[-] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 23 points 12 hours ago

Whenever I feel pessimistic about people, I remember Vietnam and am brought great comfort. When reading about the history of Vietnam, the shocker for me is always that they liberated Cambodia directly after the US war failed, choosing to essentially fight the US again but with China as an adversary instead of support. People who had survived defending their homeland from war crimes like napalm and agent orange deciding to go on the offense for strangers against that with even less support than they had defending. After these people secured their own freedom from the west, when they could have just decided they want to enjoy the freedom they have now, stuck up for the right thing with no support and everything to lose.

People write stories about individuals doing the right thing against insurmountable odds, but Vietnam's communist history feels better than any of these fictional stories. Instead of just being 1 hero with their gang, it's thousands of working class people stepping up to be that storybook hero and even succeeding

[-] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 4 points 12 hours ago

Neither party is particularly good on climate change, so there's no reason for it to be a voting issue. Those who actually care about the environment also see that the Dem solutions are useless and only succeed in not being climate accelerationism. Younger generations really care about climate change, to the point it's a main political issue. But neither candidate is doing anything compelling enough to be a voting issue.

I'm not voting, and I'll promise you that Kamala's better views on climate change do nothing to contribute any confidence to vote for her

[-] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 2 points 12 hours ago

I've gone as long as an entire year without caffeine. I have seizures, so I quit caffeine when it causes me to have a seizure, usually end up back on it to be functional.

[-] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 8 points 16 hours ago

I've gone on and off caffeine quite a few times throughout the years. I felt physically better off caffeine, but found it hard to be functional enough without it.

[-] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 27 points 1 day ago

Found out my AA sponsor is a self identified tankie today. Feels fucking great man

[-] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

I ended up handing out candy in a friend's parent's house. People don't trick or treat at apartments and it makes me so sad. But it was nice to hand out candy to kids this year, especially because I'm young enough to know just how to fuck with them lol

[-] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the recs! Definitely checking out the Hobbit video

[-] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

Bump amber whataboutism

[-] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

Bump amber whataboutism

[-] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

Why must the thing I want to try never be available in bumfuck middle of nowhere, US

[-] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

I've heard great things about nooch and definitely want to add it to my cabinet. I've had nooch popcorn when I'm really high, but that's about it.

I'd love to try nooch Doritos

[-] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

I'm really glad you got your subs, I was definitely worried you wouldn't make it and felt bad I didn't have anything to pitch in!

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submitted 2 days ago by LeylaLove@hexbear.net to c/food@hexbear.net

Hey y'all, just in the posting mood today! I was writing another post and thought about my love for good vegan alternatives. I am not personally vegan, but as someone who takes great pride and pleasure as a cook serving other people food, I want to serve my vegan comrades as best as I can, so I try to taste test a lot of vegan stuff. I'm not a carnist who believes that the vegan option can never taste as good, I just have a lot of allergies so I have to be cautious about eating things that aren't meat. However I've tasted and heard from vegans, certain things like cheese simply aren't as good as the non-vegan counter part. I feel like we hear about this stuff way too much though, as there are so many interesting flavors vegans use that carnists don't.

My personal pick for this topic is coconut aminos. Soy sauce is a great way to add umami flavor into almost anything you're making, so I was disheartened at first when I heard that soy sauce wasn't vegan. But one of my vegan friends got me a bottle of coconut aminos to try, and it blew my mind. The extra sweetness in it makes so many things you'd use soy sauce for way better. Teriyaki sauce should always be made with coconut aminos, fried rice gets a slight sweetness that really lends well to the veggies in it, it's so fucking good.

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submitted 2 days ago by LeylaLove@hexbear.net to c/food@hexbear.net

Oh boy, hopefully people are reasonable about this and it doesn't start a full struggle session like frying in olive oil. As someone whose been cooking professionally for 6 years, I'm very familiar with both "real" and "fake" truffle oil. I've cooked with it in many restaurants with many different uses. It's a very popular ingredient in modern American restaurants, and I've heard about it picking up in other western countries as well.

To fill in non-foodie people who may be reading this, truffle oil at restaurants is very rarely made from real truffles, instead being a chemical approximation of over 300 different truffle compounds. It's a very unique scent that you're only getting from the fake truffle oil though. Real truffle oil has very little scent or flavor, being far more subtle of an ingredient than the fake stuff. For reference in the difference, people allergic to mushrooms have no problem consuming the fake truffle oil.

To give my thoughts so that this isn't one sided, this might be a hot take but I love fake truffle oil. It smells kinda funky at first, but it goes so well as a finisher on so many dishes, just giving a slight mushroom funk without making it overwhelming. I also like it for allergy reasons, I don't personally have an allergy to mushrooms, but as someone who LOVES serving food, I want everybody to be able to get good tasting food.

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I got a respiratory infection and got prescribed Prednisone to fight it. The Prednisone has been helping, but has made my symptoms of schizophrenia a lot worse, including dangerous mood swings and tweaky paranoia. Does anybody have any suggestions for dealing this this?

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by LeylaLove@hexbear.net to c/mutual_aid@hexbear.net

As you guys know, I love to pay it forward. I've already gotten quite a bit of money off this comm. I hate feeling like I only ever take from people, so I try my hardest to give when I have it. Well, I gave too hard this month, mutual aid posts, buying estrogen for a few other transwomen locally, general life costs. I thought I'd be able to make it through my usual methods, but a certain transaction (the horomones) took way too long to post and kinda screwed everything, so now I'm in the negative but haven't gotten the overdraft fees yet. I feel so stupid right now, I still understand all the decisions I made because of what they mean for so many other people, but I kinda screwed myself in the process because I just always give all of myself regardless of the consequences to myself. My therapist is gonna love hearing that one. But yeah, PM me for any payment info. I really appreciate you guys, even if it's just a kind comment

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by LeylaLove@hexbear.net to c/mutual_aid@hexbear.net

We're going down the DIY route, so it'll be much cheaper, but I'm trying to get as many girls their sublingual drops and t-blockers as possible. I know how to make sublingual drops, since I'm personally too afraid to do injections. The t-blockers are quite expensive compared to the estradiol, and I'm trying to keep things as cheap as possible because everybody who has talked to me about getting hormones is quite poor. Anybody who wants to help me with my little mutual aid project, feel free to DM me for payment info. You'll be subsidizing people's hormones

Edit: Figured I'd add this, I already have mine. I tested my idea for DIY sublingual drops on myself first. This is purely for other people.

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Mick Jenkins - Vibe [Rap] (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 month ago by LeylaLove@hexbear.net to c/music@hexbear.net

God this song is just so magical

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submitted 1 month ago by LeylaLove@hexbear.net to c/music@hexbear.net
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Freddie Gibbs - CIA [Rap] (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 month ago by LeylaLove@hexbear.net to c/music@hexbear.net

If you guys like rap, the album that this is from has no skips. Every song on it is great

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So I have a trans friend who wants to stay complete anonymous, who just recently had their power shut off. I do not actually know this person full frontal, my AA sponsor just mentioned this to me. If my sponsor trusts someone, I trust them. Take this as you will. Also if you're adjusted to sending money to my accounts, we're sending all the money to my sponsor for anonymity of the recipient. If you want to send it my way over PayPal instead of DMing, I'll make sure it gets to them.

The recipient has stated that they had their power cut off after being 50 pence short of their power bill. Because of that, there's a minimum 25 pound + "fees" cost to getting the power back on. They're really scared right now, and I told my sponsor I'd check here.

Like I said, even if you've previously sent to me, DM me for the payment info so I can make sure they get them money. They only have PayPal, so that's easy enough to just send to me, but Cashapp and Venmo are a different beast entirely.

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submitted 1 month ago by LeylaLove@hexbear.net to c/food@hexbear.net

I make one at work, and it confusing as hell to me. For those of you who don't know, a club sandwich standardly contains lettuce, tomato, ham, turkey, bacon, and some sort of mayo based sauce. Its gimmick is that it's a sandwich on top of a sandwich, using 3 pieces of bread instead of the standard 2. Instead of being something that you can realistically take a bite of, the club sandwich specializes in being absolutely fucking impossible to take a bite out of. Do club sandwich enjoyers just completely unhinge their jaw and schmack like they're in Scooby Doo? What does the third piece of bread even add to the sandwich other than more height? Why don't you add a 4th piece of bread and just have 2 sandwiches?

At work, we cut them in quarters and put sticks through 2 quarters, making a kebab of sandwich. I literally cannot imagine how these fuckers eating this are doing it. Eating a sandwich like corn on the cob is a disturbing thought, but possible. This is one of the dumbest pieces of food I can ever imagine

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by LeylaLove@hexbear.net to c/mutual_aid@hexbear.net

I am so pissed right now. I've been working full time, I got paid today, but through a series of total bullshit overdraft fees (explained in the spoiler because I need to rant details about this but like clean looking posts) I lost pretty much the entire thing in a day to a single fucking pizza. Feel free to message for any payment info

Explanation

Yeah, so I'm pretty broke as of recent, and not making decisions I should because of the stress of that. I spent a little bit of time being drunk and off my meds earlier this week before this today's check, and that certainly did a dent on last check, but didn't overdraft and I sobered up. My friend sent me $20 for dinner last night, so I ordered some pizza, that was about $23 dollars, perfectly calculated to be okay until I got paid in like 8-12 hours. But this was not okay for the pizza chain. Not only did I never get the pizza, I got QUADRUPLE CHARGED for that shit. I didn't even get the pizza. I got the refund for the initial charge today, but still have the other three pending charges on my account that have knocked out. Apparently they'll be refunded soon, but wtf? The quadruple charge created a series of overdrafts that were complete bullshit. 3 overdrafts for $50 each on top of the triple charge, putting me into the negative right before my check came in.

That wouldn't have been an issue (I guess) but I woke up this morning not knowing about that the bank and Dominos stole my entire fucking paycheck over one Pizza. I have to get a ride to work. I scheduled a public transit ride for $3 (another $50 overdraft). The fucking public transit isn't working. Schedule my Uber to work so I don't go even more broke. The bank charges $50. I leave for work and call about the overdrafts, they agree to remove a single one, which leaves me at $1.82 before my paycheck. But I have to get home even though my "public transit" driver hasn't left home for 2 hours. Literally piss myself waiting for them because I can't tell when I have to pee, and they never came. Can't just schedule another one and just wait, literally won't let me. Another Uber for $20. Another $50 for overdraft. I feel so absolutely fucked right now by these shit ass overdraft fees I wouldn't even have if it weren't for Domino's right now. I literally can't eat right now because of a Domino's pizza that I never got. Literally never ordering from there again, holy shit today has been horrible.

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submitted 1 month ago by LeylaLove@hexbear.net to c/music@hexbear.net

One of my favorite Slowdive songs. I love Slowdive for many different moods. While their most popular album, "Souvlaki" focuses more on the pop side of dream pop that creates insanely catchy yet dissociative sounds, the album this is from "Pygmalion" focuses more on the dream side of dream pop. The intro for the album, "Rutti" is a very progressive track, having so many strange time signatures popped on top of each other. The album is generally more psychedelic than dissociative with its constantly changing rhythms. I love Slowdive.

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