That sounds plausible. As I say, my theory is that the very starkness of the words (viz. ‘I am eating pig meat’) violates certain current standards of gentility. ‘Chicken meat’ or ‘cow meat’ somehow doesn’t sound as transgressive and ‘gross’.

I once asked three vegetarians if it was vegetarian to swallow cum. I don’t remember what their answer was. But it was hotly debated, I remember that.

Has anyone else noticed that a lot of people—even people who are not Moslem or Jewish—seem to be going pseudo-kashrut/halal? Like, that there’s a slowly growing cultural taboo against eating pig? Possibly because of the starkness of that word: ‘pig’? I’ve noticed it. Could be ethical (people are vaguely aware pigs are…

Was she Italian? Lebanese? I think a lot of Mediterranean girls taste like that.

Oh and not exactly apropos of restaurants but: My oldest just started kindergarten this fall. So a few months ago I went to parent orientation event. It was about an hour long, given by the principal. Here was the breakdown of topics covered:

*“BUT THEY TASTE LIKE VAGINA!”*

Lush, glossy black pubic hair or not interested.

Nah, this’ll do:

It’s a funny thing: adding sexy anime girls to anything is great and yet anime itself is all uniformly terrible.

Worf’s station strikes me as oddly designed. It’s evident that he couldn’t easily see or reach all of the controls/monitors assigned to him, which strikes me as a serious flaw for someone monitoring *security*.

On a vaguely related note: I’d like to have Kristen Schaal be the new replacement voice for Destiny ghost units. I think it would really improve the game’s feel.

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Kiss my pumpkin spice/Octoberfest beer/apple cider-scented ass.

AND withdrew troops from the Middle East, refusing to get us involved in grinding sectarian civil war there.

His DNA would mingle with the water and create a mutant race of sleepy-eyed, receding-haired fish.

Yes. I have never, ever, once, met a conservative opposed to ‘crony capitalism’ who would not, in the next breadth, angrily demand public funding for sports arenas.