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    FeralFeral MEMETICHARIZARD interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    An anime video we can all enjoy

    http://youtu.be/BBQ7OadqaMI

    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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    FeralFeral MEMETICHARIZARD interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    Feral wrote: »
    Winky wrote: »
    Starts e-mail with "Yo"

    Uses the phrase "I might be able to pump it"

    Yes

    Yes these are qualities I desire in a sound designer

    Would start e-mail with "Stop."

    Uses the phrase, "To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal"

    Humpty@hump.ty

    feral what am i eating for money from "doctors"
    [dasotraline (SEP-225289) Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
    Developed in-house (Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
    SEP-225289 is a DNRI that inhibits the reuptake of dopamine and norepinephrine. SEP-225289 is being developed as a once daily long-acting treatment that will be effective throughout the day. Because of its ability to maintain a stable concentration in blood levels all day, it is expected to be effective over the course of the day.
    Development stage: Phase II in the U.S./b]

    Clinical trials are sweeeeeet

    Sometimes all your shit gets cured

    Sometimes you die

    Either way you get paaaaiiiiiid

    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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    ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    Kana wrote: »
    ronya wrote: »
    Kana wrote: »
    simonwolf wrote: »
    Kana wrote: »
    simonwolf wrote: »
    I have been asked to do two guest lectures in a fortnight

    my time to be revealed as a fraud has come at last

    on what topics?

    Basically my thesis topic - gender and genre in Japanese popular culture

    Y'know what you should do as a project simon? (by which I mean what I'd be super interested to read about)

    A survey of anime cinematography for female fight scenes, counting out typically "masculine" fight scene things like low shots that make them look bigger, yelling, flexing, use of visceral violence, etc.

    Like even in a really quite shitty show like Railgun, it's always super noticeable to me how powerful the female characters are drawn during a fight scene compared to what you usually see in western media, animated or otherwise.

    is this possibly related to the relatively liberal use of female protagonists in fighty anime targeted at boys

    That's kind of a big and interesting question, but since it's late and there's no short answer to that, instead I'll just turn it around and say in that case why do we see such a paucity of it in western media?

    it's vaguely possible that there are changes in economies of scale related to a much larger anglospheric market - market segmentation by gender is less fruitful when each subdemographic has to go for genericized content anyway, but that doesn't really work out even in europe's smaller language markets

    I think some relevant questions are (1) who makes decisions over purchasing toys/related merchandise in the home in each market, and (2) what kind of toys/merch do they buy, a casual Google suggests that (e.g.,) Railgun associated media appears to be regularly sexualized in a way that, e.g., Kim Possible merchandise is not. unfortunately this is not an industry I pay regular attention to so I don't even know whether revenue/cost figures are regularly reported, never mind where to look for them

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    Rear Admiral ChocoRear Admiral Choco I wanna be an owl, Jerry! Owl York CityRegistered User regular
    Deebaser wrote: »
    Deebaser‌

    pls teaching me how 2 sangria

    that pic you posted the other day of the sangria and frozen mimosa has me all excited to do a boozy brunch sort of deal with my RP bros some weekend

    My pleasure!

    Okay, sangria is super duper simple.

    First choose your wine. You want to go for a dry wine because you're adding sweet stuff and you don't want a cloying drank.My personal favorites are Pinot Grigio for white and Cab Sav for Red. don't go overboard on price, because it's just sangria. Best bet for quality/value is to grab a good box wine. Bota Box, Black Box, and Almaden are great choices. Franzia and Carlo Rossi are not.

    Next, you're also going to want to booze it up. for each bottle worth (750 ml) you're going to want to add a half cup of booze. I usually go with a combo of two flavors, but you can use one. I recommend Laird's Apple Jack, a high proof triple sec like Hiram Walker 60 proof (dekueypers tastes terrible), or Cognac. These are all pretty affordable and quality "hosting grade" boozehancements.

    Sweeten da mix. Add 1/4 cup sugar, juice, and your fruits. Fresh Juice is pretty important imo and it is the one thing I'll get kinda snobby about here. Juice two lemons (or limes or one of each, w/e) and two medium juicin' oranges. If you have a juicer, great! If not*, man mode that shit and squeeze it over a measuring cup in the sink! bottled fruit juices are worse than hitler.

    Lastly, cut up some seasonal fruits and add it to the batch. I like using a granny smith apple and a peach, but anything seasonal works. The only thing I wouldn't use is oranges with the peel. That adds unwanted bitterness. You can however pick the pulp from the juiced oranges and through that in the mix.

    When everything's combined, shake it up to dissolve the sugar and let it sit in the fridge for at least an hour (ideally 4).

    *OXO citrus juicer is the dopeness for the home bartender. They sell similar squeezers in dollar stores, but those seem to break on me when i need them the most.

    http://www.amazon.com/OXO-Good-Grips-Citrus-Squeezer/dp/B0002BFZ16/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1409979056&sr=1-1&keywords=oxo+citrus+squeezer

    Rad, thank you Deeb!

    For juicing limes, I usually squeeze them for all I can by hand and then I set a wooden spoon in the recess and just go sickhouse squeezing the rest of the juice out, would this be acceptable or might the wood flavour it?

    I think I will most likely do a cab sav to start (for probably a terrible reason, I enjoy white wines more but the red looks more visually appealing) but still hemming and hawing over this

    I am glad the actual process and non-booze ingredients are easy as hell, just figuring out what wines to look for given our wasteland of beverage choice here could be tricky, already the box wine seems to give me issues finding it

    I will acquire the ingredients over the next week or two (money's a bit tight but I'm working a buncha double shifts, two weeks is a worst case scenario) and report back with my results!

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    PotatoNinjaPotatoNinja Fake Gamer Goat Registered User regular
    Nooooo not the animes

    noooooo

    Two goats enter, one car leaves
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    ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    Gim wrote: »
    Thomamelas wrote: »
    Gim wrote: »
    5K?

    Did we already get over 4K?

    4K is the new hype for my industry. It's got issues with low light at the moment but there is a big push to standardize on it over 1.3 MP or 2 MP. It's not working but it will over time.

    What industry are you referring to?

    Security.

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    ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    Elki wrote: »
    That monitor is the kind of stupid shit "PC master race" idiots buy to justify their over spending on dual GTX Titan setups.

    Like anandtech writes, this is definitely a professional set monitor. I look forward to the day when my kind can buy it for $250.

    Ive seen people who seen it and are planning on buying it though and these are people with 4k monitors already.

    Some people have more money than brains.

    2 Titans is probably not enough for that monitor.

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    WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    Feral wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    Winky wrote: »
    Starts e-mail with "Yo"

    Uses the phrase "I might be able to pump it"

    Yes

    Yes these are qualities I desire in a sound designer

    Would start e-mail with "Stop."

    Uses the phrase, "To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal"

    Humpty@hump.ty

    feral what am i eating for money from "doctors"
    [dasotraline (SEP-225289) Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
    Developed in-house (Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
    SEP-225289 is a DNRI that inhibits the reuptake of dopamine and norepinephrine. SEP-225289 is being developed as a once daily long-acting treatment that will be effective throughout the day. Because of its ability to maintain a stable concentration in blood levels all day, it is expected to be effective over the course of the day.
    Development stage: Phase II in the U.S./b]

    Clinical trials are sweeeeeet

    Sometimes all your shit gets cured

    Sometimes you die

    Either way you get paaaaiiiiiid

    If it cures your ADD let me know

    And also sell it to me

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    DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    Feral wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    Winky wrote: »
    Starts e-mail with "Yo"

    Uses the phrase "I might be able to pump it"

    Yes

    Yes these are qualities I desire in a sound designer

    Would start e-mail with "Stop."

    Uses the phrase, "To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal"

    Humpty@hump.ty

    feral what am i eating for money from "doctors"
    [dasotraline (SEP-225289) Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
    Developed in-house (Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
    SEP-225289 is a DNRI that inhibits the reuptake of dopamine and norepinephrine. SEP-225289 is being developed as a once daily long-acting treatment that will be effective throughout the day. Because of its ability to maintain a stable concentration in blood levels all day, it is expected to be effective over the course of the day.
    Development stage: Phase II in the U.S./b]

    Clinical trials are sweeeeeet

    Sometimes all your shit gets cured

    Sometimes you die

    Either way you get paaaaiiiiiid

    i feel like i didn't realize i had depression before and it's treating that.

    which is not what i signed up for.

    but a fat one hundo per week

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    RonaldoTheGypsyRonaldoTheGypsy Yes, yes Registered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDYzFaXGPcc

    man

    i uh

    where'd all this dust come from

    in my eyes

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    MrMisterMrMister Jesus dying on the cross in pain? Morally better than us. One has to go "all in".Registered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RMQksXpQSk

    and now time for a shottttt

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    DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    edited September 2014
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    so. this is the girl i got annoyed with and left behind to uh. sit nude in my living room and drink rum while lamenting being lonely.

    i'm absolutely insane. what a bummer.

    DasUberEdward on
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    GimGim a tall glass of water Registered User regular
    Thomamelas wrote: »
    Gim wrote: »
    Thomamelas wrote: »
    Gim wrote: »
    5K?

    Did we already get over 4K?

    4K is the new hype for my industry. It's got issues with low light at the moment but there is a big push to standardize on it over 1.3 MP or 2 MP. It's not working but it will over time.

    What industry are you referring to?

    Security.

    Huh, interesting. Seems like it'd be punishing on storage space.

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    skippydumptruckskippydumptruck begin again Registered User regular
    MrMister wrote: »
    The thing about sangria is that it's pretty gross overall. Making wine boozier is okay, I suppose, but making it sweeter is suspect.

    It does give you a nice excuse today drink after a party; stuff doesn't keep forever.

    @MrMister‌ i have a good sangria recipe if you want it

    its red wine + brandy + triple sec + some stuff + fruit = lets have sex in my mouth

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    KanaKana Registered User regular

    ronya wrote: »
    Kana wrote: »
    ronya wrote: »
    Kana wrote: »
    simonwolf wrote: »
    Kana wrote: »
    simonwolf wrote: »
    I have been asked to do two guest lectures in a fortnight

    my time to be revealed as a fraud has come at last

    on what topics?

    Basically my thesis topic - gender and genre in Japanese popular culture

    Y'know what you should do as a project simon? (by which I mean what I'd be super interested to read about)

    A survey of anime cinematography for female fight scenes, counting out typically "masculine" fight scene things like low shots that make them look bigger, yelling, flexing, use of visceral violence, etc.

    Like even in a really quite shitty show like Railgun, it's always super noticeable to me how powerful the female characters are drawn during a fight scene compared to what you usually see in western media, animated or otherwise.

    is this possibly related to the relatively liberal use of female protagonists in fighty anime targeted at boys

    That's kind of a big and interesting question, but since it's late and there's no short answer to that, instead I'll just turn it around and say in that case why do we see such a paucity of it in western media?

    it's vaguely possible that there are changes in economies of scale related to a much larger anglospheric market - market segmentation by gender is less fruitful when each subdemographic has to go for genericized content anyway, but that doesn't really work out even in europe's smaller language markets

    I think some relevant questions are (1) who makes decisions over purchasing toys/related merchandise in the home in each market, and (2) what kind of toys/merch do they buy, a casual Google suggests that (e.g.,) Railgun associated media appears to be regularly sexualized in a way that, e.g., Kim Possible merchandise is not. unfortunately this is not an industry I pay regular attention to so I don't even know whether revenue/cost figures are regularly reported, never mind where to look for them

    railgun is totally sexualized a lot of the time, especially in its merch, and it is poop.

    But again I think that's all leaping past the interesting question, which is why does that show aimed at teenage boys still embrace typically masculine depictions of action for its female characters, while in the west it feels at least like that doesn't happen but rarely in shows aimed at the same demographic. Changes in cinematography aren't going to make a difference to figurine sales.

    A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
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    thatassemblyguythatassemblyguy Janitor of Technical Debt .Registered User regular
    ITT skippy offers MrMr a BJ

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    GimGim a tall glass of water Registered User regular
    New [chat] should be called "The Fucked Up [Chat]s and Nightmares thread...".

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    skippydumptruckskippydumptruck begin again Registered User regular
    Winky wrote: »
    Starts e-mail with "Yo"

    Uses the phrase "I might be able to pump it"

    Yes

    Yes these are qualities I desire in a sound designer

    pumping it a highly desirable skillset in this particular niche a++ hired

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    thatassemblyguythatassemblyguy Janitor of Technical Debt .Registered User regular
    Gim wrote: »
    New [chat] should be called "The Fucked Up [Chat]s and Nightmares thread...".

    Alt [chat], "I'm so [chat]stipated that I'm seriously considering flying to Sierra Leone"

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    KanaKana Registered User regular
    so. this is the girl i got annoyed with and left behind to uh. sit nude in my living room and drink rum while lamenting being lonely.

    i'm absolutely insane. what a bummer.

    nah, annoying girls are still annoying

    don't put up with bullshit just because mebbe if you're nice to them long enough they'll deign to let you touch their boobs

    A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
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    DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    last night i dreamed i was hanging out with my dad and just doing regular stuff.

    then as i was getting up to put another movie in the DVD player I dream realized he was dead

    and i just said "no. you're dead."

    and started crying instead of hanging out with him.

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    MrMisterMrMister Jesus dying on the cross in pain? Morally better than us. One has to go "all in".Registered User regular
    geth knows what's up

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    WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    c887lwgbhdk3.jpg
    so. this is the girl i got annoyed with and left behind to uh. sit nude in my living room and drink rum while lamenting being lonely.

    i'm absolutely insane. what a bummer.

    It's cool man

    I wouldn't screw a chick without a head either

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    MrMisterMrMister Jesus dying on the cross in pain? Morally better than us. One has to go "all in".Registered User regular
    MrMister wrote: »
    The thing about sangria is that it's pretty gross overall. Making wine boozier is okay, I suppose, but making it sweeter is suspect.

    It does give you a nice excuse today drink after a party; stuff doesn't keep forever.

    @MrMister‌ i have a good sangria recipe if you want it

    its red wine + brandy + triple sec + some stuff + fruit = lets have sex in my mouth

    My body is ready

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    DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    Winky wrote: »
    c887lwgbhdk3.jpg
    so. this is the girl i got annoyed with and left behind to uh. sit nude in my living room and drink rum while lamenting being lonely.

    i'm absolutely insane. what a bummer.

    It's cool man

    I wouldn't screw a chick without a head either

    pretty sure your income says otherwise.

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    bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    Winky wrote: »
    c887lwgbhdk3.jpg
    so. this is the girl i got annoyed with and left behind to uh. sit nude in my living room and drink rum while lamenting being lonely.

    i'm absolutely insane. what a bummer.

    It's cool man

    I wouldn't screw a chick without a head either

    pretty sure your income says otherwise.

    goddamn

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    WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    Winky wrote: »
    Starts e-mail with "Yo"

    Uses the phrase "I might be able to pump it"

    Yes

    Yes these are qualities I desire in a sound designer

    pumping it a highly desirable skillset in this particular niche a++ hired

    Prepared interview questions:

    "Can you pump it?"

    "Tell me about three workplace experiences you've had in which you have pumped it."

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    RonaldoTheGypsyRonaldoTheGypsy Yes, yes Registered User regular
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    DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    Deebaser wrote: »
    Deebaser‌

    pls teaching me how 2 sangria

    that pic you posted the other day of the sangria and frozen mimosa has me all excited to do a boozy brunch sort of deal with my RP bros some weekend

    My pleasure!

    Okay, sangria is super duper simple.

    First choose your wine. You want to go for a dry wine because you're adding sweet stuff and you don't want a cloying drank.My personal favorites are Pinot Grigio for white and Cab Sav for Red. don't go overboard on price, because it's just sangria. Best bet for quality/value is to grab a good box wine. Bota Box, Black Box, and Almaden are great choices. Franzia and Carlo Rossi are not.

    Next, you're also going to want to booze it up. for each bottle worth (750 ml) you're going to want to add a half cup of booze. I usually go with a combo of two flavors, but you can use one. I recommend Laird's Apple Jack, a high proof triple sec like Hiram Walker 60 proof (dekueypers tastes terrible), or Cognac. These are all pretty affordable and quality "hosting grade" boozehancements.

    Sweeten da mix. Add 1/4 cup sugar, juice, and your fruits. Fresh Juice is pretty important imo and it is the one thing I'll get kinda snobby about here. Juice two lemons (or limes or one of each, w/e) and two medium juicin' oranges. If you have a juicer, great! If not*, man mode that shit and squeeze it over a measuring cup in the sink! bottled fruit juices are worse than hitler.

    Lastly, cut up some seasonal fruits and add it to the batch. I like using a granny smith apple and a peach, but anything seasonal works. The only thing I wouldn't use is oranges with the peel. That adds unwanted bitterness. You can however pick the pulp from the juiced oranges and through that in the mix.

    When everything's combined, shake it up to dissolve the sugar and let it sit in the fridge for at least an hour (ideally 4).

    *OXO citrus juicer is the dopeness for the home bartender. They sell similar squeezers in dollar stores, but those seem to break on me when i need them the most.

    http://www.amazon.com/OXO-Good-Grips-Citrus-Squeezer/dp/B0002BFZ16/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1409979056&sr=1-1&keywords=oxo+citrus+squeezer

    Rad, thank you Deeb!

    For juicing limes, I usually squeeze them for all I can by hand and then I set a wooden spoon in the recess and just go sickhouse squeezing the rest of the juice out, would this be acceptable or might the wood flavour it?

    I think I will most likely do a cab sav to start (for probably a terrible reason, I enjoy white wines more but the red looks more visually appealing) but still hemming and hawing over this

    I am glad the actual process and non-booze ingredients are easy as hell, just figuring out what wines to look for given our wasteland of beverage choice here could be tricky, already the box wine seems to give me issues finding it

    I will acquire the ingredients over the next week or two (money's a bit tight but I'm working a buncha double shifts, two weeks is a worst case scenario) and report back with my results!

    @Rear Admiral Choco

    You can make a white wine more aesthetically pleasing by muddling blueberries, cherries, or raspberries and throwing it in the mix for color and flavor!


    Sadly. Forget the boxed wine. Fuk da LCBO. Untareeo pls


    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/wine/decent-boxed-wines-do-exist-heres-why-ontarians-cant-get-them/article7058629/

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    skippydumptruckskippydumptruck begin again Registered User regular
    MrMister wrote: »
    MrMister wrote: »
    The thing about sangria is that it's pretty gross overall. Making wine boozier is okay, I suppose, but making it sweeter is suspect.

    It does give you a nice excuse today drink after a party; stuff doesn't keep forever.

    @MrMister‌ i have a good sangria recipe if you want it

    its red wine + brandy + triple sec + some stuff + fruit = lets have sex in my mouth

    My body is ready

    okay but I am kinda drunk and headed to bed remind me to orrow

    (its way better than stinky deebs' recipe)

    (stinky sangria, we call his mix )

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    WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    idgi

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    skippydumptruckskippydumptruck begin again Registered User regular
    Winky wrote: »
    Winky wrote: »
    Starts e-mail with "Yo"

    Uses the phrase "I might be able to pump it"

    Yes

    Yes these are qualities I desire in a sound designer

    pumping it a highly desirable skillset in this particular niche a++ hired

    Prepared interview questions:

    "Can you pump it?"

    "Tell me about three workplace experiences you've had in which you have pumped it."

    tell me about a time in which you were pumping it but something went wrong how you fixed it

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    thatassemblyguythatassemblyguy Janitor of Technical Debt .Registered User regular
    last night i dreamed i was hanging out with my dad and just doing regular stuff.

    then as i was getting up to put another movie in the DVD player I dream realized he was dead

    and i just said "no. you're dead."

    and started crying instead of hanging out with him.

    Yea.

    i dunno if that dream is better, or the one where you're trying to talk to him (in the dream) to say the things you wish you said before he died, but didn't because you thought "hey.. i have time."

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    MrMisterMrMister Jesus dying on the cross in pain? Morally better than us. One has to go "all in".Registered User regular
    MrMister wrote: »
    MrMister wrote: »
    The thing about sangria is that it's pretty gross overall. Making wine boozier is okay, I suppose, but making it sweeter is suspect.

    It does give you a nice excuse today drink after a party; stuff doesn't keep forever.

    @MrMister‌ i have a good sangria recipe if you want it

    its red wine + brandy + triple sec + some stuff + fruit = lets have sex in my mouth

    My body is ready

    okay but I am kinda drunk and headed to bed remind me to orrow

    (its way better than stinky deebs' recipe)

    (stinky sangria, we call his mix )

    Oh, I wasn't talking about Sangria

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    skippydumptruckskippydumptruck begin again Registered User regular
    that lady seems pretty you may want to reconsider forums and go sexing instead

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    DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    last night i dreamed i was hanging out with my dad and just doing regular stuff.

    then as i was getting up to put another movie in the DVD player I dream realized he was dead

    and i just said "no. you're dead."

    and started crying instead of hanging out with him.

    Yea.

    i dunno if that dream is better, or the one where you're trying to talk to him (in the dream) to say the things you wish you said before he died, but didn't because you thought "hey.. i have time."

    oh those are the same dream.

    for me anyway

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    skippydumptruckskippydumptruck begin again Registered User regular
    mrmr are you getting fresh

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    WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    that lady seems pretty you may want to reconsider forums and go sexing instead

    Assuming that she's not a jerk or something

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    Rear Admiral ChocoRear Admiral Choco I wanna be an owl, Jerry! Owl York CityRegistered User regular
    Deebaser wrote: »
    Deebaser wrote: »
    Deebaser‌

    pls teaching me how 2 sangria

    that pic you posted the other day of the sangria and frozen mimosa has me all excited to do a boozy brunch sort of deal with my RP bros some weekend

    My pleasure!

    Okay, sangria is super duper simple.

    First choose your wine. You want to go for a dry wine because you're adding sweet stuff and you don't want a cloying drank.My personal favorites are Pinot Grigio for white and Cab Sav for Red. don't go overboard on price, because it's just sangria. Best bet for quality/value is to grab a good box wine. Bota Box, Black Box, and Almaden are great choices. Franzia and Carlo Rossi are not.

    Next, you're also going to want to booze it up. for each bottle worth (750 ml) you're going to want to add a half cup of booze. I usually go with a combo of two flavors, but you can use one. I recommend Laird's Apple Jack, a high proof triple sec like Hiram Walker 60 proof (dekueypers tastes terrible), or Cognac. These are all pretty affordable and quality "hosting grade" boozehancements.

    Sweeten da mix. Add 1/4 cup sugar, juice, and your fruits. Fresh Juice is pretty important imo and it is the one thing I'll get kinda snobby about here. Juice two lemons (or limes or one of each, w/e) and two medium juicin' oranges. If you have a juicer, great! If not*, man mode that shit and squeeze it over a measuring cup in the sink! bottled fruit juices are worse than hitler.

    Lastly, cut up some seasonal fruits and add it to the batch. I like using a granny smith apple and a peach, but anything seasonal works. The only thing I wouldn't use is oranges with the peel. That adds unwanted bitterness. You can however pick the pulp from the juiced oranges and through that in the mix.

    When everything's combined, shake it up to dissolve the sugar and let it sit in the fridge for at least an hour (ideally 4).

    *OXO citrus juicer is the dopeness for the home bartender. They sell similar squeezers in dollar stores, but those seem to break on me when i need them the most.

    http://www.amazon.com/OXO-Good-Grips-Citrus-Squeezer/dp/B0002BFZ16/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1409979056&sr=1-1&keywords=oxo+citrus+squeezer

    Rad, thank you Deeb!

    For juicing limes, I usually squeeze them for all I can by hand and then I set a wooden spoon in the recess and just go sickhouse squeezing the rest of the juice out, would this be acceptable or might the wood flavour it?

    I think I will most likely do a cab sav to start (for probably a terrible reason, I enjoy white wines more but the red looks more visually appealing) but still hemming and hawing over this

    I am glad the actual process and non-booze ingredients are easy as hell, just figuring out what wines to look for given our wasteland of beverage choice here could be tricky, already the box wine seems to give me issues finding it

    I will acquire the ingredients over the next week or two (money's a bit tight but I'm working a buncha double shifts, two weeks is a worst case scenario) and report back with my results!

    @Rear Admiral Choco

    You can make a white wine more aesthetically pleasing by muddling blueberries, cherries, or raspberries and throwing it in the mix for color and flavor!


    Sadly. Forget the boxed wine. Fuk da LCBO. Untareeo pls


    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/wine/decent-boxed-wines-do-exist-heres-why-ontarians-cant-get-them/article7058629/

    I saw exactly that article while on my hunt and thought of you

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