Gay Chat V11 - Were you expecting something funny? - General

[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;46204335]Speaking of meat I don't understand the commotion against people who eat meat above medium. The texture below medium feels wrong[/QUOTE] Because above medium is well done. If you eat a well done steak that's fine, you like the taste but never buy a premium cut of meat then ever. Why do i say this? When you cook a steak well done it becomes borderline indistinguishable from any other cut of meat. The texture changes and becomes much more firm, tenderness is largely lost at well done and flavor takes a heavy hit. Buy a ribeye steak, cut from the rib of a steer and then a london broil which is cut from the flank (lower belly). A ribeye has fantastic marbling (mix between meat and fat) and is much more tender which is desirable, while a london broil is not fatty at all and mostly more firm meat. Cook both of them to the point of well done and you will not be able to tell the difference. This is bad considering a ribeye steak is more expensive than a london broil and when cooked well done you will waste the beautiful marbling. If you enjoy your steaks, and want to buy some top line cuts, never EVER cook them to the point of well done because you are literally wasting your money. The point of cooking to medium rare or below, is to retain the natural juices found in the meat, keeping the meat as tender as possible, and not searing away fats. The rarer the juicier and more tender the meat. If you ever cook a steak, any steak, above medium (even including medium well-done) you are destroying the meat and ruining it. This isn't opinionated either this is literal fact, once you hit the temperature of well done be it medium well or well done, the steak loses a significant amount of flavor. TLDR Culinary science states that well done steak essentially ruins meat and strips flavors, but some people still prefer well done steak. If you prefer well done steak, NEVER BUY A PREMIUM CUT. Buy flank or hell even shank steaks, they're really fucking cheap because they're not nearly as tasty but cooking any steak to the point of being well done makes any steak taste the same. Personally, i actually take my steaks as rare as i can get. If it's still bleeding i'll take it. That shit is like butter melting in your mouth. Oh and this really only applies to steaks. Please try to cook hamburger, pork and chicken to the point of well done. Some people like medium rare burgers, myself included, but that's only for burgers made from premium cut ground beef like angus steak burgers.

I feel like quitting the dating circuit just for a little while. School is starting to take its toll now that I'm having to balance a job on the side. I just feel I have no time for dating at this point, no matter how much I want to. Plus I'm not having the best luck right now. Perhaps it's for the best.

I used to eat all of my burgers well done until I tried one medium rare. Never went back since. Not sure if it's because it was served with guac and bacon, but shit that tasted wonderful. On gayer topics than devouring meat, how do you guys handle hookups usually? I live in northern Israel, which is pretty much ass-barren. So if I want to look for a meaningless lay I have to travel pretty far with the constant fear of getting abducted/murdered. It doesn't seem worth it most of the time, but it just might be me being anxious. Gotta rack up the experience while I still can haha

I eat my hamburgers with a well grilled on the flames patty, crispy outside, juicy inside. Always make quarter pounds. Whiskey balsamic on the outside with a bit of olive oil and lagrille montreal steak spices and some ultra dead sauce on for maximum spicyness. Flavor explosion. I eat my steaks medium, with spices on and if they're 3-5$ steaks, whiskey steak marinade, my recipe. Again, the flavors man. Tender, juicy, tasty. Love them like that. Goes well with a side of deep fried pierogi and some fries or either grilled seasoned potato wedges. Also hi everyone.

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Hai! How are you lads?

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[QUOTE=MaddaCheeb;46205452]I feel like quitting the dating circuit just for a little while. School is starting to take its toll now that I'm having to balance a job on the side. I just feel I have no time for dating at this point, no matter how much I want to. Plus I'm not having the best luck right now. Perhaps it's for the best.[/QUOTE] Yeah I tried to get back in to it but with all my study and work it's so hectic to organise a half hour meeting with someone who turns out to be the most annoying person ever when they're sober. Meeting people in clubs is apparently just as unpredictable as meeting online! It's too much hassle which sucks because now it basically means all I am doing is studying and working and procrastinating. [QUOTE=ScreamingGerbil;46204777]Did any of you guys see this show before? I'm in love. Also watching things like this makes me curious about performing a drag comedy show. I wouldn't say I'm too feminine, nor gender-disoriented but It looks like a fun acting experience. [sp]or I'm just hella gay[/sp][/QUOTE] I know a guy who does drag. He made a lot of friends doing it and has gone from working at a coffee shop to being a PR executive for Nespresso Australia. I get the feeling if he didn't have drag he wouldn't be there. He is also literally (aside from being a little flamboyant) is built like an Aussie Bloke and as long as he doesn't open his mouth can be hellu intimidating. Doing drag doesn't mean you want to be a woman or whatever and you don't even have to look more effeminate to do it. [QUOTE=ScreamingGerbil;46205478]I used to eat all of my burgers well done until I tried one medium rare. Never went back since. Not sure if it's because it was served with guac and bacon, but shit that tasted wonderful. On gayer topics than devouring meat, how do you guys handle hookups usually? I live in northern Israel, which is pretty much ass-barren. So if I want to look for a meaningless lay I have to travel pretty far with the constant fear of getting abducted/murdered. It doesn't seem worth it most of the time, but it just might be me being anxious. Gotta rack up the experience while I still can haha[/QUOTE] I'm going to spoiler this because given our track record on discussing this kinda thing better most people not read it. [sp]First time I did a hookup I drove 45 minutes to a different state, at one am, didn't tell anyone, the guy turned out to be more manly than me (I thought he was more effeminate) and he took me to the middle of nowhere and we started making out and it was... really fun? I'm extraordinarily lucky really. I think that there is no way of knowing for sure and if the person really wants to it doesn't matter how much time you talk or where you meet they'll probably find away of messing you up if that was their objective. I have never played it safe by meeting in public before. I don't really do it anymore having said that and didn't exactly have a tonne of sex with strangers, but I never really had a person turn out to not be who they pretended they were in a bad way. Best thing that happened to me was finding a cuddle buddy and then I realised sex with strangers is actually not half as fun as sex with friends. Plenty of people could have told me that but I tend to need to learn by mistake. Unless it's a really, really sexy guy. Like way out of my league sexy. That was so good.[/sp] As for the comment about experience while you still can: more sex with fewer partners. Always. Hookups, especially when you're young, gay and doing high risk things can really ruin your life. Better to just meet, make friends and then hookup. I kinda disregarded this when I became sexually active because "new and exciting!" but then scary things happened and also I realised I was really bad at making good decisions when horny and had a problem with saying no. I literally didn't think that I would, I thought "I'm a cleva guy, I know when to stop" I don't think I have once refused a sexual advance in my entire life. Generally it works out ok but a couple of times it wasn't. So I really cut back on hookups because of that. Anyway. I dunno how being in Israel will change this narrative. Is it any homophobic? I have literally no idea. Australia is pretty ok with gayz even if our PM is not. imo after a year of hookups the risks outweigh the benefits.

Have been playing shit ton of Assasin's Creed 2 since it was on sale for like €3. Man, what a fucking great game that is! I already have 25 hours on it in 3 days. And I sure am feeling it. Today I was trying to find my keys via using Eagle Vision, still feeling like an idiot about that one.

[QUOTE=Viva;46205444]Because above medium is well done. If you eat a well done steak that's fine, you like the taste but never buy a premium cut of meat then ever. Why do i say this? When you cook a steak well done it becomes borderline indistinguishable from any other cut of meat. The texture changes and becomes much more firm, tenderness is largely lost at well done and flavor takes a heavy hit. Buy a ribeye steak, cut from the rib of a steer and then a london broil which is cut from the flank (lower belly). A ribeye has fantastic marbling (mix between meat and fat) and is much more tender which is desirable, while a london broil is not fatty at all and mostly more firm meat. Cook both of them to the point of well done and you will not be able to tell the difference. This is bad considering a ribeye steak is more expensive than a london broil and when cooked well done you will waste the beautiful marbling. If you enjoy your steaks, and want to buy some top line cuts, never EVER cook them to the point of well done because you are literally wasting your money. The point of cooking to medium rare or below, is to retain the natural juices found in the meat, keeping the meat as tender as possible, and not searing away fats. The rarer the juicier and more tender the meat. If you ever cook a steak, any steak, above medium (even including medium well-done) you are destroying the meat and ruining it. This isn't opinionated either this is literal fact, once you hit the temperature of well done be it medium well or well done, the steak loses a significant amount of flavor. TLDR Culinary science states that well done steak essentially ruins meat and strips flavors, but some people still prefer well done steak. If you prefer well done steak, NEVER BUY A PREMIUM CUT. Buy flank or hell even shank steaks, they're really fucking cheap because they're not nearly as tasty but cooking any steak to the point of being well done makes any steak taste the same. Personally, i actually take my steaks as rare as i can get. If it's still bleeding i'll take it. That shit is like butter melting in your mouth. Oh and this really only applies to steaks. Please try to cook hamburger, pork and chicken to the point of well done. Some people like medium rare burgers, myself included, but that's only for burgers made from premium cut ground beef like angus steak burgers.[/QUOTE] I like medium rare. Maybe I'll go for a rare steak next time I get the chance, though.

I'm not a connoisseur of meat, I don't really care. I'll stick it in my mouth regardless

When it comes to meat, I tend only have it at one sitting per day. But lots of it. [I]Lots of it.[/I] [editline]11th October 2014[/editline] I'm a fuckin' Tyrannosaurus when it comes to my meat consumption during dinner

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;46208211]When it comes to meat, I tend only have it at one sitting per day. But lots of it. [I]Lots of it.[/I] [editline]11th October 2014[/editline] I'm a fuckin' Tyrannosaurus when it comes to my meat consumption during dinner[/QUOTE] My hunger can't be put to rest unless i eat like a big steak. I think i may be a carnivore.

Job hunting and such is going well, finished my CV and sent off some application forms c:

Just smashed my toe against my desk and 1/4 of the nail decided it wanted to go bye bye. Oddly its bleeding like mad but I can't feel anything...

Oh you'll feel it...

[QUOTE=Talvy;46209348]Oh you'll feel it...[/QUOTE] naw, I've lost 4 toe nails, 2 on each foot and neither really felt horrible. They also grew back.

Went to Play Expo in Manchester today. Enjoyed it but now really sleepy. Bought a new Zelda shoulder bag but could have spent so much more.

[QUOTE=Reagy;46209299]Just smashed my toe against my desk and 1/4 of the nail decided it wanted to go bye bye. Oddly its bleeding like mad but I can't feel anything...[/QUOTE] My dad once dropped a table on his toe. He was barefooted too. He got so angry he literally punched a hole straight through the table.

[del]damn, what happened then?[/del] is the table ok?

[QUOTE=Talvy;46209768]damn, what happened then? :v:[/QUOTE] He sat around all day with his toe wrapped in paper. And other stuff. I can't remember much. I remember the floor having this notable blood trail going to the bathroom and then back out to the living room though. Along with the bathtub being bloodied.

[QUOTE=Ax3l;46209812]He sat around all day with his toe wrapped in paper. And other stuff. I can't remember much. I remember the floor having this notable blood trail going to the bathroom and then back out to the living room though. Along with the bathtub being bloodied.[/QUOTE] Did you question the oddly placed pile of debris on the floor?

my kitties are being super snugglers today and that makes me happy. c:

[QUOTE=redback3;46210216]Did you question the oddly placed pile of debris on the floor?[/QUOTE] No, I was there when it all happened.

At school camp we had to lug canoes from the cabins to the river and I slipped and dropped the end of it on my foot. Fast forward a few hours later and I take off my sock and probably about 3/4 of my big toe nail is missing :v: Didn't freak me out, I just wrapped it up and I was fine.

So i had an appointment with my uni's counsellor, in an attempt to maybe get a few days extension for uni stuff due to some heavy shit that happened recently. I answered her pretty truthfully, and the form she handed back to me to give to the course co-ordinator pretty much deemed what was going on in my head as one notch down from being 'complete mental incapacitation' Jeeze...

i got a big tub of potato sticks fo freebie weebies. aw yiss.

Why does my internet fucking die on the spot when it processes all the stuff in Gay Pics thread? Like dies in that I have to hard boot to get it to work again.

[QUOTE=Nerdrage;46212022]So i had an appointment with my uni's counsellor, in an attempt to maybe get a few days extension for uni stuff due to some heavy shit that happened recently. I answered her pretty truthfully, and the form she handed back to me to give to the course co-ordinator pretty much deemed what was going on in my head as one notch down from being 'complete mental incapacitation' Jeeze...[/QUOTE] Sounds way better than my uni coordinator. She basically told me that I could only see her on a tuesday at 7AM. It took me literally 2 hours to get to uni with public transport, and when I arrived there was a queue of at least 30+ people waiting for her. When I was next, I had asked her to see if I could get some extra assistance with my work. She just gave me an extra 10 minutes for one of my exams. I still failed it btw. Not her fault anyway, I just sucked so bad at the work I essentially flunked my entire second semester.