"And it's got a hint of cilantro."
― cocaine bear say hi to me (King Boy Pato), Friday, 13 January 2023 08:22 (one year ago) link
"Broiler" is an Americanism I like; calling it a "grill" confuses it with a real grill, the kind where you place food on a gridiron above a fire from charcoal briquets, or at least an electric element with charcoal rocks that simulates it. Heat from above in an oven? That's broiling, not grilling.
― Lee626, Friday, 13 January 2023 09:53 (one year ago) link
that's a good point tbf
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 13 January 2023 09:59 (one year ago) link
Weird Al Yankovic
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Thursday, 19 January 2023 13:17 (one year ago) link
thank you for explaining this, i don't know what some recipes are on about.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 19 January 2023 13:28 (one year ago) link
Neanderthal's experience was very similar to mine yesterday, when the first two McDonald's I went to were out of shamrock shakes, and I had to go to a third.― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, March 1, 2023 5:23 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, March 1, 2023 5:23 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 22:20 (one year ago) link
white eggs
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 22 April 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link
huh
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Saturday, 22 April 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link
never woulda thought
one of our chickens does in fact lay white eggs fwiw
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Saturday, 22 April 2023 15:57 (one year ago) link
shower curtains with an additional piece of cloth that drapes over the exterior wall of the tub
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 22 April 2023 15:57 (one year ago) link
i think i’ve only seen white duck eggs in the uk
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 22 April 2023 15:58 (one year ago) link
bewildering systems of heating and cooling, which seem to be constantly in operation regardless of the outside temperature
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 22 April 2023 15:59 (one year ago) link
I live in a place where we can open windows and turn off the hvac for nice days in spring and fall, and portions of other days.
But our summer temperatures can easily be 100° F (37° C) and winter temperatures can easily be 0°F (-17° C).
I don't see what's "bewildering" about it. There is a thermostat and I either tell it not to fall below a certain temperature, or not to rise above a temperature.
I can also omit heating/cooling altogether and use the same system to circulate air for freshness.
People who have them operating all the time may be silly but you will need to elaborate on the alternatives.
I am given to understand that people in climates that don't require air conditioning simply don't have it, which is fine and seems to be an option for parts off America as well as the rest of the world.
If you don't regularly get triple-digit (F) temperatures you probably don't think AC is needed. In which case, goody goody for you.
― when you wish upon a tsar (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 22 April 2023 16:14 (one year ago) link
this is so funny to me, like it's a modesty cloth to hide the shameful shower curtain
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Saturday, 22 April 2023 16:38 (one year ago) link
it's a materials game. you can't have any old material dipping into the tub or base.
― Cinta Kaz is comin' to town (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 22 April 2023 16:44 (one year ago) link
washed and refrigerated eggs more so than white eggs. It applies to eggs of every color. Most american grocers seem to have ~25% or more brown eggs.
― Cinta Kaz is comin' to town (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 22 April 2023 16:50 (one year ago) link
Bright yellow-orange yolks and pasture raised are more fashionable than eggshell color these days.
― Cinta Kaz is comin' to town (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 22 April 2023 16:52 (one year ago) link
Saying "no fair" instead of, or as well as, "not fair" is an American Thing, right? And a weird one too.
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Monday, 24 April 2023 10:32 (one year ago) link
it's a materials game. you can't have any old material dipping into the tub or base.do you think that shower curtains on other continents are made out of crepe paper and nobody can figure out why they keep disintegrating
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Monday, 24 April 2023 14:12 (one year ago) link
no, I think americans would like the appearance of crepe paper shower curtains because the outer layer can be anything.
― Enumerated funks of Walsh, Joe. (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 24 April 2023 14:46 (one year ago) link
I don't see what's "bewildering" about ityou will need to elaborate on the alternativesgoody goody for you
you will need to elaborate on the alternatives
goody goody for you
my bad coach
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 24 April 2023 15:40 (one year ago) link
"Ouster".
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 09:18 (one year ago) link
... as noticed in the Fox/Tucker Carlson thread
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 09:19 (one year ago) link
A Northern Irish political prisoner was supposed to go on a hunger strike but then developed gastric problems after surreptitiously eating shellfish, leading to his forced resignation...
It was an Ulster oyster ulcer ouster.
― when you wish upon a tsar (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 10:23 (one year ago) link
ouch
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 14:56 (one year ago) link
I had a recent situation where the kitchen sink drain below me clogged with grease or fats... the guy upstairs didn't know of course, and I came home and my kitchen sink had overflowed with this smelly, greasy ass water... the maintenance guy was able to unclog it with this drill/snake thing, but now my kitchen smelled like the dumpster area behind a Wendy's on a hot dayI cleaned the floor with vinegar and different cleaning products, it seems to have dissipated.. but I'm always apologetic to any visitors, I think everyone can smell it even if it probably just smells like a kitchen― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, May 5, 2023 4:35 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I cleaned the floor with vinegar and different cleaning products, it seems to have dissipated.. but I'm always apologetic to any visitors, I think everyone can smell it even if it probably just smells like a kitchen
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, May 5, 2023 4:35 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
"maintenance guys"
― No, 𝘐'𝘮 Breathless! (Deflatormouse), Saturday, 6 May 2023 02:39 (one year ago) link
“As someone who is 1/37th indigenous, I officially give this racism a pass”
― Boris Yitsbin (wins), Thursday, 14 September 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
and it's usually based on some oral legend in their family about being descended from Pocahontas
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 14 September 2023 18:39 (one year ago) link
That weird hypercorrection where they think processes is the plural of processis
― Boris Yitsbin (wins), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 16:14 (one year ago) link
lol that's the worst! i don't think it's just an american thing though
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 20 September 2023 16:53 (one year ago) link
I've never even heard of that word!
― pplains, Wednesday, 20 September 2023 17:09 (one year ago) link
i've also heard "bases" as in "cover all our bases" as if it were the plural of basis, lol
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 20 September 2023 17:18 (one year ago) link
Pillowcases without a flap to keep the pillow inside.
― vashti funyuns (sic), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 17:25 (one year ago) link
How are you going to trick or treat with a flapped-over pillowcase?
― pplains, Wednesday, 20 September 2023 17:26 (one year ago) link
Basis is at least a word so there’s a logic at work there that makes it less jarring than processeeez (which I’ve never heard anyone say irl, & only heard non-irl from North Americans — I have a terrible idea they get it from their academia)
― Boris Yitsbin (wins), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 17:35 (one year ago) link
i thought "cover all the bases" was a baseball metaphor, not a plural of basis
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 17:35 (one year ago) link
It is that’s why “as if it were the plural of basis, lol”
bj is saying they’ve heard ppl say it baseez in that expression
― Boris Yitsbin (wins), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 17:37 (one year ago) link
oh gotcha
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 17:38 (one year ago) link
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 17:57 (one year ago) link
Poorly secured pillows are the price you pay for easy to make klan hoods
― Boris Yitsbin (wins), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 18:01 (one year ago) link
what are you saying about Beeps
― vashti funyuns (sic), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 20:48 (one year ago) link
croissandwich
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 23 September 2023 08:51 (one year ago) link
Thanks for making me think of that Dan Cortese BK commercial from the 90s
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Saturday, 23 September 2023 15:06 (one year ago) link
toilet cubicles without coat hooks in them
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 18 November 2023 20:06 (ten months ago) link
Saying that you saw a film “in theatres”
― Boris Yitsbin (wins), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 12:35 (ten months ago) link
Do you mean, "at cinema"?
― peace, man, Wednesday, 22 November 2023 12:54 (ten months ago) link
That’s what it means yes but like how trailers/posters will say “in theatres now”, except it’s a person saying “oh yeah I saw that in theatres” even if they only saw it once in one theatre — that is an American thing afaict
― Boris Yitsbin (wins), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 13:06 (ten months ago) link
Oh, I see what you're saying - the plural. I had guessed that the British meaning of "theatres" might be more strictly applied to the stage. The American phrase is probably shorthand for "I saw that (when it was being shown) in theatres."
― peace, man, Wednesday, 22 November 2023 13:22 (ten months ago) link
“hey thanks for the white claw and the wheat thins”
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 13:58 (ten months ago) link