boston [chat]

y2jake215

i'm shipping up to boston again next week

so in honor of america's greatest and most important city, i will give a timeline of the most important events in boston history

1770 -



bostonians act like riotous jerks in public to great effect for the first time

1776 -



bostonians break two records as they dress in america's first problematic halloween costumes and make the world's biggest cup of tea

1919 -



somehow we flood the city with molasses

1974 -



bostonians get really mad at school buses for some reason

2004 -



boston wins baseball forever

2010 -




i turn 21, boston goes through brutal alcohol shortage

2015 -



a city weeps in tandem as i move away

21stCentury

Bawstawn.

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SniperGuy

I read a bunch of the Westworld thread and man whenever there's a show with mysteries some people get all kinds of holier than thou and upset the show isn't just giving them everything. I fucking loved LOST and maintain that a shitload of people still don't understand the ending. Westworld is right up my alley so far with the mysteries and hints. ARGs are fun and you don't have to engage with them if you don't want to, so why do people get so bent out of shape when they exist as part of a show? Mysteries and hints and fan theories are fun!

Hahnsoo1

Like a Boss-ton.

Good luck with your move, @y2jake215 !

Mojo_Jojo

I feel we missed out on the chat about the relative size of egg yolks that we all deserve

Havelock2.0

This usurpation of milski's birthright

Six

@Blameless Cleric

Blameless Cleric wrote: »

Six wrote: »

Blameless Cleric wrote: »

bowen wrote: »

The comparison to pasture raised and supermarket bulk eggs

oh yes!!! I knew this one, the eggs I buy are kinda somewhere in between. They're pretty decent eggs, Nellie's is the brand, sometimes they still have a feather on them. I don't buy the really local stuff usually because it's like $3 more expensive for 6 fewer eggs.

I'd recommend adding The Omnivores Dilemma to your reading list if you haven't. It changed our thinking a bit on what we pay for food and what's worth paying a bit (or more) more for.

ah, I've heard of that one, hm maybe I will

$7 for 12 eggs is pretty hard to swallow though, that's the same as a pound of air-chilled chicken breast meat from Whole Foods

Of course, and I'd never say you should or shouldn't spend whatever for..whatever. Personally, that book reframed our thinking a bit and I recommend it if you feel like digging into what we eat, why, how we get it, and what we do and don't pay for.

For us it changed a few things, but it's a good book regardless.

Six

SniperGuy wrote: »

I read a bunch of the Westworld thread and man whenever there's a show with mysteries some people get all kinds of holier than thou and upset the show isn't just giving them everything. I fucking loved LOST and maintain that a shitload of people still don't understand the ending. Westworld is right up my alley so far with the mysteries and hints. ARGs are fun and you don't have to engage with them if you don't want to, so why do people get so bent out of shape when they exist as part of a show? Mysteries and hints and fan theories are fun!

Lost was great; people are whiners.

Edit: ducking drafts and phone posting

Blameless Cleric

okay so it says that in Europe the chickens are vaccinated against salmonella, so maybe I should try to find someone who's vaccinating against it before buying unwashed eggs? hm

firewaterword

last time I was in Boston I took a water taxi downtown from the airport and I thought that was pretty neat.

also I dipped into the one of the election threads in the chat interlude lull and now I need a hug. the plus side is that it got my dander up enough to get up and go for a run so I'm gonna do that. be well chat see you in a bit.

desc

Blameless Cleric

firewaterword wrote: »

last time I was in Boston I took a water taxi downtown from the airport and I thought that was pretty neat.

also I dipped into the one of the election threads in the chat interlude lull and now I need a hug. the plus side is that it got my dander up enough to get up and go for a run so I'm gonna do that. be well chat see you in a bit.

sending hugs!

21stCentury

That AI is dumb.

credeiki

My life plan is that in 2.5 years I get a job at Lincoln Labs and my husband gets a job at MGH and then we try to save up for a $400 K 1 bedroom condo in Cambridge by Central Square/Area 4.

Maybe? It's a possible plan anyway.

Boston is the best!

LegoSpiderman

Are we the only country that pasteurizes all dairy?

DevoutlyApathetic

Blameless Cleric wrote: »

okay so it says that in Europe the chickens are vaccinated against salmonella, so maybe I should try to find someone who's vaccinating against it before buying unwashed eggs? hm

So long as you're properly cooking the eggs and are careful about what raw eggs touch it isn't a huge issue. You should be doing the latter anyways and the first is really just like don't prepare steak tartar with them unless you really trust the farmer.

Six

Blameless Cleric wrote: »

okay so it says that in Europe the chickens are vaccinated against salmonella, so maybe I should try to find someone who's vaccinating against it before buying unwashed eggs? hm

I think you're worrying too much.

In Trump's America you can eat whatever egg you want, from whatever animal. You just grab that animal right in the egg chute and you take her eggs. They just let you.

y2jake215

DevoutlyApathetic wrote: »

Blameless Cleric wrote: »

okay so it says that in Europe the chickens are vaccinated against salmonella, so maybe I should try to find someone who's vaccinating against it before buying unwashed eggs? hm

So long as you're properly cooking the eggs and are careful about what raw eggs touch it isn't a huge issue. You should be doing the latter anyways and the first is really just like don't prepare steak tartar with them unless you really trust the farmer.

isn't the salmonella not in the raw egg, but on the shell? so just wash your egg before putting raw egg on stuff?

or have i been led astray

Organichu

last night some of my coworkers and my boss took me out to dinner and then to fort collins for drinks. i got about as drunk as i've been in years- i mean, not trusting myself to stand up. i would not have begrudged any bartender for cutting me off. but we get to what is going to be the final bar of the night and one of my coworkers is so... stereotypically girly drunk. i mean, she is definitely hammered but it manifests almost how a high schooler would imagine drunkenness is. getting too close to everyone, super loud, the whole thing. white girl wasted. it was like a caricature. so the bouncer denied her entry. we went and got pizza and she sat there eating the pizza with tears streaming down her face, so thoroughly humiliated about getting barred- especially since it was a garbage dive bar that isn't prudent about IDs or anything. she then dropped her big, greasy 2am slice in her lap.

i have never sobered up so quickly in my life. the sympathetic embarrassment is still with me lel.

fun night tho.

syndalis

SniperGuy wrote: »

I read a bunch of the Westworld thread and man whenever there's a show with mysteries some people get all kinds of holier than thou and upset the show isn't just giving them everything. I fucking loved LOST and maintain that a shitload of people still don't understand the ending. Westworld is right up my alley so far with the mysteries and hints. ARGs are fun and you don't have to engage with them if you don't want to, so why do people get so bent out of shape when they exist as part of a show? Mysteries and hints and fan theories are fun!

The dude at the tail end of the thread wasn't mad at the tread at all; just wanted to experience the show "unspoiled" by the good guesswork of others.

Everyone consumes media in different ways.

It's okay.

Nowadays I think it is nigh impossible to watch a show or read a book series with mysteries that have the clues present in the material and remain unspoiled if you engage in the massive hivemind that is the Internet. We figure shit out. Good ideas float to the top.

bowen

21stCentury wrote: »

That AI is dumb.

I can't tell if you are serious or not.

Six

Organichu wrote: »

last night some of my coworkers and my boss took me out to dinner and then to fort collins for drinks. i got about as drunk as i've been in years- i mean, not trusting myself to stand up. i would not have begrudged any bartender for cutting me off. but we get to what is going to be the final bar of the night and one of my coworkers is so... stereotypically girly drunk. i mean, she is definitely hammered but it manifests almost how a high schooler would imagine drunkenness is. getting too close to everyone, super loud, the whole thing. white girl wasted. it was like a caricature. so the bouncer denied her entry. we went and got pizza and she sat there eating the pizza with tears streaming down her face, so thoroughly humiliated about getting barred- especially since it was a garbage dive bar that isn't prudent about IDs or anything. she then dropped her big, greasy 2am slice in her lap.

i have never sobered up so quickly in my life. the sympathetic embarrassment is still with me lel.

fun night tho.

I sobered up just reading this.

21stCentury

bowen wrote: »

21stCentury wrote: »

That AI is dumb.

I can't tell if you are serious or not.

It's unsurprising you'd have a low opinion of me, TBH.

bowen

did you smash chu

skippydumptruck

modernist cuisine chan

Organichu

bowen wrote: »

did you smash chu

nah. everyone i went out with is in a relationship.

credeiki

I will have the egg (lower left) that is hard boiled but the yolk is still sort of raw and gooey in the middle! So tasty.

SniperGuy

syndalis wrote: »

SniperGuy wrote: »

I read a bunch of the Westworld thread and man whenever there's a show with mysteries some people get all kinds of holier than thou and upset the show isn't just giving them everything. I fucking loved LOST and maintain that a shitload of people still don't understand the ending. Westworld is right up my alley so far with the mysteries and hints. ARGs are fun and you don't have to engage with them if you don't want to, so why do people get so bent out of shape when they exist as part of a show? Mysteries and hints and fan theories are fun!

The dude at the tail end of the thread wasn't mad at the tread at all; just wanted to experience the show "unspoiled" by the good guesswork of others.

Everyone consumes media in different ways.

It's okay.

Nowadays I think it is nigh impossible to watch a show or read a book series with mysteries that have the clues present in the material and remain unspoiled if you engage in the massive hivemind that is the Internet. We figure shit out. Good ideas float to the top.

I only read up to the episodes I've seen, 6 of 'em. I stopped when they started talking about episode 7. I've just seen a ton of people lamenting the mystery aspect as some dumb overblown thing which is very confusing to me. It just comes off as snooty to me a lot of the time.

Organichu

cptrugged wrote: »

White Girl Wasted is a hilarious term.

it's pretty accurate i feel like, too. i mean, young men often turn into garbage human beings as well when drinking. but young drunk white women are like... a species. i could define them on a taxonomical tree

Six

cptrugged wrote: »

White Girl Wasted is a hilarious term.

It has real depth to it.

Can you get white girl wasted and then be down to clown?

My gut says yes. But then again my gut is both very hungry and has shit for brains.

Sir Landshark

cptrugged wrote: »

White Girl Wasted is a hilarious term.

I had a very clear picture in my head reading that term

Aioua

I"m proud of my 10 second mona lisa

Evil Multifarious

Even in the midst of funeral arrangements, gf's mom found time to make her Scottish friend try to say "burglar alarm"

It took him six tries and they were all laughing hysterically by the end

gobluss

Hahnsoo1

Aioua wrote: »

I"m proud of my 10 second mona lisa

Her horizontal line seems to follow you across the room.

Hi I'm Vee!

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

Even in the midst of funeral arrangements, gf's mom found time to make her Scottish friend try to say "burglar alarm"

It took him six tries and they were all laughing hysterically by the end

gobluss

See if we can get Haphazard to say "squirrel".

Six

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

Even in the midst of funeral arrangements, gf's mom found time to make her Scottish friend try to say "burglar alarm"

It took him six tries and they were all laughing hysterically by the end

gobluss

New favorite party trick. Will credit you every time.

Chanus

Organichu wrote: »

bowen wrote: »

did you smash chu

nah. everyone i went out with is in a relationship.

also given the context that would have been gross

Ludious

Do not read unless you enjoy the fiery coldness of rage coursing through your veins
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/15/us/veteran-meal-restaurant-trnd/index.html

japan

y2jake215 wrote: »

DevoutlyApathetic wrote: »

Blameless Cleric wrote: »

okay so it says that in Europe the chickens are vaccinated against salmonella, so maybe I should try to find someone who's vaccinating against it before buying unwashed eggs? hm

So long as you're properly cooking the eggs and are careful about what raw eggs touch it isn't a huge issue. You should be doing the latter anyways and the first is really just like don't prepare steak tartar with them unless you really trust the farmer.

isn't the salmonella not in the raw egg, but on the shell? so just wash your egg before putting raw egg on stuff?

or have i been led astray

Salmonella is in the raw egg if the chicken carries it

Washing eggs might offer some protection if your egg comes from a non salmonella carrying chicken that is nevertheless in close contact with chickens that do carry it

Drez

SniperGuy wrote: »

I read a bunch of the Westworld thread and man whenever there's a show with mysteries some people get all kinds of holier than thou and upset the show isn't just giving them everything. I fucking loved LOST and maintain that a shitload of people still don't understand the ending. Westworld is right up my alley so far with the mysteries and hints. ARGs are fun and you don't have to engage with them if you don't want to, so why do people get so bent out of shape when they exist as part of a show? Mysteries and hints and fan theories are fun!

I know what you mean.

Ending of Lost:

Everyone was actually baked into a giant apple pie before the show even started.

Most people do not understand that.