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Cake day: June 29th, 2025
  • I’m obsessed with peanut butter. I’m also allergic to it. My constant consumption as a child helped reduce my once-moderate allergy to a mild one, according to my allergist.

    Which is why it was so wild for me when I temporarily became totally anosmic when I caught COVID. My mom has been completely anosmic the majority of my life, and as someone who loves to cook for her, I took advantage of my situation to quickly taste as many ingredients as possible and come up with recipes that would be more exciting for her.

    After trying the entire source rack, fresh garlic, salsas, hot sauces, pepper, lemons and lemon rinds, I got to peanut butter. Suddenly, my mouth and throat were on fire and there was an inescapable flavor of wood. That’s when I remembered that I’m still allergic to peanut butter.

  • Edit: whoops, I thought this was a different community. Ignore me.

    Yes, but no. [Not AI] tags would be just as much for your benefit as it would be for the poster’s. Until they become official tags in a mandatory field to post, someone who cuts corners is going to skip reading the rules and post without a tag. Or even if the onus were only on the “AI” posters, then they’ll miss or forget to check the box, select the tag, etc.

    Therefore, you’ll want to be able to sort by [Not AI], and then safely assume that anything else probably isn’t worth your time. Additionally, someone who uses AI and then intentionally abuses the [Not AI] tag could be assumed to have lied about anything else in their project, and should not be considered a trustworthy creator or worthwhile poster.

  • When quarantines hit and everyone was communicating via zoom, I offered to recycle people’s computers and destroy their old hard drives for free. I’d remove and drill multiple holes through the hard drives, vacuum/dust the computer, install a small, inexpensive HDD, and install Ubuntu.

    Then I’d install zoom and chrome (sorry) and then pair each computer with a wired mouse, keyboard, and webcam that I had laying around in bulk. Then I’d drop these computers off at shelters, elder communities, and religious institutions. Essentially, anywhere you’d find someone who didn’t have the means to contact family, attend an interview, or whatever.

    Recycling/upcycling old computers isn’t just good for the environment and your investment, it’s good for your community!