It’s like a sweetened, fizzy sassafras drink. Pretty good depending where you get it.

The USA has a weird thing where we use the words for alcoholic drinks to describe non-alcoholic ones. We also call spiced fruit drinks “cider” and actual cider “hard cider”. Not sure why.

Maybe Homer’s got shit he’s not telling Marge

Just because you’re aro or aroace doesn’t mean you don’t understand heartache and loss. When we empathize with fictional characters, is it because we’ve been through exactly what they’ve been through? Doubtful, because then fantasy wouldn’t exist. But we’ve had similar emotions, so it resonates.

I don’t really see why songs would be any different.

My iconic recipe: All My Favorite Shit, Shoved In A Pot Together

Dice up a white onion, sautee in butter until lightly brown. Drain one can each of black beans, diced tomatoes, and corn. Cook til whenever. Salt, red pepper, and garlic powder to taste.

Sometimes I save some black bean juice, mix it with corn starch to thicken it up, and stir it back in, and eat the whole thing over brown rice.

Alternatively: ice cream. Butter pecan in a waffle cone.

There are better CAD memes, imo. I forget their url, but there’s someone on Tumblr who does really good surreal edits.

I think CAD is kind of a fascinating trainwreck in how it stumbled down the gimmick-comic-to-dramedy pipeline. Loss is one symptom of that, but god, there’s so much more, and “it’s bad because a comedy decided to do a serious episode!!” doesn’t cover it.

Everyone loved the only guy in youth group who watched Homestar Runner.

Too bad we have to be mean to bugs every other day of the year

I really like YouTube Revanced on Android, it’s a patcher that includes an ad blocker as well as a ton of other QOL fixes.

But I understand why more people don’t fuck with it, because if you install it wrong, your app will bug in the weirdest ways. Like my YouTube app kept getting renamed with the content of my last error message.

This is what my family thinks public school is like

Can I ask where you heard that? I’ve only seen it described as a hate crime, but then, that’s the obvious conclusion you’d come to without any answers.

Anyone else instinctively look for the Obvious Plant logo?

This joke can be easily altered to target North Americans, just photoshop a hamburger bun in.

That one year where I was buying a new piece of kitchen equipment right before every holiday 😅

My mom’s birthday :> I’m a little sad as I’d hoped to have a surprise party for her, but I had to move unexpectedly and it took most of my savings. But hopefully she’ll enjoy dinner with a couple of her kids.

ETA also downloaded a geography quiz to take in my idle time. I didn’t really get the K-12 education that’s expected in the US, and I’ve always wanted to do better, but I can’t seem to study anything in a way that sticks. But I noticed I’ve gotten pretty good at word games and sudoku lately, so maybe I just need to make it a puzzle.

I actually enjoy the weekly threads. Theoretically the answers will be different every week, even if it’s the same question.

Of course sometimes you get caught in a rut. But having new things to tell people about be a motivator to break a rut.

That’s a pretty design!

Before and after my meds

Not horrendously bad? I had a depressive episode and nearly made some bad choices, but looking at it objectively, everything’s fine externally. Weren’t any outside factors getting worse that drove me here, nothing I can’t bounce back from.

I think I’m just tired the gym/work/sleep cycle every single day, but it feels like whenever I try to expand, the door gets slammed in my face.

Hoping something pans out soon.

Fuck, I’m sorry. I hope you’re able to bounce back.

That’s actually the joke of the original comic. The kid calls the guy Shrek, and the mom apologizes for her daughter’s rudeness before saying something like “no, that’s just an ugly bald man”.

I like how every time it gets edited, there are people in the comments who notice the Shrek similarity but don’t always agree if it’s intentional. The artist did a good job on that front.