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Except grandpas house and no young master to serve, only angry grandpa who doesn’t want her

Mustard powder absolutely acts as an emulsifier here. The mucilage is a polysaccharide which helps suspend the oil in low egg systems like miracle whip, but admittedly the cornstarch is doing more here

There is no direct msg in miracle whip, nor does it contain things like yeast extract or hydrolyzed proteins for natural glutamates to avoid labeling. At least in the USA these things cannot fall under the natural flavors loophole and msg must be labeled

It is an emulsion of eggs and oil (eg a mayonnaise) that is thinned with water and then thickened and flavored

It’s mayonnaise that has been thinned with water to lower calorie content. To regain an appropriate texture they add mustard powder and modified cornstarch. To offset the “tang” from the vinegar and mustard powder they also add sugar (via high fructose corn syrup)

There is also the possibility that something within “natural flavors and spices” contributes to texture and mouthfeel but that is a mystery protected by vague labeling and valuing trade secrets over potential allergen information and properly informing consumers

As a result it is not mayonnaise but more akin to a salad dressing. Many salad dressings start out as a mayonnaise but we don’t call them that anymore once you add a bunch of nonsense that makes them taste wildly different

A more interesting question is why is kewpie so different from hellmans/dukes/insert other American mayo? They are all definitely mayonnaise. The short answer is that kewpie only uses egg yolks, rice vinegar, and adds msg and some spices (probably pepper and garlic), whereas American mayos tend to use whole eggs, white vinegar, and no msg or spices. Otherwise the ingredients are fairly similar (sugar, salt, oil)

I remember reading a conspiracy theory that this key was purposely put in by a liberal employee who believed everything should be free and that’s why the first 5 digits are FCKGW - fuck George w - and that it was the volume license for Lockheed Martin or something

It’s not true but interestingly this key was leaked before windows xp even came out, like a month before, and it’s suspected to be a VLK from dell

Nowadays they’d probably say leftist

I was born blind in one eye and I’ve never seen a magic eye picture

When I was a kid I was convinced I could get it to work but I never did. I was never going to, I don’t have binocular vision, but I tried

I really sympathized with that one guy in mallrats

Well even within nepotism and privilege there are people who reject it but there are far more who do not, it seems

That’s where we start to get to the nature vs nurture debate I suppose.

People respond to power differently. I’m sure you’ve held it at some point. Sure, you’ve never been a captain of industry (I assume) but you’ve probably been asked to watch a child for at least a few moments, or had a pet, or a friendship/romantic relationship where there was an imbalance, if only temporarily

Some people reject that feeling of power for various reasons (avoiding responsibility, the potential to cause harm, etc), some people just are kind of eh about it and see it for what it is (“I will take care of this baby because that is what you are supposed to do”, “I will be a trustworthy partner because that is what is right”, etc), some people realize power is exploitable and gives them potential advantage (I can shape this babies worldview, I can make my friend/partner dependent)

That last category is the type to try and seize more and more power, imo. They will potentially delude themselves with niceties along the way (“I made the baby laugh”, “I did a nice thing for my friend/partner today”, “I have created 800,000 jobs”) but this is always overlooking evil (“my goal is to shape this baby into my worldview rather than allow it to develop its own personality”, “my goal is to manipulate my friend/partner into staying loyal regardless of my behavior”, “the vast majority of the 800,000 jobs I’ve made are exploitative and the empire I’ve built is destructive in many other ways like destroying small businesses that helped create reasonable wealth within communities”)

They’re not saving, that’s a faulty belief. The majority of them aren’t even liquid

They’re hoarding as frequently mentioned but it’s not about resources, really, it’s about control and power. Power and valuation are linked somewhat, but it takes more than that

Say my company is amazon, as an example. I hoard ownership stake and equity. I do not give workers a share and pay them minimally. I give investors as little as possible and buy back shares whenever I can. I raise the valuation by increasing the worth of company initially through traditional performance means: sell more stuff, productivity, efficiency, etc. but eventually I get so big at this I have to look at how to diversify to increase power. I enter other markets. Now I’m not just a online retail store, I’m a logistics company, I’m a pharmacy, I’m a web host for 50+% of the internet, I’m a key player in media streaming, I’m a smart home device manufacturer, I’m an ebook manufacturer, etc. I have dominance across dozens of markets

By hoarding equity I maintain control of that company to a significant degree. At this point there is likely a board that can override me for the sake of the shareholders who have taken a large portion of my equity but there is no other single person that has my power.

The equity comes with massive resource benefits of course, it’s basically infinite money chest and even if I’m not liquid I can get a loan for infinity dollars at a moments notice because I’m obviously good for it. But the real motivation for hoarding is because if I stop? Even for a second? I lose this power

That’s why they never retire. They only step down and put some weenie ceo in their place who won’t get their full power until they’re decrepit or dead. How many people can name the ceo of amazon now? (It’s Andy jassy, has a 0.02% ownership stake in amazon) but everyone knows bezos (9.6% ownership stake in amazon, 1.023 billion shares). People only knew tim cook because jobs literally knew he was about to die and his ownership stake is minimal (0.021% vs jobs 0.2% at his death). Who can name the CEO of twitter (Linda yaccarino, no ownership)? Musk is still the ceo of tesla (70% stake in twitter, 12.8% tesla). Even with these minimal ownership stakes though these people are filthy rich - jassy and cook both have a net worth well over half a billion from that alone.

I misread the headline as “this section of jimmy carters Wikipedia article” and was so confused

Sodomy/buggery is technically still illegal in Texas

It’s unenforceable because the Supreme Court overturned the states ability to enforce the law but they’ve still never removed the laws. The last attempt was in 2023 and failed. They have arguably fought to protect the laws on the books for a time like now, when they could challenge and overturn the 2003 decision made in Lawrence v Texas and suddenly reenact all of those laws at once without having to re establish a legal framework once a sympathetic supreme court opens the floodgates for homophobia

Of note that I forgot to mention: all original licenses were grandfathered in and retain perpetual updates for the life of unraid (for now, at least)

I knew a girl in high school who was pulling through a spot too fast and got into a head on collision. Now I’m so paranoid about pulling through