I’ve never broken a bone, but I did get a dislocated elbow once when I was quite young, maybe 2 or 3. I was a dumb stubborn kid who threw a tantrum in the middle of a street and my mom had to grab me by the arm and drag me to safety. I fought her so hard I dislocated my elbow. I’m not sure if a leash would have made that situation more manageable, but I wouldn’t have blamed my parents for trying it. Sometimes kids go through a feral animal phase and you just have to deal with it however you can.

Where’s the owl? Behind the log somewhere?

She’s so photogenic!

It’s like… the body of a fish, but it has like a puppy face. It has flippers instead of legs.

Banana does get a little gluey when cooked. It’s not a perfect substitute but it does help keep things together a bit.

Source: rolled oats + mashed banana + chocolate chips makes a decent chewy cookie.

Not sure why the person you’re replying to is refusing to explain. Assuming they’re not a TOTAL idiot, I’d guess they’re alluding to a baking rule of thumb for mixing order. Maybe they learned this rule but they don’t actually understand it well enough to talk about it?

Generally, you include sugar with the “wet” ingredients while baking. It’s a timing thing, it tends to incorporate better and dissolve a little if you mix it with your butter, oil, milk, eggs, etc. Once that’s all mixed in you add your “dry” ingredients like flour and baking soda / powder. Those are easy to over mix so you add them last minute.

Sugar is not a liquid ingredient, it’s just a rule of thumb, the person you’re replying to is being annoying.

That’s why drinking cures my depression. I kill a few brain cells to keep the rest in line.

Evocative imagery! I saw George Washington’s grimy wooden teeth, but cut lard is an apt description.

It’s pretty commonly used slang in the US, especially back in the 80’s and 90’s.

Look at how they massacred my boy

I can vouch for Longmont municipal fiber. Blazing fast, and the price is locked in at $50 per month for life. We’ve never had an outage. There are absolutely no downsides, it has even forced Comcast to improve their own infrastructure and pricing in the area to compete.

Everyone knows a chicken’s personality is stored in the thighs.

It’s named after a song. I think the main character might briefly say he dreams about going there. Obviously you haven’t seen it, but there’s really no need to get offended.

By the way, I highly recommend watching it for everyone else, especially if you’re a fan of Terry Gilliam. Not you though, guy I’m replying to. You should stick to less challenging topics to avoid hurting your own feelings.

It’s a dystopian movie. It has literally nothing to do with the country.

Are you thinking of the film or the country?

The film has a large overbearing surveillance state / bureaucracy as the chief antagonist, it’s about the suppression of art and loss of human connection. Do you see it differently?

Kids are dumb

Nah, I can see it.

• 1984: they’re rewriting history / propagandizing
• Idiocracy: the morons are in charge
• Hunger Games: they’re pitting us against each other
• Brave New World: they’re distracting us with entertainment

The others seem to fall pretty well into those categories.

“Here’s what my talking parrot thinks about this issue”. Great input, if I wanted to talk to a chatbot I’d do that. This isn’t a conversation, it’s meaningless noise regurgitated by a machine.

Yeah, “early fascist” and “proto-fascist” mean the same thing.

Alright who knows how to set up a lemmy group chat? Is that a thing? Can’t have homies without a group chat.