@dream-hunter long time no see. Good to see you're still around.

@Vermillion-Rx I've had chocolate with pistachios before this silly craze. It can be a good pairing. This was good chocolate and actual pistachios. I liked it, but not enough to spend that much again when other pairings such as hazelnuts are way better and less pricey.

From what I've seen of the Dubai crap, it's a pistachio-flavored paste that looks like vomit.

but I need to free up some time (or take better advantage of opportunities like what today is looking like) to do this

I said that 5 days ago, and ended up too distracted by RL to even do anything on here besides admin stuff and check DMs. Let alone do any posting on my YouTube account.

@Vermillion-Rx

when every store and their pet monkey did dill pickle flavored everything

The only new thing like that I ever saw was dill pickle flavored sunflower seeds, and those are really good especially on a hot day.

They had dill pickle flavored almonds as far back as 2005. I distinctly remember coming across those in the PX during my first tour in Iraq. Blue Diamond brand, if memory serves. They had all kinds of oddball flavors.

@Vermillion-Rx I had never heard of it until it was mentioned in a WAATGM thread a while back. I was relieved to find that it had nothing to do with Dubai porta potties.

I'm always suspicious of stuff that just comes out of nowhere and is suddenly popular or at least ubiquitous. Another example is Dutch Bros Coffee. I never heard of this chain, and suddenly I can't drive a few miles without passing 3 of them. They're almost as widespread as Starbucks, but didn't have the slow build they did.

@MentORPHEUS I haven't even been posting here at the dot reds all that much lately

I know you're right about this, but I need to free up some time (or take better advantage of opportunities like what today is looking like) to do this

@Typo-MAGAshiv work out a low effort system. Browse here and other manosphere sites as usual. When something repost worthy comes up. Open a YouTube tab, post it there with a sentence or 3 of your own remarks. 60 to 90 seconds later your bare minimum daily goal gets met.
Months down the line when you feel otherwise ready to put more time and effort into your channel, you'll be hitting the ground running with lots of subscribers and viewers, rather than the demoralizing slog of building up from 3 subscribers THEN.

@adam-l hell, Athol Kay's "Married Man Sex Life Primer" came out in 2011 or 2012. I think the first Rational Male book came out at least a year or two before that.

@Typo-MAGAshiv LOL! It's been 11 years, it's a historical document by now :)

@MentORPHEUS

I'd suggest you go out of your way to make at least 1 post every day, and more than one whenever you can manage it, steadily for a couple of weeks in a row, to gain some traction in the YouTube algorithm.

Ugh. You're probably right, but ugh.