@dieworkwear Open plan was a good idea in some mid century builds but it’s just a scam now. Instead of kitchen flowing into dining into living all are rammed together and sold as a lifestyle. Read a book on the couch while some clatters around the kitchen 6 feet away and tell me its a vibe 😒
BOURDAIN: Alright so tell me what this is.
CITIZEN: This is apple pie. It is a classic American food.
BOURDAIN: Okay, so-- wait, what are you doing?
CITIZEN: I am adding a small scoop of ice cream.
BOURDAIN: [chuckling skeptically] All right. All right. Fuck it. Let's do this.
@cosmicjester It’s good, but considerably diminished compared to 10-15 years ago. Very obviously been ramping up for a takeover for some years which has led to a standardisation of the product and a bunch of new menu items (fried chicken) that make it feel like any other chain
This post pissed me off so badly that I bought a physical copy of the book and waited months for it to get here in Zheijiang and have been reading it a little each day, and the book is so so good and the whole thing might be the best decision I've made out of pure spite so far
@grug_official Both games would benefit from a wider angle. Stuck in the era where we had tiny TVs so zoom in too close to the action. League especially is too close in on the ruck until the kick, and afl obsessed with the contest meaning there’s no perspective on what’s happening up/downfield
@SardineTruther The festival lost any shred of credibility it may have had when it cancelled an speaker whose ideas were evidently too dangerous
https://t.co/37AeCPYmL4
His only sin was that his eyes opened to a sky that rained fire instead of rain, and that his little heart learned fear before it ever knew how to play. He didn’t choose his homeland — but the homeland chose him to be an innocent witness to unbearable pain.
His only sin was being born in Gaza.