KRAW

Wow, I really don't like the character redesigns. "StarFox characters... but in real life" seems a bit uninspired. I think the rest of the visuals look great though.

Gillian Anderson

You can divide culture and grammar. It's simple: your hypothetical long exchange can trchnically be expressed in the Japanese language at 1/5 the length and still retain grammatical correctness and meaning. i.e. the long exchange is not a result of the technical aspects of language, i.e. it has nothing to do with pronoun ommission. The cultural aspect of language is what makes the conversation long. And you're making a huge assumption about the context of the exchange. Is it between two strangers? Family members? Sibling? Friends? A king and a peasant? Classmates? All of these situations would have exchanges with different lengths and grammar, but this arises from the culture. We do the same thing in English too. On average, an email between a boss and an employee will probably be longer and more formal than between two friends, no? Not as long as an equivalent email in Japanese, but the same trend exists in both languages is my point.

"Politness ping pong" has a lot less to do with the technical aspects of Japanese and more to co with cultural norms. i.e. it's not a design flaw in the grammar.

Agree to disagree. I cook with EVOO all the time, and it does not taste bitter to me (and I regular cook with avocado oil, so I have a comparison point). It's not "wasteful" if you buy a Costco sized bottle of their cheaper stuff. Yeah, don't use your artisinal EVOO to fry something up. Kirkland brand EVOO is perfectly fine for frying and finishing, dressings, etc.

This is something that is repeated a lot, but it is simply not true. No, you shouldn't use it for high heat cooking. However you can definitely sweat onions and do other low-mid temp cooking. If your oil doesn't smoke when it hits the pan, then you're fine. I cook with EVO every day.

Have you not seen "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

Legitimately not sure you're joking, so I'm just going to drop this in case you aren't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleansing_of_the_Temple

B and C are already taken. Didn't check A

Every "hot take" in this thread is a regurgitation of what r/cooking has been saying for the past decade

I prefer much oatmeal much less loose. I do a 1:3 ratio of oats to water and cook it in the rice cooker using the timer function so I can set it up the night before I eat it. The texture I get is much more "clumpy" than liquidy like this.

Where's Paul McCartney?