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  • This is what I hate about any kind of hobby culture and have always been hesitant to identify as any. The amount of toxicity that comes out of what is supposed to be entertainment is unreal.

    So many people demand respect for their esoteric obsessions yet refuse to respect anyone else’s. Like, in the end none of it matters so just enjoy what you like doing and let others enjoy what they like doing. Why bother spending your limited time and energy hating on stuff when you can just ignore it?






  • Maggie and the Ferocious Beast (the first English cartoon I remember watching), Rolie Polie Olie, Martha Speaks, Franklin, Little Bear, Total Drama Island/Action, and 6Teen taught me English when I came to Canada.

    Star Trek got me started on my path to tankiehood and sci-fi writing. Futurama also significantly contributed to the latter.

    Pokemon, Wonderpets and Redwall (and many of the cartoons from the learning English category) got me interested in writing animal characters. Zootopia pissed me off so much with its inconsistent world building that it sealed the deal and made me obsessed with perfecting my own fictional animal world.

    Family Guy taught me how not to write characters and their interactions.

    How It’s Made is just awesome and satisfying, no further comments.


  • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mltoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlWhat do you think is an overrated food?
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    I find lot of seafood disgusting, and the unsustainability of wild caught seafood is just the cherry on top.

    Unagi. Doesn’t taste that special and has a texture like dried out overcooked fish complete with the occasional sharp scale or bone that stabs your throat. Definitely not worth decimating wild eel populations for.

    Related, any kind of fish eggs. Whether caviar or salmon roe sushi. They’re like those popping bubbles in bubble tea but instead of a nice sweet fruit syrup it’s concentrated fish stink that coats your tongue and overpowers everything else.

    Oysters and clams (bivalves in general). You’re literally eating its entire digestive system complete with poop. The crunchy sand is just a reminder of that. And eating it raw is a great way to get parasites and hepatitis.

    One that’s not seafood: asparagus. People say it makes your pee stink but somehow don’t talk about how much the vegetable itself stinks going in. Maybe I’ve just never found a cooking method I like but I’ve never tasted an asparagus that doesn’t make me wince when swallowing. I personally love the vast majority of vegetables, many of which I prefer compared to meat, but asparagus (and Chinese bitter melon) are exceptions.

    Any kind of alcohol in general. I think beer tastes and smells like the liquid at the bottom of a dumpster, so does wine, and any kind of spirit tastes like literal poison. Whatever psychoactive effects it has is not worth the constant nausea during and after drinking. If I’m looking for psychoactive effects, I prefer edible cannabis extract, still doesn’t taste that great but you only need a tiny amount to get high which you can chase down with regular food to make the taste go away.