You're like my fairy godmother, and Santa Claus, and Q all wrapped up into one! Q from Bond, not Star Trek.

Buffy ,'Help'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


-t - May 09, 2024 9:04:54 am PDT #236 of 2664
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh no, meara! My co-worker lost his voice almost a month ago (I think it was originally strep but that was treated successfully) and still hasn't gotten it back. I hope your throat thing is not so long lasting or mysterious!


Laura - May 09, 2024 9:05:55 am PDT #237 of 2664
Our wings are not tired.

Yeah, I do tend to just chop up apples to cook with my oatmeal, but I am not going to hesitate to eat applesauce ever.


-t - May 09, 2024 9:27:45 am PDT #238 of 2664
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Maybe some applesauce is ultra-processed with added sugar or something? Like peanut butter


Toddson - May 09, 2024 9:29:32 am PDT #239 of 2664
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I'm a bit irritated with the number of otherwise yummy recipes that seem to require cilantro. I'm one of those for whom cilantro tastes like soap, so it's quite discouraging.


shrift - May 09, 2024 9:53:37 am PDT #240 of 2664
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I cannot leave her alone for more than a few minutes or she starts wailing.

Aw, poor nugget. I'm glad she has you now.

But this article -- which was in The BMJ, a high-impact medical journal -- called applesauce an ultra-processed food, and the whole study really lost some credibility with me.

Yeah, because of Maintenance Phase, I'll be nodding along when it sounds reasonable until I hit the record-scratch moment and realize it's just sparkling orthorexia.


Steph L. - May 09, 2024 10:06:04 am PDT #241 of 2664
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

it's just sparkling orthorexia.

Shit, that's exactly it. I didn't even think of it that way, but it totally is.

And the downside to the ludicrous decision to call applesauce an ultra-processed food is that, if I'm comparing apple(sauce) to oranges, and fucking applesauce is a Big Bad Ultraprocessed Food, then fuck it; I'm going to get a sausage and egg McMuffin instead, because it's ultra-processed, too, and if they're both evil, then I'm getting the one that is the best breakfast sandwich ever (voted on by: me), and not just apple ground into a paste.

How fucking stupid.

(I'm not really getting a McMuffin, but you see where following this "logic" ends up. I actually love oatmeal like the old lady I am, so I'm going to keep eating it and keep tempting early death by putting applesauce in it.) (For fuck's sake, it's not like I'm stirring buttercream frosting into my oatmeal. What the fuck.) (I feel very strongly about applesauce, apparently.)


Dana - May 09, 2024 10:18:04 am PDT #242 of 2664
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Sounds like the time I was reading some article about nutrition and the guy called grapes "Nature's candy." Fuck you, dude, I'm eating grapes if I want to, and I might even put cottage cheese on them.


Steph L. - May 09, 2024 10:20:25 am PDT #243 of 2664
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

the guy called grapes "Nature's candy."

Was it Chris Traeger?


Atropa - May 09, 2024 10:27:35 am PDT #244 of 2664
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

it's just sparkling orthorexia.

This is a fantastic phrase. I'm going to keep it in my head.

I remember seeing nutrition "advice" about avoiding carrots, because "they're full of sugar". I rolled my eyes hard.


Dana - May 09, 2024 10:47:28 am PDT #245 of 2664
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Was it Chris Traeger?

Sadly not.