You know, people might take you halfway seriously if you tried actually discussing stuff instead of attacking people all the time.

What happened was, people made some legitimate arguments and you resorted immediately to ad hominem attacks, like you just did. Personally, I have a hard time believing that anybody who seriously studies and appreciates art could possibly behave in such a way.

Dashi really isn’t really comparable, though, because of the intensive process required to make katsuobushi, which, with the exception of David Chang’s pork bushi, really hasn’t been replicated in any other protein.

I think you may be a bit too obsessed with ridiculing people to be taken at all seriously.

How DARE they focus on fun?

I’m including the article writer talking to the people reading the article, here, as well. Face it, people are stupid, so the simpler something is, the more people can use it.

Let’s see here...

Trying to explain to someone remotely how to forward their ports. Simple tools like these are easier to walk through with people who aren’t necessarily technically inclined.

So, by your own words, blacks are underrepresented in the top earners and producers of the world, not because of centuries of systemic and blatant racism, but because they just aren’t as capable as the white people on that list. Thank you, you’ve answered my question perfectly.

I have a serious question for you. Do you really want to know about how the playing field is not level, or do you just want a launching point for your ranting? Because there are plenty of studies out there that I could point to demonstrating how race, gender, orientation, and even age can have different effects on the…

Actually, the effects of systemic racism have been extensively studied. However, I don’t think that anybody who thinks of things in terms of Left and Right will be readily swayed by evidence, because they’re already convinced that these are black-and-white groups.

Congratulations! Nothing in what you just said was correct. The struggle here is between those people who want to level the playing field by overcoming systemic racism (policies which inherently uplift certain groups over others) and those who do not want it leveled because they see themselves being brought down, not…

Put it this way. Nobody is forcing anybody to read that stuff, and nobody is required to print and distribute it. Which means that every step in the chain of the production of those papers and newsletters agreed to do so knowing or not caring what it contained. So, given a little effort, you now know a big swathe of…

They’ve already stated that they’ll only work on a CK3 when the CK2 engine can no longer meet their needs. They’re right up against the limit of what the engine could do (see the inability to fully implement China), so it probably won’t be too much longer, but you have to give them credit for not pushing a full-priced…

Christianity is the excuse, not the reason. Any excuse will work for xenophobia. All you have to do is look at modern politics, people will seize on any reason to hate someone else. In fact, if you take a good, hard look at the people using it as an excuse, they universally reference the Old Testament, when the New…

We circle back around to the banning of climate science and similar knowledge. Because you do not see “much” value in one, you’re willing to risk the rest. Not a good trade.

Which has nothing to do with the conversation around the state censorship of the Bible, but is instead a distracting tactic used to try to make things look not-so-bad, a.k.a. “but they did it too.”

“but at the end of the day, they’re not missing much.” Sounded to me like you’re perfectly happy with destroying historical texts because you don’t like the content, even if they contain wizards. Either you admit that any censorship is bad, or you agree to censorship of things you enjoy or find important. There’s no…

And we shouldn’t strive to be better than the Church? That reply is very much beneath your dignity, sir.

The Bible contains actual historical and cultural information, of great use to historians and religious scholars. Just because you don’t have a use for something doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have a use.