Anyone notice he didn't put a condom on those chopsticks. There's a virus going around ya know.

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Basically, it's not an issue here because while anime characters are culturally Japanese (they speak Japanese, bow, eat with chopsticks, etc.), many times they also live in countries that are clearly NOT Japan. The ambiguous cultural status of the characters lets the writers put them in a variety of both familiar and exotic situations (i.e. going to a public bath vs. going to a high school prom,) which creates interesting tensions.

You see this a lot in anime like the Gundam series in which battles take place over several different countries on earth, as well as across space colonies, and yet everyone involved in the war, whether they have Japanese names or not, acts pretty damned Japanese all the time. Yet, the series incorporates non-Japanese elements as well. The building architecture of the Zeon space colonies, for example, is clearly European-inspired.

So Japanese people are used to the ambiguity of the "nationality" of their anime characters. I don't think Japanese people will have any problem with Scarlett Johansson unless the movie doesn't stay true to the character itself.

Now if a non-Japanese person had been cast to play Ryouma Sakamoto or some other real-life Japanese historical figure, I think there would be a pretty big reaction.

Reminder: Don't eat sushi with chopsticks.

food evolves of course. but e.g sushi has some sense to it. The rice should be loosely packed so that you can pick it up with a finger and thumb. Yo shushi etc have evolved to make a denser rice package which doesn't fall apart when you pick it up with chopsticks. Its because a) people don't know the original intention and b) western culture seems to prohibit touching the food with fingers (unless it's bread, chicken or ribs)

Watching people trying to eat Sushi with chopsticks is hilarious tho.

But yah. I've never been to an Indian restaurant that expected you to ignore the cutlery they'd provided.

No one's trying to cram anything down your throat, like I said, eat whatever and however the fuck you want to.

Yea the guy in the vid has a pretty strong douchebag vibe to him, and yea he goes about making his point not in the most delicate way. That doesn't change the fact that most of what he says is more or less true.

This isn't about your personal preference, it's about how Sushi, the dish (and Nigiri and Sashimi and whatever) is meant to be eaten, in order to be able to fully appreciate the taste of raw fish.

Again, like it or not, raw fish isn't hamburger or cornflakes or whatever. Being able to appreciate a good slice of raw fish requires that, for example, you don't put fucking ginger on top of it, the whole point of it being there is to cleanse the pallet between the different fish you're eating, so you'll be able to properly taste them - when you put it on top of the fish you're basically guaranteeing that you won't be able to feel the taste. It's there for a practical reason, not as a condiment. Same goes for dipping the entire thing in soy sauce, or whatever.
Even his point about eating with your hands as opposed to chopsticks is sorta valid. Many above-average sushi dishes WILL fall apart when you try and pick them up with chopsticks.

And no, you don't have to go to a 5 Michelin starred restaurant to be able to get a good dish of raw fish. Even a market stand will do if the fish are fresh.

At least realize that this "stench of aristocracy" you're referring to is a Western phenomenon, and you perceive it as such because generally it's much more common to see stuck-up pedantic bastards being strict about these kinds of things, as opposed to most people who just wanna shove crap in their mouths and have it taste "yummy".
That doesn't change the fact that these assholes didn't invent the way sushi is "meant" to be eaten, that there is a difference between a piece of fresh fish and one that's been frozen for months, and that that delicate difference, to be noticeable and appreciable has to be shown the proper respect.
Or you can just deep fry it.

Chopsticks is funny, the other points not so convincing, faking not knowing how to use Keynote is an odd thing.

He started playing Chopsticks

As sad as this piece of music is; I played this beautiful and subtle piece of music at a recital hall, that was interrupted by a parent; to be told it was too soft.

It was awesome when she was told to leave the hall in front of her son, who had recently learned chopsticks (okay, a slight exaggeration).

Great story, I grew up eating out of wooden bowls, not hand turned I' guessing, but you can't beat muesli in a wooden bowl, it's like the difference between eating rice with a fork or chopsticks, it's just better with chopsticks. It's impressive that he decided to forgo electricity too, props good sir.

How topical that eating two hollowed out papayas filled with Hasma was one of the challenges in the season premiere of the Amazing Race this Sunday evening [you MUST use your chopsticks Monster Truck people!] =o/