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Why do you have to be 16 to buy regular apple cider?

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Ooh, apple cider doesn’t have alcohol? My mistake. It was cider. With alcohol.

But then, what is apple cider? Isn’t it just apple juice?

Ceci n’est pas une signature.

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Frank your Majesty said:

Ooh, apple cider doesn’t have alcohol? My mistake. It was cider. With alcohol.

Hard cider.

But then, what is apple cider? Isn’t it just apple juice?

Apple cider is raw, unfiltered, unprocessed apple juice. Spiced apple cider has cinnamon and nutmeg and stuff like that in it. None of this involves alcohol. Hard cider contains alcohol.

…in the US. From what I’m reading, “apple cider” is an alcoholic beverage in other regions, because apparently apple cider is not shelf stable and will ferment over time.

Apple juice is pasteurized, and therefore can’t ferment.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/apple-juice-vs-apple-cider_us_58065dd3e4b0b994d4c1c9e1

https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/apple-cider-vs-apple-juice

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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Oh we have hard cider here, but it’s its own specific thing and doesn’t have alcohol unless specified

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Every thread we could talk about this stuff in gets locked so I’m reluctant to comment about how she was being a jerk as well as provoking the moderation.

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Possessed said:

Every thread we could talk about this stuff in gets locked so I’m reluctant to comment about how she was being a jerk as well as provoking the moderation.

yeah, we should learn and talk about banned users in threads we hate…

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Frank your Majesty said:

But then, what is apple cider? Isn’t it just apple juice?

“Get over violence, madness and death? What else is there?”

Also known as Mr. Liquid Jungle.

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TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

Not that I’m complaining, but why was MalàStrana banned?

https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Star-Wars-Episode-VII-VIII-IX-George-Lucas-original-story-outline-scripts-treatments-or-his-ideas/id/17833/page/3#1216922

So, threadcrapping and shitposting (basically incendiarily derailing a thread) again after being told to quit it.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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Google doesn’t seem to think “incendiarily” is a word.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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moviefreakedmind said:

Christ on a cross. . .

Why do some people say “Jesus H. Christ” or “Christ on a crutch”?
What is the “H” supposed to stand for, and why a crutch?

I never understood why people say that.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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chyron8472 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Christ on a cross. . .

Why do some people say “Jesus H. Christ” or “Christ on a crutch”?
What is the “H” supposed to stand for, and why a crutch?

I never understood why people say that.

I don’t know. I didn’t say either of those things so I don’t really have any insight.

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moviefreakedmind said:

chyron8472 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Christ on a cross. . .

Why do some people say “Jesus H. Christ” or “Christ on a crutch”?
What is the “H” supposed to stand for, and why a crutch?

I never understood why people say that.

I don’t know. I didn’t say either of those things so I don’t really have any insight.

I know. But it got me thinking that what you said would make more sense than what people usually say.

And it was a random thought, and I used it to change the subject.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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People say “crutch?” I don’t think I’ve ever heard that one.

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chyron8472 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Christ on a cross. . .

Why do some people say “Jesus H. Christ” or “Christ on a crutch”?
What is the “H” supposed to stand for, and why a crutch?

Harold. Jesus Harold Christ.

I’ve said this my whole life and have no idea where it came from.

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Well Jesus MF Christ Jay.

Just kidding. When I was a child I used to think it stranded for hussein. Not making any kind of statement or joke or anything like that, it wasn’t as a controversial name back then, or at least I didn’t know it.

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If you’re under 30, it was controversial. Saddam Hussein was a big deal in the 80s, moreso in the 90s.

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Handman said:

If you’re under 30, it was controversial. Saddam Hussein was a big deal in the 80s, moreso in the 90s.

Uh, and in 2003.

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moviefreakedmind said:

Handman said:

If you’re under 30, it was controversial. Saddam Hussein was a big deal in the 80s, moreso in the 90s.

Uh, and in 2003.

He mentioned it wasn’t controversial when he was a kid, so I figured he knew that part.

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chyron8472 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Christ on a cross. . .

Why do some people say “Jesus H. Christ” or “Christ on a crutch”?
What is the “H” supposed to stand for, and why a crutch?

I never understood why people say that.

“Crutch” might be a deliberate mispronunciation of “cross,” but I’m not really sure.

My theory regarding “Jesus H. Christ” is that in Catholic churches (and on other Catholic things) you’ll often see inscriptions like “JHC” or “JHS.” These stand for Jesus’ name (or in more recent times have been interpreted as a short form of “Jesus Hominum Salvator”, which is Latin for “Jesus Saviour of Mankind”), and are a transcription of the first three letters of his name in Greek (hence the variation between C and S). My guess is that some people, seeing that and not knowing what it meant, but knowing it referred to Jesus, interpreted it as his initials.

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RicOlie_2 said:

chyron8472 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Christ on a cross. . .

Why do some people say “Jesus H. Christ” or “Christ on a crutch”?
What is the “H” supposed to stand for, and why a crutch?

I never understood why people say that.

“Crutch” might be a deliberate mispronunciation of “cross,” but I’m not really sure.

My theory regarding “Jesus H. Christ” is that in Catholic churches (and on other Catholic things) you’ll often see inscriptions like “JHC” or “JHS.” These stand for Jesus’ name (or in more recent times have been interpreted as a short form of “Jesus Hominum Salvator”, which is Latin for “Jesus Saviour of Mankind”), and are a transcription of the first three letters of his name in Greek (hence the variation between C and S). My guess is that some people, seeing that and not knowing what it meant, but knowing it referred to Jesus, interpreted it as his initials.

JEDIT: Hey, Wikipedia backs me up. It says that it’s common in the Anglican/Episcopalian Church as well, which is likely where exposure to the “JHC” abbreviation would have come in.

JEDIT: Oops, that wasn’t a JEDIT…