Say It. I Dare You. - Page 1523

SCG · 10-12-2011, 01:16 PM

Hmmm. My hair cut turned out a little weird. It's got some strange things going on! It's not bad... Just kind of... Odd in some spots.

I'll be happy when it grows out a little more. I hope...

jeepcurlygurl · 10-12-2011, 01:19 PM

Oh my god. I'm so hungry!! Will you guys PLEASE. STOP. TALKING. ABOUT FOOD!! : )

juanab · 10-12-2011, 01:21 PM

No tongue or chicken foot or cow foot for me. Just didn't like the taste. But oxtails, pigtails, pig feet, yessiree buddy, I love it! Especially with pigeon peas and rice. Or pig feet and ears in souse, really good. I haven't had any of them in years.

ThickHairedQT · 10-12-2011, 01:43 PM

Tongue just seems weird to eat to me because its intimidating looking at a whole one at the grocery store and that image is the only thing I can see when thinking of eating tongue. And I think of the rough cow tongue mooing, I am quite weird I know. I do hear it is tasty but my boyfriend doesn't even eat, he just wanted to prank me. I probably would have liked it though if he were able to actually trick me into eating it.

kayb · 10-12-2011, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Saria

Life twin, if you come to NY, we can have tacos de lengua with plenty of salsa verde, salsa de aguacate, and crunchy radishes!

I really want to make lengua adovada/enchilada.

I'm kinda working on my frequent flier miles, so this definitely sounds like a plan!

LadyV69 · 10-12-2011, 01:51 PM

Somebody from IT supposedly removed some virus from my computer that I didn't know I had. Now everytime I try to go to Google, it crashes the Internet. I need Google to research where to go on my next vacation. It may have to wait till I get home. Darn.

curlylaura · 10-12-2011, 03:04 PM

Oh FFS. It's 10.10pm and the plumber is still here trying to get the boiler working. I have hot water but no heat. He's been here since 7.30.

wild~hair · 10-12-2011, 05:23 PM

Strident carnivorism [not a word, I realize] is such a turn off. I mean we live in a society where meat eating is the overwhelming norm, so why the need to shout it from the rooftops?

I'm not talking about casual recipe sharing, etc. I'm talking about the in-your-face stuff, which is not at all uncommon.

Those of us who abstain have some pretty serious reason for doing so, and most carnivores know this. Every day we are affronted with messages that say we are out of step with pretty much everyone, and we bear it pretty well, considering.

But that's not enough. Oh no. If just one vegetarian speaks up, they are usually handed their hat for doing so. And on a regular basis there are unprovoked "I dare you to say otherwise" declarations of how great meat is.

I guess this bothers me because I am not at all a strident vegetarian. I also live with a meat eater. We respect one another's choices. It's actually not that hard.

Anyway, meat eaters, yeah, we heard you. A HUNDRED ELEVENTY BILLION TIMES. We get it. Can you please STFU now? Thanks.

kayb · 10-12-2011, 05:51 PM

I need to figure out what I want to do with my life.

Saria · 10-12-2011, 06:14 PM

Umm, I just like being an omnivore, that's all. I love vegetables, and if I had to pick meat or vegetables, it would be vegetables without a doubt, but I'm glad I get to enjoy the full spectrum, which includes animal fats and gelatin.

cympreni · 10-12-2011, 06:48 PM

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Sounds like something my mother would ask. I can't get anything new past her.

This is so true:

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That's part of what I love about ATLA. This is a show that says "If you're a girl, you don't need to like feminine things to be valid and awesome! And conversely, if you enjoy being feminine, you can be just as valid an awesome! Really, you can be a girl however you want!"

And I would also like to point out that this show does a magnificent job of showing how awesome guys can be too. A lot of my awesome male friends are frustrated by male gender roles…the fact that they are called "wimpy" if they don't like sports of "gay" if they hang out with female friends. The unfairness of the patriarchy hurts them too, and I hate to watch them go through that ********. I love the diversity of male characters we have in this show…the way Aang is so childlike (well, hell, he IS a child…) and obsessed with his crush on Katara (boys can be romance-junkies too!) and how Sokka can be so overly masculine sometimes, but so traditionally "feminine" at others ("I'm so glad I got this bag, it matches the belt perfectly!") Avatar is just gender-awesome all the way around. You can be a girl however you want, you can be a guy however you want, and in the end, you can fight alongside (or against) people of the opposite gender and take them seriously. GOOD STUFF.

One of the things I like the best about that show is they actually act their age. I especially loved the the first book. Everyone tells Aang, You have to go save the world And he says, ok, can I go outside and play first?

ninja dog · 10-12-2011, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by wild~hair

Strident carnivorism [not a word, I realize] is such a turn off. I mean we live in a society where meat eating is the overwhelming norm, so why the need to shout it from the rooftops?

I'm not talking about casual recipe sharing, etc. I'm talking about the in-your-face stuff, which is not at all uncommon.

Those of us who abstain have some pretty serious reason for doing so, and most carnivores know this. Every day we are affronted with messages that say we are out of step with pretty much everyone, and we bear it pretty well, considering.

But that's not enough. Oh no. If just one vegetarian speaks up, they are usually handed their hat for doing so. And on a regular basis there are unprovoked "I dare you to say otherwise" declarations of how great meat is.

I guess this bothers me because I am not at all a strident vegetarian. I also live with a meat eater. We respect one another's choices. It's actually not that hard.

Anyway, meat eaters, yeah, we heard you. A HUNDRED ELEVENTY BILLION TIMES. We get it. Can you please STFU now? Thanks.

What gets me is how personally some people take it. Yet, God Forbid we act the same way.

When people ask me about it, they mostly want to know if I'm vegan or veg. When I say "veg," I can see the wheels turning, as if they're thinking, "Oh, okay, she's not totally insane."

Thanks for articulating the issue so well, w~h.

cympreni · 10-12-2011, 07:31 PM

My sons' school has this program called Pound the Playground. During recess they can choose to walk or run the track for a chance to win prizes. After they go a certain distance they earn a submission to a drawing for the prizes, no limit on submissions.

My older son has been obsessed with this for 4 years. He has given up most of his recesses to this competition, and has won nothing. It's not so much the prizes as he just really wants to win something.

My kindergartener won the weekly drawing today. . .

CanItBeChristine · 10-12-2011, 07:45 PM

My family can't accept my meatlessness.

You would think I was a prostitute or a drug dealer.

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kayb · 10-12-2011, 08:20 PM

Ok, I am a little bit over this.

kenzie! · 10-12-2011, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by CanItBeChristine

My family can't accept my meatlessness.

You would think I was a prostitute or a drug dealer.

Mine can't either. They've even gone so far as to purposefully sneak chicken into my food, justifying it all sorts of ways. So, despite purposefully avoiding meat for 7 years, I can't manage to make it more than a handful of months before accidentally missing a bit of chicken they snuck in and having to start all over again.....

kayb · 10-12-2011, 10:09 PM

I just want a job!

Anyone need an au pair?

CurliLocks · 10-12-2011, 10:16 PM

OMG people! You want our music students to travel and compete, you don't want to pay for it, you expect the expenses to be paid through fundraising--- but you don't want to put the effort into fundraising and you shoot down every idea the committee has!

And I thought I had a migraine BEFORE the meeting!

curlykristx · 10-12-2011, 10:33 PM

I will say this once and then use all my power to focus my brainwaves elsewhere....i hate admitting it but

I cant get my ex off my mind.

KurlyPrincess · 10-13-2011, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by CanItBeChristine

My family can't accept my meatlessness.

You would think I was a prostitute or a drug dealer.

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I don't understand why meat eaters cause a big deal about vegetarians. I was kidding around and told my friend that I was vegetarian because she asked why I wasn't going to be eating the meat. She looked at me really weird, so I told her I was kidding and then she was like, you better be because I won't be your friend anymore if you were.

I've considered going vegetarian because I have a lot of stomach problem when I eat beef. I cramp up really bad. And I used to be allergic to chicken... I would break out in hives and get super itchy.