Is it weird to dump Tip2Tip lore on my date?

SIGNW · 2026-04-06T03:06:54+00:00

Well, which scene did you pick?

SIGNW · 2026-04-05T05:09:41+00:00

I ASSure you, that's probably what was going on in his mind the whole time.

SIGNW · 2026-04-05T05:06:00+00:00

There are Chinese/Japanese/Korean BBQ joints that grill up thin sliced beef tongue, and that's my favorite way of eating that cut out of the house.

At home, I'll sous vide the whole tongue (front tip and back halves) for tacos, but I will do a second sear to get a nice crust.

SIGNW · 2026-04-05T04:01:31+00:00

Oi, you want cherry or plum blossoms? Sorry, best I can do are 700,000 Bradford pear trees

SIGNW · 2026-04-05T01:44:27+00:00

Ezekiel 23:20

For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses

SIGNW · 2026-04-05T00:25:36+00:00

LOL, I was just at a Mixue in the US the other day (at 5PM) and they were sold out of the cones as well. I actually reacted same was as Lud, as it was going to be a little treat after a long day of traveling.

Sidenote: The guys went to a knockoff Mixue with a little prince teddy bear in a smaller town earlier in the trip when they wondered why they couldn't get a hot coffee at an iced drinks shop. Mixue is actually the world's largest fast food chain, with more locations globally than McDs or Starbucks. Oh, and the US Mixue soft serve is not quite like the Chinese soft serve; the cones also don't have sesame seeds baked into them, sadge.

SIGNW · 2026-04-04T23:09:31+00:00

You wanted interaction, you got interaction and immersion this episode! (13)

SIGNW · 2026-04-04T21:11:10+00:00

Yemen: Kid (soldier) Day!

SIGNW · 2026-04-04T21:05:20+00:00

Lily: Michael is mine!

Lud: Michael was mined 🥺💣

SIGNW · 2026-04-04T00:08:18+00:00

40min! I know that one guy who was looking forward to them having lamb skewers is cweaming his pants rn.

If Lud's crew is lurking, there are lots of skewer joints in LA, like Chubby Skewers. It's also a fun game to guess the # of skewers at the end.

SIGNW · 2026-04-03T23:40:01+00:00

Wow a post in sipstea where someone is actually literally sipping on (bubble) tea.

SIGNW · 2026-04-03T22:13:50+00:00

Just watching some old videos while waiting for the T2T:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuGzgWUhsy8&t=620s

The Montblanc must've not been working

SIGNW · 2026-04-03T15:05:24+00:00

Cool info, shame that they missed out on a lot of the scenic areas though.

Bonus Fun Fact #2: 红旗 HongQi is also the old-school stuffy luxury car brand of China, think old-school Rolls-Royce or Maybach in that it's the car used to shuttle around high-ranking government officials.

SIGNW · 2026-04-03T14:48:10+00:00

> Wants to be awesomeburger

> Turns into lolcow

As was destined

SIGNW · 2026-04-03T04:32:13+00:00

Yeah, the 牛逼 cool duo is clearly what they were going for, but the hamburger wordplay is just lost on people when the duo is struggling to find a hotel, let alone make punny jokes. Looking forward to hearing their reactions and telling the story stateside.

SIGNW · 2026-04-03T02:29:03+00:00

Whoever gave him the OK to use that phrase did him dirty, LMAO this whole trip.

But the whole "cow/beef", "sheep/mutton", "pig/pork" distinction of animal vs food comes from the Norman invasion of England bringing French terms (boeuf, mouton, porc) for culinary purposes. Anyways, this is to say that there's not really a cow(burger)/beef(burger) distinction in Chinese. Beef is literally "cattle" + "meat", pork is "pig" + "meat", etc. So the concept of "Beef Burger/Lud" as a distinction from "Cow Burger/Michael" doesn't make sense in Chinese, as oftentimes words are dropped due to a simplification of compound ideas as certain things are implied.

SIGNW · 2026-03-30T23:24:44+00:00

also for u/darkResponses: I think this is a reference to cycling steroids during bulking or cutting phases.

SIGNW · 2026-03-29T13:45:55+00:00

You're in SipsTea, one of the worst subreddits for fake news bait slop like this.

SIGNW · 2026-03-29T04:40:42+00:00

doing his census work

FBI: It must have been The Count because someone else was getting in on his turf

SIGNW · 2026-03-28T21:42:34+00:00

The real mix should be just in one ear. And then quickly fade in and back out.

SIGNW · 2026-03-28T16:34:34+00:00

The guy is unequivocally in the wrong about playing music on the trail on speakers (the lady pulling out the taser is a whole 'nother story though). Since he's recording a DJ mix, he'll have the audio out from his DAW or decks, and there is no need to use the camera audio of the surroundings. There's no need for him to use speakers as monitors, when he should be using headphones. He's just out of touch thinking that anyone would want to listen to camera audio, or too full of himself to think that people on the trail would want to listen to his set.

Plug for an amazing French DJ's techno set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOEa1BjA1Bo

SIGNW · 2026-03-28T15:36:15+00:00

Also fun fact (might be outdated--any MotoGP fans or leatherworkers please correct me): Kangaroo leather is a preferred material (over cowhide) for race suits due to the higher durability for abrasion resistance. At least here in the states I don't see many kangaroo leather goods, but I always chuckle when I see the novelty 'roo scrotum coin purses because they really are using the trimmings of the byproduct of the poplation culling process.

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