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  • JuliusJulius Captain of Serenity on my shipRegistered User regular
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    i like pour-over coffee a lot

    but the reason the trends circle round so much is that you can make a good cup with almost any method, sometimes with a different twist on the flavour, so any method that picks up momentum is totally valid

    percolators are not very good generally but i'm sure someone will design a premium percolator that drips the water all over instead of the middle or whatever

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moka_pot

  • P10P10 An Idiot With Low IQ Registered User regular
    Witness Me!
    Arch wrote: »
    hi im arch and i just applied for a job at a community college and im here to talk to you about lowering your standards
    i feel like i am not up to speed on the goings on in your life
    *combs over post history*

    Shameful pursuits and utterly stupid opinions
  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    Dogs? Maybe?
    Gooey wrote: »
    Podly wrote: »
    @Organichu , want some legit pretentious self-deluding white people bullshit?

    this video for making pour over with the kalita wave

    she's camping

    but still brings her god damn scale and digital timer to make JUST THE PERFECT CUP TO START MY DAY

    https://www.stumptowncoffee.com/brew-guides/kalita-wave

    I think I'd mock the kettle for camping more than the scale. That stupid thing has a long thin curvy spout and has to be murder to pack safely.

    TBF I've got this for my bug out bag as part of my main mess kit

    https://www.rei.com/product/768513/gsi-outdoors-halulite-tea-kettle

    iu551tyutnev.jpg

    It fits inside a pot with a lid and a hanger perfectly, and inside the kettle is my cups and a penny alcohol stove, utensils, seasonings, scrubber, etc.

    So all you see in my pack is a quart cook pot, and inside that is a bunch of other shit.

    i just have a TI cup (with lid) and TI spork and a tiny isopro burner

    i have a couple of alcohol tablet stoves that i've made out of heavy weight aluminum cans but i have found i don't mind the extra weight of carrying a fuel cannister around with me

    the only problem with my setup is that i have to be careful with my cup as it doesn't have a long handle and it gets fuck off hot real quick

    i think i'm going to find a small pot grabber clip thingy to keep with it

    I got the 750ml Ti with lid and hanger and the smaller cup for christmas so those are nested together in my day pack.

    For the grabber clip I usually just use two sticks but that's proven perilous before so.....

    are YOU on the beer list?
  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    Cats are great
    Arch wrote: »
    hi im arch and i just applied for a job at a community college and im here to talk to you about lowering your standards
    Follow your dreams...

    Unless your dreams are too hard. Then lower your standards. This applies to jobs, love, food, sleep, art, etc.

    8i1dt37buh2m.png
  • GooeyGooey (\/)┌¶─¶┐(\/) pinch pinchRegistered User regular
    Dogs? Maybe?
    (1:38:34 PM) Matt: wait how is my truck "fancy pantsy"
    (1:38:43 PM) Dan: don't you have a king ranch or something
    (1:38:55 PM) Matt: it's the "big horn" edition
    (1:39:03 PM) Dan: with a back row?
    (1:39:24 PM) Dan: yeah that's a minivan with a tiny bed
    (1:39:32 PM) Matt: haha
    (1:39:49 PM) Dan: a truck should be uncomfortable, cold, and a manual
    (1:40:30 PM) Matt: kind of like you on those lonely nights huh

    #eREKTiledysfunctionaffectsanestimatedfourtypercentofmenovertheageoffourtyfive

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  • Fuzzy Cumulonimbus CloudFuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud Registered User regular
    Arch wrote: »
    hi im arch and i just applied for a job at a community college and im here to talk to you about lowering your standards
    a lot of them have really good tenure and value pedagogy and good teaching
    they also let you do some research or partner with firms and stuff
    community colleges are a good thing

  • aiouaaioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    Cats are great
    Podly wrote: »
    yeah pour over isn't as greasy/full as French press in my experience, but I feel like it is less acidic which is good

    paper filter vs metal mesh I think is the biggest contributor there

    life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
    fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
    that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
    bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    Dogs? Maybe?
    What's funny is I'm the furthest from a coffee snob. My all time favorite coffee is McDonalds or Foldgers classic roast. I don't like most starbucks because it's too bitter.

    But I can NOT do instant coffee. Something about it just tastes off to me.

    are YOU on the beer list?
  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    So It Goes wrote: »
    What about instant coffee

    it just never tastes as good. fine in a pinch tho

    *injects mio energy straight into his veins*

  • zepherinzepherin Russian warship, go fuck yourself Registered User regular
    Welcome to the Real World
    I put coffee water and filter in MR. Coffee, get a fuck you pot of black coffee.

    That's how work should be.

  • So It GoesSo It Goes We keep moving...Registered User regular
    Hahnsoo1 wrote: »
    Arch wrote: »
    hi im arch and i just applied for a job at a community college and im here to talk to you about lowering your standards
    Follow your dreams...

    Unless your dreams are too hard. Then lower your standards. This applies to jobs, love, food, sleep, art, etc.

    actually

    gettoworkdemotivator.jpeg?v=1430422890

  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    ah demotviators are wonderful

  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    Cats are great
    Wait a minute this [chat] poll is about to end and Dogs isn't winning? *registers thirty alts to rig election*
    I blame historically low [chat]ter turnout and the divisiveness of the culture war. And 4chan trolls.

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  • ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito! Registered User regular
    Dogs? Maybe?
    Arch wrote: »
    hi im arch and i just applied for a job at a community college and im here to talk to you about lowering your standards
    a lot of them have really good tenure and value pedagogy and good teaching
    they also let you do some research or partner with firms and stuff
    community colleges are a good thing

    this position is 43k-69k/year plus benefits (dependent on experience, and I think I have enough weight to throw around that I should make at least 50K/year, if not more) and its basically "that class you are teaching now, teach two sections of it and maybe cell biology and or intro biology"

  • wanderingwandering Russia state-affiliated media Registered User regular
    edited January 2017
    Dogs? Maybe?
    Kickstarter stuff I've backed:

    -Yooka-Laylee (it looks like it's coming along well - which is kinda shocking considering it's made by ex-Rare people; Rare's notorious for taking eons to get anything done)

    -MST3K revival (also looking good!)

    Also I bought Broken Age and its documentary series after they came out. (I really liked both, haters be damned - Broken Age is a gorgeous and charming and fun game and the documentary is a fascinating look at game development)

    wandering on
  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    Cats are great
    Cats, the true victors.

  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    Dogs? Maybe?
    Well I voted dog there at the end but I guess it won't matter since Dogs are in last place.

    are YOU on the beer list?
  • ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito! Registered User regular
    Dogs? Maybe?
    i like cats but i voted dogs in an attempt to woo @Gooey

  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    Cats are great
    Well I voted dog there at the end but I guess it won't matter since Dogs are in last place.
    Bernie would have won. *ducks*

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  • So It GoesSo It Goes We keep moving...Registered User regular
    ah demotviators are wonderful

    one of my favs

    mistakesdemotivator.jpeg?v=1416776264

  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    Cats are great
    Arch wrote: »
    i like cats but i voted dogs in an attempt to woo Gooey
    This is what happens when we give bugs the right to vote.

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  • PodlyPodly you unzipped me! it's all coming back! i don't like it!Registered User regular
    I think my ideal system would be a French press base that then gets semi-filtered into a separate decanter so you can make multiple cups and still have the French press taste without continued extraction

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  • DoodmannDoodmann Registered User regular
    Witness Me!
    wandering wrote: »
    Kickstarter stuff I've backed:

    -Yooka-Laylee (it looks like it's coming along well - which is kinda shocking considering it's made by ex-Rare people; Rare's notorious for taking eons to get anything done)

    So they made Banjo Kazooie again? And it might be coming to Switch?

    I'm down.

    Whippy wrote: »
    nope nope nope nope abort abort talk about anime
    I like to ART
  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    Dogs? Maybe?
    What's funny is I'm the furthest from a coffee snob. My all time favorite coffee is McDonalds or Foldgers classic roast. I don't like most starbucks because it's too bitter.

    But I can NOT do instant coffee. Something about it just tastes off to me.

    Starbucks is actually pretty bleh coffee. Overroasted and tends to taste burnt.

    For chains I do Peet's. Pretty tasty for a chain. Also next to Trader Joe's so I get coffee then go pick up food and drive home. There are multiple other places better though. I remember one in Seattle I went to at PAX like in '10 that I just had an espresso shot and it was this amazing rich almost chocolatey flavor.

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  • syndalissyndalis Getting Classy On the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Products, Transition Team regular
    syndalis wrote: »
    i still watch SNL sometimes

    i would say that they have a ratio of 1/3 or 1/4 sketches being good, though they had a spike of quality recently and then it dropped to even worse subpar levels than usual. even the audience isn't laughing lately.

    kate mckinnon isn't even carrying sketches like she used to

    personally I think SNL is at a decade-level high at the moment, what with larry david, alec baldwin coming and doing a bunch of cool shit, and guests like Aziz Ansari, Dave Chappelle, etc.

    And Weekend Update has just been absolutely scathing; better than the daily show at the moment.

    i totally disagree. the weekend update has been funny but politically weaksauce "both sides are the same" half the time.
    noah was pretty weak for a while but the trump stuff has revitalized the show and is pretty biting.

    I feel like we were watching different shows. The most they ever hit hillary on for during the campaign was how robotic and not-human she came across, and how she felt like it was her time.

    They really, truly, took to trump as hard as I have ever seen them do for a politician, and continue to do so. "Both sides are the same" is not a message I would ascribe to their coverage over the past year or so.

    SW-4158-3990-6116
    Let's play Mario Kart or something...
  • JuliusJulius Captain of Serenity on my shipRegistered User regular
    Witness Me!
    Julius wrote: »
    i like pour-over coffee a lot

    but the reason the trends circle round so much is that you can make a good cup with almost any method, sometimes with a different twist on the flavour, so any method that picks up momentum is totally valid

    percolators are not very good generally but i'm sure someone will design a premium percolator that drips the water all over instead of the middle or whatever

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moka_pot

    makes good coffee, but is technically not a percolator even though it's a similar process.

  • zepherinzepherin Russian warship, go fuck yourself Registered User regular
    Welcome to the Real World
    Arch wrote: »
    hi im arch and i just applied for a job at a community college and im here to talk to you about lowering your standards
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3flv5nWZgII

  • OnTheLastCastleOnTheLastCastle let's keep it haimish for the peripatetic Registered User regular
    Cats are great
    every day i'm not playing Nioh is an affront to my dignity

    @Elendil @Elldren

  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    Cats are great
    Coffee is okay, but tea is king.

  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    Welcome to the Real World
    So It Goes wrote: »
    ah demotviators are wonderful

    one of my favs

    mistakesdemotivator.jpeg?v=1416776264

    I need this framed on my wall.

    So that i can put it in my trash and take a picture of it, representing the triumph of my will or some thing.

  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    So It Goes wrote: »
    ah demotviators are wonderful

    one of my favs

    mistakesdemotivator.jpeg?v=1416776264

    consultingdemotivator.jpeg?v=1416776147


    I'm sure the IT folks here can confirm

  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    Cats are great
    I mean, really, the Cat-servatives have spent many years gerrymandering the districts and winning smaller battles at the local level quietly, while putting forth traditionally Dog-positive racially and gender diverse candidates to win those seats. They took it right out of the Dog playbook.

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  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    Dogs? Maybe?
    Man D.Va feels so vulnerable now.

  • porpporp Registered User regular
    Dogs? Maybe?
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    What's funny is I'm the furthest from a coffee snob. My all time favorite coffee is McDonalds or Foldgers classic roast. I don't like most starbucks because it's too bitter.

    But I can NOT do instant coffee. Something about it just tastes off to me.

    Starbucks is actually pretty bleh coffee. Overroasted and tends to taste burnt.

    For chains I do Peet's. Pretty tasty for a chain. Also next to Trader Joe's so I get coffee then go pick up food and drive home. There are multiple other places better though. I remember one in Seattle I went to at PAX like in '10 that I just had an espresso shot and it was this amazing rich almost chocolatey flavor.

    I detest Starbucks. I like Dunkin Donuts coffee almost exclusively.

  • GooeyGooey (\/)┌¶─¶┐(\/) pinch pinchRegistered User regular
    Dogs? Maybe?
    Gooey wrote: »
    Podly wrote: »
    @Organichu , want some legit pretentious self-deluding white people bullshit?

    this video for making pour over with the kalita wave

    she's camping

    but still brings her god damn scale and digital timer to make JUST THE PERFECT CUP TO START MY DAY

    https://www.stumptowncoffee.com/brew-guides/kalita-wave

    I think I'd mock the kettle for camping more than the scale. That stupid thing has a long thin curvy spout and has to be murder to pack safely.

    TBF I've got this for my bug out bag as part of my main mess kit

    https://www.rei.com/product/768513/gsi-outdoors-halulite-tea-kettle

    iu551tyutnev.jpg

    It fits inside a pot with a lid and a hanger perfectly, and inside the kettle is my cups and a penny alcohol stove, utensils, seasonings, scrubber, etc.

    So all you see in my pack is a quart cook pot, and inside that is a bunch of other shit.

    i just have a TI cup (with lid) and TI spork and a tiny isopro burner

    i have a couple of alcohol tablet stoves that i've made out of heavy weight aluminum cans but i have found i don't mind the extra weight of carrying a fuel cannister around with me

    the only problem with my setup is that i have to be careful with my cup as it doesn't have a long handle and it gets fuck off hot real quick

    i think i'm going to find a small pot grabber clip thingy to keep with it

    I got the 750ml Ti with lid and hanger and the smaller cup for christmas so those are nested together in my day pack.

    For the grabber clip I usually just use two sticks but that's proven perilous before so.....

    same

    i have a floppy silicone bowl that i have used too as an improvised oven mitt but that means i can't have a drink and boil water at the same time which is a bummer

    this one is $3 and looks like it would work fine. I'd probably just hang it off my pack somewhere.

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  • aiouaaioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    Cats are great
    Julius wrote: »
    Julius wrote: »
    i like pour-over coffee a lot

    but the reason the trends circle round so much is that you can make a good cup with almost any method, sometimes with a different twist on the flavour, so any method that picks up momentum is totally valid

    percolators are not very good generally but i'm sure someone will design a premium percolator that drips the water all over instead of the middle or whatever

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moka_pot

    makes good coffee, but is technically not a percolator even though it's a similar process.

    it's closer to a vaccum pot, but still its own thing

    life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
    fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
    that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
    bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    Cats are great
    zepherin wrote: »
    Arch wrote: »
    hi im arch and i just applied for a job at a community college and im here to talk to you about lowering your standards
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3flv5nWZgII
    Man, video dating services. That was a Thing that existed. Along with phone matchmaker services.

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  • P10P10 An Idiot With Low IQ Registered User regular
    Witness Me!
    every day i'm not playing Nioh is an affront to my dignity

    Elendil Elldren
    i believe in your ability to stay strong for 2 weeks
    you'll get through this, somehow

    Shameful pursuits and utterly stupid opinions
  • GooeyGooey (\/)┌¶─¶┐(\/) pinch pinchRegistered User regular
    Dogs? Maybe?
    Arch wrote: »
    i like cats but i voted dogs in an attempt to woo @Gooey

    iittss wwoorrkkiinngg

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  • GethGeth Legion Perseus VeilRegistered User, Moderator, Penny Arcade Staff, Vanilla Staff vanilla
    This thread is no longer active, and will be recycled.
    On average, this thread was careening by at warp 3.4

    @So It Goes will create the new thread
    @Aioua is backup

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