Io Sapsai 🌱 @ IoSapsai @lemm.ee

Посты

2

Комментарии

95

Joined

2 yr. ago

As a cross stitcher - !lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works

Might be talking out of my ass here but prog metal artists tend to have high education, usually in music. In fact I saw a bachelor's degree programme for progressive metal in the university of Gothenburg!

Blame Capitalism?

More or less. As a pharmacist from the dark corners of the EU, there are essential, basic drugs absent from the market since at least a decade, while expensive and innovative therapies hit the market almost immediately. Examples of that would be lithium (for bipolar, costs pennies) Vs Reagila(antipsychotic for bipolar and schizophrenia, costs about 100€ here, thousands of $ in the US), Chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine Vs biologics (no room for comparison since they're vastly different but biologics are widely available while chloroquine has been gone for 5 years now and hydroxychloroquine was manufactured during the COVID craze at a huge margin).

We do not have penicillin G for syphilis, we do not have nitrofurantoin for UTIs(we use ciprofloxacin instead, yuck), don't get me started on the anticonvulsants.

AND on top of that, generics aren't always cheaper. If your oncologist or cardiologist has been woo'd by a representative of a company that sells their indian-made repackaged drugs at double the price of the brand-name, good luck switching brands unless you're ready to give up your insurance reimbursement.

We have this reputation solely because people feel threatened and offended when you tell them that you refuse to eat animal products. They suddenly start being confrontational and refuse to listen to your reasoning.

It's like arguing with little children who plug their ears and sing while you're trying to explain that 30% of the reason we're in a climate crisis is their overconsumption of animal products, derived from creatures capable of emotion, able to see, hear, and smell not unlike you and me.

And those conversations do not come up unsolicited but provoked by meat eaters asking "but why would you do that to yourself?"

But maybe I'm being overly dramatic and preachy 🤦

If I didn't completely kill your interest in the topic, check out Ed Winters on YouTube.

So did I, then I decided to stop eating corpses and eat even more of these secretions. One chapter into Jesus Ed's book and I don't think I'm ever going back to this lifestyle.

People think I'm crazy and extreme for not participating but I enjoy my "frozen dessert" and "nut/seed drink" without feeling like having blood on my hands.

On a similar note, many coffee brewing devices are made out of plastic. I bought a ceramic hario v60 for that exact reason, despite all sources claiming that plastic is safe and brews better. The aeropress is a different question. It's made of polypropylene and just now they made a glass version (which knowing me, I would break it within a week). I rarely brew in it partly because of it being plastic but brewing temperatures are between 80 and 92°C. Should I be worried?

Tales of Maj'eyal. A free to play open source roguelike that I hate. This game is amazing. Fuck this game. Also definitely recommend. But fuck this game. After numerous 10-12 hour long runs, I have yet to win.

We're from all over the world, here's mine for Bulgaria. The top 5 largest cities are about 4-5 hours away from each other by car so it's all "local".

• Varna: Jasmin coffee. Three words: Yirgacheffe blueberry explosion!
• Sofia: Martines coffee. They seem to like spicy coffee if that makes sense.
• Sofia: Daboff. By fast the most popular in the country with a huge assortment. Too boogie for my tastes and their more affordable coffees didn't exactly make me go wow. BUT, I had a Costa Rican coffee at 20€/200g that smelled of cocoa and chocolate, extremely light bodied, almost like tea so they deserved a mention.

Not a dumb question at all! If your coffee exposure is mostly pods, then pour over might taste "washed out". It took me a while before truly getting into coffee. I drank Nescafé for years before discovering the stovetop Moka pot. Then I had a local roaster grind some cheap dark roast coffee for me and I had that for years before getting into specialty/single origin and pour over. Until then I could never drink coffee black. Always sweetened with oat milk. What got me into pour over was James Hoffman and a random Chemex knock-off we bought off a supermarket in Turkey that I still use today. Then I got a burr handhgrinder. That made a whole world of difference. Now my preferred methods are in that order V60, Aeropress, Turkish coffee, Chemex, Moka pot.

If I'm typically only ever making coffee for myself, what should my brewing method be? Nespresso? Pour-over? French press?

I'd avoid Nespresso and Nestlé in general for a myriad of reasons. Pour over is finicky but well worth it. French press is easy, takes little effort, and can make a delicious cup. I only made like two cups before breaking mine so I'm scouring the flea market and thrift stores for one at the moment but they go for as little as 5$ new. The aeropress is a no brainer. Follow a recipe that you like and you're getting the same cup every time. Turkish coffee is very special for me. It's quick if you have pre-ground coffee and an electric kettle. Can be delicious with a cheap blend and isn't expensive to get into either, all you need is a cezve or something similar, and a stove, but it demands attention or it can make a mess.

And should I be looking to try everything black, or are lattes and whatnot a good way to learn what my tastes are?

A good latte is a good latte. But if you truly want to experience the complexity of tastes a coffee has to offer, then it's a good idea to learn how to appreciate black coffee. I realized that I sound like a snob... 😅

Bottom line: get beans, better if roasted locally, grind them yourself, or make sure they're freshly ground for the method you want to use, and make some great coffee!

As if we didn't need any more reasons to abolish animal farming.

https://www.baristainstitute.com/blog/jori-korhonen/december-2020/how-make-your-own-coffee-brewing-water

Really useful if the water in your area is hard. It makes a lot of difference in the taste.

Mostly when I feel unwell, but not enough to call in sick at work or at the store. Also at home when I share a room with somebody while I'm ill.

Never thought of this. That explains why after trying the coffees from most Sofia roasters (soft water), I always come back to my local roaster's (coastal area, hard water). Although they taste even better with homemade barista water! 😅

Ideally you'd look for the specialty coffee roasters in your area/country and order freshly roasted coffee from them if the price suits you.

My personal "cheap" go to is from the Lidl brand (Bellaron?). It goes for about 8-10€/kilo, it's a medium roast (lowest "intensity') and tastes decent. Whole beans of course. It's 100% arabica which is what you should go for anyway. Supermarket coffees are usually darker roasts and you might want to grind coarser than usual. Just don't be discouraged if the first few brews aren't to your liking. You might have to adjust. Good luck!

In my language that section of the leaflet always reads "Driving and working with heavy machinery". So forklifts and industrial machinery do indeed fit.

I am not in any shape or form justifying cheese (over)consumption. Health isn't the only reason I advocate for a plant-based diet. The environmental impacts and carbon footprint of meat and dairy make a gas guzzling pickup truck pale in comparison. For me, cheese was the hardest thing to give up. That thing is addictive. But learning about the suffering that the animals endure, the environmental impact...I just could not go on like this.

Not sure how much I agree on the dairy part. Apart from the inherent ethical problems associated with it, dairy is an all around promoter of cardiovascular disease. My anecdote is that while I was vegetarian, I suffered from high BP and had to be put on meds. Once I went vegan, my BP dropped to the same levels as with meds before. I'm also prone to gout due to genetics. This change in lifestyle had to be the best step I took for my body.

Now, I see why this study had great results. Eating a varied diet, especially rich in whole foods is a good thing, dairy or no dairy. People just want cheese in their diet and that's a compromise a lot of studies do to reduce dropout rate and make people stick to a diet. It also makes dairy companies happy.

PS2 in the early 2000s. I thought the graphics were something else. Up until 2005-2006-ish all I had was a bootleg NES clone with a shoebox full of unlicensed cartridges. I grew up with 80s games in the 21st century.

I finally got my hands one one off the flea market for 30$. Some modding later and it plays like a charm!