I don't understand that people pay to have a box of junk sent to them. I also agree that it's weird to lump all things "geek" together. But I would find it even weirder if people payed to have a crate of just - let's say - zombie junk mailed to them every month. I can see a glimmer of appeal in the variety and…

I have a friend who has probably over 150 board games and he has other friends that easily have double that. These people definitely play more often than I do, but it's not possible that all these games get a lot of play time. So I guess for them it's more like video games are for most people: you play them a few…

I'm totally baffled by things like Loot Crate and don't understand how people can fall for obvious scams like that.

Maybe more obscure, but I wouldn't say for the more advanced drinker. Isn't that a pretty sweet and accessible herbal liquor? My wife even likes that stuff and she isn't a drinker at all.

Exactly what I was going to say. Even my wife has that and she has watched maybe six episodes total.

TM! TM! TM!

Interesting arguments pro-bag. But if bags are so great, why don't Canadians sell all (non-carbonated) liquids in bags? Cordial in a bag. Whiskey in a bag. Perfume in a bag. Motor oil in a bag. It's the future.
Also, three liters of milk is too much to buy at a time.




Then again, maybe they do sell everything in bags.…

I have Mr. REYNOLDS, because we're not on first name basis.

I call it Blue Steel™.

I know next to nothing about NieR. The fact that the name translates to KidneY in Dutch is a bit off-putting though.

And then you started developing your powers.

Modern as a dinosaur!

Wait, people try to cut off moldy parts of berries? That's some misguided commitment against food wastage.

Well, they did their best.

I once called the doctor after eating a lot of beets. I realized what I had been eating and that I was not actually shitting blood before the appointment, so I called it off. I still felt very stupid.
This was alleviated a bit when John Hodgman mentioned on a podcast he actually did go to the doctor in a similar case.

Sounds great. Not sure if you can still call it carbonara.

True, but the way to not screw it up is actually easier than the way that does. Like the article says, mix the eggs and cheese (and cream if you must) before and dump the pasta in that instead of the other way round, you'll never get scrambled eggs.

I think Chuk was confused by your triple negative.

The poached egg sounds great. But I'm getting nervous just thinking about preparing two things simultaneously where the timing is as crucial as good carbonara and runny poached eggs.
I'm not sure about tarragon or any other green herb in carbonara.

The little documentary they show before every GoT episode, proofs it.