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Re: 2/3 probably because I think I had more to say but it's super late

posted by [personal profile] enemyofperfect at 04:29am on 04/10/2019
Haha, oil + onions is how all of my recipes start! But omg, I admire you for trying deep frying! I've always been too convinced that I'd get it horribly wrong somehow. Maybe someday?

You know, I totally went back and forth about my phrasing in that sentence before settling for "making a difference". Maybe "slightly reducing your personal contribution to particularly harmful industries while giving yourself a tangible reminder of your values" would have been a better fit?

Anyway, I love your point about it making it easier for you to talk with other people and give them help and advice. Any individual action is obviously extremely limited in its effect, but maybe you can be part of a shift in the society-wide conversation. Or at least share some delicious recipes, I guess?
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posted by [personal profile] stunt_muppet at 08:20pm on 06/10/2019
The only thing I can recommend if you want to try deep frying is to make sure you have an oil/candy thermometer. Meat thermometers (which were what I had) don't get up to the temperatures you need for frying, and if the oil gets too hot then the outside of whatever you're frying crisps up before the inside cooks all the way. Plus, if the oil burns, you can't strain it and save it for later frying.

"Having a tangible reminder" is a very good way to put it! I keep feeling like I need to be doing more, taking more dramatic action and being more involved in local activist efforts, but at the same time I feel like if I try to go directly from "spending my free time mostly at home" to "trying to organize and participate on things on multiple weekdays - even perfectly legal action", then I'll burn out and go to meetings for two weeks and then stop after that.

I don't know. There's a lot to think about, and my thoughts aren't super organized, and now that I've finally got my life to a place that I'm happy with I worry that that comfort is a liability now. But I don't want to not be happy!

One day I'll have to actually trace my thoughts out about all of it.
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posted by [personal profile] enemyofperfect at 03:18am on 08/10/2019
Oh, thank you for the deep frying tip! The results would be so delicious if I could deep fry whatever I wanted...

Much sympathy on the whole doing what you can without burning out thing. If you ever do put your thoughts into words, I'd be interested in reading them!
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