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  • I mean, yeah fear is a big part of extreme sports, but it isn’t the attraction. You never heard Tony hawk say “hey, watch how scared I get when I attempt this trick”. That’s not the point. It’s about the satisfaction of improving motor skills and the ability to move in new and interesting ways. But mostly it’s just fun. Really it’s not so different from skill-based video games, it’s just that in real life you have to work your way up to the more advanced stuff to do it safely.












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    tomovies@lemm.eeFuturama | First Look Season 12 | Hulu
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    22 days ago

    It wasn’t bad, but it was definitely disappointing. Seemed like there were less jokes and the ones that were there were old jokes. There was less adventure, more topical satire. Nothing we haven’t seen before, granted, Futurama used to do these topical episodes a couple times a season, but those were also usually the weaker episodes imo and nearly all of this last seasons episodes were like that. It wasn’t ground-breakingly bad, but they were almost all Futurama at it’s lowest. I’m not going to rewatch them like I do earlier seasons.

    Edit: plus the “hulurama” title thing bothered me. It made the whole season but especially that first episode feel like an advertisement



  • I used to struggle with picking seasonings too, but here’s a strategy that I picked up from the internet somewhere:

    1. Decide which basic flavor(s) you need
    2. Pick an ingredient that will satisfy one or more of those flavors.

    Here’s a baseline “basic flavors” that should always land you a flavorful meal:

    • heat (eg peppers, wasabe)
    • acid (fruit, vinegar)
    • salt (table salt, soy sauce)
    • fat (butter, bacon grease)

    But there’s a few others that might come in handy, like:

    • sweet (sugar, honey, fruit, many veggies)
    • mint (thyme, rosemary, basil, black pepper)
    • bitter (grapefruit, many veggies)
    • savory (soy sauce, meats)
    • whatever flavor alliums have (onions, garlic)

    Of course, figuring out which basic flavors you need is still a skill to develop, but this two-stage process helped me a lot. Plus, if you’re trying to stay traditional, then the second stage where you pick the ingredient may already be chosen for you. Mexican food needs acid? Lime. Italian needs heat? Red pepper flakes. Asian needs salt? Soy sauce.

    TL;DR: Don’t go straight to choosing ingredients you need, instead choose a basic flavor you need then pick ingredients that will satisfy that flavor.