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  1. popsicledeath

    True Detective

    That this got bumped and made me think I should rewatch season 1 again? Yes...?
  2. popsicledeath

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Not sure why you think this is important. Sure, maybe AI isn't what will create the next best enduring literature or art, but that's not only not the goal because that's not what sells, but it's probably a hindrance to success these days. The AI will be fake as hell, and people will love it the...
  3. popsicledeath

    True Detective

    Glad to hear this show is getting good again. That's exciting to hear. Glad people are enjoying it. Makes me look forward to just watching season 1 again at some point.
  4. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    You probably forgot to strain it!
  5. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    The factory preseason is never great, imo, and tends more toward the sticky seasoning rather than a nonstick that one can get. I think they just spay it on hot and it's too thick and brittle. Not the repeated thin coats that gets a good seasoning. Which is still not as durable as one build up...
  6. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Sounds like it didn't have a good coating of seasoning to begin with, so just soak a few minutes and scrub with a scouring pad. Then rework it's seasoning once clean. Don't want to soak for hours or leave it wet,but short term sisks are fine. Then dry on the stove and when dry use some fat/oil...
  7. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    It's mid teens out. Pretty cold, but I'd already gotten a batch of meat out to thaw for the weekend. The grilling must go on.
  8. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    We've forgotten the bacon more than once and it's still good, and tend to do less than many recipes would say to do. And done too spicy and it's really good that way. One time the spicy Italian sausage was labeled wrong and was just breakfast sausage and it really wasn't very good, though.
  9. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    We regularly do Zuppa Toscana style soup (sometimes copycat sometimes altered). It's a good soup. That recipe is a little weird, though. I always marvel at recipes that end up more difficult and take longer for the "convenience" of using an InstaPot. We often do fresh spinach instead of kale...
  10. popsicledeath

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Sure, we don't want that shit. Unfortunately we're all barely blips on the radar of any of these huge markets. Wives and kids and single women will gobble down metaverse shit, and "men" will let it happen because we're all trapped in a betaverse where tech is becoming the alpha that runs the...
  11. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    For T bone. Salt like 45 minutes before. Opinions vary, but I pepper after or the pepper can taste burned/butter to me. Good amount of oil in the pan because the oil is also working to seer and a t-bone won't always make good pan contact. Hot pan with a good time to get to temp. I usually...
  12. popsicledeath

    The Fast Food Thread

    I very clearly said the problem isn't the food, but the blown out taste buds of the average consumer. And your main argument is there is no defense for bland food and that they should follow all the other fast food gimmicks of loading fast food with an ever increasing amount of flavor...
  13. popsicledeath

    The Fast Food Thread

    The problem with Chick-fil-A is it tastes like actual food. If your taste buds are blown out from a lifetime of processed and engineered food it tastes bland. I get the argument people like McDonald's because it tastes like McDonald's, but bringing Burger King into a discussion of good fast food...
  14. popsicledeath

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    My observations aren't that the boot strapping men who understood hardships from the great depression and world wars taught boot strapping to their sons, so much as they felt their hard work paid off such that they permanently changed the world for so much good they taught their sons to just sit...
  15. popsicledeath

    The Fast Food Thread

    McDonald's has a monopoly and Mafia like quality control over a specific type of potato is a big reason. Also that they've perfected the homogeneous experience so they're not so much as good, imo, as never bad like most places that become very hit or miss and sour the overall perception.
  16. popsicledeath

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Most people are retards and always have been. The difference is parents, peers and bosses were allowed to say it out loud and at least try to correct it. And retards maybe got weeded out of the gene pool more often than they do now. We're living in a mashup of the Matrix and Idiocracy, but there...
  17. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    The mashed potatoes au gratin concept has changed my perspective on what makes for good potatoes. They're so good it's the only thing my in-not-laws have ever actually requested we make/bring. Made au gratin style on left, and hassleback au gratin mashed on right. Just too good. Some of the...
  18. popsicledeath

    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Arguably worse is my girlfriend's father who has devolved into giving cash, but then telling you where and how to spend it. Even to the point of saying something like "take this 20 to that restaurant you like to get a burger" as if it'll somehow only spend properly if you use that very bill for...
  19. popsicledeath

    The Fast Food Thread

    You got beat to the most boomer retort of "this is boomer" responding to a post calling out boomers, boomer.
  20. popsicledeath

    The Fast Food Thread

    But whining for amod to sanitize your fast food thread from things you don't like isn't faggot shit at all, though? You could have ignored me. You could have whined like a bitch in the actual amod thread. But you chose to be a complete fucking faggot. Edit: could have reported a post if you...
  21. popsicledeath

    The Fast Food Thread

    We don't have one locally, but I felt they were worth supporting, so a few times a year while traveling we'd plan for eating at Chick-fil-A. Key word being were worth supporting. After they started sucking DEI and BLM cock I sent them a polite message explaining how DEI and BLM goals were...
  22. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I'd enjoy doing a blind taste test, because I don't notice much difference, but hard to tell since I'm never doing two roasts simultaneously for the science. A few times I haven't liked that beef roasts in sous vide were a bit too beefy, but others thought it was good. That was with 36+ hour...
  23. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    One year my brother's wife was doing a big family thanksgiving with people coming from out of town and stuff and tried to impress by buying an $85 turkey (this was ten years ago so would be way more now I'm sure). It was all organic and locally raised and all the things to get soccer mom's to...
  24. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I just did one tonight since they were cheapish for holidays and wanted to practice. Probably not a surprise, but did it sous vide. No recipe or science on perfect timing/temp, just winged it with 133 for 24 hours, then took it out for a few hours, then warmed it back up on the grill. Had one...
  25. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Those oven rack protectors look a bit too bulky, but my girlfriend burns herself on the oven rack a lot so might get some to try knowing they'd go to use. Made me think trim, though, so thanks because I found a company that does silicone trim pieces that might work. Temp safe to 450 degrees...
  26. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    The interesting thing is I heard about the fake dog balls from liberals. Some kind of fur baby self esteem thing... Anyhow, I bought a pizza steel with the intention it would slide into the bottom rack position to act as it's own rack. After much very awkward measuring and estimating it's...
  27. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    There is a fake dog testicles fad/industry so not always easy to tell anymore? https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/22/neuticles-testicular-implants-for-dogs-have-made-gregg-miller-rich.html
  28. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Rinse really well and remove the membrane, then bake, then grind. Smell bad baking, but no smell once ground even if heating.
  29. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    We do home cooked dog food. Kibble is packed pretty well with nutrients, and we tried to still feed him some but he won't touch it after getting fresh food. He's always been healthy with blood work, but as a precaution we give him egg shell powder (instead of expensive supplements) to make sure...
  30. popsicledeath

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I went into Elden Ring without Dark Souls experience and did fine melee. Unless you're a spaz it's not that hard despite the memes. Every time I was getting my shot pushed in I just had to remind myself to slow down and be more deliberate and not try to spam smash shit. There's a camp of guys...
  31. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I have two mortar and pestle, because I forgot I bought one many years prior and tried it once and was like nope. Having one actually came in handy grinding szechuan peppercorns and rosemary because of skin or flower or whatever to pick out. Keep telling myself I'm gonna do my own curry from...
  32. popsicledeath

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I found a tiny food processor that works okay and is easy to clean, but the coffee grinder works better especially for smaller amounts of things. Even works better for making egg shell powder for the dog. Almost easier to vacuum out than wipe out though.
  33. popsicledeath

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    Not that we're going to solve issues in the gaming industry or society, but I will say: women.
  34. popsicledeath

    NBA 2023-24 Season Thread - The Lakers Lose, America Wins

    He's been an uncontrollable, dirty punk his whole career, so probably a little late for anything but some perfunctory counseling and a carefully crafted statement and everyone pretending he a good boy. The difference between now and "but McCale close lined people" is back then other players...
  35. popsicledeath

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    I think it gives you three landing zones that stay the same before it starts generating new ones. Very few reasons to return to one, though.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

  37. popsicledeath

    NBA 2023-24 Season Thread - The Lakers Lose, America Wins

    There exists more basketball than the NBA. I was happily watching that Iowa chick the other day. Yeah, female college basketball is more compelling than the NBA. The weird thing is I'll discuss the NBA all day. Very little discussion is possible in this thread. Any topic actually worthy of...
  38. popsicledeath

    NBA 2023-24 Season Thread - The Lakers Lose, America Wins

    I may be an annoying blowhard, but I think you're the most pathetic, cowardly poster on the forums. I don't understand how you manage to be such a passive aggressive little bitch. It's so gross and odd, and you seem so unhappy at the existence of others on these forums that I don't know why you...
  39. popsicledeath

    NBA 2023-24 Season Thread - The Lakers Lose, America Wins

    It's not complicated. I love basketball, which is why the NBA sucks and I don't generally like it. It's a shitty product most of the time. Have you considered making an actual point that isn't just you smearing menstrual blood as a reply. Seriously, you're such a passive aggressive, whiny cunt...