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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • What about the respect given to an individual because of its status in society? There are certain people that have a base level of respect because of their seniority, job or role during a period of time.

    Those people may or may not show the same amount of respect towards others as is shown to them in general. And I dare say, there will be people willing to defend them even if they are not up to expectations, just because they have that seniority/job/role.

    Take for instance:

    • Some politicians
    • Some celebrities
    • Some senior members of an organisation, like CEOs, CTOs, senior managers, etc.



  • So I’ll add the video to my list of TODOs. But I must admit that this discussion seems to be very USA centric. Here in Spain at least, lots of politicians and media do talk about which classes are affected by each policy and why. The same used to happen when I lived in Argentina.

    Of course there are a lot of places where there is no middle ground. But there are a lot of places where there is. Do we abolish private property? I don’t think there’s a middle ground there. Do we privatize the education system completely? Lots of middle ground.

    It’s as naive (and dangerous I might add) to think that there is no middle ground anywhere as to think there is a middle ground everywhere. Because again, both postures are extremes, and extremes are never good nor right.


  • Being a centrist doesn’t mean that you have to compromise on everything or you are a conservative in disguise. In fact, I consider myself a centrist and I have very strong lines I won’t cross.

    In my case it means that you are not torn into extremes, and that you prefer a way that respects most people rights without sacrificing basic rights or certain ethic values.

    And the image there is quite low effort. It’s trying to convey a message that either you are pro civil rights, or you want to kill black people. I don’t think there’s even a middle ground there, or a fair comparison.


  • Risotto. I make one with panceta and mushrooms that can’t be easier to make. And the principle is to just stir for 20’ or so.

    Ingredients (serves for 2)

    • Risotto type rice (Arborio, Carnerolli or similar) 150 gr
    • Chicken broth (homemade, if store bought then liquid, never in cubes) 1 lt
    • Onion 1 medium
    • Panceta 200 gr
    • Mushrooms (fresh) 200 gr
    • Olive oil
    • White wine
    • Parmesan cheese (grated or in very small chunks) 50gr
    • Butter 20 gr

    Prep

    1. In a pot, put the broth to heat. It’s not required for it to boil just to be hot.
    2. Chop the onion in very small cubes, as small as the rice grain if possible (so when you are eating it, you don’t feel it)
    3. Chop the panceta in cubes (no bigger than your thumb)
    4. In a big pot, at mid heat, put the panceta to brown and defat
    5. Once the panceta is brown and you have a good fat source at the bottom, remove and reserve the panceta
    6. Put the onion in the pot and use the same fat from the panceta to sauté it. If you need more, you can use olive oil.
    7. Once the onion is almost translucent, put the rice and pearl the rice. From now on, you should always be mixing the rice with a big wooden spoon or similar. Never stop stirring. This will make the rice to let all the starch go, which will make your risotto creamy.
    8. Once the rice is pearled, pour some wine to deglase and keep stirring.
    9. Once the wine has evaporated and you hear the crackling, pour some broth until the rice is submerged, keep stirring.
    10. Once your broth is evaporated and you start hearing the crackling again, put the panceta, the mushrooms and pour some more broth. Keep stirring.
    11. When you see that you are low on broth and hear that the rice is crackling, check on the rice for the cooking point. It should be al dente, meaning that you should be able to bite it and feel some resistance, but it should be very edible. If you still feel it too hard, pour more broth and keep stirring.
    12. When your rice is done, take the pot away from the fire, and put the parmesan cheese with the butter. Stir and mix until it’s uniform and creamy.
    13. Serve hot in small bowls or similar plates
    14. Decorate with olive oil, fresh grinded pepper and parsley.

  • Pining it on a gender or any other human characteristic that you cannot control is as stupid as it can get.

    • Raping is caused by men
    • Sodomy is caused by gay people
    • Murders are caused by black people
    • The economy is shit because of Jews (Godwin in 2)

    And then the positive ones:

    • Women are better for handling money
    • Asians are better at math
    • Black people are faster

    I would love to go on and on with this. But as you can see, it’s a fallacy that will get you to flawed conclusions, and dangerous if you plan to act upon them. Because by that point, you could say that killing all the men is a very good thing to do in order to avoid raping. And we all know where that goes.

    I’ll just stop my post here because I think I made my case, and I would love for you to reconsider your position, even if you don’t change it, in light of understanding how dangerous that way of thinking is.

    Otherwise, I won’t feed the troll anymore.