So what’s the next move? Even if we Bork him, then what?

That’s true, though I feel like psychology (and to a lesser extent, economics) tends to really dominate the media landscape where social science is concerned. But you’re right, it’s an issue overall.

I also like flats the best, but to be honest, I’d rather leave the meat and just eat the skin.

But can you imagine an effective Dem from whom they wouldn’t raise a fortune? They attack any Dem - especially effective ones. They raised a fortune off Obama, too. Didn’t stop him from winning. All I’m saying is, I think it’s a really bad strategy to only say and do things in which the people currently keeping babies…

There’s a fun “theory” at Serious Eats created by Adam Kuban: the pizza cognition theory. Basically it says that the pizza you grew up with becomes your Platonic ideal of what pizza’s supposed to be. If that’s true, then you’re probably right about hot dogs too.

I feel like it’s also important to learn as an adult that opinions differ about what matters and what doesn’t. 

That sounds about right, yep.

ME TOO. I like my steak rare, my cookies chewy, and my eggs runny. But I love almost-burnt hot dogs.

Well, most of them just pronounce things that way because they speak Italian, too, so it’s not like when Giada DiLaurentiis talks about PAHN -CHAY-TAHH. 

It’s true. I come from a family of Italians that love to argue there’s only one version of everything. It’s tiring.

Sociologist here. Mark Granovetter’s “Strength of Weak Ties” article, which was published in 1973, says as much. In fact, it’s one of the (if not the) most-cited articles in the field. This post is reminding me how shitty we sociologists are at getting the word out.

Kevin, you’re totally right about Best Buy syndrome. Everyone in my family likes to carp about how their chosen brand is the only acceptable hot dog, and your brand is too salty, too squishy, too meaty (literally my aunt said this once), or too snappy. In the end, it’s a salty-ass meat tube and it’s delicious when…

You know what’s super fantastic is beer cheese dip on a brat. You get that beer-y-ness without having to boil the brats.

I’m with you. The chewy white buns that are sort of like an oblong, airy kaiser roll are my jam. I find pretzel rolls way too dense, and way too big.

The melting pot is fantastic - I’m partial to the runnelstone, because it has the caramelized onions (though less cheese).

Have you ever gotten the Runnelstone at Dotty’s? Incredible.

That’s exactly right.

I’m assuming they’re a-ok with affirmative action policies favoring men over women in college admissions, though.

Yay, Kate! So if I want to graduate to something unusual or off the beaten path, what cider would you recommend? I live in Wisconsin.

(This is not even mentioning the fact that Kennedy’s son was Trump’s personal banker - and thus bailing him out for quite a while.)