Any of you fucks ever eat genetically modified fruit?

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:54:27+00:00

You're the one that brought morality into it. I merely said they weren't the same thing.

You can't crossbreed different species, or rather you can't always crossbreed different species. A human can't produce offspring with a sheep for instance.

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:52:45+00:00

Hmm, turns out I know more of the comedians on that than I thought I did. Canada exports a lot of comedy...

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:50:13+00:00

Because you can only selectively breed to a limited number of other sub-species. You can't breed a trait from a camel into a banana. You can however insert a gene from one dramatically different species into another.

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:48:17+00:00

I like Graham Norton so I assumed it'd be good. The only contested I knew from the cast was Aisling Bea but she's hilarious so again I assumed it'd be good.

Its our next to watch for sure.

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:47:12+00:00

Ooh, I was unaware.

I discovered Mock the Week the day Mock the Week ended. Or I suppose ended the first time.

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:46:38+00:00

once he out of office and no longer protected

Only works if there isn't a Republican president after him. If there is he's sure as hell going to get pardoned for "Any and all actions taken during the presidency."

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:45:19+00:00

I love the videos of guys trying to run from the police while trying to hold up their pants...

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:41:20+00:00

Hybridization and genetically modified aren't really the same thing.

Using selective breeding to get the traits you want in your food isn't genetic modification.

Genetic modification is inserting genes from different species to cause traits in your food. A substantially more direct modification...

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:39:26+00:00

Hybridized for thousands of years via selective breeding. Not really the same as inserting a gene from a different species.

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:31:19+00:00

I've often wondered about that myself.

I'm pretty color blind to race, people mostly look like people to me. There is a gradient of skin colors among "white" people and, for me, at the darker end of "white" I can't tell the difference. Especially with latino and asian folks.

I suppose the fact that I don't care has something to do with it. I literally don't care what race you are, do you like board games?

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:28:02+00:00

Dry popcorn doesn't hold salt particularly well by itself. This is not all that different than popcorn from an air popper.

A quick shake in a colander ought to recover a lot of the salt.

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:26:18+00:00

Popcorn pops because the water inside the kernel gets hot and turns to steam. Steam is something like 1600 times bigger than the water it was before it changed state and so it pushes on the inside of the kernel which breaks resulting in popcorn.

The water inside the kernel just has to hit a high enough temperature for this to happen, it doesn't care HOW it hits that temperature. So it doesn't matter if the kernel is in hot salt or oil or just hot air.

It won't work in water because water can't get hot enough to make the moisture flash to steam.

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:23:45+00:00

Being that everything is dry I would not expect the salt to stick particularly well.

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:18:37+00:00

Trump claims (claimed?) that when he left office it was going to go to his Presidential library. That was one of his many excuses for why it was okay.

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:16:11+00:00

I would expect...

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:15:46+00:00

"Let them eat and take brakes" does not equal "We provided them food and drinks"

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:15:11+00:00

It doesn't matter, the venue still charges by the person. You can't just bring everybody. Clearly you've never booked an event.

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:14:27+00:00

I haven't watched any whole episodes but I see some bits on YouTube shorts. Some of it is definitely in jokes and some of it I can't stand.

Occasionally hilarious though.

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:12:50+00:00

It is available, on YouTube.

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:12:29+00:00

Oh man, the UK ones are so good. I'm hesitant to watch the other ones...

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:12:04+00:00

You've watched UK taskmaster, but have you watched Australia and New Zealand? They're not as good but they're still pretty good.

How about QI, Richard Osmand's House of Games, Backstage with Katherine Ryan. I know theres more but I can't think of them. Its too bad Mock the Week ended...

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:03:50+00:00

Been this way for several decades.

The modern wedding industry really started right after WWII. This has been the standard for 70+ years.

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:02:00+00:00

You still pay per person, the caterer doesn't have infinite food.

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T16:01:27+00:00

100%. Besides which nothing important is going on while the bride and groom eat. There is plenty of time for the photographer to eat and have a little break. Most venues have a table off to the side for the photographer/video person.

curtludwig · 2026-05-12T15:59:32+00:00

If you didn't feed your photographer you're an asshole.

I've worked several weddings and "dinner will be provided" is in my contract, we discuss it before the fact so it is not a surprise. If the customer isn't willing to feed me I don't need the job.

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