I was at NYU for grad school 1991-93. I moved there from Denver, it was quite a culture shock.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 24 November 2023 15:52 (ten months ago) link
It must have been. One of my roommates senior year was from rural PA. Her first time in NYC was the day she arrived for orientation. I always sort of envied that because, although actually living in the city was def an adjustment, it was never new like that to me if that makes sense.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 24 November 2023 16:38 (ten months ago) link
Yes, it makes sense. I had been there a couple of times for long weekends (which is one of the reasons I wanted to move there), but still. I hated it at first. It didn't help that I arrived in the middle of a very hot August.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 24 November 2023 17:00 (ten months ago) link
there was a good minute there where I thought you were all talking about buying books in B&M (a UK shop which may possibly sell some books, but would not be anyone's first choice when book shopping)
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 24 November 2023 17:11 (ten months ago) link
X-post - Oof. There's a reason everyone who can leaves on weekends in the summer. Just thinking about how bad the garbage smells. Ugh.
B&M books would be . . . interesting at the very least.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 24 November 2023 18:05 (ten months ago) link
Do they not have Barnes and Noble here? Hadn't thought about it but it's basically Waterstones.
xp They specialize in books that can be read in short installments.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 24 November 2023 18:06 (ten months ago) link
Not cleaning public bathrooms several times a day.
― Tapioca by Jean Sibelius (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 2 December 2023 20:57 (nine months ago) link
bread in the fridgemustard in the fridge
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:06 (eight months ago) link
wheat thins
I thought keeping mustard in the fridge is one of the good universal kitchen practices tbf
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:10 (eight months ago) link
maybe i just eat a lot of mustard idk
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:13 (eight months ago) link
bars that you have to drive to
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:15 (eight months ago) link
bread in the fridge does prolong its life, while also drying it out which might be fine or bad.
― Sufjan Grafton, Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:18 (eight months ago) link
it's not a sin on par with tomatoes or apples in the fridge
― Sufjan Grafton, Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:20 (eight months ago) link
I'm strictly condiments in the fridge and bread in the bread bin, but bread in the fridge is fine really. It will keep good longer. But freezing bread is something I stopped doing.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:20 (eight months ago) link
lots of stuff goes in my fridge strictly as an economic decision. i'd love to have a bowl of produce on my kitchen table but i live alone in a not-temperate climate and it just makes my life and kitchen rhythms easier when i know the life of things are elongated by the fridge
― budo jeru, Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:31 (eight months ago) link
it’s just me, if I don’t use it the day I buy it or have a specific plan for anything fresh that’s guaranteed to happen within 24 hours it goes in the fridge
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Sunday, 14 January 2024 02:34 (eight months ago) link
wheat thins in the fridge
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 02:41 (eight months ago) link
xp I am the same way with bakery bread or even the fake mass produced grocery-aisle-thawed versions like TJ's ciabatta
― Sufjan Grafton, Sunday, 14 January 2024 02:56 (eight months ago) link
And then a Ball Park hamburger or hot dog bun will last 6 years on the windowsill
― Sufjan Grafton, Sunday, 14 January 2024 02:58 (eight months ago) link
going to the supermarket when your giant fridge is already 3/4 full of mildly rotting food
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:08 (eight months ago) link
maybe it’s just my family but they all do this
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:09 (eight months ago) link
One of my finest dad joke moments was when my wife asked me to buy a breadbox, and I said, "how big?"
Mustard is so acidic that it seems unlikely to go bad if not refrigerated. But generally I obey the packaging - if it says "refrigerate after opening," we mostly do so. Because why not? It's harmless.
Peanut butter and honey don't get refrigerated. Jelly/jam/preserves/marmalade/chutney generally do (once opened). Ketchup and relish are generally fridged.
Bread in the refrigerator? Hell no. We might freeze some bread if we have too much but that's rare.
― CthulhuLululemon (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:09 (eight months ago) link
it’s so weird just eat the bread
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:12 (eight months ago) link
what about fruit in the fridge? most fruit tastes better cold, imo
― brimstead, Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:13 (eight months ago) link
This is just to say
I have eaten brimstead's plums
Forgive me
― CthulhuLululemon (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:19 (eight months ago) link
a cold apple can be pretty good. soft fruit should be room temp though imo, sorry billkinda prefer grapefruit room temp too
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:25 (eight months ago) link
tbf, expat hypercritical of american family is an american thing
― Sufjan Grafton, Sunday, 14 January 2024 04:23 (eight months ago) link
lol yes
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 04:24 (eight months ago) link
it’s because they do everything wrong
― Sufjan Grafton, Saturday, January 13, 2024 10:23 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
somebody had to say it
― budo jeru, Sunday, 14 January 2024 16:32 (eight months ago) link
Rx is a common abbreviation for medical prescriptions derived from the Latin verb recipere, "take / receive".
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 16 February 2024 20:09 (seven months ago) link
Not used in the UK. I mean, I have seen it before but I'm not sure in what context?
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 16 February 2024 20:13 (seven months ago) link
I got to thinking about this while waiting for some antibiotics today. Over here it's a given that Rx = precription and you'll see it printed everywhere at the pharmacy. But until today I didn't know why.
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 16 February 2024 20:20 (seven months ago) link
*prescription
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 16 February 2024 20:21 (seven months ago) link
Because Americans originally spoke classical Latin, duh
― fleetwood macrame (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 16 February 2024 20:29 (seven months ago) link
exactly, just as Jesus did before discovering America
― budo jeru, Friday, 16 February 2024 20:38 (seven months ago) link
Jesus bought America, excuse me
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Friday, 16 February 2024 20:39 (seven months ago) link
It's probably some relic from 18th century English apothecaries.
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 16 February 2024 21:08 (seven months ago) link
This is the only place I've seen Rx in the UK:
https://i.imgur.com/YaH6h6p.jpg
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 16 February 2024 21:16 (seven months ago) link
Indeed... I was gonna say that the Royal Trux logo makes less sense to those unfamilar with the comman usage of Rx in the US.
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 16 February 2024 21:18 (seven months ago) link
"ketchup"
― Bellend Sebastian (S-), Friday, 26 April 2024 02:56 (five months ago) link
big tough dudes who are scared to be naked or see others naked
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 26 April 2024 03:00 (five months ago) link
_*Rx* is a common abbreviation for medical prescriptions derived from the Latin verb recipere, "take / receive"._Is this used anywhere outside of the US?
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 26 April 2024 03:19 (five months ago) link
fuckin right
take your catsup bullshit elsewhere
― mookieproof, Friday, 26 April 2024 03:41 (five months ago) link
I regret to inform you that the catsup bullshit is even more American than ketchup
― bae (sic), Friday, 26 April 2024 08:02 (five months ago) link
yeah ketchup is tbh widespread
catsup is American and only american that ive ever seen
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Friday, 26 April 2024 08:06 (five months ago) link
Except that "ketchup" derives from Dutch/Malay "ketjap." But hey let's not let anything like facts get in the way of cheap anti-US zings
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 26 April 2024 09:09 (five months ago) link
The etymology of the word ketchup is unclear and has multiple competing theories:
also im not seeing the vicious anti yank zing here but hey
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Friday, 26 April 2024 09:26 (five months ago) link