For those discussions and thread that don’t fit specifically in any of the other categories
Welcome to Guy Talk, a serious space to discuss masculinity, good and bad. This time it’s an open thread – talk about whatever aspect of masculinity you like! All genders can comment. The next Guy Talk will be published on … Continue reading Guy Talk: Open Thread
Note: I toyed with the idea of making this a “How We Got Here” post, but there was too much impressionistic and personal material to really separate from the strictly historical paragraphs on the Highland Clearances. Nevertheless, tagging it as … Continue reading Caledonian Flaneurade: Scotland Report, 2019
Google’s announcement of Stadia, their upcoming cloud gaming platform was met with mixed reactions and many, many (many) questions. Will cloud-based gaming soon become the standard, much like streaming music and movies? Will the next generation of consoles that exist … Continue reading What Did You Do This Weekend?
Come show off your green thumb, Avocados! Garden vicariously through others! Or just start your week off right by looking at pretty growing things. Figured I’d put more into the header this week and see how it goes. The image … Continue reading Weekly Gardening Thread (June 10)
Welcome to the 73rd Tony Awards Live Chat! The show officially starts at 8:00/7:00 CT on CBS and streaming at various places. Gather here to celebrate the best that Broadway has to offer, see performances of nominated musicals, and cheer … Continue reading 73rd Tony Awards Live Chat
A couple of years ago, my dad finally pulled the trigger on a lifelong wish to take the family—he, his fifth wife, his four sons (two of us from his first wife and another two from his third), and my … Continue reading The Smoke: London Report, 2019
Tuesday was National Cheese Day as noted in the Day Thread. If you’re like me one day is barely enough time to celebrate the deliciousness that is cheese, we should have a cheese week, or better yet month. Continue reading More Cheese! Sunday Food Thread 6/9.
Pets are hilarious. Show us yours! Continue reading The Pet Thread’s Gonna Get It
The Avocado GIF Exchange is back! Share your favorite (uncommon) GIFs that you don’t mind other people swiping and reposting! Such as… Or… The most popular GIF by upvotes will receive a SPECIAL AWARD*!!! GO! Continue reading Avocado GIF Exchange
It has been a while since we’ve done an introduction round, so here’s another! To the members of our community who’ve joined us in the past few months, I bid a hearty WELCOME! To the members who’ve been here longer: … Continue reading Introduce Yourself!
Hey, all; Happy Friday- Sadly, no topic this week. It hasn’t exactly been a banner few days for creativity, and the litany of things I could rant about would require me to start naming names and, despite the fact … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 6/7/2019 – Open Table
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is another in a weekly series looking at restaurant, hotel kitchen, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sometimes things will be familiar, sometimes they’ll be … Continue reading Let’s Read an Old Menu, Featuring: Smalls’ Paradise, Harlem, New York, date unknown c. 1930s
Instructions! Ask questions about anything that might require a bit of thought or research. The OTs and PTs fly by so quick not many eyeballs might catch your query. Put them here and they last all week. Check back to … Continue reading Avocado Reference Desk – 13
It’s cuddly animals vs. mutants in the first ever Avocado Box Office Oracle. Continue reading Box Office Oracle — 6/7/09-6/9/09
Some guidelines to help this space be a positive experience for everyone: ☮ As always with the Avocado, don’t feel compelled to share beyond your comfort level. ☮ Anyone who identifies as female, or who was socialized female/AFAB/otherwise has firsthand experience with … Continue reading The Women+ Thread Finds Joy
We Never Learn, also known as Bokuben, is a shōnen manga series about a boy who tutors three high school girls who all have proficiencies in different subjects in an attempt to get a college scholarship. An anime series based … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 5th, 2019)
Have at it, folks! Continue reading Tolerable Discussions 6.05.2019
A place for “serious” discussions. Continue reading “In All Seriousness” Thread — 6/04/2019
Who are some of your nerd/dork crushes? Now for some rules -One crush per a post. -All posts where you declare your crush must include at least 1 image or gif of the crush. -Keep it respectful please. For example, … Continue reading The Crush Thread: Nerds and Dorks
Welcome! The purpose of this thread is to talk about all things related to the wonderful world of musical theatre. Each week (or so) I will post a thread with a topic/question for everyone to respond to. This is also … Continue reading Musicals Thread (Tony Awards 2019)
Maybe we can turn this whole Climate Change and collapse of Civilization thing around! Pool the collective wisdom and expertise of the commentariat a SAVE THE PLANET!!! We can brainstorm, develop policy, and write a piece of legislation that can … Continue reading Avocado Think Tank: Solve the Collapse of Civilization by 2050
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