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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Just explain the recipe shit to me please

144 replies

speakingwoman · 03/09/2018 12:29

Just that. I am, I suspect, very slightly on the spectrum and I find it confusing and stress-inducing. It always reminds me of experiences of being bullied.

Is it something I should interpret as a signal that one or more pp is not in good faith?

Is there some positive intent behind it?

Please don’t reply by repeating it.

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Rufustheyawningreindeer · 03/09/2018 16:48

Ive lurked for a long time on FWR

Just dipping my toe in the water

Then i got a little bit frightened on a dr who thread and hid for a bit

I just find the vast majority of posters on here no matter what 'side' of any debate they are on to be clever and informative

Not everyone...specially not the midnight misogynist but the vast majority

And yeah there are 'jokes' that i still dont get (i get the recipes and that fucking awful thing of langs) but i don't understand why its always a problem on FWR...never on other threads

But never mind...im not convinced half of you exist and i really should wean myself of my mumsnet addiction ...bumped into my 15 year old this morning, last time i saw him he was 12

placemats · 03/09/2018 16:55

If a thread has the ending sentence:

Discuss.

I avoid it.

placemats · 03/09/2018 16:59

However, I'll happily promote fish finger sandwiches.

Off now to make my fabulous mash potato. The trick with it is to put the butter into the drained pan of potatoes and leave for a while, before you mash. Then add the milk during the mashing. Season to taste and give it a good stir with a wooden spoon.

sociopathsunited · 03/09/2018 17:03

Have you ever tried a potato ricer thing, placemats ? I've not, I do it the same way as you, but I've been told you get really fluffy mash from that.

Juells · 03/09/2018 17:06

My MiL used to add so much milk and butter to mash, then use an electric beater, in the finish it was like white runny slime. My gorge is rising even at the memory.

placemats · 03/09/2018 17:07

No. I refuse to spend money on a contraption that clearly doesn't work. I have no understanding of how mashed potatoes can be fluffy.

BarrackerBarmer · 03/09/2018 17:07

I agree that some posters are convincing, whether they are naturally gifted or have educated themselves to be such.
I think what is more important is the reader, and whether they possess the ability to follow logic, to reason reliably.
Without logic, the most emotionally compelling but illogical argument cannot reach those who can see the fatal flaw in the argument.

Without the subject matter to work with, persuasive people will only ever be able to persuade those who can't reason for themselves.

If all the most wonderfully articulate speakers tried to persuade me that 2+2=5, I wouldn't believe it, and if people I reviled told me 2+2=4 I couldn't reject that because I didn't respect the speaker.

I cannot accept that any person is actually 'trans', because I have concluded that it is physically impossible for a person to be physically one sex yet psychologically the other. And this is because I can see that there is a universal, immutable and unambiguous physical reproductive sex, yet there is not the same thing psychologically. There IS no universal psychological way to be female.

The most persuasive person in the world could not convince me that such a thing as an innate female psychology existed and was as universal to the female sex as say XX chromosomes, if they had no evidence to support that position.

And I cannot give credence to a logical fallacy, no matter who defends it. A person cannot be what they wish to be purely by declaring it so.

I cannot believe to be true that which I can already see to be false. No matter who insists it is so.

placemats · 03/09/2018 17:08

Slime potato mash is an abomination and should be condemned by everyone. Clearly your MIL didn't like you.

placemats · 03/09/2018 17:11

RatRolyPoly Sun 02-Sep-18 19:35:56
Oh for fuck sake, you've done WHAT now??

Christ alive, I am SO FUCKING ANGRY, for all your bleating about women and children it's quite clear from this you don't give a shit. You literally don't.

You have sold a fuck ton of vulnerable children whose parents may have come across that Q&A down the river in a MASSIVE fucking way, and for what? You'll tell me it was to protect the one sensitive girl who happens to brush shoulders with that rare trans child with enough confidence to change openly with the girls, and I say to you...

WHAT ABOUT ALL THE THOUSANDS OF OTHER CHILDREN YOU'VE JUST FUCKED OVER??

You're a fucking disgrace, all of you on this petty crusade. I hope MN are sick to the back teeth of you.

placemats · 03/09/2018 17:14

I'm all for using swear words as a means of expression and I do agree it may well indicate high intelligence.

However.

placemats · 03/09/2018 17:17

Mash potatoes should be the consistency of ice cream before it melts - it's used in ice cream adverts.

VickyEadie · 03/09/2018 17:21

I'm genuinely not derailing here, but as recipes are 'live' at the moment:

Does anyone have a simple recipe for a salad dressing with Thai flavours?

ChattyLion · 03/09/2018 17:26

Have you got the Nigel slater veg recipes book- he has a nice Thai salad dressing

ChattyLion · 03/09/2018 17:29

Just ignore the Nigel chat- the recipes are good- here’s the non veg version: amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2004/may/23/foodanddrink.shopping

speakingwoman · 03/09/2018 17:31

@ratrolypoly may I just say that I disagree with you about the trans debate but enjoy your contributions and enjoy debating with you.

You made a powerful point about the NSPCC thread which gave me pause.

Are you still a proud liberal feminist? I have been converted to radical feminism by this board but can remember where I came from as it were Smile.

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terryleather · 03/09/2018 17:31

Vicky

Not Thai but Nigella has an amazing recipe for Vietnamese Chicken Salad that I LOVE.

The dressing's really simple and if you add unripe sliced mango to it and top with chopped roasted salted peanuts and crispy onions it's amazing...

www.nigella.com/recipes/vietnamese-chicken-and-mint-salad

placemats · 03/09/2018 17:44

speakingwoman

Can I ask what question you put forward to the NSPCC?

I didn't put any myself because the questions had been already asked.

I noticed that Rat didn't ask any questions though.

VickyEadie · 03/09/2018 17:45

Thanks to terryleather and Chattylion - I shall investigate both these options before making this salad on Wednesday...

speakingwoman · 03/09/2018 17:47

Hi placemats I didn't put forward anything (wasn't aware of it~)

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placemats · 03/09/2018 17:52

When I were a lass, it was all about hanging out with my LGB friends and discussing Section 28. I was a Student Union rep, campaigned for abortion and divorce rights too - I was a student in Ireland. Trans issues I was very sympathetic to but it barely touched the surface. I disliked drag because I did know a couple of cross dressers - who also disliked it. They were quite the exhibitionists but I never felt threatened.

And, of course, I really enjoyed having lots of sex. I miss that now, but I'm getting on in life, and anyway, I'm happily single.

placemats · 03/09/2018 17:55

I volunteered in the Arts in a major city in Ireland so meeting people who were LGB was standard.

KatVonSweet · 03/09/2018 17:57

I didn't feel it was an "in joke" at all, the first time I saw it. I thought oh, they're derailing a troll.

I enjoy a good natter too. Buns all round

Floisme · 03/09/2018 17:59

Having once been on the receiving end of recipe riffing I am not a fan.

BettyDuMonde · 03/09/2018 18:01

VickyEadie

This kind of thing is pretty good - i’ve not tested these particular proportions but there are tons of similar recipes online and now I just judge by taste:

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1684/asian-slaw%3famp

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