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Amen

Good post Kate

This man is so committed to his truth that it makes him frantic with frustration that even though he builds a yellow brick road to all-encompassing wisdom the world fails to follow it.

(nb: ^ not in reference to any posts itt)

I was at a Taco Bell today and was parked next to one of those assholes with a "Choose Life" license plate, and worse, it was a vanity tag with custom plate number "UNBRN".

thought for a moment that UNBRN was something to do with IRN-BRU and that "Choose Life" was a reference to Trainspotting before I realised

IRN-BRU smells to me like a barnyard

it's just orange sugar water ffs sito

maybe I'm sensitive to whatever the hell this is: As of 1999, it contained 0.002% of ammonium ferric citrate

everyone should have a little ammonium ferric citrate, as a treat

Now with more Retsyn

isn't retsyn just vegetable oil?

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/73/66/4e/73664e7dbc92c25454a9787aed19a340.jpg

(A) trademarked name for a mixture of copper gluconate, partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, and flavoring. It is the copper gluconate in Retsyn which gives Certs its signature green flecks.

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

You can imagine how disappointed I was the first time I bought two rolls of Certs and banged them together. No sparks.

Some pretty good kissing in this ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gtFCfGjjms

my disappontment at the absence of girders looks like a law suit waiting to happen

made in scotlind from gurrdahs and the guy in the pic likely voted for the psycho pm who decimated the Scottish steel industry

Looks like John Oates

european black licorice smells like piss to me as well

probly the wrong thread but pastis is the only good incarnation of licorice

pastis is no good but boy do I feel cool drinking it

i will not choose a sweet that tastes that way but my god it slides down when you're drinking

pasties a) grebt and b) awful for the reasons you say drf. tastes wonderful and looks great but by gott it scrambles your kopf ja.

pastis ffs

during a recent fuckwitted adventure into miscomprehension I was recently struggling to find that "liquori pasta" from an online supermarket, but no, my eyesight is so bad it was actually an Italian brand of pasta called Ligouri. But I was convinced there was a hint of liquorish in there.

i've been thru a "Jaeger kills my heartburn" phase so gotta question my reliability as a witness"

god a pastis and water is the shit tho

I used to like Good & Plentys.

recent liquorice findings:

Walker's Nonsuch Liquorice Toffee - amazing
Panda liquorice comfits - perfectly fine, a bit drab
anything from the great nation of Finland - utter hell

i've done a little trip into the mythology and tastiness of absinthe too tho and i'll comfortably confirm it's just strong Pernod that people do silly things to when we're kids

come on lads, it's friday night, I don't want to get a side-eye from souness before bedtime

mate don't start nothin

I get an allergic reaction, a rosy red flushing of the cheeks when I drink liqueurs or port. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise!

pastis ffs

pasties is grebt too

Pasties and a G-String

...I know, I know, it's serious

If I could live on Salmiak and beer, I would

You can imagine how disappointed I was the first time I bought two rolls of Certs and banged them together. No sparks.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux)

wait I'm pretty sure this is a thing you are supposed to do with mint Lifesavers in the dark?

wintergreen! https://www.thoughtco.com/why-wintergreen-lifesavers-spark-in-the-dark-602179

xp Yes, I remember that, but if you watch that old (1970) commercial I posted, the Certs rolls made a clacking or sparking sound when hit together. This was almost as big a letdown as Sea Monkeys.

or the glasses to see through girls' dresses

obviously you’re not a sublime fan

Why did I say pace there, it's clearly not what I meant. Stupid brain

I'm sure you'll get over it, wouldn't want to get unnecessarily dark now would we

I rarely have any doubts about whether or not I'm alive. The breathing is a good clue.

I recommend putting garlic in your salsa, avocado, and queso. It sharpens a rusty breath detector!

Also nearly 100% effective against vampires. I have been eating garlic for 50+ years and haven't encountered a single vampire (as far as I know).

I've always wondered about that belief. Does it have anything to do with garlic's properties as a blood thinner?

No idea.

My suspicion is that vampirism is associated with eastern and central Europe. Garlic is more associated with western and southern European cuisines.

So if you're a Transylvanian or Romanian vampire, you might find the cuisines of France, Spain, Greece, and Italy a bit offputting.

(I sincerely apologize to any vampires who are reading this. I try not to stereotype, but vampires are not historically very skilled at public relations.)

Someone once told me that if you rub garlic on your feet, you will be able to taste it before too long.

I've never actually tried to verify.

You are probably safe from vampires who also have a foot fetish. Just sayin.

Like I said, I do agree with Scott Adams that... like, I personally do live in a state of war.

i should probably clarify this bit lol

i've never been in nam or iraq or any shit like that and maybe i'm, like, diminishing people's actual experiences in actual wars by saying that. i don't know. has anyone here been in an actual war the way people usually think of it? well, if i'm an asshole for saying i feel like i'm in a war, i'm an asshole

with scott adams war is "kill or be killed", it's that old patton quote where "war isn't about dying for your country, it's about making the other poor bastard die for his", and i guess i'm the other poor bastard. i think that patton quote is bullshit, the way generals look at it. to me war is about one thing and one thing only - not dying. i feel like it's a war because there are a lot of people in power who very clearly want those of us who fly the good ol' pink white and blue dead and and are putting that power to use in organized ways

it feels like a war because you never see the one that has your name on it. it feels like war because any of us could go at any time for no reason at all. it feels like war because there's some nebulous idea of "normal life" out there but i don't know where it is or what i'd do if we got there. it feels like war because i have no idea what's going to happen, good or bad. it feels like war because we could _lose_, and i'm very aware of it, and very aware of the possible thing that could to us if we did, and i try not to think about it. it feels like war because i try to make some meaning in my life besides survival but it feels like a ridiculous charade. it feels like war because the idea of being a "civilian" is ridiculous and absurd. it doesn't matter that i don't carry a gun and don't actually want to kill anybody. i'm one of _them_.

so yeah i do feel like i'm living in the middle of a war. it's not one i want. it's one i hope ends soon. i'm not the one fighting it, though, so it's not up to me. all i'm trying to do is continue to exist in the face of people who are very very upset, like scott adams-level upset, about my existing.