This is me. Maybe 3 days a week, I’ll enjoy a drink (sometimes two if I’m pouring, say, a lighter gin & tonic) before bed. I can stop drinking at any time. And I regularly do, during one of my diet cycles or after getting back from vacation when I wanna take a break from alcohol.

Hmm, yeah that’s helpful! So maybe if I think of grifting as more of a lifestyle, as in done by con artists.

Unrelated, but what’s the difference between grift vs. scam? Internet search seems to give me the same definitions.

Is it just that grifts are personal, while scams are impersonal (like phone/internet scams)?

Some kind of spicy cayenne chocolate would be unexpected

It’s being advertised on Prime Video as the #2 top watched movie right now. I just laughed lol they’re rankings are a total joke

Nooo! NFL RedZone’s great. ESPN is shit. So that’s only gonna mean RedZone’s gonna be shit. It’s like that quote from The Dark Knight: you either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain. Now ESPN’s the villain

I die inside when I see people peel off perfectly good fish skin lol. Like dude don’t waste, give that deliciousness to me

Oh, I had no idea about the central version! My family is from the south so lemongrass sounded really wrong to me, like bun bo hue territory lol. I’m going to Vietnam in a few months actually — will be fun to explore more of the country and try all the regional dishes and variations.

I’m sure it tasted great! Plus it’s always awesome when people cook your cuisine:) The spices and aromatics look good, it gets the core flavor down. It doesn’t hurt to throw in a couple extra cinnamon sticks and star anise. Also add cardamom. I also like adding bean sprouts myself

For Asian recipes in general, I usually look up youtube videos. Bonus points if it’s not in English (but hopefully translations provided). You get very authentic recipes that way, instead of recipe articles where you don’t know who heck wrote it lol

Well I wasn’t gonna say anything😆 So right off the bat I’m seeing bell peppers(?), garlic, and lemongrass which do not go in pho. Don’t use cooking wine/sake - if it’s for acidity, using lime is typical. Rice noodles instead of glass. Needs herbs like basil and cilantro. Also this is nitpicky, but gà literally means “chicken.”

But you know, OP gets away with it because they said “inspired” and made with ingredients they had ;)

Probably depends on the area, but I’m in a high COL work-focused one and I’ve been noticing people going on their phones more these days. Even the bartenders. It’s kinda sad.

Or LA

They’ll just “uncover” something they got wrong…

I always work weekend nights. This is what the Monday morning crew looks like when they come in lol.

Wonder if he knew it was coming. Glad he got that farewell concert

Well that’s great to hear for the conservation efforts, even if locals are mainly in it for tourism money. I definitely plan on visiting Brazil someday to experience its beautiful biodiversity and help support nature tourism to these vulnerable areas.

A pic of the red-tailed Amazon parrot, from the Full Report article. :)

Bc that’s just what girls do bro😂 It’s actually clever on her part. She basically found a way to ask you out without having to ask you out. Or “hang out,” if you prefer. It’s low risk, and basically no way of you rejecting her. She could always default to, ‘well I was just doing my own thing anyway’ lol.

I actually had my partner read this too, and we’re in agreement, so you’ve got both a male and female opinion here lol:

SHE asked for your number, SHE wanted to spend more time with you. Seems awfully convenient that she wasn’t able to do her work for whatever reason, and instead was content with just chit chatting. Also – hearts are flirty. Especially at work AND you just met the person.

We think she’s interested but you probably didn’t do enough during the hang out, and she didn’t want to embarrass herself, so she just downplayed it.

Our advice is to just ask her out. She seems more forward, so she probably appreciates confidence. “Hey I had fun talking! We should get dinner some time. Are you available?”

So instead of wild agave, we could be growing agave, but the big distilleries don’t want to

I love this photo!