple Amaro 1oz lemon (a little more than an ounce, lemon was juicy) Shake everything, a coupe would be ideal but it's too hot now to have an outdoor drink without ice. I wouldn't make any substitutions or corrections so it should probably have a name, but I can't think of one. The cognac and apricot are French, the Amaro is American Hipster, the flavor smooth as hell, feel this should be easy but my brain is fried from work.
The rain lilies are happy, and I am enjoying the rain with a paper plane. So happy the rainy season has arrived at last. What are y'all drinking?
Well, this was quite a journey but it's good. I was going to have a margarita with our dinner of chicken and black bean enchiladas, oh no, used almost all the tequila making a batch of margarita and one of Paloma for memorial day. Ok, plug the gap with mezcal, the good one. Measure the juice from my measley lime, nope not enough, juice my last lime, well now it's too much but I don't want to waste it. So a smidge of simple. I'll be damned, it ended up very good but I do think it is because of the good mezcal. 1oz Tequila Ocho claro 1oz Del Maguey Chichicapa 1oz orange liqueur 1.25 oz lime .25oz simple (1/1)
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Punch has such good articles. Any Germans who can confirm this is a local drink? I've never heard of it. I particularly liked the line: "The simplest cocktails have the smallest margin for error."
I am making tepache, and juiced the fruit of the pineapples. This is heavenly, if you don't have the pineapple Amaro a spiced and slightly bitter but not too heavy amaro, like Toscana might work, or Ancho Reyes original but I highly recommend the Heirloom for fruity drinks, it's so good. 2 oz fresh pineapple juice 2 oz bourbon (stronger is better) 1 oz Heirloom Pineapple Amaro 1 oz lime juice Tajin I first mashed the tajin in a mortar and pestle. Wiped the rim of the glass with the squished lime and rolled it in the tajin, put big ice cube in the glass. Then shake everything else together and pour into prepared glass. My pineapple juice is very, very sweet this time, you might need to adjust if you have a more acidic one.
Happy first birthday to Cocktails@lemmy-world! For June, the challenge is a hot cocktail - either spicy or literally hot. Bring on the heat! Warm yourself if you are in the southern hemisphere, or cool off with a spicy spicy drink if it's summer (it is very much summer here). No specified ingredient this round, doesn't have to be alcoholic but must contain at least three ingredients, most upvoted wins.
I was having a cocktail of cognac, apricot liqueur, and lemon juice, and thinking we could have a game. Make a drink using one of the ingredients in the previous drink. So to start - a drink with cognac, apricot liqueur, or lemon juice. One more rule: don't repeat the chosen ingredient - so Ruaidhrigh brought the lemon juice from the first drink into the amaretto sour - next drink can't use lemon as the one ingredient brought forward.
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I like Punch's "bring back the" series. Readable and interesting, often like this one, new versions of old forgotten drinks. I wouldn't go to the trouble of making peach bitters, and not sure I could handle something so sweet but the flavors seem mighty interesting.
I'm kicking off a long weekend with a paper plane with one oz of cognac added. Perfect. Has anyone tried Frapin 1270, their entry level congac? I have the namesake perfume and like it a lot, but that doesn't seem like a good enough reason to buy the booze.
A hybrid. 2oz tequila 2oz fresh grapefruit juice 1 oz fresh lime juice 1/2 oz Campari 1/2 oz simple syrup Shake all, add 2 oz fizzy water, dirty pour into glass. Delicious, honestly. Increase the sugar if you want it more Paloma like, or more of the Topo Chico, to make one like like Texas ranch water. Sub mezcal if you really hate Campari, but you may like it in this.
I'm having a bourbon and amaretto sour (inverted Morganthaler recipe, basically). Are you having a Saturday drink?
Not much to look at but tastes good. 1 oz whiskey (bourbon is all I had but I would try with Scotch) 1oz Mezcal 1/2 oz Ancho Reyes 3/4 oz Cynar 1 oz lemon, 1 oz honey syrup It's quite good, I found the original on Mixel app, it seems they scraped it from Reddit? Original omits the whiskey, halfs the lemon and sweetener. But even with the additions I taste mostly mezcal and Ancho. Bitter in a good way.
I'm just having coffee (moka pot coffee with foamed milk!) and water today, can't relax yet. Considering what to make in the weekend.
A boozy Saturday drink. 2oz bourbon .75oz good mezcal .75oz berry liqueur (any will work, or berry syrup, I used Montbisu Framboise) Bare splash of vanilla liqueur, shake of bitters, or splash of absinthe or amaro (I used the vanilla, if you have a more interesting berry liqueur it might not need anything here but mine is not complex) 2 dropperful of fire tincture 4 strawberries plus one for garnish 1/2 tsp sugar (might not need if you have better strawberries) 3/4 of a lemon Quarter the strawberries and put in shaker with 1/4 if the lemon, add the sugar and muddle the fruit. Add the booze, tincture, and juice of the half a lemon. Shake with ice and double strain, serve over big ice, garnish with the remaining strawberry. It's very good, I like bourbon with mezcal and like bourbon with strawberry so thought it worth trying. Lemon peel muddled adds bitter edge, don't omit. I was trying to make a strawberry heart but it came out more like wings!
I am really sorry I didn't get a picture of the finished drink, too dark but it's gorgeous. I don't like the gin I have and thought vodka and mastiha would be more to my taste so: 1.5 oz vodka 2 oz adjusted grapefruit juice (juiced one sweet pink grapefruit and one lime, mixed, then measured 2 oz of the mix) 1/2 oz each of the St. Germain, the Campari, and the Mastiha. Shaken, poured what fit into a coupe and drank the rest from the shaker, it's delicious and the dark pink with foam is really beautiful.
Congratulations to neptune@dmv.social on the win for April, and to the closest challenger and most active participant BigGovernment[@lemmy.world. For May, the challenge is a less sweet rum drink. Roll out the barrel, pirates! The rules are even fewer than before, not requiring pictures since that's not working for everyone but a picture may get you more votes. The drink must be **original** (as far as you can tell with a quick online search). Can be wholly original or a variation on a standard. A complete recipe and your impressions - what does it taste like? Winner is the most upvoted, downvotes are discarded. Winner of the May contest can have glory unending, and can pick the theme for July.
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I feel out of the loop, did not know that Jim Beam and Makers were owned by Suntory, now Suntory Global.