2/19/26 - Weird Toppings, Relationships, and Cooking
- bribriny
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Thursday 2/19/26
Celebrate:
International Tug-of-War Day
Iwo Jima Day
National Arabian Horse Day
National Boston Terrier Day
National Chocolate Mint Day
National Lash Day
Prevent Plagiarism Day
The Great American Spit Out (like the smoke out but for chew)
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What’s the weirdest topping you’ve seen someone put on food?
Reddit answered.
EphraimGale said I put chocolate syrup on uncooked ramen once
Which brought this conversation.
TheButcher847 - Did u eat the chocolate-covered uncooked ramen?
EphraimGale - I did
TheButcher8476 - Ur a monster
Sriracha. Not that strange, except it was on Fruit Loops.
I like to use root beer instead of milk with Fruit Loops
Vanilla yogurt on chips
Mayo and mustard on pizza
comment - This is an insult to pizza
I knew a girl in high school that liked to put marshmallow fluff on pepperoni pizza.
Honey on eggs.
Popcorn in milk, like cereal. (Alton Brown has done this, it's just plain popcorn and he sprinkles it with sugar)
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How Americans Rate Their Cooking:
19% say they're "great" at cooking
43% say "good"
30% say "OK"
Only 7% say "bad" or "terrible"
Where People Learned to Cook:
Parents/guardians (65%)
Online recipes (51%)
Cookbooks (42%)
Online videos (34%)
Friends (28%)
Cooking TV shows (27%)
Spouses/partners (24%)
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How was your Mardi Gras? End up in the street shirtless??? Shia LaBeouf did and was arrested in New Orleans. After being escorted from a bar, he was reportedly involved in an altercation that left him shirtless on Bourbon Street. Early this morning, he posted a cryptic "Free me" message on X.
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Usually you market to a generation. That seems to be going away as marketers are officially moving away from "Gen Z" or "Millennial" labels. Instead, 2026 is the year of the "New Young"—people in their 30s to 60s who are rejecting retirement and embracing "second acts" in careers and dating.
I'm between two really I don't consider myself a Boomer, more a Gen X'er so I'm a Generation Jones (my Facebook group says it's '54-'65)
There are also Xennials (77-83)
Zillennials are between millennials and Gen Z
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Valentine's was this past weekend. Where are we in the state of our relationships???
70% consider themselves romantic
39% rate their relationship as "excellent"
20% are typically responsible for planning Valentine's Day activities
45% have been disappointed by a partner not doing enough for Valentine's Day
Financial Side:
33% say their relationship is a strain on their finances
7 in 10 think financial infidelity can be worse than cheating
48% wouldn't marry someone with bad budgeting habits or bad credit
60% say irresponsible spending is a bigger turnoff than bad breath
How Long Before Marriage:
70% think couples should be together at least 1 year before marriage
There is so much more information here.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - There are about 16 million thunderstorms around the world each year.
Every day, around 40,000 thunderstorms occur worldwide.
Lightning strikes the Earth about 100 times every second. That's roughly 8 million times a day!
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