@ElizB My speech is slightly off and I tend to talk out of the same side of my mouth as my good ear, so I get the occasional funny look. I have great difficulty with people with accents. That, and the people who try to over-enunciate to "help" FACEPALM
@ElizB I'm deaf on the left side, and my last name is at the end of the alphabet. I had a teacher who sat everyone front to back, alphabetically, in descending order. So, I wound up in the back of the classroom with my good ear facing the wall. But that was okay, she would shout and over-enunciate when speaking to me. Just what every child wants, to have their problems brought attention to.
I had a doctor basically nod his head up and down, and over enunciate.... It took all my strength to get through that and not whack him on the head and tell him to hold his darn head still and speak normally and clearly!
@ElizB I actually prefer nasty people to the ones who try to help. At least they treat you like everybody else, poorly. It's the do-gooders that I can't stand. God save us from the condescending compassion of those who torment us with the full assent of their consciences.
When someone realizes I can't hear, and gets embarrassed, they'll often turn white and say "I'm so sorry!". I typically say "it's not your fault" We both laugh, and nobody is offended or embarassed
@RichardU Yeah, heh. That's usually the first thing acquaintances try to get out of me. I don't do that :P or i teach them something benign when they think it's naughty. I get a laugh out of that
@ElizB I can curse people out in French, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, German, ASL, and Japanese... oh, and English too, but that's not as much fun
@ElizB LOL, well, it's the first things that people teach you. Often times, in the hopes that they can get you to accidentally say something embarrassing.
@AJ I can tell someone that they should have an unnatural relationship with their mother, sister, or a goat, for example.
At one place, my Indian coworkers sort of adopted me, and thought it would be funny to teach me how to curse
@RichardU I do use humor to keep ridiculous stuff at bay as well, but like I said I am way too serious to behave like a clown :) being a clown works for you, but not for me :)
@AJ well, it stared with one of my coworkers talking about another one (who's name I didn't know at that point) being named Ashok. The way they said it (also on my bad side), sounded like a curse word in German. Then, we ended up teaching each other.....
@AJ I'll have to check that on my phone. Youtube is blocked at work.
@ElizB Well, it's also to put forth an air of harmlessness. If people don't think you're a threat, they tend to leave you alone. It also provides you with a bit of an element of surprise if you ever need one. Nobody expects you to be able to go from silly to deadly serious.
@RichardU Yeah, heh. I do that sometimes, because when I joke around sometimes people don't expect it, and I make it sound serious, then change in a few seconds.
I have very hectic schedule. I do not get time to read new subjects. I am working as teaching assistant for a subject which is very new to me. Material to teach arrives my email from mentor, just on the night before my presentation day and I prepare in hurry manner.
Students in the class are ve...
I'm a really introverted person and conversations can quickly feel quite exhausting and mentally draining for me. Of course I like to have a social life and enjoy it to have nice chitchats with friends, acquaintance, colleagues, etc. - too a certain extend. But there are some extremely talkative ...
Google is trying to tell me that air frying is still bad for you, like deep frying is, and I feel like every article I'm reading is making confusing statements to try to convince me of that. O.o Anyone here happen to be an expert on food science?
Oh, maybe I should see if that question has been asking on the cooking SE
I am a huge fan of how quickly and consistently this air fryer cooks food. xD And it involves zero oil, but I'm seeing articles saying that it's not good to cook things at the 300-400 degree (F) range...but baking cooks at that kind of temperature too, which they recommend as a healthier alternative?
@Tinkeringbell Yeah, that's the best theory that I have so far, too...but then why would they recommend baking as an alternative? When I bake I also cook at similar temperatures as this air fryer, sometimes slightly higher!
But I guess I can see why sauteeing and stuff would be better
@Tinkeringbell Yeah, I saw that article, but it seemed pretty weak to me. The part that talks about "other potentially harmful compounds" concluded with "further research is needed," so that ultimately wound up sounding kinda propaganda-y to me. And the next section, talking about a host of other problems, conveniently left out the word "air" in front of the word "frying," which leads me to be suspicious of what was actually studied. You're right, though, it sure is!
@TheTinyMan Overall, I'd say airfrying is healthier than deep-frying... And maybe a little less healthy than cooking stuff or eating it raw. Depending on how often you use your fryer vs. other methods of cooking, I'd say don't worry ;)
@Tinkeringbell Well I'm thinking about using an air fryer to replace other methods of cooking for like 75% of my meals. The only thing that seems healthier to me is sauteeing and steaming. I'm told that boiling food removes the nutrients really badly too, and grilling and baking seem to have all the same problems, plus the problem of being slow, and of course, deep frying loads the food up with unhealthy stuff AND has all the same problems.
I asked about it in chat in cooking.SE but it seems like a ghost town over there xD
Yeah, I struggle enough to identify what is or isn't OT here, I thought I'd go straight to chat for advice on whether or not the question would be OT there
Hey, everyone! I'm a regular at IPS, and am also known to cook, albeit poorly. :-) I've got a question and I'm not sure if it works better as an SE question or a chat question, about air fryers and healthiness. :-)
Basically - is air frying a food similarly healthy as baking or grilling that same food would be? I've seen a bunch of articles that claim that it's only a small step up from deep frying, but most of them seem to describe weaknesses, like cooking temperature, that also exist (or exist, worse) with something like baking or grilling.
I hate SE's aversion to questions that inspire discussion. :-P
I thought it wasnt gonna rain till 4-5pm, and it's 2:45. Looking at the looming clouds and the hourly weather.... it's gonna rain at about 3pm to 7pm. I usually go home around 5pm. whoopee. XP
looks like i'll be stuck in the rain even if I dash out the door now.
Also a good way to save money. No more school bills, because I got kicked out because I got someone with a nerf blaster during the last week of my internship.
Not sure how to approach this question so please bear with me.
Every member of my family, including me, has a problem with my father's behaviour. I am trying to find a way to solve it.
Background
Simply put, my father comes home after work and immediately reaches for the beer. He drinks 5-6 ca...
I have very hectic schedule. I do not get time to read new subjects. I am working as teaching assistant for a subject which is very new to me. Material to teach arrives my email from mentor, just on the night before my presentation day and I prepare in hurry manner.
Students in the class are ve...
Not sure how to approach this question so please bear with me.
Every member of my family, including me, has a problem with my father's behaviour. I am trying to find a way to solve it.
Background
Simply put, my father comes home after work and immediately reaches for the beer. He drinks 5-6 ca...
