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[Review] Are Huel's New Instant Meal Cups Worth the Price?

June 12, 2024 Hadrian Flyte

My two obsessions: trying new vegan products and wrestling together at last

Huel recently launched a line of instant meals that are pre-portioned like instant noodle cups. Are they worth the price? Let’s explore! We’ll also talk about their complete nutrition bars and spoiler alert: those are delicious.

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In Reviews Tags Huel, Huel Instant Meal Cups, Vegan food, Huel Complete Nutrition Bars
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Like Chilly Mountain Graves

May 15, 2024 Hadrian Flyte

A reflection on loss and the power of self-curation.

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In Diary Tags loss, renewal
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Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos - The Destruction of a Neo-Passéist Reality

February 9, 2021 Hadrian Flyte
It’s weird to hold something you’ve worked on, no matter how familiar the process is in theory.

It’s weird to hold something you’ve worked on, no matter how familiar the process is in theory.

The Neo-Decadent rails against this tired, monotonous existence not through concerning themself with direct rebellion but through the audacity to live in uninhibited kaleidoscopic joy. There's little reason to operate within a system that is fundamentally antagonistic to work that isn't designed for it, and the Neo-Decadent should take, repurpose, destroy, and reanimate with reckless abandon.

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In Reviews, Books Tags Books, Neo-Decadence, Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos, Drowning in Beauty, The Neo-Decadent Cookbook, Justin Isis, Quentin S. Crisp, Brendan Connell, Colby Smith, Arturo Calderon, Hadrian Flyte, Gaurav Monga, Ramon Alanis, LC von Hessen, Paul Cunningham, Jeremy Reed, Sailor Stephens, Damian Murphy, Literature, Decadent literature
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A Year of Books: What I Read in 2020 to Keep Sane

January 1, 2021 Hadrian Flyte
Add this light and easy to transport pile to your wishlists today! (this is seriously at least 15 pounds)

Add this light and easy to transport pile to your wishlists today! (this is seriously at least 15 pounds)

It’s something of a running joke that I can’t leave a Zoom without recommending at least 2 books now. I used literature to fight my desire to venture out into the world, to haunt cafes or desolate curry houses. I’ve collected 12 of the best books I read in 2020, with little focus on ranking them or divulging which I think is “the book of the year.”

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In Diary, Reviews, ramblings Tags Books, Snuggly Books, Darkly, Niche, Momus, Joseph Laycock, The Satanic Temple, Neo-Decadence, Decadence, Gothic, LGBTQIA, Queer, History, Sex, Sexuality, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Korean, Thriller, Occult
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Do Not Weep for Prince Prospero: Catharsis and Respectability Theater

October 4, 2020 Hadrian Flyte
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Respectability Theater is the illusory practice that those in power should be wished well and mourned lest something equally terrible befall you. But if we reject the perpetual double standard of respectability found in religious practice, are we so wrong in not wishing Prince Prospero well?

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In Diary Tags Masque of the Red Death, Respectability Theater, Covid-19, Covid, Edgar Allan Poe
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The Transmutative Art of Mitigating Dissatisfaction

June 24, 2020 Hadrian Flyte
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The thin veils covering how wretched reality is are tattered and bare as 2020 trudges on. Learning to mitigate and use the eternal dissatisfaction we face is the only way forward.

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In Diary, ramblings Tags dissatisfaction, injustice, anger
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Emeraldis - A Story In 100 Words 8/14

August 13, 2019 Hadrian Flyte
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This story in 100 words explores the idea of what might happen if you covered your girlfriend’s corpse with jewels. Normal, everyday fiction here.

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In A Story in 100 Words Tags In 100 Words, short story, short fiction, 100 word story, conte cruel, fiction, horror
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Capitalizing on LGBTQIA Capitalism: Pay Me

June 4, 2019 Hadrian Flyte
Unless that rainbow capitalism directly benefits me, of course.

Unless that rainbow capitalism directly benefits me, of course.

Rainbow Capitalism pops up every Pride to remind us that corporations care about queer people. If you want to be known as the sort of person who supports LGBTQIA people but have no idea where to start, might I suggest paying me to alleviate any guilt you’re feeling about allyship? My rates are reasonable, and competitive.

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In Diary, ramblings Tags Pride, Rainbow Capitalism, LGBT, LGBTQIA, Queer, Capitalism
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The Careful Art of Playlist Curation

February 10, 2019 Hadrian Flyte
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Generating playlists is a perpetually shifting and undefinable art that no algorithm seems to get quite right. Or it’s just the music that most appeals to Hadrian is connected broader theme than one AI can handle.

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In Diary Tags Spofity, music, playlist, audio decadence, Momus, Morrissey, The Divine Comedy, The Real Tuesday Weld, T. Rex, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Pet Shop Boys, Future Bible Heroes, The Magnetic Fields
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Man and the Wheel, a Saturday Spent in the Tire Shop

February 9, 2019 Hadrian Flyte
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CW: transgender issues

An unexpected trip to the tire shop turns into a reflection on a divide in the concept of masculinity and the importance of properly changing your name on every account you use.

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In Diary Tags essay, tire shop, predator, transgender, LGBT
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To Slather or to Cook: December Fuego Box Review in January

January 7, 2019 Hadrian Flyte
My beautiful living room

My beautiful living room

Not every hot sauce is good for drowning your tacos in, something Hadrian learns in this fiery December Fuego Box review. Yes, it’s January but the box was a tad late. But not lacking in pain.

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In Reviews Tags fuego box, char man brand, puckerbutt pepper company, hot sauce, review, carolina reaper, habanero
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Resolutions, Self-Indulgence, and Why It's Okay to Have a "New Beginning" in 2019

January 1, 2019 Hadrian Flyte
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Resolutions are passé in 2019 but I argue we could stand to reconsider how we engage with self-reflection and not reward opportunistic corporations in the process. Let’s embrace a new concept of selfishness.

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In ramblings Tags new years resolution, learning languages, selfishness, decadence, sticking it to the man, New Year, 2019, Resolutions
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Smoked Ghosts and 7 Pot Primos: November Fuego Box Review

November 9, 2018 Hadrian Flyte
It’s a snake…..

It’s a snake…..

This month’s Fuego Box is fueled by indulgence and passion. Come, taste the fiery dedication Primo’s Peppers puts into every batch of Swampadelic Sauce and reflect upon your perhaps complicated relationship with Taco Bell fire sauce with Jersey Barnfire’s Smoked Ghost Taco.

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In Hot Sauce Tags fuego box, Primo's Peppers, Jersey Barnfire, hot sauce, hot sauce review, ghost pepper, 7 pot primo, gourmet taco bell
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A Few Things I Like in a Time I Enjoy Absolutely Nothing About

October 27, 2018 Hadrian Flyte
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In a desperate attempt to not allow current political decrees to paralyze him into inaction, Hadrian takes a moment to talk about things he enjoys that help ease the pain in this tumultuous times. He’s still a neurotic dandy, however.

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In ramblings Tags a rebours, decadence, oscar wilde, the picture of dorian gray, lawrence rothman, satanism, blackcraft cult, blackcraft wrestling, decade, oz vs eden
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National Coming Out Day: The Slow Burn of Self-Doubt, Time Lords, and Orlando

October 11, 2018 Hadrian Flyte
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On National Coming Out day, Hadrian takes a look back at the dull ache of gender identity and realizes he’s been tremendously queered up the entire time thanks to Virginia Woolf and time lords.

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In ramblings Tags national coming out day, virginia woolf, Orlando, transgender, that gay shit
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Dead Weight: How an Early Columbo Episode Tackled Gaslighting and Hero Worship

September 17, 2018 Hadrian Flyte
My apologies for the cropping in these images. I’m screen capping them as I write. Also that bandana is a real 1971 affair.

My apologies for the cropping in these images. I’m screen capping them as I write. Also that bandana is a real 1971 affair.

Way back in 1971 Columbo taught us to resist gaslighting and not be completely trustful of war heroes just because they’re war heroes. Here’s how the episode Dead Weight can help us in these trying times.

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In Editoral Tags gaslight, gaslighting, columbo, dead weight, psychological abuse, Holding famous people accountable
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Pain is the Point: Extra Hot Fuego Box Sauces for September 2018

September 15, 2018 Hadrian Flyte
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Pain is the Point

In which I make poor decisions about eating extra hot hot sauces on crackers.

I review the September extra hot Fuego Box with my usual restraint. Don’t put strawberries in hot sauce.

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In Reviews, Hot Sauce Tags Hot sauce, Fuego box, Hoff & Pepper, Southern Stinger, Pex Peppers, Atomic Purple, Review
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Yakuza Kiwami 2 is Beautiful Nonsense [Review]

August 23, 2018 Hadrian Flyte
Kiryu demonstrates the opposite of bristling masculinity.

Kiryu demonstrates the opposite of bristling masculinity.

In Yakuza Kiwami 2, when the fate of the Tojo Clan is more than one man can bear, that man gets extremely ridiculous.

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In Reviews Tags Yakuza, Yakuza Kiwami 2, video game, Sega, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 2, Review
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Experimental Kitchen: Quick Mini Mushroom Pasties [Recipe]

February 3, 2018 Hadrian Flyte
I'm surprised they look good

I'm surprised they look good

Every now and then I wake up with a recipe in my head. Today I played around with a quick (moderately lazy) version of savory mushroom hand pies. They're so great. 

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In Experimental Kitchen, recipes Tags recipes, mushrooms, pastry, hand pies, pasties
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Majima will fight you on the moon in Yakuza Kiwami [Review]

August 29, 2017 Hadrian Flyte
If you don't like punching baddies in the face just stop now. 

If you don't like punching baddies in the face just stop now. 

Yakuza Kiwami is a remake of the first PS2 Yakuza game and boy is it better. Even if Majima is determined to fight you anywhere, anytime, no matter how prepared you are. 

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In Gaming, Reviews Tags Review, Yakuza, Yakuza Kiwami, Sega, PlayStation, PlayStation 4
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