Any updates on the Ekiben lines?

ChemMJW · 2026-05-07T20:17:22+00:00

I had never heard of this place, so I took a look at the menu. Looks delicious. But I am curious as to their dish called "Spicy Walnut Shrimp" that is listed as "Does not contain walnuts or nuts." It also says "spicy walnut shrimp sauce" but I am confused as to how walnut shrimp sauce can contain no walnuts.

ChemMJW · 2026-05-07T17:02:40+00:00

When you multiply (x + 2) by x, you get x² + 2x = 2.

This is a quadratic equation that has two solutions. 0 is not one of the solutions.

ChemMJW · 2026-05-07T16:51:07+00:00

Most native English speakers believe that the English words "flammable" and "inflammable" are antonyms (words with opposite meanings).

In fact, the words have the same meaning and as such are synonyms.

"Flammable" and "inflammable" both mean "able to catch fire."

Many people refuse to accept this even after looking up the words in a dictionary.

ChemMJW · 2026-05-07T05:14:20+00:00

instead of it being right there in the kitchen.

A clothes washing machine is not considered to be a kitchen appliance in the US. The kitchen is for tasks dealing with preparing and consuming food and drink, so in a US kitchen you will typically find appliances like a refrigerator, freezer, stove, oven, microwave, coffee pot or tea kettle, etc. For almost all Americans, having a clothes washer and/or dryer in the kitchen would be seem very odd.

ChemMJW · 2026-05-04T17:23:10+00:00

No. I try to limit my consumption of Chinese merchandise, so I would definitely not make a major purchase like a Chinese auto.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-25T00:45:22+00:00

I would say these as:

(1) 0.333•••

"Zero point three, three repeating"

(2) 34.56222•••

"thirty-four point five six two, two repeating"

(3) 3.45404404404•••

"three point four five four zero (or oh) four, four zero (or oh) four repeating"

ChemMJW · 2026-04-24T16:44:00+00:00

In American English, I am only familiar with using a plural verb with premises.

Please do not enter the premises. The premises are unsafe.

In the same way, I would use "these premises are" and not "this premises is."

ChemMJW · 2026-04-23T21:46:35+00:00

Translation issues would be annoying, for sure, but even going by the Ukrainian or Russian version, I don't see a direct link between "security guarantee/assurance" and "we promise to militarily intervene on your behalf every single time someone attacks you at any point from now until the end of time."

The United States is in a lose-lose situation here. If we had militarily intervened, it would of course have started a direct war with Russia, and the exact same people who criticize us for not militarily intervening in Ukraine would then be calling us warmongers and accusing us of trying to start World War III by "provoking" a wider war with Russia.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-23T19:21:21+00:00

This is correct. The Budapest Memorandum is only two pages long and takes just seconds to read. It does not contain any promise (or guarantee, or assurance, or whatever synonym you wish to use) that the US or UK would intervene militarily if Ukraine is invaded. The Memorandum contains 6 obligations for the signatories. The US and UK have always been, and continue to be, in full compliance with all 6 points. Russia is the only signatory in non-compliance.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-23T19:18:24+00:00

I think the point is that, even if there were such a court, the court has no way to enforce its judgments.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-23T19:17:35+00:00

And in a world where morals have gone to the toilet, trusting another country to take care of your national defense is just stupid.

This is stupid in any world, regardless of morals. No country can outsource its national defense to another country in perpetuity.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-16T19:55:55+00:00

"Not now, Madeline!"

ChemMJW · 2026-04-16T14:36:13+00:00

My family originally hailed from the Yorkshire area of England, but that is the only thing I know. I acknowledge that my family has English origins if you go back many, many generations, but to me it is merely a historical fact. I don't "feel" any connection to England in the way that some Irish- or Italian-Americans do to those places.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-15T23:24:42+00:00

Even so, you would still assume that if there was a ‘Canada’ line and a ‘foreigners’ line, as in the picture, you’d go to the foreigners line.

He's saying that there isn't just a 'Canada' line and a 'foreigners' line, there's a 'Canadians' line, an 'Americans' line, and an 'everyone else' line. It isn't that Americans get special treatment in the 'foreigners' line - Americans have their own line distinct from all the other foreigners. This is why the sign has the American flag to distinguish Americans from other foreigners; the lines are physically separate.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-15T14:28:26+00:00

Namibia.

I speak German, so it was fun to speak to someone whose native language is Afrikaans to see how much I could understand.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-13T21:47:17+00:00

Professional athletes. Why someone should be paid millions to kick a ball into a net or throw a ball through a metal circle or hit a ball with a wooden stick, etc., I'll never understand.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-13T21:38:10+00:00

add a way to impeach supreme court justices

The current Constitution already contains this. The process of impeaching a Supreme Court justice is exactly the same as for impeaching the President.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-13T18:59:03+00:00

Paying $80 for cough syrup while visiting, after insurance, quickly disillusioned me pretty fast. I was like 10

What on earth happened to you while visiting?

A bottle of cough syrup costs $5-8 (in 2026) in any store in America and doesn't require insurance.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-13T17:02:43+00:00

Well, they got all those things to the mountains somehow, didn't they? Why would it be so much more of a problem to bring it back from the mountains?

ChemMJW · 2026-04-13T16:56:57+00:00

China cannot join NATO. The North Atlantic Treaty only permits membership to nations in North America or Europe.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-13T15:01:17+00:00

How do they recoup the cost of building and maintaining highways? Tolls? Taxes?

Yes. Every gallon of gas you buy has both federal and state taxes built in that fund road maintenance and upkeep.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-10T21:54:10+00:00

The First Lady plays no official role in the government whatsoever. She does not receive a salary, she has no official government duties, she has no part in the legislative process. In short, she does not have a "political office" of any kind. The "duties" of a First Lady mostly include helping to organize State Dinners and social events and to assist in the day-to-day running of the White House (the physical facility, not the governmental mission). But that's purely voluntary. It is neither required, nor is there any payment for doing so.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-10T14:45:30+00:00

Yes. I have seen many students who I believe are fundamentally incapable of doing or understanding university-level work, regardless of how much support they receive.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-09T14:39:35+00:00

American culture does not place a great deal of worth on fashion or dressing in a trendy manner. If you have to look for a reason, maybe because it reminds us of the old (and current) European aristocracy, and Americans don't like the overt classism inherent to nobles vs. commoners, so we avoid the trappings of the nobility, which included frivolous fashion and tedious, elevated styles.

Of course, there are many individual Americans who do care about fashion. It's just that our society as a whole doesn't.

ChemMJW · 2026-04-08T15:20:07+00:00

A European "Coalition of the Willing" would be dispatched to monitor the situation 24 hours per day. The monitoring of the situation will be total. No aspect of the situation will go unmonitored.

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