At Least the Hipsters Left it Alone

by | Oct 15, 2022 | Beer, Food & Drink, Markets, Musings | 298 comments

Since it came up multiple times I will answer the question everyone asked:  that was indeed the worlds largest pistachio.

Although, I have no way to verify that claim.

This is my review of Kneedeep Brewing No Seeds|No Stems Triple IPA:

One of everyone’s favorite topics of contention is identifying the objective standards put forth in determining what is in fact, the best hot sauce.  It’s probably better than trying to figure out how your hot sauce is determinative of your sex life.  I’m not going to take a position on this matter, other than to say the best is obviously Tapatio.  Its a real product, made by real people, entertained by real Mariachis.

Whatever standard these are determined, whether it be the PPM count of vinegar, barrel aging, preference for habanero, its availability in an MRE (damn you Tabasco), or the fact you’re a nutcase that buys the green version of everything, we can at least agree what is being sold is genuine, right?

Wrong.  Authenticity is paramount, to the point in this case the courts need to get involved.

They claim that because the products are labeled as “Texas Products” people are being tricked into buying Texas Pete.

“Defendant has cheated its way to a market-leading position in the $3 billion-dollar hot-sauce industry at the expense of law-abiding competitors and consumers nationwide who desire authentic Texas hot sauce and reasonably, but incorrectly, believe that is what they are getting when they purchase Texas Pete,” the suit reads.

This guy does have point.  After all every chow hall I have had the um, “privilege” of eating had a bottle of Texas Pete at the table. Presumably due to the overwhelming number of Texans in the military.  Plus every Texan that chose to engage in the best hot sauce ever litigation always defended Texas Pete as if it were a real Texas thing—though it is not.  Quite frankly, the Texas Pete people have stated as such on their website:

Legend has it that, when Sam Garner and his three sons, Thad, Ralph and Harold, were trying to come up with a brand name for this spicy new sauce they had created, a marketing advisor suggested the name “Mexican Joe” to connote the piquant flavor reminiscent of the favorite foods of our neighbors to the south. “Nope!” said the patriarch of the Garner family. “It’s got to have an American name!” Sam suggested they move across the border to Texas, which also had a reputation for spicy cuisine. Then he glanced at son Harold, whose nickname was “Pete” and the Texas Pete cowboy was born.

It would appear they intended to lie about the origins from the beginning by misrepresenting it as Mexican.  If not for my distaste for the frivolous nature of our loser pays civil court system leaving me no choice but hope they throw it out of court, I know which way I would rule.

 

Knee Deep Brewing created a genuine product with their No Seeds|No Stems Triple IPA as this beer contains neither seeds nor stems.  Too bad though, it might have improved it a bit had they lead me to believe the fizzy blast of booze and bitter fruit followed by an almost nauseating aftertaste was a byproduct of trying to infuse it with cannabis.  That said, it is exactly what it says it is and it is indeed an IPA. I had it when I finally got a free evening to watch the Beavis and Butthead reboot, so it seemed appropriate enough to be the only thing disappointing about the evening.   10% ABV, 90 IBU. Kneedeep Brewing No Seeds|No Stems Triple IPA: 2.0/5

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298 Comments

  1. KSuellington

    There is no “best” hot sauce as if you enjoy the heat then you really need at least three types in your cupboard (not your fridge dammit!). But these guys produce some of the best stuff out there, particularly if you enjoy it very spicy. !Muy saborosa!

    https://www.shopelyucateco.com/

    • KSuellington

      Everything they make is great, but their Caribbean Habanero and the Kutbil-Ik XXXtra Hot are special and both pack plenty of heat.

    • Fourscore

      Taco Bell Mild is the only hot sauce that’ll ever pass the test for a guy in the North Woods. I grow hot peppers but even my wife is complaining about the heat. She knows her hot sauce, as well.

      • KSuellington

        Heheh, I actually really like the Taco Bell mild and hot sauces. But then again that is my favorite fast food joint. I get made fun of by my family plenty because of that. 2 tostadas, 2 regular crunchy tacos, and 2 soft tacos with a Coke is a great meal now and then.

      • Suthenboy

        A while back I used some boxes to pack things away. Step-son’s buddy worked at Taco Bell and gave us the boxes. Printed on the boxes: “Grade C Ground Beef But Fit for Human Consumption”

        I make my own tacos.

        Hot sauce: Tabasco for heat, Louisiana Hot sauce for pepper flavor. Also, grow and pickle your own Tabasco peppers for use on beans/peas etc.
        It isn’t just about the hot, the pepper flavor is just as important. Habeneros are pretty damned good too in both departments.

        *Make taco meat. Spoon onto a won-ton wrapper. Wet your finger and dampen the edges of the wrapper. Roll up lengthwise and twist ends like a tootsie roll wrapper. Deep fry at 350F for about 3 minutes or until golden and crispy. Dip in sour cream and picante sauce. They are worse than Doritoes. You won’t be able to stop eating them so make a bunch.

      • Aloysious

        I think I put on five glorious pounds just reading the recipe.

      • KSuellington

        Heheh, I don’t doubt your story. I will still eat T Bell 🔔 as it is good. But really we are talking 4-5 times a year. It isn’t Mexican food, it’s American fast food. If I want a real taco, there are dozens of great Mexican joints within a few miles.

        Thanks for the recipe Suth, sounds delicious, will definitely try it out.

      • JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

        I used to like Taco Bell as a kid back when the restaurants had actual mission bells on the roof that high schoolers liked to steal. Fortunately there’s a lot more choices in Mexican food now.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Their sauce isn’t bad at all.

    • Semi-Spartan Dad

      ^This. I’m not big into a lot of heat but use the green chile habanero every morning on my eggs.

    • Ownbestenemy

      Tapito and Cholula live in my house but I agree, there is no “best” but there are some worst. La Victoria “hot sauce” comes to mind.

    • mexican sharpshooter

      I have crushed, dried Chiltepin on hand. I use that on whatever needs a kick.

  2. Yusef drives a Kia

    Tapatio forever!!!!!

    • Toxteth O'Grady

      Claro que sí.

      Winston-Salem?! Git a rope.

    • mexican sharpshooter

      Finally, a man of taste.

  3. The Late P Brooks

    When I stopped in Rock Springs, Wyoming the other night, I picked up a six pack of Land Shark. Very good. Would drink again.

  4. The Late P Brooks

    fizzy blast of booze and bitter fruit followed by an almost nauseating aftertaste

    Hipster douchebags of the world, unite.

  5. Gustave Lytton

    Crystal is the best cayenne pepper sauce and Salsa Huichol is the best Mexican/taco sauce. Glad to see its finally available in US stores.

  6. Gustave Lytton

    After all every chow hall I have had the um, “privilege” of eating had a bottle of Texas Pete at the table.

    Must be a recent development. Louisiana brand hot sauce was the prevalent one when I was in. First time I saw Texas Pete was at a Hampton Inn in Raleigh.

  7. J. Frank Parnell

    Hey, at least it’s not made in New York City.

    • Toxteth O'Grady

      Jinx, 🍻!

  8. Chafed

    Jeebus you really took one for the team this week MS. That beer sounded like a disaster going in. I hope TPTB gave you hazard pay.

    Um, about our legal system, it isn’t loser pays. Parties pay their own fees and costs unless there is a fee shifting statute applicable to their case.

    • mexican sharpshooter

      Negative. TPTB payment structure like the court system is a cruel joke.

    • R C Dean

      There’s a reason my contracts all have a loser pays provision. Because it’s the only way to get the bastards to make us whole after I whip their ass in court.

      • Fourscore

        Minimizes frivolous lawsuits. All of our store leases were written with loser pays, makes both sides more honest.

      • mexican sharpshooter

        You couldn’t just send a guy to break their legs?

  9. LCDR_Fish

    On our ships there was always a pretty big variety on every condiment stand – Tapatio, Tabasco, Texas Pete, Sriracha, etc.

    • LCDR_Fish

      Good reminder – Cholula was common too.

    • Tonio

      Whoa. I only watched the first five minutes (video is over two hours long) but that took balls.

    • Chafed

      The Dude has balls.

      • Suthenboy

        I wonder if his heart, lungs and kidneys have already been sold.

  10. dbleagle

    In the “before times” El Tapatio was widely used in the shit shack. Buts since da Vid government overreaction screwed up the supply web it has been arriving only occasionally. Cholula is an acceptable replacement.

    • Negroni Please

      I have all the standards, but these days brooklyn delhi seems to find its way onto my plate most of the time

    • Toxteth O'Grady

      Not in this kitchen.

      You all have successfully inspired me to clean out the old/empty condiments from the fridge door.

    • R C Dean

      I find both Tapatio and Cholula vaguely disappointing. I prefer Tabasco, but Bro Dean gave me a monthly subscription to small batch/ hipster hot sauces that have been excellent, so I can’t really nominate a “best” one.

    • Animal

      Paywalled. Is there an alternate?

      • MikeS

        LOL

        Jurors saw Mr. Milton’s tweets and heard clips from his podcast appearances. They watched a commercial in which a Nikola semi-truck called the Nikola One appeared to drive along a desert road, with dramatic music playing in the background. In reality, said prosecutors, the truck, with its door taped shut and batteries removed, was towed to the top of a hill and rolled down it. Mr. Milton directed that the video be posted to Nikola’s Twitter account, prosecutors said.

      • Sensei

        Yeah, that was the icing on the cake.

        From an actual monetary and production standpoint of false claims that one actually ranks fairly low.

        If you were an investor who relied on his statements of producing hydrogen at well below current costs that was where you were true and royally screwed by this asshole.

      • MikeS

        Did you see the thing I linked last night? I recently got a 3D printer and printed the STL from your 3D series.

      • Sensei

        No. I’ll check it out. I know you are a machinist so I’m guessing it wasn’t awful for you to set up.

      • MikeS

        The CAD/CAM side of things are pretty straightforward for me, but all the print settings are whole new world. haha. Honestly, I think I got a bit lucky that things just worked from the get-go. I still have some dialing in to do, but I’ve been getting perfectly usable prints. And the vast majority of projects I will be doing will be functional, so I’m not too concerned if things don’t look quite as good as they could.

      • Fourscore

        I saw the coin, hopefully the new ones will be in bigger denominations

      • MikeS

        Hmmm…Glibcoin.

        How many do you want Fourscore? I’ll give you the early bird special. Send me your SSN and checking acct. number and we’ll talk.

      • Fourscore

        It’s in the mail, expedite the shipping. I’ll watch for the store signs that say they work in Glib coins

      • Gustave Lytton

        If you were an investor who relied on his statements of producing hydrogen at well below current cost

        I think I might see where the problem is…

        I remember when the Bre X fraud was coming to light. Back when BusinessWeek was a top notch magazine with words instead of pictures and every week was another revelation. I was shocked that that sort of fraud could still be accomplished so brazenly. Kind of took a few scales off my youthful innocence.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bre-X

      • Gustave Lytton

        I’m convinced that Michael de Guzman either faked his death or more likely was pushed/already murdered and dropped.

      • rhywun

        Never heard of any of this.

        LOL just one sentence of the crazy:

        And one of the five women who considered themselves his wife was receiving monetary payments from somebody long after the supposed death of de Guzman

    • Suthenboy

      Whoa. Just wait a minute. Is this an indication that the whole EV movement is a scam? Surely not, no way.

      When teachers used to teach the laws of conservation of energy, what it meant and what practical implications they had, what were the students doing? Tugging on their dicks? Eating their boogers? They sure as hell weren’t paying attention to the lessons.

  11. robodruid

    Hayek:
    Re your comments….
    “Alas Babylon”?

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Its a biblical reference, we have spoken of it.

      • LCDR_Fish

        Also used at the beginning of John Ringo’s “Live Free or Die” as a codeword to get around alien surveillance.

      • robodruid

        I have heard that it was Sanford and not Mount Dora.

      • Shpip

        Mount Dora make more sense, though. At the time the novel was written, Sanford was home to a Naval Air Station that housed nuclear strike aircraft. So in an all-out Soviet attack, it (along with the SAC base that became Orlando International Airport) would likely have been flattened, while the relatively isolated and idyllic artists’ colony of Mount Dory would escape with little relative harm.

      • Suthenboy

        I am glad I live where I do. The closest place likely to be hit by Biden is Bossier City.

      • Gustave Lytton

        Nuking Polk, err sorry Ft LuvieduvieDeadnamesThreatenUs, would be an improvement.

      • Suthenboy

        I assume you have been there. I refer to it as Fort Chigger.
        I have to agree with you on this.

      • Gustave Lytton

        Only as a guest of JRTC. Ended up with a rash across my back and elsewhere. Poison ivy/sumac with prickly heat and something else.

  12. Mojeaux

    Why does every Disney movie start out with a child protagonist who can’t do what they’re told? “Don’t touch anything” said by a crazy man who’s kidnapped you MIGHT be an important command to obey.

    • Ownbestenemy

      Petulant child trope meets Hero’s Jouney made them billions

    • Grumbletarian

      Maybe, but I might also be compelled to disobey everything a kidnapper told me to do.

      • Mojeaux

        If he’s just popped out of a lantern in a dusty ruin of ancient antiques, I’m running for the door, not spending my time indulging my curiosity.

    • Raven Nation

      From the ded thread, Mojeaux:

      “Asshole Wordle: when you get 4 out of 5 letters on the first line and the 5th could be about 7 different words.”

      Yeah, I got the four on the second line and still chumped out.

      • Mojeaux

        I didn’t chump out, but just barely. Guessed right.

      • MikeS

        #metoo

      • MikeS

        …and by my count still had 4 more possible words to guess.

  13. The Late P Brooks

    “Don’t touch anything” said by a crazy man who’s kidnapped you MIGHT be an important command to obey.

    If the big red button had “PUSH HERE NOW” on it, the story would never get off the ground.

  14. rhywun

    Gah! Nu-smiles!!

    • Festus

      ^^^ what rhywun said

  15. CPRM

    I have a large selection of hot sauces. But I recently got a shipment of peppers from Sean, so it’s time to make my own concoction again soon.

    • Sean

      😉

    • Mojeaux

      That didn’t age well.

      • Name's BEAM. James BEAM.

        Neither did he.

        DAMN.
        IT.

        I tried to resist The Snark™, I really did!

      • MikeS

        *sensible chuckle

    • Ownbestenemy

      Better to remain silent and all that jazz….social media has exposed the world to realize everyone is a fucking moron

      • Raven Nation

        Yeah; his original post is 18 months old. Will be interesting to see COD.

      • Ownbestenemy

        The human desire to tell the world your stance is just baffling.

    • Suthenboy

      I have that little voice in the back of my head. I always listen. Anyone who comes at me with cootie bug vaccine will have the company of a proctologist inside of a few minutes.
      9 hours of micro with the associated labs. I know more micro in the tip of my little finger than that toad Fauci does in his whole body. I remember that fucker from 30 years ago.
      ” You can get AIDS from just being in the same room with an infected patient. Lock down businesses, Schools, Everyone must lock themselves in and hide under their beds!”
      He sang that song for Aids, SARS 1/2, Swine flu, chicken flu blah blah blah. Everything that came along. Now what? Monkey Pox?
      Go back and watch his interviews. Take note of the glee on his face, in his voice. That little cockroach has lived his life for this moment. Now he is going to have to put on a fake mustache and live in bumfuck nowhere. I hope he ends up on a spit.

  16. JaimeRoberto (carnitas/spicy salsa)

    Ugh. Those open mouthed smiles. It’s the male version of duck face.

    • Raven Nation

      I think HM did a whole post about that kind of pose a few years back.

    • R C Dean

      One of the many feminized tropes exhibited by kids these days.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Like ladies who position their hips/legs/arms in photos to hide their flaws…guys do the open mouth smile to hide their fat faces

  17. DEG

    byproduct of trying to infuse it with cannabis.

    I’ve had hemp beer. It was pretty good. Kinda nutty.

  18. The Late P Brooks

    I’ve had hemp beer. It was pretty good. Kinda nutty.

    I turned down an opportunity to try some. It smelled like wet moldy hay. That was as much as I needed to know.

    • Suthenboy

      It smelled like wet moldy hay…..because that is what it is?

  19. Mojeaux

    @Lackadaisical, I thunk up “aspiring odalisque” all myself. I didn’t know of anyone else having used it or anything. Maybe the collective consciousness at work.

    • Lackadaisical

      *thumbs up*

      This is the blog I was thinking of: https://www.jsanilac.com/

      I have enjoyed both the fiction and blogs- you might enjoy as well.

  20. Ownbestenemy

    We get this Pedderdoux sauce from the Irish pub we go to. Not really a hot sauce, more a pepper sauce. It is heavenly. Billed as French Louisiana Pepper Sauce

    • Suthenboy

      Best hot sauce ever….dammit, I cant remember the name. It is right on the tip of my tongue. Small batch stuff, photo of a hummingbird on the label, mediumish hot on par with Tabasco, excellent pepper flavor. Made in Elton, Louisiana. I Called the guy up and ordered a case and requested a tour. A week later he sold the brand to Southeastern Mills in New Iberia. Those dummies fazed out the brand. They could have swept the market with that stuff.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Sounds great. I cannot get this sauce outside the pub. All internet searches show out of stock.

      • Gustave Lytton

        Southeastern Mills must be rolling up hot sauces. They bought Louisiana brand from Bruce Foods a couple of years ago.

  21. The Late P Brooks

    President Fixit

    “Bringing down elevated inflation remains President Biden’s top economic priority, even as we know the Federal Reserve plays the primary role in maintaining stable prices,” Yellen said.

    Printing press go BRRRRRR.

    • Ownbestenemy

      All hands on deck to circle the wagons that anything negative is everyone else’s fault and anything remotely good is all the presidents doing.

      I give us 3.5 years before the US is no more

    • Suthenboy

      The word ‘inflation’ means inflating the money supply, thus making dollars worth less. Price numbers go up to keep pace.
      Maintaining stable prices….who the fuck do these people think they are fooling? Jeebus.
      Everything these leftist fucktards are doing is designed to destroy our economy, culture and western civilization in general. It is planned, deliberate and done with malice.
      Are we going to end up having to shoot them?

  22. Ownbestenemy

    Hazelnut has to be my favorite nut. Brazil nut not far behind.

    • Suthenboy

      Apparently you have never had a small pecan, the ones highest in oil and flavor. I pity you. I pity you.

      • Ownbestenemy

        I like pecans too..actually I like all nuts. Just those are my favorites

      • Suthenboy

        The little pecans are wild. The commercial ones are large and thin shelled but not nearly as good.
        Now that I think of it…wild hickory and black walnuts are damned good also but a lot of work. I had an uncle that spent a couple of weeks every year picking out hickory nuts and made a cake with them. My god that was good stuff.

        Most black walnut was cut and used for gun stocks in WWII. Nobody except someone you know plants them because “Why? I aint never gonna see nuthin out of that.”. Pecan as well but twice that many.
        My grandchildren will see it. That is all that matters to me. I have planted about 5K of them. some are over 20 feet tall now. Mature they will be worth millions.

      • Gustave Lytton

        I envy your pecan privilege. And satsumas. Ones from CA aren’t nearly as good. The place we used to get them from stopped after the storm last year or year before that tore up their orchard and covid related supply issues put a nail on it.

      • Suthenboy

        Blood oranges Brother. Blood oranges. Try one and you will never go back.
        I squeeze them and make ice cubes with them. Mrs. Suthenboy get a bit testy if I let them run out.
        Best citrus ever, and not by a little bit.

      • Pine_Tree

        We always call the little ones “seedling” pecans – the ones that are wild, or volunteer from fallen ones. And yeah, they are (or are at least closer to) the wild version. The others are all Stuarts or Sumners or an old version called Manan with really long nuts. The little seedlings do have the best flavor and are the best ones for pies, etc.

      • Grosspatzer

        “Now that I think of it…wild hickory and black walnuts are damned good also but a lot of work.”

        Especially the walnuts, so I hear. The Shagbark Hickory in my backyard produced zero nuts this year, which is highly disappointing. Especially for the local squirrels and chipmunks who will be having a difficult spring. I will gather a bunch of walnuts tomorrow from the tree two blocks down and give them a try, I hear they are worth the effort.

      • Suthenboy

        Grab a hammer and watch your fingers.

    • Evan from Evansville

      Hrm. Hazelnut. I am sure I’ve had one. I can’t remember if I like it or not. Hard to dislike a nut. I’ve also never knowingly had a Brazil nut. I’m quite certain that I’ve never eaten a peach as a hand fruit. Peaches, sure, but from a can or something.

      I need to think of a fun essay to put out to my readership by Tuesday. I should get on that. It won’t be about nuts, but it will be written by one.

    • Sean

      I’ve got a bunch of different nuts and seeds in the pantry.

      • Sean

        And nut butters.

    • Shpip

      Mine is the only nut named for a Scotsman.

      I always associated them with Hawaii, but South Africa has been the world leader in production for the last decade, followed by Queensland, Australia.

      • Suthenboy

        I tried planting some of those. Dammit. They won’t grow here.
        *narrowed gaze of envy at Double Eagle*

  23. Zwak. who's suit is as ragged as his nerves.

    If you are the type of customer (no E) who goes Into a restaurant and [em)then(/em) puts on a mask, DIaf. But, then, if you ask about every single thing that the brewery serves, pull out a bag of fucking yarn, and talk so loud from behind said mask to let everyone else know what you are saying, but only after moving tables, you earn the title SUPERCUNT.

    • Sean

      LOL

    • Zwak. who's suit is as ragged as his nerves.

      Cunt, not customer. DIAF spellchecker.

      On the plus side, the local PAC12 team is playing the PAC12 I was born at.

      Except I was born in a PAC8 TOWN. GO CUGS!

    • Gustave Lytton

      How can you virtue signal if you don’t let everyone know? Is she wearing a “Tina!” button by any chance?

      • Zwak. who's suit is as ragged as his nerves.

        If she was, I didn’t notice. But she and her dining partner had matching socks.

  24. rhywun

    Frank’s RedHot was the standard where I grew up. You rarely even saw another brand. Now even the shitty little halal grocery store across the street has a dozen different brands – I was just there so I checked. Picked up ¡Sabor! Texas Pete “Mexican Style” – we’ll see how that goes. I suppose I can try a different one every few trips.

    • slumbrew

      I love Frank’s, though. Have it almost every day on my eggs.

      The only correct hot sauce for Buffalo wings.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Soo is Frank’s a hot sauce or Buffalo sauce?

      • Gustave Lytton

        Both. And made in Colombia now.

      • Gustave Lytton

        Sorry, that’s Trappey’s made there now. I get those two brands mixed up.

      • slumbrew

        Hot sauce. Combine with butter (and a dash of molasses) for hot wings

      • rhywun

        Wing sauce is just Frank’s with butter. But yeah, they sell a “Buffalo” version too.

      • rhywun

        Yeah, Frank’s is good. I kept buying it for years even when I noticed there was more variety now.

      • slumbrew

        My brother got me on to Frank’s on pizza. It’s really good.

  25. Mojeaux

    It wasn’t a chicken!

  26. Suthenboy

    Egg roll night. Wife made sweet and sour sauce with kumquats and a touch of hot sauce. Holy cow, that’s good stuff.

  27. Tundra

    What did I miss?

    • MikeS

      I Firsted Bro so hard he started crying.

      • Tundra

        The student has become the Master. Well done!

        Saw your coin. Really cool!

      • MikeS

        I’ve wanted to get one for 10 years or more and have been having a lot of fun with it. So far I’ve been printing little gadgets and hooks and clips and whatnots. The list of things on the to-print list gets longer every time I look around the ‘net. Need to figure out an idea to monetize it!

      • slumbrew

        The ‘r’ in there is very important.

        NTTIATWWT

      • MikeS

        He wishes I’d drop the “r”.

    • Zwak. who's suit is as ragged as his nerves.

      I believe she spells it ENYA.

      NTTIATWWT.

    • LCDR_Fish

      First ep was fun – will see the next one when I get to NOLA tomorrow (assuming I have air date correct).

      You watched Chainsaw Man yet? Saw a lot on twitter about that manga over the last couple years – prob gonna pick up vol 1 next month.

      Season 2 (or S1 part 2) of Spy x Family is looking good so far too.

      • Sensei

        I have chainsaw man on my list, but usually that genre isn’t my thing. I’ll still likely try the first episode.

        I’ve been enjoying Spy x Family. Took me to Episode 3, but everybody loved it so much I persevered and was happy I did.

      • LCDR_Fish

        Surprisingly graphic/bloody – at least for what I assume is the “target audience” – more than Maid War – but doesn’t really feel as dark as something like Dorohedoro.

      • Lackadaisical

        ‘Dorohedoro’

        I really enjoyed that anime.

    • Sensei

      Because almost all the energy in a coffee maker goes into heating the water. And resistance heating has been almost perfectly efficient since the invention of various electric coffee makers.

      • rhywun

        I heat my water on the stove – do I get a rebate on my rent? (Gas is in the rent.)

    • Suthenboy

      Carter is going to die laughing. Hamilton is doing a facepalm in his grave

    • Ownbestenemy

      Talks about prescription drugs but I’m sure that doesn’t set in until 2026

    • Shiny Nerfherder

      *rushes out to buy a super efficient coffee machine *

      The money I’ll save is gonna be phenomenal!

  28. hayeksplosives

    Well, crap.

    Oklahoma State pulled a classic Poke Choke and lost to TCU in overtime.

    • Negroni Please

      But Nick Satan lost!

    • Ted S.

      Alabama lost on a last-second FG, so Sloopy is going to be insufferable when he next does the Mourning Lynx.

      • Shpip

        Not the first time that settling for a long field goal attempt in the closing seconds of a game has bit Saban on the ass, now, is it?

      • Don escaped Texas

        I’m not following you. Saban is a .800 coach…he is definitely one of the three greatest college coaches of all time. Why the anecdata?

      • Shpip

        Just remembering the 2011 loss to LSU and the Kick Six in ’13. You coach enough games, you lose a few close ones.

      • Ted S.

        The other team had something to do with it, of course.

      • Pope Jimbo

        The interference call against Bama was BS. Should have been an interception and done with the game.

        Refs were totally swayed by the crowd.

  29. Mojeaux

    @Sean re Cods & Cuntes … the heroine is just a lush with mommy issues.

    • Sean

      😉

  30. Animal

    So, who’s doing the Zoom today?

  31. westernsloper

    The best hot sauce is mine. That beer sounds horrible.

    • Festus

      Indeed! I need some shits and giggles STAT!

      • Festus

        Sorta works.

      • westernsloper

        You being a northern ill belly might get the shits from my hot sauce so ya, it works.

  32. Mojeaux

    No zoom tonight? Crap, and I moved all my craft supplies to my office.

    • Animal

      I’d start one but don’t have the required paid account.

      • Festus

        #metoo

    • Festus

      Need my zoom! ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM

  33. Tonio

    Okay, already. I just got home. I’ll kick off the GlibZoom at 8:45 Eastern.

  34. Not Adahn

    Greetings from the 2020 USPSA Race Gun Nationals (still ongoing)!

    We have been very successful at getting our squads through the sage on time… except for the lady’s super squad. So, so chatty. The eye candy here is overwhelmingly of the wholesome type, and I’ve never seen a female shooter dressed in skintight clothing that couldn’t wear it successfully (unlike RenFaire women *shudders*). There was one shooter who I kid you not, looked EXACTLY like an anime ninja girl, down to the knee socks.

    I got really lucky my first Nats getting paired with really excellent CROs. This year, not so much. Just to let you know how much of an asshole he is, his income comes from being a Sharepoint consultant. I am sharing a bay with the genius who designed the stages for the NYS Championship (Jay Tovey) so that’s nice. The new hotness seems to be double-tapping the activator poppers in order to make them fall faster. Having seen squads that try that, and other squads that engage an additional target while it’s falling, the technique doesn’t actually save any time, but since the top shooters are all going with the “make it fall faster!” lines everyone will think that it’s a Secret Technique that make you go faster when the truth is the reason they’re faster is that they’re just so much better than everyone else.

    • Sean

      Time travelling is more of my thing.

      Would you like a jelly baby?

      • Not Adahn

        Grab your 9mm AR or AK and join in the fun!

      • Sean

        Sir, I have a Scorpion.

      • Not Adahn

        That works.

        At some point I will finish the article about why Practical Shooting is the bestest sport ever.

    • R.J.

      Please tell me your squad has all matching Glibs jerseys.

      • Not Adahn

        I was the only Glib in my squad, but I did wear my jersey.

      • Not Adahn

        The Glibs logo looks excellent on the back of Techwear’s Gasden Rush polo.

      • R.J.

        This is excellent.

      • Not Adahn

        Somewhere in the media library I’ve got pictures of it.

    • Q Continuum

      “I’ve never seen a female shooter dressed in skintight clothing that couldn’t wear it successfully[…]There was one shooter who I kid you not, looked EXACTLY like an anime ninja girl, down to the knee socks”

      Go do some extracurricular skeet shooting.

      • Not Adahn

        I can’t find any picture of her online, alas. REALLY impressive though.

      • Lackadaisical

        Here I thought it was just Tulsi doing photo shoots like that.

    • EvilSheldon

      Sharepoint consultant? Is there any way you could arrange a small accident?

      I should do Nats next year…

      • Not Adahn

        It’d have to be offsite, I’d hate to get a rep for running an unsafe stage.

        On that note, apparently CO Nats was a shitshow RO-wise, with people hanging the WRONG targets and an unreasonably large percentage of the competitors given reshoots. Also they hung IPSC targets upside down. This match has been better from my limited vantage point, though someone got DQ’d from the staff match for NDing while holstered. The stagrs this year are more interesting than the last one I shot. I didn’t do as well as I usually do, and I don’t know if it was me sucking or because these stages are more challenging than I’m used to.

        I’ve also seen some really great RM calls, like the guy who insisted that the double on the target was really triple. There are also these little round beetles (like ladybugs, only dark brown) that are about 8mm across. You know how funny it would be if one of them got scored as a hit? The answer is, not funny at all.

      • Gustave Lytton

        If I was on the jury, I wouldn’t convict…

    • Ted S.

      Never heard of him/her/it.

    • rhywun

      A goldmine of derp but this takes the cake:

      “The fact that they are acting like it’s genuine and that it’s part of a ‘journey’ due to […] ‘identity issues’ really irks me. It’s a mockery of trans people, it’s cultural appropriation.”

      Five minutes ago it was stunning and brave but how DARE he have second thoughts.

      • rhywun

        Oh, and he should sue the fuck out of whoever gave him that nose job.

      • Chafed

        You cannot go against nature
        Because when you do
        Go against nature
        It’s part of nature too

        https://youtu.be/Bo3R3LBjDek

    • Lackadaisical

      PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!! /drama queen

  35. The Other Kevin

    Did you know Republicans are extreme when it comes to abortion? Because they are. Extreme that is. So very, extremely extreme.

    • Q Continuum

      Not wanting to kill 6 month old babies is extreme.

    • rhywun

      The Dem candidates are all reading from the same playbook, aren’t they.

      • The Other Kevin

        The actors in the commercials are certainly reading from the same script.

    • Rat on a train

      I am reminded every day. That and how prevalent rape must be in this state.

  36. The Other Kevin

    Extremely.

  37. Drake

    Trying to watch the USC – Utah game. The officiating is incredibly bad.

  38. MikeS

    Bro, don’t give me none of your aggravation,
    I’ve had it with your seconding.
    Saturday night’s alright for Firsting,
    I’ll get a little action in.

  39. Chafed

    I want to congratulate MS on an article so strong it bumped the links.

    • rhywun

      They suffer from affluenza, as someone pointed out.

      • Lackadaisical

        Didn’t anyone ever tell them there are kids starving in Africa?

        Wish their parents would whip them.

  40. Drake

    Now every hard tackle is a penalty.

    • Gender Traitor

      How long until they just give up and switch to flag football?

      • Brochettaward

        Give it 10 years.

      • whiz

        Try the next NFL Pro Bowl.

      • Gender Traitor

        I make a point of never watching the Pro Bowl. I suspect it’s about as exciting and meaningful as the pre-All Star Game “Home Run Derby” (AKA “batting practice.”)

      • Lackadaisical

        For now we can watch them flag every play where a defenseman actually does his job.

  41. Brochettaward

    She Hulk decided to basically tell Marvel fans to fuck off during their finale in a fourth-wall breaking scene.

    This was written presumably months ago, well before there was any real fan reaction. It’s almost as if, as many have observed, the creators and writers of these woke shows know full well that they are going to get relentlessly mocked for the absolute shit they’re producing and go ahead, anyway. It’s almost as if they hide their complete lack of talent behind “controversy,” baiting some people who probably don’t even watch the property in question to defend it on reflex just because it is intentionally political.

    Does anyone really think that Marvel was marketing this shit to 30-40 year old women who typically watch sitcoms? Does anyone really think that’s an audience you are going to get into comic book shows/movies?

    • Brochettaward

      I understand all the bullshit. It’s all been harped on to death. What I don’t get is the end game here. Are these people really SO fucking delusional that they think mocking their own fanbases and putting out products they hate is a good long term strategy? Marvel is dying, but it isn’t because of the long predicted Marvel fatigue. It’s because they’ve lost all sense of what actually allowed them to succeed.

      • rhywun

        Marvel is dying

        But is it?

        I don’t watch any of that stuff, but it seems like there’s no end to it.

      • slumbrew

        There’s a lot of ruin in a multi-billion dollar company.

      • Brochettaward

        Yes. The numbers actually watching on Disney+ are dwindling. The box office numbers are disappointing. And the shit is so expensive to make, it doesn’t take too many flops to die.

        The funny thing is that all of these characters/shows they are bringing in existed successfully and sold to comic book fans in their original form. It isn’t the “diversity” that is dooming them. Comic fans will watch female super hero bullshit. But when you are making content that isn’t just aimed at different demographics, at least superficially, but which actively mocks and shits on your long time fans, there is a breaking point.

        It’s even funnier because Disney/Marvel waited until almost the end stages to start bringing in their minority and female characters from the comics and showcasing them. It isn’t the fans who wouldn’t have showed up for a Black Panther made in 2014, or who waited to make Captain Marvel. It was the same bunch of clowns who are making the decisions now, the ones all too proud of themselves for how enlightened they are for doing it now. It’s sort of like the MeToo thing. Hollywood is convinced the rest of us are just sexist racists because, well, they are sexist racists and deviants.

      • slumbrew

        She is strong and brave, which is the most important thing. It’s not the writers fault if the stupid audience doesn’t appreciate it.

      • Brochettaward

        Somehow, Marvel fans have kept the character of She-Hulk around in comic form for decades, despite being such raging misogynistic sexists.

      • Lackadaisical

        I miss this style of art, women are made to look so beautiful, and I suppose the ripped AF guys give something for the other sex to look at as well.

    • Chafed

      The Critical Drinker covered this in his last video. Nerdrotic is on board with you too.

    • MikeS

      I am working with some people from Marvel on developing a Firster comic book series and movie. They really like my story of Firsting and I think it’s going to be huge. I told them about you, and they seem on board with giving you a bit part in the movie. If it becomes official, you’ll be the first to know!

  42. Gustave Lytton

    Noticed that Google Maps is getting onboard with the sweater wearing. Selecting the “eco friendly”(fuel efficient) route over direct/quickest route AND rather than allowing the faster route to just be selected, pops up a box about how much more efficient their chosen route is.

    • Mojeaux

      I noticed that recently. Their preferred route (1 minute faster) but eco-friendly, was not, in fact, faster. It was a 2-lane highway as opposed to the other route which had 4 lanes half the way to the destination.

      • Lackadaisical

        Yup, they’re been busy breaking their second most popular feature. I have been suggested routes that are both longer in time AND cost me tolls.

        WTF mates.

  43. Festus

    Big thanks for sexy Tonio for hosting tonight and extra thanks for coming to my defense. I love you, ya great big fag. Smooches!

    • Brochettaward

      This is not becoming of a Firster. I can only set the example for you so much, Festus. The Great firster grows weary.

      • Festus

        Fear not, Friend Bro. I still remain fond of you.

    • R.J.

      My wife eats that tomato sauce.

  44. R.J.

    Not any peeps around at 2:30 CST?

    Sleep is for the weak!

  45. LCDR_Fish

    Waiting in the Richmond Airport for a flight to NOLA. Hoping I can stay unmurdered there till I leave Thurs night.

  46. Lackadaisical

    Internal server errors ate my shorts.

    • hayeksplosives

      DAMMIT

      EAR WORM

      • Lackadaisical

        It could be wearing out your ears as well, depending on how loud you play it…

  47. hayeksplosives

    My husband has what I thought was an epic and well-deserved hangover, but this is like day two of it and he still feels like hammered dogshit.

    I am not sure how to proceed, but I think I’ll let him nap a bit now and possibly drag his ass to Urgent Care if he isn’t better by dawn.

    • Sean

      😕

    • Lackadaisical

      Hope he’s alright- getting old sucks. I can’t drink like i used to. Food and water eventually is the cure.

      • Fourscore

        I was about 50 when I finally learned the cause of the hangovers. Haven’t had one since. The things we learn along life’s journey…

  48. Sean

    Mornin peeps.

  49. Sean

    Fuck Joe Biden.

    • hayeksplosives

      Of course!!

      The fact that my workplace is legally required to put his stupid face up on all the administrative buildings, along with the dipshit secretary of energy, is infuriating, so I proudly sport my Let’s Go Brandon magnet/bumper sticker every day.

      The security guards like it.

      • Rat on a train

        When I worked in government space I displayed my “Government” desk demotivator.

      • Ted S.

        Did the government send you oversized pictures of the two the way the did at OBE’s workplace?

    • hayeksplosives

      Good grief. Journalism is dead.

    • Lackadaisical

      What do they mean ‘since’?

      This is still an emergency, people.

    • hayeksplosives

      ‘They were the first organ donors’: ‘Alive’ survivors of Andes plane crash say they don’t regret resorting to CANNABALISM as they meet in Uruguay on 50th anniversary of disaster – and reveal they got ‘used to’ eating human flesh

      • Shiny Nerfherder

        They do like meat in Uruguay.

      • Lackadaisical

        I bet people are delicious.

      • Gender Traitor

        But do we taste like chicken?

      • Lackadaisical

        I assume like pork. Put some rosemary, garlic and slather with oil… roast up some nice leg o’ lad. Yum. /I assume

      • Gender Traitor

        ::imagines foodie Glibs debating the relative merits of leg o’ lad vs leg o’ lady and describing best sous vide techniques::

      • hayeksplosives

        It’s pork.

        Long story short, I boiled my first husband’s amputated (work accident) at his request so he could make the bone into jewelry (I mentioned he’s my EX).

        Anyway, it was definitely pork scented.

        I became an involuntary vegetarian for about a month.

        Then filed for divorce.

  50. Gender Traitor

    Good morning, Shiny, hay, Sean, RoaT, Lack, and Fishy!

    I wish Big Dumb-But-Sweet Cat wouldn’t decide he needs lap time when I wake up with my leg sore. 😣😺 Thankfully, he has a much shorter attention span than Little Black Cat.

    • Lackadaisical

      ‘Morning GT. How was payroll?

      • Gender Traitor

        Payroll was fine, thanks, and I THINK they’ve fixed the latest problem of updated Vacation balances not flowing from the payroll program to the timekeeping program. ::knocks wood vigorously::

    • Gender Traitor

      …AAAAAAND now it’s LBC’s turn. At least he doesn’t weigh nearly as much as BDBSC, but he’s liable to stay put all morning. 🙄🐱‍👤

  51. Fourscore

    Sunday mornin’ comin’ down

    Coffee, fire going, Glibs in the morning, does life get any better?

    • Gender Traitor

      I don’t see how it could possibly get better unless your favorite Glibs are with you in person! 😃

      Good morning, 4(20)!

  52. Lackadaisical

    Tiled about 30 sq feet of wall with a nice arabesque yesterday, need to dot he last ~10sq ft today. Also need to go to baptismal class in about 2 hours. Wish I could have just got it over with this AM. Guess I will wait till evening.

    The question becomes… do I let people use the stove today?

    • Gender Traitor

      Use it as a cheap, tawdry excuse to grill outside (weather permitting?)

      • Sean

        I’ve got four porterhouses to grill today.

        #steak

      • Lackadaisical

        @GT, that is a nice idea.

        @Sean

        My meat budget isn’t that big. I might do some chicken satay?

        I bought some metal skewers and want to try them out.

    • Ted S.

      Also need to go to baptismal class in about 2 hours.

      On the bright side, you’re not becoming a Jew and getting your dick snipped.

      • Lackadaisical

        The idiot docs already did that for me.

        No, it is for my son.