TurtleMelon

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Of course there are the legal benefits people have mentioned, but I think a lot of it is that humans love our symbolism and ceremonious tradition. Sure, the ring and ceremony aren't what make your bond, but it is symbolically immortalized through them.

Weddings don't have to be incredibly expensive. My wife doesn't like diamonds, so I proposed to her with a piece of her birth stone. We had our wedding in a state park, we were able to reserve a large section of it for sub $100. We went with simple silver wedding bands from a local jeweler. The biggest cost was food and drink for 70 people. Even though ours was comparatively cheap for a wedding, you could do it way cheaper. Some couples choose to elope, some have a smaller ceremony with only their closest family. It doesn't need to cost an arm and a leg to be a beautiful day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

New pasta just dropped

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Sounding like a boomer already lol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's been said but heavy cream is a great alternaive, I use about one tablespoon per mug. Sometimes I add a tiny bit of vanilla extract and a small amount of powdered sugar to the cream and whip it with an electric frother.

A dairy free alternative is oat milk, the thicker store bought ones are great, but I usually make my own. Just blend a 1/4 to 1/2 cup of oats to 2 cups of water in a blender for 30 seconds and strain through coffee filters or some salvaged fabric from an old shirt. It can be heated and frothed, then poured over the top of your coffee for a nice foam.

To be honest though, usually if I'm not feeling like straight black coffee I just add 1/2 tbs of brown sugar and that's more than enough for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Right, thank you. Fossify is what I use, force of habit with the old name.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

I keep mine running 24/7 because it puts less thermal wear on the hardware. But I pay a flat rate for my electricity included in my rent, so it doesn't cost any extra.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Best one I got out of 8.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah I would just stay clear of the chat. There's plenty of normal people on the network, it's just they don't use the chat either. I've met some cool folks through DM's though.