New Jersey exists because the Yankees need fans. New Yorkers who are confident with their identity root for the Mets.

I’m pretty sure that the Venn diagram of “People who would, unprompted, share the story with the staff” and “People who will not be rude to the staff” looks like a pair of goggles.

Gonna go out on a limb and say that the waitstaff is not going to be thrilled about serving someone with a chip on their shoulder because someone else at the business (who they likely don’t even know) screwed up.

Do the restaurant a favor and never go.  Because you will definitely bring this up to 5 people who have no control over the automated system and will be unpleasant to everyone.  Do them a favor and hold your little grudge inside

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be a Christian and believe that your omnibenevolent Creator set you up in a world specifically designed to land you in eternal torment.

Another issue that Bourdain noted in Kitchen Confidential is that the same friends who say you should open a restaurant are the same ones that keep dropping by and expects a bunch of comps and freebies and never pick up a check.

Common people like ketchup, therefore it must be bad.

I don't eat these at work, but I have been told my habit of eating whole, raw button mushrooms is bizarre. Look, mushrooms are one of my favorite foods and have been since I was a kid. I almost always have some in the fridge for cooking (usually either button or crimini, but I treat myself to fancier ones every once…

The whole “women have Job X until it reaches pro level, then they have to yield to men” strikes me as phenomenally hypocritical. Women have to cook at home, but they can’t be pro chefs. Women are artsy-fartsy fluffy creatives, until you want to sell in a gallery. Etc.

I love seeing glitch runs, but when a game reaches this point, where you’re sub-10 minutes and the optimal run is now a set of increasingly arcane and inscrutable actions to manipulate the game into running the credits, I can’t work up as much enthusiasm. I think the runners are geniuses and I’ll still watch their…

For literally a decade I absolutely hated glitch runs. Thought it ruined the entire point and showed no actual skill.

The last few years seeing some cool AGDQ runs where glitches are used completely changed my mind. Seeing how much effort it takes to find some of these glitches and the skill necessary to activate frame…

that was previously occupied solely by rodents and roaches

The interesting thing about the show too, is that while it contains some of the usual exploitative anime tropes, it actually portrays the sex industry and sex in general in a very positive light. Everyone is consenting. Everyone is (mostly) having fun.

Hi, I live in Tel Aviv and this movie played here and wasn’t contriversial. I didn’t see it yet, but planning to. Taika Waititi sometimes goes by his mother’s maiden name Cohen which is the most jewish name you can have.

I drank gallons of this when my family owned a tavern in the 80's. Normally it was just 7-up, grenadine and a cherry but one of our bartenders (Rick who had big side burns and a camaro as any good small town Wisconsin dive bartender should) added a splash of bar sour and that made all the difference. Or maybe it was…

That is what your take away is from JoJo Rabbit? Is this the first movie you have ever seen?

You really should not be a critic. I don’t say that in a snarky or demeaning way. I say that with the sincerity of someone who doesn’t always get movies, or people, or motives. Honestly, you brought nothing to the review other than a predetermined hatred of the movie, and seeing a movie in that state is not conducive…

Ummmmm... ya I’m going to just say I respectfully disagree with pretty much your entire take.  

You’re not telling anybody anything, really. If you had your phone in your pocket, is that telling someone that if the phone rings that’s more important than they are?

Sorry salty, you’re in the wrong on this one: