en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/13168435 Comments by unleavings http://clevermanka.net/2016/07/08/friday-open-thread/#IDComment1025568135 oh, clevermanka, I am so glad that you are here and that the toastie community continues in this and other places. Love and hugs to all today. Fri, 8 Jul 2016 15:46:00 +0000 http://clevermanka.net/2016/07/08/friday-open-thread/#IDComment1025568135 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/the-final-link-roundup/#IDComment1025120907 PLEASE COME TO TOASTIESLACK. We need our pics of our spud! (seriously, email ppyajunebug [at] gmail [dot] com and I will get you the invitation! Fri, 1 Jul 2016 19:32:02 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/the-final-link-roundup/#IDComment1025120907 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/go-on-get-out-of-here/#IDComment1025112471 WE LOVE YOU MALLORY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TROLL US. Thank you so much for the toast. So much. So very much. Thank you for making it impossible to reread some of my childhood favorites, thank you for making me snort beer out my nose (ouch) while reading Monks Invent..., thank you for helping me realize that my cat is a teenage dirtbag. God, I'm going to miss this place. Fri, 1 Jul 2016 16:57:51 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/go-on-get-out-of-here/#IDComment1025112471 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/an-open-thread-and-sea-room/#IDComment1025109739 A toast to Mallory, Nicole, Nikki, Jaya, Roxane, Marco, and everyone else who made this site what it was: A willing foe, and a sea room I'll see you all when we take to the sea. Fri, 1 Jul 2016 16:15:49 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/an-open-thread-and-sea-room/#IDComment1025109739 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/the-final-link-roundup/#IDComment1025098341 Thank you so much for all the mornings of links, Nicole. My work productivity is about to get a lot better, and I'm not happy about it. <3 you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Fri, 1 Jul 2016 13:17:29 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/the-final-link-roundup/#IDComment1025098341 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/the-final-link-roundup/#IDComment1025098212 I have enjoyed your comments immensely. Hope to see you over at slack from time to time. Fri, 1 Jul 2016 13:15:26 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/the-final-link-roundup/#IDComment1025098212 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/30/link-roundup-602/#IDComment1025031913 There is no nesting of comments, sadly. It's more of a group of themed chatrooms with ongoing discussions. A lot of new members who are finding the large channels overwhelming are joining some of the topical/local channels (game of thrones yelling, Pennsyvania toasties, etc) and getting into the discussion there. But feel free to jump into a channel and ask what's up; we're all quite friendly, even though some of us may get into long arguments about things like whether pies are meant to have fruit or meat in them. Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:54:07 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/30/link-roundup-602/#IDComment1025031913 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/30/link-roundup-602/#IDComment1025022818 It's not Thursday it can't be Thursday ima just stick my head in the sand over here, m'kay? But in the interest of keeping the commenting community of love and kindness and toast together, I will first post your daily reminder that many of us are migrating to toastieslack. For gently self-moderating groups, discussions of our personal dirtbaggery and crushes, shouting at the tv, and much more, email ppyajunebug [at] gmail [dot] com Please join us as we mourn the loss of our favorite breakfast food site and all take to the sea. Thu, 30 Jun 2016 13:09:46 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/30/link-roundup-602/#IDComment1025022818 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/paintings-of-the-torture-of-prometheus-where-it-actually-looks-like-the-eagle-assigned-to-tear-out-his-liver-is-his-new-boyfriend/#IDComment1024964780 I will miss the ability to regularly comment on dick ribboning. GODDAMMIT Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:46:40 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/paintings-of-the-torture-of-prometheus-where-it-actually-looks-like-the-eagle-assigned-to-tear-out-his-liver-is-his-new-boyfriend/#IDComment1024964780 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/how-to-tell-if-you-are-in-a-jrr-tolkien-book/#IDComment1024964012 JESUS FUCKING CHRIST I AM NOT CRYING TODAY I AM NOT! Also, if I did happen to come into possession of a magical object of world-imperiling demonic power, I would ABSOLUTELY use it to avoid small talk. Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:30:58 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/how-to-tell-if-you-are-in-a-jrr-tolkien-book/#IDComment1024964012 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/thank-you/#IDComment1024963570 We love you and all the invisible curatorial work you've done to help make this site and commenting community the awesome, amazing, and irreplaceable space that it is. Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:22:12 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/thank-you/#IDComment1024963570 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/link-roundup-601/#IDComment1024949455 I thought I was going to have to go completely off-topic with the toastieslack info, but DOPE LAKE! Toastieslacker and toast commenter @ang_mideavalist introduced me to the amazing book Death in Yosemite, in which men repeatedly ignore Very Large Warning Signs and go swim directly upstream of waterfalls and, to no one's surprise, die of testosterone poisoning. It is a delight, and also includes a section on dope lake and hare-brained attempts to recover said dope. So, for your post-toast (SOBBING, here) book recommendations and misandry, please join toastieslack. Email ppyajunebug [at] gmail [dot] com for an invitation. We love you, we love this wonderful corner of the Internet, and we are trying our very best to keep the commentariat portion of it alive. Wed, 29 Jun 2016 13:11:41 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/link-roundup-601/#IDComment1024949455 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/27/if-barack-obama-were-your-dad/#IDComment1024815478 You know that feeling where you're really choked up and not actually crying but holding back the tears makes you feel like you might puke? Yeah. Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:16:37 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/27/if-barack-obama-were-your-dad/#IDComment1024815478 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-111/#IDComment1024599422 email as above. Follow the directions in the invitation email from slack. Play around for a bit in the different channels, ask questions in slack101, take concerns or requests to adminstuff. It's a bit easier to figure out from a computer than from mobile, so try on a computer first. Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:21:56 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-111/#IDComment1024599422 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-111/#IDComment1024598528 Bartender, please come join us at toastieslack. EVERYONE, please come join us at toastieslack. ppyajunebug [at] gmail [dot] com I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING THIS IS JUST DUST IT'S A VERY DUSTY ROOM OK? (sob) Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:06:41 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-111/#IDComment1024598528 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/17/cocktail-hour-open-thread-110/#IDComment1024068685 Weekly reminder that many Toasties are migrating over to toastieslack to keep conversations and community going. It's easy to use and we have a lot of great discussions going on over there. If you would like an invitation, please email ppyajunebug [at] gmail [dot] com If you requested an invitation but never got one, or if you have tried to sign up from your invitation and it didn't work, please email with details. I will do my best to get you sorted! Also, if you are chloelevil, WE NEED YOU AND CHARLIE POTATO HASHBROWNS. Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:19:53 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/17/cocktail-hour-open-thread-110/#IDComment1024068685 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/13/link-roundup-590/#IDComment1023009967 I am angry and sad today, and planning on hiding from all social media for a while. Love and hugs and safety and self-care to all my toastie friends. Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:48:30 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/13/link-roundup-590/#IDComment1023009967 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/10/cocktail-hour-open-thread-109/#IDComment1022820800 Oh, TATER! Pleeeeeease say that you'll come over to toastieslack so we can continue to see our buddy when the_toast folds (sob). Fri, 10 Jun 2016 18:57:07 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/10/cocktail-hour-open-thread-109/#IDComment1022820800 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/10/how-old-were-you-when-you-learned-how-to-use-the-brakes-on-rollerblades/#IDComment1022820667 Never rollerbladed, but my braking with roller and ice skates is falling on my ass 3 seconds after I put them on. Fri, 10 Jun 2016 18:55:00 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/10/how-old-were-you-when-you-learned-how-to-use-the-brakes-on-rollerblades/#IDComment1022820667 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/10/link-roundup-589/#IDComment1022804744 The dream. Fri, 10 Jun 2016 13:48:17 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/10/link-roundup-589/#IDComment1022804744