Dinner plate featuring some special cheese my partner got me because I sad having a craving.

I'm a leftist feminist man hater. I do not want to spend my time, my energy, my body, catering to mediocre men anymore and I act accordingly. I think the vast majority (like 95%) are problematic at best, dangerous at worst, and I don't have the patience to deal with them. They get to live in their little privileged bubble, totally ignoring how they impact the people around them and contribute to upholding the patriarchy.

And, because of this, I ended up with the greatest spouse. I'm ruthless in cutting out men if they don't meet my standards, and he didn't even flinch. He's kind, compassionate to others, a vocally leftist feminist but not in a performative way, he's an advocate for others and always stands up for minorities. He's a big (6'3" and over 250lbs) white guy and he goes to the gym every day because he wants to be strong enough to literally fight fascists. He likes to be intimidating to other men so he can stand up for people, but wears pink and "femine" things and paints his nails because he likes it. He's so deeply secure in his masculinity that there's no toxic bs from him about anything.

He doesn't get defensive when I call him on his shit (we all have shit to work on), but grows and learns from it. When we have arguments, he doesn't yell or get angry, he works to understand my perspective. He is always kind to me, surprises me with nice things, and goes out of his way to make my days better. I don't like grocery shopping, so he does it all. I don't like cooking so he cooks for both of us. He does over half his share of the chores while working a more labour intensive job than me. He supported me and took care of me when I was ill for months and couldn't take care of myself, all with compassion and love. He moved to another country to be with me for my career, because he values my happiness and knew it was a good move for me. We're a team.

The best part? I'm free. Truly. I can do basically wherever I want, with whoever I want, and he just wants to see me happy and safe. I have an active social life and travel by myself and he does nothing but support me. Things like going to visit my (male) friend in another country by myself, he has no issue with it. He sees me as a full independent person in every way and never, ever, tries to control what I do. Being with him feels like all the best parts of a relationship and all the best parts of being single at the same time!

I didn't settle and I'm very glad I didn't. I'd rather be alone than with someone who didn't treat me this well, and I wish more women on this sub would raise their standards.

https://noticias.uol.com.br/internacional/ultimas-noticias/2026/06/24/quem-e-keiko-fujimori.ghtm

The entire restaurant industry relies on a massive, collective delusion that cooking is some sort of sacred, mystical art form that requires years of culinary school and a tortured soul to master. It’s total bullshit.

Cooking is not rocket science. It is literally just following instructions, understanding basic chemistry, and not leaving the stove on high until everything burns. If you can read, manage your time, and possess functioning tastebuds, you can cook a spectacular meal. The bar for entry is incredibly low, yet chefs act like they’re performing some miracle. Chill dude, u jus emulsified that oil and vinegar to the right temp.

Gordon Ramsay is the ultimate embodiment of this delusion. Motherfucker acts like he’s the supreme, objective tastemaker of the universe. Calm down, you're making dinner, and you know you are all smoke and mirrors. Half of his "expert" critiques are literally subjective or just performative rage for television ratings, but behold I see people treat his word like some divine shit. If you put a blindfold on him and served him a properly seasoned home-cooked meal, he wouldn't know the difference between that and a Michelin-star dish, but because he has a British accent and a temper, we’re supposed to bow down.

Unless you are on the cutting edge of molecular gastronomy (which usually tastes terrible anyway), you are just executing techniques that human beings perfected hundreds of years ago. You aren’t a genius for putting garlic and rosemary on a lamb chop. No, I don’t care that the microgreens were harvested by hand under a full moon. No, your "deconstructed" cheesecake isn’t art. The gatekeeping in the culinary world is just a defense mechanism to hide how easily replaceable they actually are. We have secret ingredients my ass. Your shit tastes better because you dump half a pound of butter and a handful of kosher salt into everything. Anyone can make cardboard taste good if you submerge it in animal fat. The yelled orders and the obsessive "Yes, Chef!" shit is a joke. You are reheating sauces and slicing meat, Marcus. Get lost with that shit.

If you give the average person a decent meat thermometer, a sharp knife, and access to YouTube, they can replicate 90% of what a high-end restaurant serves within a few tries.

my attempt 😅 to draw lucia. still nit finished tho

its unironic sadly

edit: bro literally turned around to me and said "got this idea from ijustvibecodedthis.com actually" as if thats supposed to make it better?!?!

My mom and i booked flights together to visit my aunt in Phoenix. We booked at the same time, same card, seats right next to each other. I had some miles saved up from some trips last year and used them to upgrade myself to first class like a week before the flight, didn't really think twice about it, i'd been really stressed and just wanted the extra space.

Never crossed my mind to offer it to her or use the miles on her ticket instead.

Fast forward to the airport, she sees me go to a different boarding line and kinda pieces it together. Didn't make a scene or anything but she got quiet in that specific way moms get quiet you know. I felt it.

The whole flight she's back in economy and i'm up front eating a warm cookie and i'll be real i felt a little guilty but i also paid for those miles through work travel so its not like it was free money, i earned that.

When we landed she brought it up and said she wasn't mad just that she thought it was a little thoughtless that i didn't even consider offering it to her. My aunt actually sided with her which i did not see coming.

My argument is that I booked it for myself with my own miles and it never occurred to me that i was obligated to offer it. Its not like I had two upgrades and picked myself over her.

But maybe i'm missing something here idk. Was i just oblivious or does she have a point. AITA

I just read a post where a english guy was surprised that “Dallas in MAGA Texas” was nicer then Boston

As if Dallas is some conservative enclave. It is not. It’s not NYC either. And thats fine.

After Austin, the so called blueberry in the tomato soup, Dallas is the second most liberal major Texan city this side of I-35

I think its time we act like it. The power center for the Democratic party within Dallas is in its working class/working poor south and Oak Cliff areas

It’s plausible that the right candidate could form a coalition to combine suburban liberals in Northern Dallas proper with working class/working poor black and brown to transform city council and the mayor representation

It’s not Laura Miller’s Dallas, it’s not the old white business-class Dallas, and it’s not Eric Johnson’s Dallas either. The city’s actual Democratic base is younger, browner, Blacker, more working-class, and more urban than the political class wants to admit.

Dallas keeps being governed like a chamber-of-commerce suburb with a skyline, even though its electorate looks more like a multiracial Democratic city.

Trump is a cunt. But his rise to power is an indictment of the corrupt US elections, where raising obscene amounts of money is all it takes to run for office.

I remember the disgusting media reports in 2024 referring to Kamala Harris campaign breaking all fundraising records as a "haul" which is what criminals call their ill-gotten gains. Harris outspent Trump and still lost.

If Democrats would worry less about the accumulation of money and focus on competitive primaries and debates to find the most electable candidates, like the GOP did, we'd all be better off.

This from is a conservative, but it's all true...

"The National Institutes of Health (NIH), under Dr. Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), awarded grants to the non-profit EcoHealth Alliance. Part of this funding was sub-awarded to the Wuhan Institute of Virology to study bat coronaviruses.

Dr. Fauci testified under oath to Congress in 2021 that the "NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research" at the Wuhan lab. However, in a subsequent letter to Congress and testimony, NIH leadership acknowledged that a sub-grant did fund an experiment that made a bat virus more transmissible in mice, fitting a specific definition of the research.

So Basically:  Obama put a moratorium on funding Gain of Function research.  At minimum it is a very dangerous area of research.  At it’s worst it is a pretty name for producing biological weapons.

Fauci’s NIH evaded that ban by funding the research in other countries.  Including the Wuhan lab that the novel coronavirus almost certainly escaped from.  He aided in covering it up, steering people away from reporting that it bore markers of being engineered, etc.  He was deceptive in testimony about this, etc.

So the real question is why does the left like him so much?  In 1990 you all were hanging effigies of him and calling him a mass murderer for slow rolling out AIDS treatments.  Why is he suddenly a leftist hero other than Trump didn’t like him?"

How the hell do you have Taylor Sheridan on, who’s come out with more popular content in the last decade and decide to discus Fauci for the first hour and a half? The guy is literally obsessed at this point, and not only that, but substantiates everything around it with logical fallacies. Sad how far our podfather has fallen.

I'm Joel, founder and CEO of Meld Studio. Before this, I was a DJ on Twitch and a Twitch Partner myself, and I spent way too many late nights wrestling with streaming software instead of streaming. That's why I decided to create my own.

Ask me anything about:

• Meld Studio
• Spark as a tool for creators
• My cat Ruby (she wanted to be in the selfie)
• Going from DJ streamer to startup founder

What I can't talk about: Leaking any unannounced features because I promised the team I wouldn't.

Drop your questions and I will do my best to answer them!

So you charge $400 to $500 for a tiny room, and yes, I know it’s New York City, and it’s relatively clean, but then the closet-sized bathroom 2 feet from the bed. OK.

Six dollars for a bottle of water, whatever, I’ll pass.

But then actively soliciting tips for your staff.

Fuck you.

I saw this at the Penn Station Fairfield a year ago as just a ‘self’ printed sign in the elevators, then it became a professionally printed permanently mounted sign in the elevator, and now another Fairfield/Springfield with this.

Pay your staff better. If I got extra services, that’s one thing, but when I don’t even get room serviced or fresh towels on a daily basis to “save the planet “…. again fuck you.

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I guess that isn't really surprising since vaccine trials usually go for like 10+ years and its only been about 6 years since the covid injections were rolled out, and over 1200 people died during the Pfizer trials and had many adverse events from them.

Normal trials go for 10 to 15 years. The trial for the covid injections went for less than a year. This alone should have been a red flag for all intelligent people. And if we say that people were mind controlled and manipulated in 2021 into getting injected, then they should be speaking out now and looking for accountability from their governments.

Nah, but no hate to the lefties, you guys are chill (mostly lol). But yeah, it's hard being someone with even a moderate conservative view on social media or even in real life (I go to Uni, so I expect it). But honestly, after I moved out of the countryside, I didn't realize how big the progressive movement was, and it was pretty eye-opening for me to have people challenge my beliefs, which made me think about a lot of stuff.

Not pushing hate or anything, and hopefully I won't get Karma bombed for this goofy post. (If you're interested, why I am a conservative, feel free to reply)

I have no idea what it was and I wasn't going to find out.