*ONE* Random thing you despise

[Shieldmaiden]

That sounds pretty awesome, civil. I know it's hard to get food that is organic, local and reasonably priced; you can usually get two out of three if you're lucky.

[MagGnome]

Originally Posted by civil_dead

I have only seen one episode of a TV show called Portlandia (at my dentist's office oddly enough) and the one I saw had a scene in which the couple was at a restaurant. The woman insisted on knowing everything about the chicken--it's name, friends, mood, etc. it was pretty funny.

I know the Canadian jokes about my hippie shit, but we belong to a big co-op here that tries as much as possible to get organic food from within 500 miles, including the meat. In exchange for working 3 hours once-a-month we get super fucking fresh/organic food for a hell of a lot cheaper than the "regular" stuff at supermarkets. for example, organic free range blah blah blah chicken is only $.99/pound. Super cheap, and the wife insists it's incredible. Even a 1 lb box of organic pasta is only $1.25 or so. The prices are so cheap because 85% of *all* store staffing is volunteer members, keeping overhead low. We even have celebrities members; my friend was doing the checkout for Maggie Gyllenhall (sp) a week or so ago. I wonder what shift she works, as all members are required to volunteer, no exceptions. Mag, this place is about the same size as (but cheaper than) the Wedge. Only members can shop there.

Anyway, for me knowing I am getting good food is important. I don't eat junk food and it keeps me healthy, slim and vibrant. I've maintained the 100 lbs I lost by being careful about what I eat, I have the energy of a 20-something and feel fit as a fiddle. Is that worth some douchebag on the Internet calling me a hippie? Fuck yes.

I kid, Canadian. You know I kinda sorta think you're half-alright.


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That sounds great! I really miss shopping at the Wedge now that I'm no longer in that neighborhood. However, I've started shopping more at another nearby co-op, as well as hitting farmer's markets on the weekends. I still eat far too much junk, but I'm slowly improving on that, and I eat pretty healthy overall.

Some friends of mine are out of town for a week, so I'm getting their CSA on Monday. I'm going to have a ton of free fruits and veggies.

[PathMaster]

Originally Posted by civil_dead

I have only seen one episode of a TV show called Portlandia (at my dentist's office oddly enough) and the one I saw had a scene in which the couple was at a restaurant. The woman insisted on knowing everything about the chicken--it's name, friends, mood, etc. it was pretty funny.

I know the Canadian jokes about my hippie shit, but we belong to a big co-op here that tries as much as possible to get organic food from within 500 miles, including the meat. In exchange for working 3 hours once-a-month we get super fucking fresh/organic food for a hell of a lot cheaper than the "regular" stuff at supermarkets. for example, organic free range blah blah blah chicken is only $.99/pound. Super cheap, and the wife insists it's incredible. Even a 1 lb box of organic pasta is only $1.25 or so. The prices are so cheap because 85% of *all* store staffing is volunteer members, keeping overhead low. We even have celebrities members; my friend was doing the checkout for Maggie Gyllenhall (sp) a week or so ago. I wonder what shift she works, as all members are required to volunteer, no exceptions. Mag, this place is about the same size as (but cheaper than) the Wedge. Only members can shop there.

Anyway, for me knowing I am getting good food is important. I don't eat junk food and it keeps me healthy, slim and vibrant. I've maintained the 100 lbs I lost by being careful about what I eat, I have the energy of a 20-something and feel fit as a fiddle. Is that worth some douchebag on the Internet calling me a hippie? Fuck yes.

I kid, Canadian. You know I kinda sorta think you're half-alright.


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I watched Food Inc with the gf last night and I can really see the benefit of knowing where your food comes now. I am not going to swear off meat, but that movie should make damn near anyone pause when eating meat.

Originally Posted by Vigil80

I don't actually despise it, but I can't think of a better place to put it: the apparently new craze sweeping dance dives, "daggering." Maybe I'm too old for this shit™, but it just looks like any other hip hop dancing.

I Googled that I am sad that I did. Frankly it looks like a combination of dry sex/sex positions and wrestling, at least in the Vimeo clip I saw. Why, oh why? There is also this:

Also Jamaican doctors have warned of the dangers of daggering, after having many cases of damaged penis tissue over the last year. The condition can result in permanent damage, and therefore must be taken seriously.[6][7] Jamaican doctors assert that those trying to replicate the powerful moves of daggering in the bedroom can end up with dramatic injuries. They say the incidents of broken penises have increased in the past year according to an article in the Jamaican Star.[8]

[Bone]

Originally Posted by BigJonno

I have a friend who is very strict about the meat she eats, almost to the point where she won't eat meat unless she personally knows the farm it came from. I'd love to be that picky about the meat I eat, but at this stage I'm just happy to be able to afford to have meat in my diet.

Oh fuck. I have this acquaintance who is the MOST annoying semi-vegan hippie I have ever met. Magnome: when you talk about carnivores being the assholes, just know that their dopplegangers do exist.

This guy is the neighbor of a good friend of mine. So he comes to all the cookouts. Cookouts in Texas mean ribs, pork chops, burgers, sausages... and maybe some chips and vegetables for dipping. Surely he knows this!

But of course, the whiny douche comes over for every cookout, complaining about the things we put in our bodies, telling us what it's doing to our colons, etc. Now, he occasionally will eat some chicken or fish, but he has to know everything about the farm or fishery and has to have visited with the owners before he'll do it (which means, he's never eaten anything we cooked at the cookout). Again, and this is important: "I simply care about what I put into my body".

Then, he drinks his Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and smokes American Spirit cigarettes, and my head explodes off my fucking body.

[MagGnome]

Eww, PBR??

[Blue]

Originally Posted by Vigil80

I don't actually despise it, but I can't think of a better place to put it: the apparently new craze sweeping dance dives, "daggering." Maybe I'm too old for this shit™, but it just looks like any other hip hop dancing.

I've never heard of this but I also have no desire to look it up so that I don't become burdened with the knowledge of it.

Perhaps equally, the sudden rise of dance crew movies. In 3D. Why is this a thing?

[Bone]

Originally Posted by MagGnome

Eww, PBR??

Yeah, but I mean, beer and cigarettes in general. When somebody is actively disdaining your entire lifestyle because it's not healthy, claiming only organic and grain-fed and free-range, blah blah blah... then blowing cigarette smoke everywhere? My hypocrisy detector can't handle it.

[MagGnome]

Cigarettes are disgusting, but don't you say one bad word about beer, or I'll have your scrotum for dinner!

Wait, that wouldn't be vegetarian...

[J Arcane]

PBR is not "beer" by any reasonable definition.

[Zero]

It's a good party beer. Not something to go with dinner and conversation, but something to watch sports or play video games at home with. I'll usually chip in a couple dollars more to get High Life for those occasions though.

[MagGnome]

Originally Posted by J Arcane

PBR is not "beer" by any reasonable definition.

But it won the Blue Ribbon in 1893!



Well maybe not, but come on!

[Panthera]

I don't know anyone who drinks PBR so whenever it gets mentioned this goes through my head.

[Bone]

I know a lot of people don't believe in the mythical "hipster", but they exist and they drink PBR to maintain their magical powers.

[boratika]

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Originally Posted by resikel

My college friend googled me a while back, before the Facebook days, and he couldn't find me because my name is pretty common.

I'm a ghost on google because my fistname-lastname is so damn common.

I was one of two [first name] [last name]'s that my old GP would see.

So, a bit back I used facebook this one time, as it was the only way I knew of to get in contact with someone. A couple of hours after that person replied, I got this message:



That's right there's so many, they're trying to assimilate me into their hive.

Fortunately, none of them have been note worthy yet, so should I become so, I won't need to resort to a pseudonym.

[muddi900]

John Smith?

[torrefaction]

Muddi's tastes in everything.

[muddi900]

Hey guys, torrefaction hates kittens! And cake

[civil_dead]

That whenever a tragedy of any sort happens, news sites will spend half the fucking article describing "celebrities" twitter reactions. Who gives a shit, who gives a fuck.

I am so fed up with the way twitter has become some bullshit fucking way for celebrities to "connect". I don't a flying fuck at a rolling donut what you shitcunts think, just STFU and entertain me. Leave the rest of the bullshit for the sycophantic jackoffs in your inner circle you twats.

[Superman's Dead]

[Superman's Dead]

Originally Posted by muddi900

Hey guys, torrefaction hates kittens! And cake

I would legitimately be surprised if you really liked kittens