• Deacon@lemmy.world
      3·
      16 days ago

      I might almost consider if we were to pretend OK Computer was their debut, but even that just don’t feel right. I still love most of what they’ve put out since then and they can still kick it on stage.

      This is pure ragebait for a certain (my) demographic and I love it.

      • Starik@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
        2·
        16 days ago

        I thought the consensus was that they were like the Beatles, in that they initially made more mainstream songs (that they’re semi-embarrassed of today) in order to have the freedom to make better, more creative music later in their career.

        I have no opinion.

        • Deacon@lemmy.world
          2·
          16 days ago

          I’ve viewed it as artistic progression, plain and simple, similar to the Beatles, but I think we’re basically saying the same thing.

          I kind of split the Beatles into before and after Revolver. Revolver is a truly brilliant album that also acts as a nice bridge between the two major eras that I think of the Beatles run. Their Beatle-Mania Pop Sensation era culminating (masterfully) in Rubber Soul on one side, their Concept era on the other. And Revolver an era unto itself; the Beatles Fully Embrace Getting Weird era.

          I feel like OK computer represents a similar point in Radiohead’s artistry to Revolver.

          But in both cases, I think these are more milestones in their artistic ability than an intentional shift leveraging their previous success. But I’m not sure you meant that this was intentional on their part, so I may just be agreeing with your nonopinion in a ruminative meandering way.

    • cujo255@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      15 days ago

      My toddler has loved dark chocolate since they were like one when we first offered sweets, sometimes this doesn’t work out lol

  • Hegar@fedia.io
    5·
    16 days ago

    Maybe 2 years ago my partner had to explain to me that most people actually prefer milk chocolate, so when i buy dark chocolate as presents it’s not actually appreciated.

    I’ve always preferred dark chocolate because it’s just so obviously better, and presumed everyone else did too. Finding out that most people like worse chocolate was quite a surprise🤷

    • hark@lemmy.world
      2·
      15 days ago

      I love dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, all of it. I don’t get the elitism over a matter of taste.

    • farmgineer@nord.pubEnglish
      1·
      16 days ago

      Most dark chocolate I’ve had sucks the moisture completely out of my mouth and leaves just bitterness. It’s not an enjoyable experience at all. Cacao percentage plays a role, but anything north of around 75% I can’t stand at all.

    • Cardigans@lemmy.zip
      0·
      16 days ago

      Interesting, I’ve been under the impression for a while that most people prefer dark chocolate.

  • frog@feddit.uk
    4·
    16 days ago

    Shoutout to all my peeps who are the only one in their family to like mint chocolate chip ice cream!

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
      3·
      16 days ago

      Funnily enough, hardcore liquor doesn’t seem to affect them much.

      I was 21, and poured myself a shot of Bacardi 151. This is a liquor so strong they stopped making it because people were going to the hospital. Jack Danials whisky is 80 proof. Bacardi 151 is 151 proof. So just barely shy of being twice as strong as Jack Danials.

      Anyways, I pour myself a shot, and don’t drink it. I get up, go to the kitchen to see if I still have any gatoraide left.

      I come back with 2 bottles, and my shot is gone. I’m like “…I know I didn’t drink it…” and I was failing to think of a reasonable explaination for what just happened. Then I see my cat looking at the end of the table looking guilty. I was like “OH GOD NO!!!”

      But it was 4am. There are no vets open at 4am.

      I was like “Well, I don’t know what to tell you. Even if a vet were open, I’m waaaay too drunk to drive right now. You better just stay alive, you sneaky little shit. Oh…I don’t mean that. I don’t want that to be the last thing I say to you. Come here, let me hug you.”

      And she vomited all over me. And I said “Hopefully thats good. C’mon, lets go feed you some more food so you can vomit more.”

      She wouldn’t eat. I stayed up until 7am, called the taxi place (because this story was in 2003 before uber), and told them I needed an emergancy taxi. And explained why.

      The vet saw her, and said one shot of alcohol wasn’t enough to kill a cat. I explained how strong this stuff was, but he said she wouldn’t die.

      She did however hate all noise for the next day, and prefered darkness. And then I realized “oh my god, my cat is legitimately hung over…”

      The day after that she was fine. And I never left open alcohol near her ever again. Not even beer.

      • palordrolap@fedia.io
        21·
        16 days ago

        I got nerd sniped by 151 being “nearly twice as strong” as 80. Not because 151 isn’t 160, but because you can’t get stronger than pure ethanol at 200 proof. (Other alcohols, additives and dehydrating agents notwithstanding.)

        From a certain perspective then, 200 proof would count as infinitely strong, and that’s reflected in the difficulty that exists in distilling pure ethanol. This is a lot like the amount of effort required to reach light speed, so maybe “relativistic” mathematics is required here.

        Sooo, from this particular ~reference frame~ perspective, 151 is about “twice” 91 proof, and “twice” 80 proof is about 138, assuming I haven’t messed up the calculations.

        And if my even sketchier algebra is right, 151 proof is about 2.324 “times” 80 proof.

        (This would have been a lot funnier if 151 had turned out to be exactly “twice” 80 under this system, but alas it is not.)

  • EnsignWashout@startrek.website
    2·
    15 days ago

    I’m pretty sure this is the real reason my taste for spicy food advanced so far after I became a parent.

    It’s nice to have a snack that the kid won’t loot and empty.

  • not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    31·
    15 days ago

    i genuinely genuinely don’t get this, like is there a joke, I’m missing? it seems like the most random mundane exchange

    • Joelk111@lemmy.world
      6·
      15 days ago

      Kids don’t generally like dark chocolate. It isn’t really a new or groundbreaking joke, but it is a joke. I make the joke often when I buy something my partner doesn’t like or vis versa.

      • Tiral@lemmy.world
        1·
        15 days ago

        I think it wasn’t very clear what it was trying to convey. But yeah, after explanation it makes sense.

    • BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      15 days ago

      My interpretation is that she doesn’t actually like the taste of dark chocolate all that much, but she gets to have it all to herself since no one else likes it. She enjoys one of the very few things she gets to have all for herself.