I had experience with mastodon several years ago and so when I moved over here from Reddit I was excited to try and find an instance that resonated with me but alas, the only niche ones are like, furry instances, porn instances, and tech instances. Bummed that there haven’t been more that have themes.
Oh man this is kinda similar to a quirk I had as a kid. It’s kinda hard to explain, but in my old neighborhood we had sidewalks like these. So if you look at the first five rows of squares starring from the bottom of the picture, you’ll see that the color of the cement changes on the next row. Well the sidewalks I walked on, there would be like, 3 or 4 rows of blocks with a thicker kinda borderline between eachother. So when I would walk I would step one foot in front of the other in each block and count “one two three four, one two, one two three, one two three” etc, starting the count over every time I crossed the break or change in the cement.
Hahaha, II love that you’re kinda faking them out even if you’re right or not lol. I used to work as a cashier, and I would always guess the weight of the vegetables/fruits before putting them on the scale/scanner thing because i love estimating that stuff too. I did it out loud once and got it almost exact and a couple customers jeard and wete impressed. So I tried a few times and the customers in line and I made a game of it and cheered or "awww"ed when I got it wrong. So fun.
I also like trying to guess the amount of something i need for recipes. Like, a recipe calls for a cup of onions, I look at the whole onions in store and based on size I imagine what it would look like diced in a measuring cup, I usually get close and its so satisfying
What is heel toe downshifting? Are you doing it on a manual vehicle?
That’s so wild! How do you eat pasta, or steak? Or do you have pretty specific eating habits that don’t include those foods? Lol
Dang taking the temperature to determine when to close/open the windows is a great idea. I don’t have AC in my house and much prefer fresh air so I open windows at night and try to find the perfect time when I should close everything up. I think between 11am-12pm is the sweet spot, but then I worry if I close up too early I’ll miss out on more sweet sweet cool air! Lol
Welcome to the team 🤝
Oh yeah, for whatever reason I find new/random objects to be more satisfying to fidget with than my actual fidgets. Lately fidgeting with paper clips has been my jam. What do you think your current faves are?
Heck yeah measuring sibling! Hahaha I love that they’re everywhere, easy access is important if you gotta measure RIGHT NOW!
I used to have two but I lost the large one somehow! It still upsets me to this day and it’s been months lol. I want to get a mini Keychain one just because.
Temperature/humidity checking sounds kinda fun since it probably fluctuates a ton. Is there any particular tend you’ve noticed or that it fluctuates like, minute to minute or anything?
I love kefir! Its a staple food for me since it’s so easy and healthy. I’ll make my protein shakes with it or have kefir and a banana for breakfast and it’s relatively filling
I’ve been trying to do that more with like, Hummus or other dips. So hard.not to reach for the Crackers and chips though lol.
Totally feel that. Especially if I cook for my partner too, I’ll make a big batch of food that takes 1.5 hours and I expect there to be 4 meals for us there, buy he eats a lot more so it ends up being like, 2.5 meals and then it really feels like it was such an effort for that
That’s such a good idea! I do have a regular stove top kettle, I forget that I can do that. I remember seeing tiktoks of a woman making noodle jars where each one had different stuff thrown in for sauce, veg, and the dried noodles on top and you just add the boiling water and it was like a better version of instant noodles. I can manage that I think. Thanks for the idea!
Haha! I have not seen that but it looks amazing. I mentioned elsewhere that I really wanna meal prep and batch cook but predicting the amounts and such makes it kinda stressful. I think the actual cooking at that point would be fun, I just have to figure out other logistics and I’ll be able to do it
Charcuterie for the win! I think adding olives and nuts are a good idea too I never think of that. But yeah that sounds totally doable and super appealing to me, I fucking love cheese and will eat a whole wheel if given the chance lol
Oh man that sounds amazing. I always forget that you can buy pre cooked rotisserie chickens, that right there sounds like a huge game changer for motivation to prep a hearty meal
I get bored kind of easily depending on the food. Batch cooking and meal prepping are things I really want to do, though. Like having one or two Sundays a month where I just go crazy and drink beers and cook all day actually sounds fun…but then it’s the prep part (figuring out freezable recipes, buying the right amount of ingredients, making sure I have the right kind and amount of tupperware).
At this point though even cooking one meal feels off the table, it’s wild. I’m hoping that the extreme aversion will just be a phase cuz I do love eating lol
Ooo, Cabbage to snack on sounds great. I saw a snack of cream cheese spread on red bell pepper too which is really good. You are definitely speaking my language lol. The mug cake idea sounds pretty easy to whip up too. It’s so wild, like why does that seem less labor intensive than cooking a pack of Ramen noodles?!No reason, brain just days so lol.
Honestly I would bet that it is a burnout thing, but it’s been a couple of years that the love of cooking has been decreasing…I guess it could still be burnout though 🫠🫠 since you’re on keto, can you give me some other ideas of what you eat? It looks like charcuterie is the best option lol but yeah, sneaking veggies in is a must
Ooooo this is kinda similar to something I used to do that I described here
The bumpy yellow pad thingies are kind of unsettling now that I think about it