It's obvious that he wants the chicken grilled, but at a temperature that is not hot enough to leave grill marks. How hard is that to understand? Salmonella gives the chicken its flavor.

I am angry at Assange’s supporters for their libelous remarks to the effect that Sweden, of all countries, would hand him over to the US to face possible execution. The disrespect that is being shown to Sweden, one of the most democratic countries on earth, is dumbfounding.

Oh! This is just like the issue of さよなら絶望先生 where they make fun of girls’ manga for always having men with extremely pointy chins!

I loved Final Fantasy VII, but, frankly, Shenmue 3 is bigger news. Now, if they remade Xenogears, that would be something.

Why not fly with you baby and pass out earplugs to the passengers around you? Earplugs cost next to nothing and the other passengers will certainly appreciate the gesture.

This part of Michael’s story doesn’t make much sense:

I just wash my dishes in the shower. I mean, that water’s going down the drain anyway. And, yes, I am a bachelor. Why do you ask?

Can you specifically point to any examples of this happening? I don’t see how that could possibly be as common as the bought and paid for reviews.

No offense, but I find it weird how people in the movement care more about “ethics in gaming journalism” than most people do about “ethics in journalism about things like foreign policy and government corruption.”

I think it's because it was a ludicrously small amount of money.

The problem is that it is often hard to judge whether a girl is really interested. A smile can be a warm, "come talk to me smile" or it can be a nervous, "please don't hurt me" smile and the difference isn't always easy to discern. I think that things would go a lot smoother if a woman made a little "come hither"…

I realize that. You said that people are not fully comprehending "not contagious until showing symptoms," and I explained that the people who support quarantine are doing so with that exact understanding. If symptoms do appear, we can not predict when or where that will happen and that is exactly the reason why…

Are you suggesting that there shouldn't be any quarantines at all, or just that the treatment that she and other healthcare workers should be receiving in quarantine ought to be better? These are two separate issues and I think that they should be treated as such.

And where will she be when symptoms do appear? The idea of a quarantine is to stop the spread of a disease before someone becomes contagious to begin with. If somebody is already contagious, that's called isolation.

Yeah, I think that she should focus on the issue of the conditions of her quarantine rather than the necessity of the quarantine itself. The conditions are atrocious, but she had to have considered the possibility of a quarantine upon her return at the slightest indication of being unwell.

I dunno. Maybe she's just from Texas. Then again, she doesn't really attempt to explain how she came to be married to a man whom she considers to be so beta...

Engagement ring rules for normal people: An engagement ring should use stone(s) other than diamonds (diamonds can be used as accents if you insist) and should cost no more than two weeks' salary.

Best line to come out of Season 4 of Arrested Development: "Ninja please!"

There's hating Japan (which, yes, always) and then there's batshit insane hating Japan (under Park).

Kind of funny when you consider that President Kim Jae-dung owed his life to Japan. Sure enough, the two countries got along pretty well when he was in power...