It’s amazing how many of life’s questions can be answered with “People are stupid.”

We are inclined to agree. These are not actual animals. What is the problem?

The cake should be humanely euthanized prior to slicing. 

In fairness, the first 1:1 scale mecha ANYTHING was the first Gundam statue. Plus, I believe the Gundam at 1:1 scale is larger than the Border Break mecha, so making it entirely out of plastic and have it still stand may have been a bit too much for engineering.

how can you cut and eat a cake that looks like a real animal, eyes, face, heart, ribs?!?

Centerpiece? That’d be just THE piece!

Now if only they’d made scale tweezers for this and found a way to drop that one part on a patterned tile floor never to be seen again....

I think what you’re trying to say is that most animal meat is delicious, which is the One True Take.

This. So much this. Deep-fried blubber nuggets (yes that’s a real thing & not just a SpongeBob joke [one that stopped working once I tried the real deal], and if you ever go to the right parts of Alaska, it’s an experience everybody owe’s themselves), are honest to god, sinfully orgasmic. The blubber fat melts into…

To be fair, Chicago is an entirely different world from southern Illinois.

Yeah - if I have a choice between the chip version and the real thing I won’t even bother with the chips.  Here I am 5 hours away from Chicago, but it sounds like Deep Dish Pizza isn’t going to make it to the “midwest” because they suddenly decided that Chicago is another state from southern Illinois.

Now I want Jerk Chicken and Rum BBQ. I hope you’re happy.  

Also, if they’re selling Thai chili chips in the Norhwest, what are they selling in Thailand? Pot chips? Hipster coffee chips? Grizzly Bear chips?

Exactly.  See also, locals are way more likely to turn their noses up at attempts to imitate beloved food traditions.

Only selling the regional chips in THEIR markets, rather than being like “taste of the (region)“ and mixed around is dumb. I’m in Texas and I want those goddamn Old Bay chips. I can get queso any time I want.

Crispy>Crunchy.  My teeth are not rock grinders.

I produced a line of Carribean-flavored kettle chips with a chef friend a few years back. Jerk Chicken. Picante Salsa. Lime Pepper. Rum BBQ. That sort of thing. Had a little success for about a year, which was nice. But, by god, we came to realize that the kettle chips, while satisfyingly crunchy, were like chewing on…

When I was waiting tables, I had a customer ask for a filet mignon to be cooked well done. I tried talking her out of it, that maybe the strip would be a better choice for well done. When she got it, she ate like three bites and then complained it was too tough. One of the few times I actually argued with customers…