My wife has the same issue. If she’s navigating while I’m driving, I either ask her to repeat herself, or if there isn’t time, I turn the opposite of the direction she said (and it usually works out well). She graduated from a top-5 ranked university.

Oh yeah, I love this marinade.  Best on chicken, but also great on pork.  The only thing I don’t like about it is that the cooking HAS to be done on indirect heat. Most stuff can be cooked really quickly on direct heat on a gas grill if you watch the grill closely. Boneless chicken thighs usually take me like 5…

Falling Down is kind of bad, and definitely overrated by way too many people (exclusively white males)....... but anyone who ever got to McDonald’s at 10:31am looking for a Sausage and Egg McMuffin can at least relate a little bit.

Yeah, Subway’s problem is that their meat and cheese is just not very good. Subway has only ever been good for for one thing, and that’s when you need a lot of food for not a lot of money, and you don’t want something fried and devoid of all nutritional content. If you are going for luxuries like “flavor,” you’re…

I mean.... he was a self-described Democrat and “leftist,” he hated Trump, and he supported Elizabeth Warren for president. That doesn’t preclude him from being racist of course, but it likely means it’s not white supremacist terrorism at the very least.

It has everything to do with English, because you’re trying to define an English word. You can define things in other languages differently depending on how they are commonly used in those languages. Other languages are not relevant because they aren’t simply analogues of English, they are their own separate languages.

Chicago-style deep dish is definitely something to get if you’re visiting Chicago, but the other “must get” thing is an Italian beef sandwich. They’re unique to Chicago (unless you’re lucky enough to be within Portillo’s expansion range), and they’re delicious.

Wow, amazing and hilarious post! Never been to Glasgow, but I was always impressed at the variety of things that chippies in Edinburgh would throw into a deep fryer.

Haley comes off the worst? Three people are having an exchange, and the only person who said something that both made sense and showed a hint of human decency and empathy is the one who comes off the worst?

I have always been a Carta Blanca fan. It used to be fairly easy to get in the US, but today, restaurants don’t serve it, and the only place you can find it is in quarts or 40's.  At least around Chicago, I guess - maybe not elsewhere.

This is exactly right.  He has no idea what he’s talking about.

They could make you a pizza with gluten free crust, pesto, and ricotta, and they would have successfully fulfilled your order.  You would have been pissed, even though they gave you exactly what you asked for.  You’re coming off pretty badly here.

Seriously. Nobody in their right mind would go to Subway* and say “I want a ham and cheese sandwich” and be pissed that wasn’t good enough to get the order done. Why should Blaze be any different?

Your problem is that you’re not willing to work within the bounds of the English language. You’re attempting to define your own language, where words mean what you want them to mean, and not what they actually mean.

Yeah, the problem with Arby’s is that their buns don’t have the structural integrity to stand up to the jus. A good Italian beef has a crusty, chewy roll that can soak up a lot of the jus on the inside, but holds itself together enough that you can still eat it by hand even after it’s dipped.  In fact, even if you get…

You can have your opinion. Just know that it makes zero sense, as do all “hot dog is not a sandwich” arguments.

He’s not a baseball genius. He’s a guy with great physical gifts who is very aggressive running the bases and is very good at doing it. But being aggressive means taking risks, and when you’re as aggressive as he is, you’re going to get caught and look stupid from time to time. His baserunning is by FAR a net positive…

Uh.... no.  Cubs fans love him because he was a clubhouse leader for the Cubs’ only World Series winner in over 100 years, and his last MLB at-bat was a home run in Game 7 of the World Series.

I mean.... this looks like it’s basically a shrimp po-boy with squid instead of shrimp. Probably not as good as a shrimp po-boy, because shrimp have a little bit better texture for that sort of thing, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was quite tasty.

I think you’re right it’s a “creamy/tangy” thing. For whatever reason, there are some people who just don’t like it. My wife, my cousin (and his father), my college roommate, and several other people I have met all have the exact same aversion. Mayo, sour cream, ranch, and sometimes cream cheese are the big ones.