Curious_in_Cali
Terribly Human
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You... you... you Californian, you!
Like, totally guilty, Dude! Or something...
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You... you... you Californian, you!
Huh, I never read those comments like that.
I usually like when someone tries a recipe of mine and makes modifications and I often keep developing them myself. I guess I consider them open source.
When I cook something completely knew, I usually look through lots of recipes to look for commonalities and differences. Then I weigh them against what I already know about cooking. The endresult is often not exactly like any of the recipes I started with.
If I make a recipe exactly like it was written, it's because I want to get to know how the person who made the recipe thinks it should taste and that is hardly ever the case with things I find on a post your recipy site.
Chef Blackstock had something to say about this practice.
I cook like this as well, often only referencing a recipe or a few for similarities.
The problem I have is people who pretty much change the original recipe and then rate the recipe poorly. Often, there is no mention of having tried the original recipe. Trying the original and rating it is appropriate. Changing several items and then giving it a poor rating seems silly, after all, the recipe they are rating isn't what they made.
Otherwise my cooking is done without recipes and measurements. ^_^ I generally look at recipes for things I've never made before, or sensitive foods that require precision.
What the hell was I thinking when I agreed to be a sadistic rope workshop demo bunny *sigh*
The thing I like about booties is, they don't need explainin'.
Where? When? Who's selling tickets?What the hell was I thinking when I agreed to be a sadistic rope workshop demo bunny *sigh*
I used to get them too, just walking in London. I came home in tears once. It wasn't 'hubba hubba baby" it was hateful. My then husband walked behind me once, and he was shaken at the venom.I don't know if this is habit peculiar to UK men, but why do they feel the urge to wind their windows down and shout comments as they drive past women pedestrians? What do they get out of it?
I've no idea whether the remarks are intended as insults or compliments (although one guy today did follow his shout with a universal gesture) as it's difficult to hear precise diction when it flies past you at x miles an hour. Baffling...
Tell us more about that. Lol
Yeah, ^ stuff is puzzling to me too. I think for me it's more about having no idea what the right response is. I had a guy friend tell me it's maybe crass, but it's a compliment and not be upset by it. Another reminded me to not walk alone streetside when I am looking nice, which is totally practical advice.![]()
It doesn't really feel like a compliment in the moment that that they drive by and I'm truly curious if they must expect me to shout, "THANKYOUDUDE!!" or curtesy or ...?
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The thing I like about booties is, they don't need explainin'.
I was talking to this woman the other night and she said, "I'm not sure I really fully understand, from an evolutionary perspective, men's obsession with women's butts. I understand that a greater fat reserve is useful for surviving lean times, but is that really enough? The flared hips suggest greater ability in successful childbearing, and breasts key on our desire for our offspring to be nourished to independence, but the ass, I just don't know."
I told her I didn't want to have anal sex with her anymore, anyway.
I think the venom kind is contempt and not compliment.
Like Stella said, it's not at all the same as the hubba hubba construction site whistling, which can be awkward and annoying but not...ugh.
An animal calls out for a response typically, so what is the desired response? An acknowledgement? An apology? What?
Or maybe I am actually just curious about why.
That's exactly what I don't understand - if they're driving past even at a leisurely 30 miles an hour, they're never going to hear a response anyway? So what on earth do they get out of it?
That's exactly what I don't understand - if they're driving past even at a leisurely 30 miles an hour, they're never going to hear a response anyway? So what on earth do they get out of it?
I was talking to this woman the other night and she said, "I'm not sure I really fully understand, from an evolutionary perspective, men's obsession with women's butts. I understand that a greater fat reserve is useful for surviving lean times, but is that really enough? The flared hips suggest greater ability in successful childbearing, and breasts key on our desire for our offspring to be nourished to independence, but the ass, I just don't know."