I once actually answered that question with an elaborated version of “I’m too much of a perfectionist”, like you suggest, because it’s totally true. And it’s not a good thing. Perfectionism is a weakness, and it took me a long time to figure out how to be productive despite it.

There are certain types of restaurant, especially ones that serve a lot of older people, which have some things on the menu just because some portion of the clientele expects it and isn’t picky about it. Diners are a perfect example. There’s a certain unspoken “hi, I am a younger person who is not going to start…

I like Thai curry out of the fridge for this same reason.

Kate wins because Cheez-Its, and the only thing on that list I wouldn’t eat a bag of if it was handy is Cheetos. Although Ruffles are my least favorite ruffled chip, so if you swapped in the Kettle chips from the next draft I’d be set.

It was very difficult not to just close the page when I saw the first pick. Cool Ranch Doritos are nasty. And I like ranch dressing.

In a social context where people regularly call hamburgers sandwiches, like the 1950s, sure. You could reasonably describe a hamburger as a beef patty sandwich. But most sandwich shops would not sell hamburgers. A hamburger is a sandwich and it is not a sandwich. (As is a hot dog.)

The question of whether Sanders is a leftist or a liberal should have been resolved for good when he gave a major speech defining “democratic socialism” where he explicitly aligned himself with FDR and the New Deal. He’s a liberal. New Deal with it.

I mean, you have to provide an actual definition of a sandwich at some point

The original trilogy was influenced by samurai movies, where swords are used sparingly in one-on-one duels. Both Jedi and lightsabers are intentionally rare, even considered mythical. It’s a major part of the backstory for the trilogy, not a decision made due to production necessities.

I was a grown-ass adult when first encountering these games, and I thought the wordless cutscenes were charming and kind of fitting for a toy-based reenactment of a movie. So it’s not just nostalgia.

This is about as compelling an attempt by a straight artist to wrap themselves in a rainbow flag as “Same Love”, and that was 7 goddamn years ago. Hell, at least Macklemore didn’t have the audacity to include attacks on his own haters in that song. I prefer Jezebel’s take:

I’d be curious to see whether the same positive outcomes occur if the waiter reads out the order to confirm it. I associate that with similar feelings of “shit is taken care of”. I think that’s what most people want most from a dining experience — the sense that the chaos and frustrations of the world outside are…

One thing people miss (or intentionally ignore) is that the usage of “problematic” developed as a way of referring to works that one tends to like but which has non-aesthetic elements which make it more difficult to simply enjoy. It’s intended to insulate aesthetics from cultural/political concerns — that is, it’s…

I like it, but I have an allergic reaction to it. My nose gets really itchy.

At least it’s not one of those stupid outlier maps that inevitably gets reported as “each state’s favorite [X]”, when it’s really “the [X] that is most disproportionately reported for a given state”.

Botanical classifications are not relevant in the context of food. There are long-standing culinary and nutritional categorizations which apply better here.

Frozen vegetables are often better than available fresh produce. Most people don’t live in areas where a wide variety of produce can be grown locally year-round. There’s even some cases where canned vegetables (tomatoes, in particular) are better quality than what’s available in stores the vast majority of the year.

This is a self-reported survey, asking people to name their favorite vegetable. So perception is important here.

When it’s in season? Hell yeah. Right up there with brussels sprouts.

The specific term for the type of cheese mozzarella is is pasta filata. The curd is repeatedly stretched out and folded back upon itself. A block of low-moisture mozzarella will have kind of a circular “grain” if you shred it by hand for this reason. You can also usually notice the texture if you’re eating fresh…