ArcaneSlime

@ ArcaneSlime @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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ArcaneSlime @lemmy.dbzer0.com 8h ago

Oh good, thank "Bob" lol, HFCS is a scourge upon humanity. Enjoy!

9h ago

I finally found the taste of Starfleet Academy! Now which related episode should we watch while trying it? [Update]

That's why I'm not sure, if it were a US can I'd bet $10 on it just based on

A) It being in a can

B) It doesn't say "made with pure cane sugar" on the front.

But in Europe they may not have to, idk! I tried looking up the ingredients online but it was inconclusive. I hope everything there is real sugar I just don't know.

But I'll push back on it not affecting flavor, it very much so does, trust me as someone in HFCSland. I've taste tested normal coke and cane sugar coke in my house with some friends and we could all tell the difference.

Barq's is just a coke product, A&W is pepsi. Neither are really good, both HFCS, idk I guess if I have to pick one it would be barq's but really it's all about IBC, Boylan, or Virgil's.

9h ago

Iranian state media confirms death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

9h ago

Why do you think so many people on the Marxist left defend Stalinism?

The one questioning the love for autocrats is a "reactionary," and the ones defending the autocrats are the "anarchists?" Frankly imo love for any rulers kind of disqualifies one from being an anarchist. Lot more tankies in here than anarchists by my count, if those were the reactionaries you meant.

9h ago

Iranian state media confirms death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

10h ago

I finally found the taste of Starfleet Academy! Now which related episode should we watch while trying it? [Update]

ArcaneSlime @lemmy.dbzer0.com 10h ago

You can still get good stuff, just gotta go glass bottle and pure cane sugar, avoid cans and HFCS.

Unfortunately you're correct that there's no longer sassafras, in the 60s the FDA banned sassafras because it contains safrole, a chemical that has been classified as a carcinogen. That said they still get as close as they can to replicating it somehow, and brands like IBC are still good.

Sasparilla however is actually a different drink, never was in root beer, though they do both have sassafras traditionally and are very similar drinks. You can still get it in some Asian countries under the names ...h/o gotta search it.. "Sarsi" or "Sarsae."

10h ago

I finally found the taste of Starfleet Academy! Now which related episode should we watch while trying it? [Update]

ArcaneSlime @lemmy.dbzer0.com 10h ago

I've heard from Americans that's the best root beer out of a can,

You've been lied to, there is no good canned root beer I'm aware of, afaik all the good stuff is bottled in glass (not that it has to be,) but more importantly contains Pure Cane Sugar instead of High Fructose Corn Syrup (and for some reason they bottle that instead of canning).

It still has the sassafras flavor to it (because that is what the "root" of the "beer" is, despite sassafras oil being outlawed in the 60s so idk how they do it now), but the HFCS just sucks.

10h ago

I finally found the taste of Starfleet Academy! Now which related episode should we watch while trying it? [Update]

ArcaneSlime @lemmy.dbzer0.com 10h ago

OP I don't want to spoil your good time, but you deserve to know, not all root beer is the same!

I do not know this brand, but the line between "bad" root beer and "good" root beer seems to be clearly split by a single ingredient: "Bad" contains high fructose corn syrup, "good" contains pure cane sugar. You should be able to check the ingredients on the can, and most with pure cane sugar proudly declare it on the front of the label (which makes me worried this one may not) and they typically use glass bottles. They are more expensive but are so worth it.

I say that to say this: If you try it and don't like it, and it does have HFCS, try it one more time but with the pure cane sugar, it really makes all the difference. My brand is IBC Root Beer, idk if you can find it or get it shipped to DE but I really won't drink many other brands tbh, Boylan is good too. Both are on Amazon, but I understand the hesitation there, and idk if they ship to DE.

That said, also, traditionally it was made with Sassafras oil, which was banned by the FDA in the 1960s, so I've never had the real kind either and we never will, pure cane is the best we can do T_T

10h ago

Why do you think so many people on the Marxist left defend Stalinism?

ArcaneSlime @lemmy.dbzer0.com 10h ago

You haven't heard anyone say this, you haven't talked to every tankie in existence. I have heard someone say it, and yes they were dumb but of course that goes without saying since they were tankies who think the vanguard party will actually "dissolve on its own when the time comes" LMAO as if.

But more importantly is the whole "hey dummy they're going to kill you next like they've historically done" part. Don't help hopeful autocrats, they are not "on our side" because "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." The enemy of my enemy is also my enemy when they're just going to kill me next.

11h ago

Iranian state media confirms death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

ArcaneSlime @lemmy.dbzer0.com 11h ago

1d ago

‘Iron river’: Mexico’s cartel violence fuelled by trafficked firearms from US

including a rocket launcher, grenades and mortar rounds

Ok so none of those are legal for civilians in the US to own. Either they were stolen by a military guy with the ability to pull that off, or they were sold like Operation Fast and Furious or the other ATF gunwalking scandals, or corrupt Mexican military officials as previously has happened, or from Asia as previous reports have mentioned specifically South Korean manufactured grenades. Or some Iran Contra ass shit is going on, which IMO is most likely.

ARs, sure. AKs, sure. The sole Barrett mentioned, absolutely. But grenades and shit aren't "because 'merica gun laws permissive." But then again those guns are bought by people who on paper have the right to buy them, citizens without a record yadda yadda, they just illegally sell them to the cartel (straw purchasers) and haven't been caught by ATF because ATF is too busy giving problems to regular civilians and FFLs. The ATF should get to fucking work on that tbh. 'Nother problem though is you know all that would happen is racial profiling people of Mexican descent making it harder for them to buy guns, not actual police work that's too hard.

1d ago

Is toothpaste supposed to be sealed or is this how shitty the products just are now?

Someone on the line missed the glue on that one (or some similar mistake, more likely it was a machine that maybe ran out of glue or missed the target for some reason.)

Mistakes happen.

1d ago

Why do you think so many people on the Marxist left defend Stalinism?

"No the Katyn Massacre was good actually because..."

Listen, foolish one, historically these Stalin worshippers will use you to install their vanguard party and immediately turn around and kill you for anarchist dissent. Learn from past mistakes and stop trusting autocratic morons. Even when they say "no bro totally trust me bro solidarity bro" it is nothing but a lie. Have fun with Красный Террор два: Электрический бугалу!

1d ago

Ultra rare floppy disk game twisted and slashed into shards by US Customs or DHL checkers — ruined Tsukihime 1999 demo was one of only 50 ever produced

Ok but here's the thing, you don't access the data of a floppy by opening it like an oyster, so if he thought it was CP then he just purposefully helped destroy evidence and cover it up for the perpetrator.

The standard process is "check data, if CP, controlled delivery, arrest recipient." They do that already both for CP and drugs shipped through the mail when found, at the least they seize it and send you a "love letter" saying " come pick up your drugs" which obviously you ignore.

And you can also pull the little window back and look in and go "yup, them's is floppy guts" and let it snap closed, verifying it visually. That is assuming the child officer has ever seen a floppy but still, he'd more likely have seen a floppy than a mini cd, nobody used those even when they were contemporary.

3d ago

If every school shooter in America targeted an Epstein client pedo instead, the problem would be fixed in a few years...

Hypotheticals can be kinda fun, it's kinda like spontaneous creative writing.

3d ago

Real Height 📏

Dude a Presa Canario couldn't take my short ass down, I have weapons, plural. On me. Always.

Most dogs just want the pets though, you'd be surprised how much a well placed "awww who's a good dog" will work on most of them.

3d ago

Real Height 📏

Am short, fuck tall women (not exclusively, but repeatedly in both contexts [multiple taller women multiple times each]) without lying about height (doesn't hurt that my shoe size is 2+ avg for my height, if you catch my drift.) Go for it guys many women aren't that shallow, and for the ones that are:

I'll still be the first to call out bodyshaming short dudes and ask how much a bodyshaming woman weighs ("really fatty, no short guys? The taller woman I'm currently fucking is 110 soaking wet, which she often is for my short ass")[that said I have also had sex with bigger women and enjoyed it and would again, but they were nice people, fatshaming is just eye for an eye fun, not for real people only shortshamers.]

Sorry for the ADHD parenthesis because every thought has multiple bonus thoughts, but body shaming either needs to be all ok (not preferred) or not ok to do to men either (preferred.)* I can meet in the middle and plastic surgery shame all genders, but that's it (at least that is an intentional choice.)

*Retaliatory shaming to make a point aside

3d ago

Profitability