The food culture of Mexico is amazing, and if you’re eating at the right places there is usually no option but to speak Spanish! I’ve had to request “más picante” before, though generally that is at restaurants used to serving gringos. At tianguis or taco guys on the street there’s usually no problem getting the spice.

One of my proudest moments as a white dude who likes spicy stuff was when a buddy and I were hanging out with some local guys while on a trip to Mexico. I was just chowing down on some super hot salsa and one of the Mexican guys gets real excited and starts calling me “the blond Mexican”. I’m sure my wife is tired of that story, but I will continue to tell it to her for the rest of my days.

Lake disappointment (contains no water)

Well, that would be very disappointing if your lake had no water. So I think they nailed that one.

al-gayda?

I absolutely love driving my car, a manual VW GTI, which is pretty much a “driver’s car” and I think it’s dumb, too. If people like it then that’s cool, but not for me.

I don’t get this kind of stuff at all. And this is coming from someone who drives a manual transmission car. Electric cars don’t need transmissions, why would I want to pretend to shift gears? It’s like the fake engine noise. Very silly.

Wait… I thought he was a jihadist? Or does this mean that jihadists now like the gays? I’m so confused.

Not really something I would listen to either, but they were intentionally cringey, unlike some other 90s music (e.g. Korn)

Cringe was the point of the Bloodhound Gang.

yeah, sweet potato pie is definitely not savory.

nice, gonna have to try that

Headless Steam? I didn’t know this was a thing. Gonna look into that!

edit: Does playing games put a significant load on the server? Wondering if my N100 may not be up to the task.

Are you me? I SSH into a VM on my home server from my phone via tailscale while I’m out and about. Just because I can. I love the internet! The stuff it enables not always, but the thing itself is amazing and so fun to play with.

Very accurate. The other day my partner walks in.

her - What are you doing?

me - reading about how to prepare acorns for cooking

her - huh, ok *walks away *

I think it went something like : See tree > acorns! > can you eat acorns? > look up acorns > spend 30 minutes reading about preparing and cooking acorns > Forget original thing I was going to do

The answer is yes they can be eaten but you have to soak them to remove the tannins. Then grind into a flour. Use for various recipes.

Check out youtube. I found a bunch of good videos about guitar setup. Having your guitar properly set up goes a long way in making learning and playing much more enjoyable.

I was mainly joking, I’m definitely over it.

Maybe. I’ve wondered if I’m on the spectrum. Either way that teacher was definitely wrong.

mutters to self don’t take the bait

When I was in third grade I had an argument with my teacher who told me that insects were not animals. I was really into nature documentaries and books at the time and I knew that insects were in the animal kingdom. I remember going home and being really mad about it. That really soured me on school for the rest of my life. I’m still bitter about it!

I was terrified for years that I might get transgendered! Thank you Mr Trump for saving us! 🙏🙏