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Coffee Expert Reviews Cheap Shitty Coffee
As a coffee snob . . . I agree with this video wholeheartedly.
A Baffling Balloon Behavior - Smarter Every Day
"It's going insane." A future Keri right there.
The Fraud That Is The Velociraptor - Vlogbrothers
Sadly it was my favorite as a kid . . . then I grew up and knew the truth.
mistkaes (vsauce)
Mistake: not setting proper exposure.
Smoke Waterfall
Nope, still sorcery.
Advanced enough sorcery appears to be science.
Names
Exactly. I keep waiting for him to expound on the topic but then he's already randomly on something new.
That sounds backwards. Or do you mean because he suddenly jumps to new subtopics all the time?
Names
I swear, I'm just not ADD enough to make it through some of these videos . . . .
Everyday Products You've Been Using Wrong
Hmm, I guess I'm not an everyday kinda person.
True Facts About The Frog
"Or you back just might get pregnant."
10 Staggering Alcohol Facts
Urine whiskey????????? O.M.G.
How to (Properly) Eat Sushi
What you have a problem with is simply his presentation, correct? Or am I right in thinking you're upset that he's simply telling you how to properly eat sushi?
Sometimes there is actually a correct way and a wrong way. I know, shocking. But then there's also taking liberties. If I have no utensil's I will eat with my fingers even if it's "not the right way." Or more aptly, if there's no wine glass, I'll still use a solo cup. If I had a choice, I'd choose the wine glass. Why? Because it's the proper way. Does it really add to it? Not really. It's demonstrably mostly placebo effect. Then again, does a plate make food taste different? Technically speaking, no. It should in absolutely no way effect the taste of food. But in reality, it makes a substantial difference in the way food tastes. Those who do not take the time to properly plate a meal for another person is simply wasting their time and effort. You might as well buy them a McDonalds hamburger.
But in essence, what you're saying is "because you know more than me, it's wrong for you to use it because it means I'm inferior and you're a dick because of it." Why yes Ayn Rand, I'll keep that in mind. You must hate pretty people too?
I make my coffee from a French Press because it IS better. I use local "fancy" honey because it IS better. If I keep it on my shelf where others can see doesn't make me a douche. It could mean I don't have a cabinet, or I use it often. Which I do. Now who's being a dick?
You're assumption is simply that "I'm dumb, and you're smart, therefore you're gay." Or, I'm sorry, a hipster. Right now, the hip thing is to make fun of this video. Much like the people who hate popular music just because it's popular. That's what your argument sounds like.
Just because someone enjoys something doesn't make them a hipster, a douche or a dick. And because you can't understand their enjoyment of "proper etiquette" only makes you a hipster, dick, douche when you complain. No one here is "forcing" you to eat sushi anyway differently. No one is holding a gun to your head telling you to not put soy sauce all over your rolls. I know, it's strange, but you didn't even have to watch this video. So please explain to me what exactly the problem is again?
Chamot said:
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You are quite welcome to take whatever you want super seriously, but don't impose that seriousness on anyone else.
There's a difference between wanting to do thing right and wanting other people to do things right.
What this video suggests and what the responses to me also suggest, is "this is the correct way and no one should eat it differently or they're idiots!" instead of "this way makes it a whole lot better and is what the chefs and locals recommend". There's a slight difference between the two - one is a helpful suggestion guiding you to a better experience, the other is being a dick.
There's also a subtle difference in people wanting to do thing right for themselves, and people who want to have other people know that they know the correct way of doing it. This is what I so subtly referred to as hipster earlier - they don't do it because it's necessarily better, but because sushi is so vogue right now, and all those other slobs just eat it in the most hilarious manner; just look at those wage collectors - now let me get back to my chai mocca, lined with the finest honey, the container of which I happen to have standing on my desk at the coffee place where I'm writing my novel on a 2007 Macbook..
How to (Properly) Eat Sushi
Correct. Sushi is actually the rice, not the fish. Nigiri is the fish. However, much as we ask someone to pass a Klenex when we mean a tissue paper . . . But you are correct in the "if you're going to be nitpicky, at least be correct." lol
@arekin @NinjaInHeat -
"Sushi is all about the fish." False. Sushi is as much about the rice as the fish. In fact, it literally means "vinegared rice." Certainly the fish is important, however my understanding is that much of the subtlety that distinguishes various chefs is their preparation of the rice, not the fish. This may be why it is more acceptable to apply wasabi and soy to sashimi rather than to nigiri or maki. So yea, it's like a hamburger on a really fancy bun. I still want my barbecue sauce.
How to (Properly) Eat Sushi
Way too seriously? Or you mean, people who appreciate the finer details? I find people who think others "take it too seriously" just don't appreciate things enough.
Now, there are snobs and pretentiousness abounding. But that doesn't mean those of use who actually understand the meaning, history and complexity of certain things, such as sushi or coffee, doesn't mean your lack of understanding and appreciation devalues anything for us. Quite the contrary.
You'd probably be the one to say my spending $4,000 on a cheap mountain bike is pretentious or taking it way too seriously, but unless you're "serious" about what you enjoy, you can't appreciate the differences it makes. Aside from that, you may as well just blend everything together into a mush and drink it through a straw. Don't want to get too serious about eating my food after all.
@arekin "Eat it however you "like it", but don't begin to argue that its the right way to eat sushi."
See the the thing is, I'm not the one making this claim, I'm saying that "the right way to eat it" is a silly notion. It's like when people take coffee way to seriously.
How to (Properly) Eat Sushi
I think your irony will be lost on the masses.
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The Importance Of Roughhousing With Your Kids
I love that their definition of being "manly" isn't going out and beating someone up.