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        I live about 20 minutes from Seattle and got stupid lucky that a place opened about a 10 minute walk from me that happens to specialize in UK-style meat pies and pasties. Go in for the first time, peep the menu “OH MY GOD YOU GUYS SERVE POUTINE I WANT TWO ORDERS STAT” This was my first time eating the fabled delicacy.

        MAY ALL THE GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO OUR GREAT CANADIAN FRIENDS FOR CREATING SUCH AN AMAZING COMFORT FOOD

        And yes, poutine deserves shoutycaps.

        Also, does your user refer to the mycologist born in 1955 or the one born in 1971? They’re both pretty fuckin rad.

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            I really liked Paul’s and Hugh’s dynamic on discovery, they both complimented each other so well, it seemed! Big respect for your user, the man could control the entire mycelial network, and had that Stamets thing he could do with his triangle eyebrows, when he got irritated! Gotta admit a small crush on Tilly, though. Especially Killy. Damn.

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              I am an aggressively homosexual man. I love penis. Just like my namesake, I also love Culber. However…

              Tilly could also turn me straight. And agreed. Especially Killy.

              But thank you <3 the show means a lot to me. I always loved Star Trek, but the queer representation was lacking. Star Trek Discovery, having the first openly gay main character in Star Trek, meant an enormous amount to me. Even more so, when there was no big deal drawn to his homosexuality. Just… Just… After the end of his second episode, they were like, oh yeah, he has a husband. Love this show. aware of its flaws, but I love this show.

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                It’s hard for me to explain this, but I was raised to be homophobic by my parents. They were evangelical US Christians, so I was raised to believe terrible things. I was able to think my way out of it by being able to talk to LGBT friends, but damn it’s hard to fight internalized homophobia.

                I’m happy to say I’ve had many people talk to me and at least one awesome fellow sailor in the navy who is “a quite aggressively homosexual man (and I do mean man) with a distinct fondness for the penis, who regaled me on very boring watches with many explicit stories of taking rather thick veiny cock, and he was the absolute best for not giving a fuck about the homophobia that preceded his arrival.

                I’m glad I’ve had the instinct to question why sex and love between people should be so demonized, and Discovery overtakes STV (the first series I was able to get into) as my favorite because of literal diversity and inclusion.

                Culber got that Culber thing, that “you bring that thing that Paul needs, and damn you look good doing it”, he’d turn me gay w/o question. And YES, it got to where it should be: two souls just loving each other.

                Happy to have met you Stamets.

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                  Nah, I was raised to be racist and homophobic too. Small town Newfoundland doesn’t help. I’m lucky in that I caught it when I was younger and was able to shake it off a bit easier but it’s not easy in general. Also that sailor sounds like my kinda guy but we’re both bottoms so it’d never be able to work.

                  I’m really, really, really glad to be able to meet someone else who lists Discovery as their favorite show. Like any show, it has its faults. But due to it not being the carbon copy of every other Trek, people hate on it so fuckin much and it gets exhausting. It’s really nice just to be able to chat with someone who is on that same wavelength. Feel free to shoot me a message anytime by the way. Despite how often I post, I don’t actually chat with a ton of people on lemmy.

                  Culber… my beloved… I was having a chat with someone the other day about Culber/Stamets at the end of Season 2. They felt it was a bit trope-y or on the nose but I loved it. I see where they were coming from but the first half is Stamets freaking out from what he lost and is able to get it back. But we needed to see that flipside. Both what Culber went through but as well as him not really “losing” Stamets so much as losing everything. When he finally saw him on the table it just clicked. Their love and relationship is probably my favorite thing in the series and would have been my favorite thing in the entirety of Star Trek if not for both Reginald Barclay’s growth from TNG and Voyager and for Grudge.

                  She is a Queen.

                  I’m glad to have met you too Don, my buddy <3

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        My Maine/Canadian wife became allergic to dairy about 2 years ago now. Any recommendations on non gloopy dairy free cheese curd that will squeak like the curds are supposed to in poutine? She’d lose her mind if I could pull off making that dairy free, but still convincing.

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          I have zero recommendations because I find cheese curds to be a stupid thing to use in poutine so I never do. Shredded cheese is where its at. I’m not a fan of just giant clumps of random partly melted cheese just floating in gravy. I want the cheese to be stringy and coating everything. Like not yucking anyone elses yum but ain’t for me so I got no advice. Sorry buddy <3