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  • xploittoWikipediaGreat Pacific Garbage Patch
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    18 days ago

    Fuck it, we should just claim it as new land and start a new nation. With blackjack and hookers… And maybe no billionaires? Edit: I was wrong, I should have said all the billionaires, so we get to use the real world.


  • About 5-6 places in my vicinity (within 10-15min driving distance) or along our commute/travel routes, any longer than that is a waste of time imo. Plus a fancy kebab in Nanaimo - though I don’t count that, it wasn’t a typical doner kebab, it was proper roasted lamb, which I personally hate in comparison, but my wife enjoyed it so I can’t call it bad objectively, and they didn’t have anything advertising what they actually sell as we went in seeing the stellar reviews (no pictures just people raving about it and the portion was decent for the meat quality)

    Since then I occasionally look at kebab places’ menus wherever we drive in lower mainland and majority don’t even have a typical lamb doner meat, its usually mostly beef and absolutely no lamb in it. Out of the few that do even list it as an option, there’s currently only one on my list of places to try, but the reviews seem to be a bit negative lately.

    By comparison, there were about 3-4 separate kebab vans near my commute routes or within 5-10min drive in UK that I’ve frequented over the years, plus tried another 4-5 shops and out of those only couple of shops that changed management had become shit. According my family members still there, one even managed to turn it back around.

    Funny story; when we visited NYC several years back, I decided to check whether the situation is any better. It surprisingly wasn’t, there was only one place that seemed to serve something I could compare to UK meat or portion wise according to reviews and it was completely out of our way (we only had a few days, all walking/public transport) so unfortunately didn’t get to try. Also apparently it was some guy who kept going out of business and having to start new restaurants again, so he was known to people who enjoy a good kebab, which is a bit of shame.



  • I haven’t seen a decent kebab shop in Metro Vancouver yet. I could count on my Turkish brothers in their van parked next to supermarket in UK to hook me up anytime after 5pm.
    Here they skimp on meat and you’re still hungry even if you order the largest portion. Also the meat is shit in comparison to even the worst kebab I had in UK


  • Had the same issue, tried cleaning them off the leaves (didn’t have insecticidal soap though) which helped a bit, but they eventually came back (Metro Van, so slightly different conditions).
    Kept killing them by hand regularly, which allowed the pepper to survive but no new leaves would make it as they were instantly attacked by the bugs and dried out.

    In the end, I just had to chuck the pepper after getting 1 little habanero off it 😑 I haven’t come across a silver bullet solution when searching, so hopefully someone with positive experience can chime in.


  • xploittoCooking Tomato harvest
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    29 days ago

    I’d imagine they are so heavily doused in ethylene or whatever else is used these days, that it continues to evaporate from the peel and affects other produce…would be nice to hear an answer from OP though










  • xploittoMemes@sopuli.xyzLEARN YOU PIECE OF SHIT
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    2 months ago

    It’s been bad for me ever since they wanted to “use” more of my data including relating to keyboard (like the fucking don’t already) and if you “rejected” then it wouldn’t use your history LOL.
    Auto-complete keyboard suggestions pretend to no longer even know my name when I sign emails or complete some web forms…