Is the meatball topping mandatory?

Or any kind of spaghetti sauce is fine? I quite enjoy carbonara. What about other kinds of noodles, nom-spaghetti pasta or ramen. Different denominations or sacrilege? Mm maybe some slow braised beef ragu with tagliatelle… if I am not going too far.. dumplings? Oh my Dumpling, all kinds of dumplings are worship-able to me. I will worship some xiao long bao any time. Bring me the khinkali. Apologies if this is heretic talk, just curious (and so hungry right now)

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u/darthmelo — 11 days ago

Recommendations with complex plot and/or characters

Good art is always a bonus but I want quality plot or characters. I am ok with a not-so-perfect storytelling or pacing, of course if it’s great all the better. Not looking for a particular trope, but prefer romance to be involved. Complex characterisation and character arcs (redemption, corruption, evolution.. any of them). Webtoon/manhwa/manga all acceptable.

Here are some titles I have enjoyed, that in my opiniom fits the request:

-Pale Horse

-Cheese in the Trap

-Olgami

-Yeohye

-Glass Wall

-Winter Woods

-Light and Shadow (well, for the most part if you ignore the beginning)

-Reminiscence Adonis (only in the beginning though, the plot has dragged on too much that I stopped reading)

-Purple Hyacinth (before hiatus/likely discontinuation)

-Ireon Ending (short and different from the rest but the characters felt so human and real)

-The spark in your eyes

-The great wish

-love song for illusion

-your eternal lies (i’m rereading it now, as i hadn’t finished it when it first came out - just forgot about it lol)

Here are some other works that were still memorable to me for a reason or another and somewhat fits the request:

-Uncanny Charm

-Roxana maybe? (I had started reading but I think it was on a break and I forgot about it, I’m gonna check it out again though)

-goodbye in law

-Here U Are (this is more slice of life but enjoyed it a lot)

-Semantic Error (a little too intimacy focused for me, but art is so nice and enjoyed reading it)

-Unholy Blood

-original Aisha, haven’t read the remake

-my reason to die

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u/darthmelo — 26 days ago

Gum graft palate recovery

When taking tissue from the roof of mouth for one tooth (but deep recession), will the removed area feel different? I will need to get a graft, and dentist recommended my own tissue. My concern is more so sensory, since my tongue will be touching the roof of my mouth, will there always be a difference. I have issues with skin picking, never in my mouth, but a different tissue texture that I can feel all the time doesn’t sound great. Or does it go back to exactly the way it was before eventually?

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u/darthmelo — 1 month ago
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Confused about guapea footwork variations

I am a total beginner(follower), only a few classes in Cuban style salsa. One thing I am a bit confused about is specifically the guapea footwork. My classes teach us slightly forward with the right foot on count 1, but in socials a lot of people do a bigger step backward on count 1. The move I try to do and the move leads in the socials expect me to do seem to not match and cause us to be out of sync? Are there variations to the footwork for this move? If so, do you just practice all of it to adapt to what variation the lead will do?

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u/darthmelo — 3 months ago

Has the Estee Lauder Beautiful formula changed in the last few years?

This used to be my mum’s signature perfume. So every once in a while, I go and sniff the perfume in stores. The familiarity makes me happy. But yesterday I sniffed it in an airport duty free, and it felt very different to me. Feeling a bit sad about it. Maybe it’s just that with time the scent has lost its familiarity to me, but curious if it has actually changed in the last 5 or so years?

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u/darthmelo — 3 months ago