Peter Pan

Way too much cooking tutorial stuff online is recipe based as opposed to skills based and I think that that’s one reason why a lot of people haven’t developed the ability to cook or feel comfortable in the kitchen

Are we over the World Cup high a bit? Can one make an observation? Soccer is boring and will never become an American sport. And to the extent it does despite that, it’ll reflect the country’s changing demographics, not changing tastes. There, I said it.

Americans just want us Europeans to do better. They’re not urging us to get AC out of spite but love, and we are too arrogant and dismissive to see it.

🇺🇸: The FIFA World Cup should be held anywhere but the United States of America going forward. The world is starting to sour on the fact that we gave the football World Cup to the United States of America. No other host has so completely confused running a tournament with running a parade about itself. America grabbed 78 of the 104 matches, every knockout round and the final, then sat Mexico and Canada with 13 games each. Then it bolted a Super Bowl halftime show onto the final, because ninety minutes of the world’s favourite sport apparently cannot entertain anyone without fireworks and a pop star. This is the low life patriotic chest-thumping we were warned about. Flags everywhere, wounded pride, a host nation absolutely certain the planet tuned in to admire it rather than the football. We saw this exact film in Russia 2018, and America is beating that record comfortably. Mexico and Canada gave us the real thing. Warmth, noise, genuine love for the game. We should have left it with them. Wake up, FIFA. This is the ONLY logical solution.

I am tired of hearing americans on Twitter complain about European complaining about the heat when here, there are people who died from the heat

Been living in London for 3 years and every time I come back to the US, I have to recalibrate. When you're overseas, you tend to forget what real abundance feels like, so much so, I just stood there in the granola aisle, mouth open, brain completely short-circuited as I stared at a ridiculous wall of infinite choice. Bajillions of brands, flavors, and innovations - chocolate peanut butter banana crunch, maple pecan espresso, keto, paleo, collagen-packed, probiotic, gluten-free, protein-loaded, you name it. I was straight-up paralyzed by options. The French call it “embarras de choix” - embarrassment of choice. That overwhelming feeling when there are simply too many great things to pick from. It’s usually used positively or neutrally (the options are desirable), but the “embarrassment” highlights the mild frustration, guilt and indecision it causes. But Americans don’t get embarrassed by it. At all. Because they don't feel guilt about having MORE. It is the Land of Plenty for a reason. It’s easy to start a food company here, it's easy to build brands, and it's easy to just employ / fire people. That freedom unleashes relentless innovation and variety, feeding an unstoppable demand for better, tastier, healthier, crazier options. No wonder Europeans lose their minds the first time they step into a Costco. American abundance is a policy and cultural choice.