Butchery

Russia is resorting to even more meat waves now as they’ve started to run out of mothballed equipment to press back into service. That’s why you see more insane things like motorcycle assaults in daylight against fortified positions and singletons running around on the battlefield.

Russia still might win but the loss of life is going to be beyond belief. But apparently they are ok with it.

Tumpestuous

AITA for telling my vegan friend I donโ€™t want to come over for Thanksgiving Dinner?

Because of a girl I was dating, I did a vegetarian (not vegan) Thanksgiving one year. The crucial point was we didn’t try to make anything that mimicked another food. And it helped that she was (like me) a good cook. She asked me if I’d be willing to try it and I think was surprised I said yes. (She would’ve been ok if I’d said no.) But shit, I’ll try anything that won’t wind up with me in prison, a buncha people dead or Putin serving me a polonium pie.

I don’t remember what all we made but every bit of it was great. I didn’t miss the meat at all, though I’d not want to do a veggie Thanksgiving every year. I do recall we made some sort of nutty stuffing that was quite delectable.

You can do a lot with mushrooms and nuts, for sure.

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