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: when faux-Italians think their Italian food/recipe is more Italian than actual Italians' food/recipe because they think "Americans" can't cook "real Italian" food [like American non-Italians]

Folks often don't realize that immigrants make do with what ingredients their new countries have available, for the most part, and that things like recipes change over time.

Identity is weird and sometimes amusing.

: an ad from the April 1943 edition of Weird Tales Magazine

War brings out the grifters for the gullibles, and God and wealth always are part of the schtick.

: "First of all you've got to have talent, and then you've got to marry her like I did."

: "I don't mind their having a lot of money, and I don't care how they employ it, but I do think that they damn well ought to admit they enjoy it."

: "Playing Shakespeare is very tiring. You never get to sit down unless you're a king."

Why is it so incredibly dry in the Mid-Atlantic?

Look at where the wind is coming from compared to average — much more out of the NW and not the S.

: If I can contain myself today, I am going to dedicate a few hours to reading. I've been stupid-busy of late and haven't sat down for a good read in two weeks.

Seven years ago, CounterSocial was still in beta. We had a handful of users interested in what we were trying to do and we set about drumming up interest to find more.

The premise then was as it is now: a social media experience that is COUNTER to the influence of malicious actors online. A haven that doesn't exploit, but instead allows YOU to be YOUR genuine self.

For seven years, we have been sustained by an amazing community who chips in to keep the servers online.

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The Disaster Autist

CounterSocial is the first Social Network Platform to take a zero-tolerance stance to hostile nations, bot accounts and trolls who are weaponizing OUR social media platforms and freedoms to engage in influence operations against us. And we're here to counter it.