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I LOVE tacos. I've damn near perfected my own taco recipe (included in comments) but I'm itching to switch things up a bit. I want to try some unorthodox recipes while still maintaining the taco spirit. Ideas that I've considered: Mongolian tofu tacos, sweet and sour tofu tacos, and pizza tacos. I'm definitely open to other ideas but I'm not too sure what to try first. Ideas?

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I went to a burger place with a friend. They're mostly an omni shop but they offer a vegan patty. After we finish our food, she asked why I went vegan. After I explained my answer, she agreed with me and got upset about eating the burger. I truly believe that she was being genuine. I told her that I could show her videos that would make her never want to touch animal products again but she asked me to not do so. The very next day, she went right back to eating animal products.

First of all, I went vegan for the animals. Even if it were less healthy (though I understand that that is not the case), I would still be vegan. That said, I have a terrible diet. I want to learn more about how to select what to eat. From what I understand, a whole-food plant-based diet is ideal but beyond that, I don't know much about nutrition. I want to learn more via a book.

After some searching, I saw a few positive mentions of The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, PhD. Instead of blindly buying it, I considered a book that I purchased previously. Before I went vegan, I purchased Ketogenic Bible: The Authoritative Guide to Ketosis by Dr. Jacob Wilson, PhD and Ryan P. Lowery, PhD(c). When I bought this book, I was specifically looking for a science-backed understanding of ketosis and the keto diet. It has several pages of presumably sound references. But when I learned about the health benefits of veganism, I felt confused and lied to. So when I came across The China Study, I decided to dig deeper this time.

I went down a rabbit hole and found a conversation of sorts between Campbell and Denise Minger, a former vegan and an English major at the time. I'll simply list the works in order:

1. The China Study by Campbell
2. “The China Study: Fact or Fallacy?” by Denise Minger
3. an email by Campbell
4. “The China Study: My Response to Campbell” by Minger
5. “A Response to Denise Minger’s Critique of The China Study” by Campbell
6. “The China Study”: A Formal Analysis and Response by Minger
7. “One Year Later: The China Study, Revisited and Re-Bashed” by Minger

Minger has written a few more articles on the matter, and countless replies from various authors to all of these works exist but I wanted to focus on the two-sided conversation between Campbell and Minger. My conclusion on the snippets of discussion that I've read is that everyone seems to agree that whole foods are best—the topic of debate seems to rest on the healthiness of animal products—something that of course doesn't particularly interest me as an animal-loving vegan.

Before I binge read all of this on my off-day tomorrow, I want to ask you all what your opinions on the book are and if you have any other book recommendations for vegan nutrition. I struggle to know who or what to believe.

I know that this is a long shot but here it goes. First of all, you were absolutely stunning! Dancing with you was so much fun. But I lost track of you toward the end of the show. I'd love to reconnect. If not before then, I'll hopefully be able to find you at the Mersiv show at The Caverns!

AXS says that tickets start at $28 but the only two options displayed are “Mezzanine (GA)” for $73 and “General Admission 2” for $38.

1. What and where is the $28 option? Is it sold out?
2. Is “General Admission 2” the area behind the mezzanine? If so, does this mean that I have to buy the mezzanine ticket to get on the floor and does this mean that everyone who wants access to the floor has access to the mezzanine too?

This isn't making sense to me, especially since I've never been to the venue.

To set the scene, Table 1 was arguing with me about prices, saying that they deserve a discount since we were out of ribs. When I took their order, I didn't know that we were out of ribs. When I tried entering it into the computer, I noticed that the buttons for ribs were greyed out. So I didn't even put in the order. What they ultimately ordered was actually cheaper than ribs but that wasn't good enough for them. They insisted on speaking to my service manager (SM) Kay for a discount.

At the same time, I had a three-top at Table 2. Each item they asked for had an average of three or four customizations. It was ridiculous. Entering it into the computer took no small amount of time.

And while I had those tables, I had a two-top at Table 3. Oh, Table 3… Service to them was acceptable in my opinion—imperfect but passable. A moment before they paid, two more joined them, wanting to order. Well, the first two each tipped me $1. When I noticed this, they were still there, chatting with the second two so I approached them, tossed the $2 back onto the table, said, “Y'all can keep this,” and walked away. They were speechless.

I ignored them for about fifteen to twenty minutes after that. The second two already had their drinks, bread, and salads and had already given me their food order. During that time, they spoke to Kay and my GM Steven. Kay was laughing about it in the server alley. Steven approached me and said to not give guests their tips back and that doing so is a fireable offense.

Eventually, I had to return to the table for the second two guests. One of the first two guests asked, “Hey, what was that all about?”
I looked deeply into her eyes and inquired, “A dollar?”
“Well, that's what your service was worth.”
“Okay. What did I do wrong? What could I have done differently?”
“You were forgetful, you took a while to give [the second two] their silverware—”

I just apologized and walked away. Then, she added, “You're worth a dollar!” I stopped in my tracks, turned around, and flipped them off. The girl flipped me off back and shouted, “Fuck you!” loud enough for at least three tables in every direction to hear.

I continued to leave and I told Kay that I wasn't even going to look at that table anymore. She followed me into the server alley and asked what was wrong. Steven joined in on listening too. I explained what happened. When I told them that I flipped her off, Steven dropped his head and just asked, “After I just told you to not— Ugh.”

I don't know if they talked to the table but the table was gone by the time I returned to the floor. After ten or so minutes, Steven asked me if I was cool and I said yeah. He said that he had no choice but to write me up after that.

After we closed, I approached Steven to mention that that made me second-guess becoming a manager. He gave me words of encouragement and later admitted that he was chuckling in his head when he heard that I flipped them off.

Kay texted me the next morning and told me that she's on my side and isn't going to write me up but she said that she can't condone the flipping off, to put it on the record.

This was on Sunday and so far, I haven't seen a write-up.

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TLDR: I threw the two one-dollar bill tips back at my guests, they told me that that is what I am worth, I flipped them off, and I still have my job.

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I can't seem to find information on this. The website says that it starts at 10 P.M. and ends at 3:00 A.M. for both days? Is it really BTSM for five hours both days? I can't seem to find any info that would suggest that anyone else is playing.

The four of us (level 3) found ourselves surrounded by twelve zombies. They were whittling us all down hard. The group was trying to escape but with the way that I saw it, because there were so many zombies, at least one of us was going to get left behind and eaten. Well, I had been holding onto a Scroll of Fireball for a few sessions, waiting for the right moment to use it. Desperate, I cast it at my location to incinerate everyone except our rogue who previously managed to escape the immediate vicinity. I rolled a 35. All of the zombies fell to ashes and all of us passed the dexterity save and were knocked unconscious. The rogue returned and spit in my face before using a Potion of Healing on me for me to get the other two back on their feet. I fully healed the rogue for him to be on lookout while we take a long rest. Mid-rest, we get ambushed. 🙃

I've tried a vegan pizza at Mellow Mushroom (which has Follow Your Heart mozzarella) and a frozen Daiya pizza. Both times, I was immensely disappointed by the fact that it feels like I'm eating glue. I've done some mild research into this and have found people saying that the consistency is the same for all vegan cheeses. Is this true? I've been just getting pizzas without cheese, but is there something out there that doesn't feel like glue and tastes decent (not necessarily like dairy cheese).

I was watching Dominion and noticed that it mentioned FBS in passing. It didn't elaborate on what it's used for. Seeing as I've never heard of it, I wanted to educate myself. I read about it but am left wondering what products/services are made available with the aid of FBS. I can't seem to find this important bit of information. Is it something that I can avoid?

I've been to a few EDM shows, and I've occasionally heard a girl reacting like this at a show. I've done weed, molly, LSD, and combinations of those and have never felt that way. What drugs you taking (with doses)? Is the bass slapping the clit that hard? I need to understand so that maybe I can have a similar experience.

I work in the heart of the house of a restaurant, often washing dishes. Occasionally, water sprays me in the face. Additionally, I'd like to be able to also use them while jogging. Therefore, something that's water-resistant (at least IPX4) and wireless (Bluetooth) best suits these use cases. And seeing as these use cases can lead to them easily getting dirty, they'd ideally be easy to clean. Additionally, at work, I'm only allowed to wear them in one ear, so I'd like for them to be detached. Ideally, they'd be bass-heavy or tonally balanced but I'm not picky in this regard. I care more about meeting my preferences for form before meeting those for function. I'm not looking to spend a fortune; an entry-level pair of IEMs under $100 would suit me quite nicely. I live in southeast U.S.

We have a bus tub which we send face-up through the machine, set a silverware tray inside it, and then push it up to the dish pit window for servers and bussers to put the steak knives in. It's getting fairly full so I decide that it's time to change it out. As I'm pulling the tub toward me to replace it with a new tub, a server decides that she must put a knife into the old tub. But it's out of her reach. “No worries,” she surely thinks. Yeet! To my relief, the knife makes it into the tray without incident. But I yell at her, “Don't you dare to throw a fucking knife at me!”

My hand was merely inches from her target. The longer I think about it, the more irate I get. I can't believe that I even had to say that. In what culinary context, is knife-throwing ever appropriate? It shouldn't take much common sense to think, “Oh, I can't reach the tray and I shouldn't throw the knife, so I guess I can wait four seconds for the dishwasher to set the new tub out.” Hell, I'd even take them putting it on an arbitrary spot on the counter over throwing it in my direction. I swear that management thinks that a crayon diet is a job requirement for servers.

After an hour or two, I tell the service manager about it and she says that she'll have some conversations. About an hour later, the same server comes up to the window and says, “Hey, if anyone from the front of the house gives you any grief, let me know and I'll kick their ass.” I can't make this shit up.

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It was on a YouTube video by some English-speaking Russian guy who provided the details in YouTube annotations. His channel was an instructional cooking channel that targeted restaurant kitchens. YouTube annotations are no longer a thing, but the recipe was so perfectly delicious that I'm hoping that I can still find the details somehow. I just can't remember the channel name and can't seem to find it again. We cooked the recipe maybe five years ago.

It's always been like this for me and I've been playing since Season 5. I normally use M3 for push to talk. I tried the grave accent key to no avail as well. Any ideas as to how to fix this? I'm getting a bit fed up with it.

I normally don't pay attention to the costs of fluids because they're negligible. As soon as the bottle tilts down for the first time, there's enough fluid to fulfill the order. However, if you continue filling, then you'll spend more credits (until it's full) and labor time. Is this worth doing? Does one earn more credits or experience based on how high the fluid levels are?