Interestingly, I find it easier to get omnis to try weird vegetarian stuff if I don't bill it as fake meat.

Once I had a dinner guest and I made seitan au vin. He asked what it was, and I said, "Seitan au vin'. He asked what it was supposed to be, and I described it as a sort of high-protein wheat dumpling in a garlicky wine sauce. He said "It's not supposed to be some kind of meat?" and I said, "No, it's just seitan". He said "Oh, ok" and happily chowed down.

It's like carob. Carob is quite tasty. It's a fruit, it's sweet. But if people tell you it is chocolate it tastes disgusting.

It's like if your pour yourself a nice glass of root beer and it turns out to be coke.

Uncanny valley. It works on food as well as people.

There are great ways to make tofu. Molding it to look like a turkey doesn't help. If you want to make a cashew pie, call it that. Don't lie and call it cheese cake. Make the food you are making. Don't lie about what you've made. It doesn't taste the same and people feel like you used spoiled ingredients when you lie.

The reason tofu exists is so that people don't look ridiculous drinking sauces from the bottle.

• Everywhere you turn, incomprehensible ironies and unforeseeable happenstance… WHO COULD HAVE KNOWN???

• Stick with this joke video for a few seconds; it gels nicely.

• Masks.

• Loving neighbors video.

This had "revenge" in the title; it's about a teen who made a false accusation against the camp staff and almost got away with it. Therefore, the very last part was nasty and a bit disappointing at the same time, but the whole thing is still quite worth reading. At least the idiot PARENTS seem to have learned something...

"Fat Camp Hitler" - about 7 pages; I forget -

https://imgur.com/a/EHR0Q

Lenona, different link.

Aargh.

https://imgur.com/a/EhR0Q

The funny thing about vegan food products is that they go amazingly well when you pair them with animal-based food products.

That dried textured soy protein? They're amazing at sucking the grease and the flavors of those lovely skinless pork sausage links. Plus, they add also bulk to recipes like Picadillo and Chilli Con Carne.

"Best of..." columns, from 2010. These are about race.

I like the comments on LW2, in particular. Dickinson's reply was ok, but not direct or sharp enough. She seemed to have trouble getting her lips around the word "rude." Or "personal." Granted, half the population today might say: "Huh? Privacy? What's THAT?"

Thankfully, one commentator got it exactly right:

"I was always taught it is rude to ask personal questions. Would you walk up to someone and ask how much they weigh?"

https://www.arcamax.com/healthandspirit/lifeadvice/askamy/s-2338514?fs

Oh, and LW3 is really good.

> I like the comments on LW2

That called to mind this tweet:

Jax ⚡️ @Diamond_Jax

(I am 6 months pregnant)

Me after ordering my coffee:

Stranger at Starbucks: you know you should be drinking decaf when you’re pregnant.

Me: I’m... not pregnant.

Stranger: (horrified) I am so, so sorry!

And that’s what you get for giving unsolicited advice.

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