Charlotte Lee
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Charlotte Lee
@cljack
Dismiss all fears for what's still left to do
Washington, DC Katılım Ocak 2009
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I am actually so curious about the pre-Columbian Exchange European diet, if anyone has books or articles about it to recommend
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Non aristocratic people in Europe ate literal slop. Boiled grain ideally with other stuff in it for flavour etc. and poor quality bread. And lentils
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@octal I actually had no idea they made anything on-site and now I have much more respect for them
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I don't particularly love Cheesecake Factory, but it is impressive that they actually make most of their food on-site and have such a huge menu.
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@rosejara1 That’s honestly not the worst thing I could think of, though when I imagine such soups I think of Brunswick stew which is like 90% new world ingredients lol
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@ellie_of_va RIGHT! Genuinely what did the Irish eat before potatoes?! So hard to imagine
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@_builtin_katie ….woah, those ingredients are all native to the Old World! Mystery solved, clearly that was everyone’s dietary staple
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@katrosenfield A key part of “making conversation”, if you care about etiquette, is asking the other person questions about themselves. I think the described behavior is just what you get with anyone who’s got normal extrovert tendencies but is also bored/lonely and somewhat self-absorbed
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As others have observed, this isn’t a boomer thing but rather an old-person thing… but I also wonder if it isn’t rooted in analog-era etiquette norms, i.e. it used to be considered rude and graceless not to make conversation, especially if someone was a guest in your home
Romy@Romy_Holland
okay so i think the boomer conversational trait at the root of many problems is a total failure to even attempt to model whether the people around them care about what they’re saying. they tell the same old stories 100x and deep down they definitely know you’ve heard it, but it just feels so good to be talking that they go for it. in the absence of the thought process “would this person enjoy hearing this story?” the only factor that matters is how it feels for them to talk. same thing for the constant narration of everything that’s happening and the constant questions about tiny stuff and the random pieces of mundane information about ppl you don’t know. toddlers do the same thing before they develop complete theory of mind. idk if this is the consequence of some sort of old age cognitive regression or if boomers were just socialized really poorly.
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@DrSiyabMD So there’s a sign for “her spice tolerance is exactly what you think from looking at her” right
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@cljack the server at the indian restaurant will for sure be looking at your indian friend while asking you what spice level you want 😂🤪
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Guys I’m getting dinner with an Italian and an Indian friend this week and I think they’re plotting to try to make me eat Flavored food
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@TheLastNeocon My grandma was in high school before she figured out that “damn Yankees” was two separate words 🫠
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@cljack I will maintain proudness that my ancestor (unlike, you know, someone of your name 🙃😉) refused to commission as an officer in the confederate army and enlisted in the Union one
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@SPQR_Austin I 100% believe this because the only transplant I know who’s living his best life there has gone *full* native
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@cljack It’s a grew up there versus moved there distinction
Dallasites usually form social circles from their high school, their church, and their college so there are fewer broad networking opportunities compared to SF or DC
To have fun you must Become Texan
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@ScottMGreer Specifically for Dallas there’s probably a larger divide than usual between people who grew up there and people who move from out of state I lived in the metroplex as a child and so am clued in to the “hidden gems” of Dallas culture but it must feel very insular to an outsider
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I was there once chit-chatting with a nice lady at a bar about her life in Dallas, and she said "well, you can make anywhere fun if you have friends around you, right?"
I thought it was both a great positive outlook for her to have, and also a terrible indictment of Dallas
Amy Nixon@texasrunnerDFW
I am astounded by the number of millennial families who moved to Dallas, bought a home, then turned around and sold the home to move out of Dallas, in less than a 5 year time span Is Dallas just super transient or is this a post-pandemic phenomenon happening everywhere?
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@TheLastNeocon Jk of course America welcomes your expertise in pickled vegetables, beer, cheese, etc 🙏
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@cljack My ancestors are the wrong kind of Anglo unfortunately (Germans and various Scots-Irish)
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@TheLastNeocon Gonna need to see your date of arrival to the colonies
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@cljack Texas, Tennessee, St. louis, KC, all fine. North Carolina is for wannabe southerners unfortunately
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