I dunno. Doesn't seem like there is any clarity at all in this. You call it bullshit if they are "practically speaking white," but you also say it's a bad move to criticize for not being "native enough."

I thought you were questioning the use of the phrase? I think you missed that my comment was too.

I was talking to a German student who's been studying in the US for a few years now, and she started talking about our "rape culture." "You guys have a rape culture. It's scary what goes on here, especially in those fraternities. Germany doesn't have a rape culture."

Wow. Indiana has a new law where you have to card EVERYONE of ANY age EACH and EVERY time they enter the store/bar.

I remember Bill Clinton giving a talk to students in China and he stopped to explain what a census was. Ha!

Some of my friends signed up using their real name, but when they later realized their postings might cause problems in their professional lives, they changed to using a pseudonym. But we all know who they really are and things continue as before in the social network.

And she probably looked like the one on the right. Lucky dude...

Well, my secret is to get super cheap, but still nice, ethnic knives made of regular steel (not stainless).

Ha. Sorry!

When talking about fish, and since most fish for sushi was once frozen—even in Japan—I don't think that means that previously frozen fish is not considered fresh.

I use that word a lot too and in the way you do. Had no idea it might only refer to black people until I read this article. Hmm...

Yep. "este."

"there might be some disconnect between what the mind perceives as arousing and what the body does"

"Your opening paragraph indicates that you don't want to be in a world where U2 is IRrelevant?"

Taking the time out to concentrate on a single, 300-page novel is different, I'd say.

People are starring it because that is the most popular position now in the US. If we were on Reddit /r/books, you'd have down-rated to oblivion. Happens there all the time.

"Ketchup is, for some inexplicable reason, the most popular condiment in America (I mean, I'm guessing)"

Yep. Michael Symon's burger joint (B Spot) has homemade ketchup and it's really good.

Salsa overtook ketchup as the number one condiment over ten years ago.

Huh? Read the damn news! Poll is like a month old by now.