I hope you’re having a nice day. I just noticed my pepper plant has put out it’s first blooms ☺️☺️

  • ComicalMayhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    4 days ago

    Holy shit this is fantastic.

    I’ve seen similar posts before with like dark souls bonfires or cutesy photos or cozy fantasy stuff, but this? This is art. It’s so visceral, so raw, it’s positively dripping with the juices of a reality most people only dream of and yet completely and totally exists in this world. It slaps you upside the head and locks eyes with you, snapping you instantly out of whatever funk, demanding your attention and ordering you to double check your eyes. Yes that is a shotgun, yes they are gesturing to you specifically, and no it isn’t a gameplay screenshot or weird meta post or even a meme. There are no filters or edits on this. It’s real, realer than most things are on the internet. Someone got dressed, brought their rifle, and took a photo out in the wilderness. That fire? Real. That breakfast? Real. That person probably ate it. Shit, they might have literally shared it with someone. That someone could be you. Not in a “imagine you’re in this fictional setting” way but in a “if things were different I could genuinely, actually, be there, in the snowy wood” way, a way that drags you hand and foot into the imagination, into wondering what it’s like, to be there. The gentle, non-threatening invitation is starkly contrasted by the weapon in hand, a clear reminder of the possibility and reality of violence, and yet you somehow just know that no harm would ever come to you here. They’ve accepted you, just as you are, and all that’s left is to accept their invitation. Warm eggs. Bacon. Coffee. A simple fire, a real one, not one for show or aesthetics but built for function and warmth. And probably the best conversation you’ll ever have in your life.

    • aketawi@quokk.auEnglish
      13·
      4 days ago

      probably the most heartfelt comment I’ve seen on Lemmy, thank you for posting that

          • Fmstrat@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            3 days ago

            Yea, to be clear I really liked the writing. So please don’t feel bad about that! It’s more the innate sense of suspicion the internet has given me has now made me think that while I read most anything of interest, and I really can’t stand that as I enjoy writing as well.

    • Cris_Citrus (he/him <3)@piefed.zipOPEnglish
      10·
      4 days ago

      Lol, I’m so glad you enjoyed it

      I saw it on fetlife of all places (which confuses me cause like who in their right mind scrolls for so long on fetlife that you need a break. Fetlife is for seeing my friends naked and hearing they’re doing well and then closing, not endless scrolling), and thought to myself fedi folks would enjoy it :)

    • balsoft@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      Honestly, I’ve been in that exact situation (sans shotgun). BBQ on a campfire in the middle of a snowy forest, shared with a comrade. T’was nice. This post very much brings back good memories. I wonder if I’ll ever have an experience like that again, given how far away I am from snowy forests now.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    Black masks and white masks have replaced the black hats and white hats of the old west.

    • Cris_Citrus (he/him <3)@piefed.zipOPEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      I was gonna say we can make you some <vegan breakfast food> instead, but I realized I don’t actually know any savory vegan breakfast foods that you cook in a pan like that

      If you were to pick some things to have prepared for you in this context for breakfast what would you choose? Does seitan or tempeh fry up crispy and work well in this sort of context? I guess there are always egg substitutes but I don’t really know much about them or how well they work

      What kinda breakfast food would you wanna be offered? :)

      • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        11·
        2 days ago

        Tofu scramble, baked beans, English breakfast but with vegan sausages or bacon, kimchi pancakes, pancakes/crepes, besan pancakes, lentil omlettes, hash, kartofelpuffer, douhua, curdled soymilk porridge, French toast etc

        The sky’s the limit. You basically just make breakfast but whenever you would add a body part or something appropriated from someone you just don’t, and you use a substitution from a plant. Like you can use soymilk in place of cow’s milk, alternative binders to egg like hydrocolloids/psyllium husk/flours and starches, seasoned tofu, tvp or seitan and so in.