Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!
This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.
It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:
- Something interesting that happened to you
- Something humourous that happened to you
- Something frustrating that happened to you
- A quick question
- A request for recommendations
- Pictures of your pet
- A picture of a cloud that kind of looks like an elephant
- Anything else, there are no rules (except the rule)
So how’s it going?
I thought I’d better post an update about the Lemmy.nz census. I have been working on analysing the data and writing a post, but there’s probably still a while before I’ll be done. There’s quite a lot to get through.
Also, if anyone knows any good tools for generating graphs then let me know! I’m using LibreOffice Calc as an excuse to learn how to use it, and it’s graphs aren’t that great. I can break out Excel if I have to but to be fair Excel graphs aren’t much better.
Fudge, I forgot to complete it! I got halfway through and started having an existential crisis about my identity ha ha and thought I’ll come back later and fix this.
Well in you hop then, while I’m sorting out how to do graphs. I’ve removed the expiry so you can finish your submission.
Anyone else can hop in too if you haven’t done it, as long as you’re quick 🙂
Thanks! Done!
Great, I’m back to questioning my identity and I’d forgotten the other super hard question in there, dessert. 😃
Haha I copied that from the Lemmy.ca one, I thought it would be interesting to see any differences!
If anyone else wants to do it and hasn’t had a chance, I’ll leave it open until tonight or whenever I next get back to doing the data analysis.
How come no one paired bubbly with ice cream for adult-spiders?
I did it when I was in my 20s a few times and I hated it. Tasted suspiciously like vomit.
However I did not give up there. The grown up spider/icecream soda involves tonic water, french vanilla icecream, crushed strawberries and a dash of gin, imo.
I like how you hated it so much, you tried it multiple times 😆
I can’t stomach anything with tonic water. It must be an acquired taste because it’s so bad.
What can I say, I was young and it feels like it should work so I kept thinking maybe the champagne wasn’t good enough, maybe it works better with dry instead of sweet, etc.
If you hate tonic, maybe substitute one of those fancy Fever Tree club sodas then?
To be honest, the whole thing doesn’t sound that appetising to me! I’m just not a big spider fan in general, so swapping the tonic probably wouldn’t help.
Makes sense. I still really love plain lemonade ones, feels like a treat for me.
Ok, maybe I’d go for a lemonade one if it was offered 😆
If you search with the term “ice cream float” instead of “spider”, there are plenty of recipes!
E.g.
- https://www.confessionsofachocoholic.com/recipes/champagne-ice-cream-floats
- https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/4-wine-cream-floats/
- https://www.lemonsforlulu.com/rose-sparkling-wine-float/
I’m not willing to try it since I don’t like wine, but I encourage you to give it a go and report back!
Thanks this is awesome! I won’t share it with my wife, however
“15 Minutes of Fame”
Andy Warhol once said, everyone will eventually get their “15 Minutes of Fame”.
Still waiting for mine …
Be careful what you wish for. Mine was when half my hometown started telling my mother they saw me stuffing my face with chips in the background of a One News report when I was meant to be in class.
