Just make the super passive aggressive facebook post of something like:

"Need some advice. Lent my friend some money and he is refusing to pay me back and giving me the run around. I thought he was a decent person but this is getting out of hand. What should I do??"

;P

Meh, don't want **** like that on my wall.

At first was like naw aint going to small claims court over this, but hey, might be good for a larf.

Edit: rjoe: not bad, but we're not close enough friends that I think he would even notice or care. We don't have friends of friends or anything. (I knew dude in other ways, but he was a hookup for me is how we got to hanging out.)

You could always tag him in it, he'd see it then

wtf is this facebook wall ****? This is serious male to male advice on a poker forum?

It's Passive Aggressive Facebook Posting 101 brah.

You feel disrespected, perhaps taken advantage of. Let it be a lesson- considers "loans" a gift and any repayment also a gift.

It could be that the person thought you were an easy target, didn't need the money that badly and considers the friendship worthless enough to burn you over small amount of money. When you consider this it pisses you off.

It could be that the person is drowning, needed a lifeline, is still drowning and feels terrible about not paying you back on time but will when they can. Considering this possibility makes you feel better about the situation so try to think of it this way.

Whatever the reality is you should let it go, learn from it and don't lend money in the future with any expectation of getting it back. In my experience loans are only paid back if the relationship is valued very highly.

For people who I value the relationship but who always have money problems I use a strategy. When they ask me for money I tell them I can only give them some fraction but something still significant. Then I never bring it up again and of course they don't pay me back. If they ask me to borrow money in the future (which they rarely do, knowing that they still owe you and thinking you have forgotten) I will just bring up that they never paid me back from before. Doing this, you can preserve friendships with people who are financially irresponsible (but are otherwise cool) without appearing unsympathetic to their troubles or getting burned for a large amount of money.

Is the villain TomVeil?

On May 2nd we got 15 inches of snow. On May 14th it is 92 degrees. Minnesota weather ftw

Your insistence on posting average food makes me sad after looking at the steak thread in OOT all day long

Those guys don't know anything about grilling.

That thread's nothing more than a lot of guys showing how they pan sear expensive meats in olive oil.

DBJ is not impressed.

Is there anything on that salmon? Looks kinda bland.

People like [phill] and tomdemain eat food like that.

There's been more grilling going on in that thread lately AFAICT.

Yes, a nice lemon based rub.

People overseason fish. It's tragic but it happens.

Meh, if you want to call it that.

They cook the steaks then sear them on a grill.

Now I don't want to say you're gay if you participate in things like that, but you probably enjoy putting other meats besides beef chicken and pork in your mouth if you cook your steak prior to grilling it.

TBH I just scan the pictures and see the grill marks. If that's what they're doing then lol indeed

fyp

What a nicely seasoned fish looks like:

I eat those. Best thing on Micky Dee's menu imo.

Imo salt and pepper before grilling, then serve with a dollop on the side of tartar sauce if you have some or dijon and mayo mix (1:2 ratio) if you dont along with whatever floats your boat for veg.

Fish esp salmon is full of flavour, you shouldnt do much to it, even I know that and I am a ****ty cook.

I've got a nice rant somewhere on "blackened" fish done by the incomparable Justin Wilson.

I'll see if I can find it.

I usually only eat fish when I go to my uncle's lake house and we catch a ton of crappie and he cleans it and breads in it a blend my dad's boss makes and sells. We mix a bit of mayo with some dill relish for dip and it's prettay good.

Not sure when I can go back to the lake house though since my dad and I helped build it and not sure I'm ready for that yet

Food context matters. If you just yanked a rainbow trout from a a babbling stream and chucked it on some coals, leave that thing alone. Savor its full troutyness.

If you grabbed a hunk of cod from the supermarket that was caught sometime last June and has been frozen and thawed at least 3 times, break out the spice rack. It needs some help.

Just wanted to draw the ire of ikes a bit:



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