They didn’t, though. The US government took over Argentina for a reason.

Or even hoja de laurel molida. And then you don’t have to fish it out.

I live in a country where ground bay leaf is a very common spice to use. It’s just another powdered spice in a jar or a bag like cinnamon or curry.

Just tagging on to add that if you haven’t read the novella I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, it’s worth your time.

It has been adapted to film three times that I know of. The first was The Last Man on Earth, starring Vincent Price. Matheson was so upset with the finished product that he refused to allow his name on the film even though he wrote the original screenplay. The second was The Omega Man with Charlton Heston, which has its flaws but is still the best adaptation IMO.

I had high hopes for the Will Smith film in 2007, but the creatures and the ending were entirely wrong.

The original story is great, but it’s such a slow burn with a mindfuck ending that I have given up hope of ever seeing an accurate portrayal on film. It would have to be something on the level of a passion project from Peter Jackson or Guillermo del Toro, from a director who loved the source material enough not to change it significantly.

Stephen Miller

It’s not even centrist. Democrats are center-right and Republicans are far-right, so the “centrists” in the US are three-quarters right.

The Overton window in the US has shifted significantly in my lifetime. As someone else pointed out, unions were pretty standard in the '70s and have nearly been eliminated now.

Thanks, I hate it.

I saw the movie for the first time when I was 5, and I mostly loved it, except that this scene was extremely traumatic for me. I’m also a girl.

I hadn’t really considered that there might be a gender divide over this film, but it does make sense that boys would identify more with a male protagonist. I’m an elementary teacher, and I do see that kids are more likely to engage with stories that have protagonists of their same gender.

I did it last year, and I’ve been very happy with the results.

I’m reasonably tech-savvy for a user. I can follow instructions, but I don’t understand the super technical stuff. I watched a few YouTube videos and read a few tutorials, and it was all pretty easy.

The system updates are easier than Windows. I don’t have to understand what a kernel is; I just have to click the update button.

An empty bio and one-word replies sounds like someone who’s not worth talking to. I don’t think that’s your failure.

In my experience with three different UU congregations, they can be pretty varied.

My former city had one that was Protestant-lite, one that was nearly neopagan, and one that was so insular that I felt unwelcome as a visitor.

An unsolicited photo of something random might not be something everyone responds to. I wouldn’t necessarily send a response.

So if she doesn’t respond, it doesn’t definitively mean she doesn’t want to talk to you. Maybe try again with something that actually indicates that you’re looking for a response. Like … ask a question about something you know you have in common.

Did you finish the reading for class? I think the part about ABC could be interpreted to apply to XYZ. What do you think?

You said you like comedians. Have you seen the new Marcello Hernandez special on Netflix?

Make it something that could turn into an actual conversation if she answers you.

My brain automatically read that in Richard Ayoade’s voice.

Apparently not.

I had some friends in undergrad who tried several of the recipes, and they said it was a huge waste of time. (These guys were honors students in science majors, so I wouldn’t chalk it up to user error in all cases.)

The bar thing just sounds like they don’t clean their taps very well.

So much this. I live in a country with a sugar tax, so almost every soft drink on the market has part of its sugar replaced with some kind of sweetener. I didn’t drink a lot of soft drinks before, but now I can’t drink them at all.

I don’t think I ever had insurance in the US where checking into the hospital for any amount of time would cost less than $800 out of pocket.

Unless I had already reached my annual deductible, that is.

Sad, but true.

Be careful with that advice. Yew is highly toxic.

Fun fact: The “cherry” part of the coffee cherry tastes awful, but the mucilage around the bean tastes sweet. (But it has a very “green” flavor, so not everyone enjoys it.)

Some coffee is dried still inside the cherry (natural process). Or you can take off the cherry and leave the mucilage (honey process). Or you can get rid of everything before drying (washed process). No matter which process you use, the cherry and parchment are always removed before roasting.

Before you ever even think about different ways of roasting, beans from the same variety of plant will have different flavor profiles depending on the drying process.

The time, thought, and effort that goes into good coffee at every stage is staggering. I totally understand why artisan coffee carries a hefty price tag.

Source: You really can’t live in Colombia without learning all about coffee.