Annoying Questions I'd Like Answered...

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:50 am

Gluten allergies are tough on people who primarily live off of a wheat diet.
Indian food has a lot of wheat and for the hindu vegetarians it's one of the major protein sources.

Living without that shit would totally cut out at least 40% of my parent's diet.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:32 pm

Darth Rabbitt wrote:I've considered writing a review of something, although I would be limited to what I have*, which is:

-D&D 2nd Edition Core Books

Do it!

This,

Darth Rabbitt wrote:-2e Psionics Handbook

followed by this, if you have time.

Darth Rabbitt wrote:-2e Arms and Equipment Guide

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:56 pm

Should be able to do both, although not at the same time.

I'll start working up on the review later; it'll probably be up tonight
(it's just before 9 AM here.)

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:12 pm

It's been forever since I've read either of those books. Really, all I remember about 2E psionics is:

Rolling random powers for non-psionisists.
A tri-stat system (Con, Wis, and Int?)
People using Disintegrate at level 1, albeit with a high rate of failure.

This should be fun!

Count Arioch the 28th · Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:51 pm

Prak_Anima wrote:gluten allergy is about the pussy-ist medical condition one can have, I think. I mean... bread can kill you. It's hard to get a lamer medical condition than that, and live past the age of three.

By which I suppose I mean to say "oh, yeah, we all give him shit."

I dated a girl who claimed she had a gluten allergy. She refused to eat anything I cooked her regardless of wheat content, refused to order any food when we went out regardless of wheat content, and made it quite clear how very horrible her life was.

Another girl I dated had it too, and insisted that I had it for some reason because people with gluten allergies like to take random things and insist that it's a gluten allergy.

My theory is that fat women will go to great lengths to make up health problems so they don't have to lose weight. Whereas a fat guy will put on a Hawaiian shirt, always bring booze to parties, and does't make stupid excuses as to why he's fat.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:34 pm

My friend will not eat anything I make in my kitchen regardless of gluten content. So as far as I'm concerned, he and his gluten allergy can go fuck themselves. If he's really that allergic, he should be dead due to contamination via air. Rude bastard friends get no sympathy from me.

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:57 pm

I dunno about gluten, but peanut allergies really can be that bad. If you look closely at packaged food, you'll notice some of it says "This was prepared in the same facility as peanut products". That's because there are people with peanut allergies who will literally die from eating it.

I was not aware people have fatal gluten allergies, though.

Count Arioch the 28th · Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:07 pm

I thought celiac disease was a fat woman disease, like fibromyalgia or bitching.

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:02 pm

Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up you misogynist ass.

Count Arioch the 28th · Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:28 pm

Kaelik wrote:Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up you misogynist ass.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:30 pm

Cynic wrote:I don't mind having subtitles. I just want subtitles that I can understand. Unfortunately, I can't read Chinese. Having a playlist of 100 files and having to manually switch the subtitles one by one is annoying.

I was just wondering if there was a program that could help remove one of the srt files from within the mkv file.

I remember these existed for dual track avi/mov files.

Have you tried VLC?

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:40 pm

Hey Tzor, this is the place I go to get away from idiots. Please leave the forum like you did with your other account.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 9:40 pm

name_here wrote:I dunno about gluten, but peanut allergies really can be that bad. If you look closely at packaged food, you'll notice some of it says "This was prepared in the same facility as peanut products". That's because there are people with peanut allergies who will literally die from eating it.

I was not aware people have fatal gluten allergies, though.

Allergy is really a misnomer (Though some people actually are allergic).

What he has is Celiac disease, and while it can be fatal, the main, immediate[/i] symptom of ingesting gluten is "feel like shit syndrome." Which can be obviated with THC, or pot, of which he has plenty. The long term effect is stomach cancer, and extreme weight loss (I hate him purely for this).

So, basically, he refuses to eat things made in my kitchen, on the off chance that some tiny molecule of gluten will get it, despite the fact that we actually *clean* our kitchen, and so don't have flour dust all over the fucking place as they supposedly did when his mother discovered she had celiac (Count, as proof that it's not a fat woman's disease, she is actually quite thin, and fucking hot for over 50). All because it might make him feel a bit nauseous. (Ok, ok, it's really nauseous, but still). When I'm a fucking culinary student, know about the issue, and am the one who has to fucking translate between "random idiot" and "ignorant waitstaff" for him when we grab food out.

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:01 pm

That reminds me of something I've wondered about. Did America just go "Darwin LOL" to all of the people who have to worry about gluten/nuts until a decade ago (especially the gluten), or has there been a significant increase in people with the condition, or am I just now noticing because I was a sheltered teen past a decade ago?

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:16 pm

Kind of a mix of factors.

Partly you were a self-absorbed teenager, partly people are getting more serious about controlling allergens, and partially amazing levels of pseudoscientific bullshit surrounding autism and how it can allegedly be treated by a low-gluten diet.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:41 pm

Celiac is a real disease. It causes the bowels to become inflamed and lose their villi (bumps that increase the small intestine's surface area). This reduction in surface area and thickening of the lining prevents the person from absorbing nutrients. They can live a normal life if they maintain a lifelong gluten-free diet. In most cases, "gluten free" means "essentially gluten free". Microscopic wheat particles in chocolate ice cream or whatever the fuck is not going to flip them over into anal bleeding.

Wheat allergy is also a real condition. It is pretty fucking serious, with nigh instantaneous results of redness, swelling, itching, and potentially life ending swelling in the airway. The amount of wheat required to trigger this is variable but can be very low. It tends to look something like this:

But the thing is: most people you talk to who claim to have wheat allergy or even to have celiac disease don't. Some people legitimately find that when they eat less wheat they fart less and think this means they have a serious illness. Some people just follow some random fad diet and think that they have a serious illness. If someone tells you they have a wheat allergy you have to respect that because anaphylaxis isn't funny at all. But the reality is that the chances are still ten to one that if someone tells you they have a wheat allergy they are bullshitting you or themselves or both.

-Username17

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:07 pm

Yeah, I'm not pretending it's not a serious medical condition. But he does not have an actual gluten allergy. If I threw a bag of flour at him, he'd be pissed, and he'd probably feel like shit for a while, but he wouldn't go into anaphylaxis. He ate gluten literally his entire life up to two years ago.

Also, we're not making light of the disease. We're giving him shit, and he is kind of a dick, both in general, and with the whole "oh, you made a gluten free cake? Thanks! (I will never eat this because I'm afraid there may be a speck of gluten)" bullshit.

Count Arioch the 28th · Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:44 pm

I claim ignorance. I take things less seriously when I think it is being used to try to cut me down. It bites me on the ass sometimes.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:20 am

Anaphylaxis is an extreme allergic reaction, but that doesn't mean if you don't go into anaphylaxis that you have no allergy to something.

I'm allergic to penicillin. It doesn't hit me right away - it takes about a day to see the effect, but I break out in the worst hives ever and spend the next two weeks not wanting to touch anything because my skin is nothing but pain. Combine that with an awesome fever and chills, troubles breathing, and I'm a downright wonderful person to be around.

After a doctor gave me an IV of penicillin a few years ago - even though I told him I was allergic and he saw my medical record - I've been super sensitive. One tiny piece of gourmet cheese (with rind) sent me off into hell. My step-mother made some au gratin potatoes with normal bleu cheese, and it triggered me, too. I've gotten to the point where now, I don't even give a shit about what mold was used in the process - if it's moldy, I don't eat it.

But unless I specifically whip out the "allergy" diagnosis and lay it on the table, people will still try to feed me food that I don't want to eat. It fucking pisses me off.

In a lot of ways, I'm thankful for my son's diagnosis of epilepsy because I now have a medical problem that I can throw at people when they want to feed him what I don't want him eating. The fact that I have to do that because people don't otherwise respect my food choices, however, is ridiculous.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:39 am

One of my stepsisters has the "holy shit" level allergy to nuts, it's... not funny. Once, her girlfriend kissed her, having eaten a cookie with nuts in it a few hours prior. She started swelling up and had to be rushed to hospital just from that.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:31 am

RobbyPants wrote:
Darth Rabbitt wrote:I've considered writing a review of something, although I would be limited to what I have*, which is:

-D&D 2nd Edition Core Books
Do it!

This,
Darth Rabbitt wrote:-2e Psionics Handbook

followed by this, if you have time.
Darth Rabbitt wrote:-2e Arms and Equipment Guide

I gave him those books! I remember reading them as a kid and crying from how complicated they were.

RobbyPants wrote:It's been forever since I've read either of those books. Really, all I remember about 2E psionics is:

Rolling random powers for non-psionisists.

A tri-stat system (Con, Wis, and Int?)

People using Disintegrate at level 1, albeit with a high rate of failure.

This should be fun!

This is all true.

On another note... Count, have you only ever dated fat chicks?

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:50 am

Y'all can find my review here.

It's still in progress but you can post questions, comments and concerns in between my posts.

The section on telepathic combat and psionic attack/defense modes is terrible, and whoever wrote it should feel bad.

I'mma just gonna start on Clairsentience powers.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:14 pm

Since when were shot glasses 6" tall and as wide as coke cans?

Also how many standard drinks is ~150-200mL x60%

Post by **fbmf** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 4:28 pm

Koumei wrote:Since when were shot glasses 6" tall and as wide as coke cans?

Also how many standard drinks is ~150-200mL x60%

I am not exactly sure what you are asking, but when I was bartending and had to take inventory, we assumed a liter was good for 20-25 shots.

Game On,
fbmf

fectin · Post by **fectin** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 5:16 pm

I have a couple family members who found that when they avoid gluten, they're happier. One found that he consistently thought faster and felt better when he avoided gluten; another had recurring stomach pains that stopped recurring. Neither is especially interested in finding out whether those benefits are real or placebo, and I don't fault them for it.

Of course, they're also not jerks; they just choose different food at restaurants, eat smaller portions when served bread, and favor wine over beer. Also, and this is key, they don't talk about it.