ArcaneSlime

Well "hate crimes" in texas isn't a separate charge, it'd be tacked on if the prosecution feels they can prove it, but he's charged with 1st degree murder.

1d ago

welcome back to 2003

Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez, the man who shot him, had his pre-trial last month and has a new court date (which I just tried to find but couldn't yet) is set for the future, so the case is going forward.

1d ago

welcome back to 2003

Yup, it's still good, most of the OG staff (both voice and writing) is back except of course for the dead people. The changed voices are Dale, Ted Wassonassong, Kahn, and we'll see about John Redcorn (passed after next season was already recorded, iirc, so season 16 is the first since his death..I think). The animation is more modern because the old techniques are now long dead. They did not address Luanne and Lucky, but I hope they will in S15. And they have already been renewed for S16 and S17, S15 is already in the can awaiting release this year. 15ish years (in the show) have passed since S13 ended.

I recommend it.

1d ago

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

I agree I still have my preferred cane sugar option as well and imo the others are "less good" than it, but I'd still drink them where the HFCS ones aren't even worth my time. Birch beer rules too.

Haven't noticed a gender divide myself, though. Might have to start paying attention to that lol.

2d ago

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

Mmhmm. "Anarchism is when some autocrats good actually." Ok.

Well, that's not my type of anarchism. You have fun with that.

2d ago

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

I have thought about making my own illegal root beer for personal consumption using wild sassafras but just never went anywhere with it lol. Never thought about just chewing the root though, might have to!

2d ago

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

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

2d 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.

2d ago

Iranian state media confirms death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

2d 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.

2d ago

Iranian state media confirms death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

2d ago

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

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."

2d ago

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

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.

2d ago

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

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

2d ago

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