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  • garbage

    Collate your queries here.

  • _niko2

    question 1.
    Why is a Brit starting a thread called ask a yank?

    • oh wait i thought you were Gardener lol_niko
    • lol, I wish.garbage
  • grafician-3

    Why is America so fucked?

  • mort_1

    How bad does it have to get to consider emigrating?

    • RBG dies before the election, Mitch McConnell shoves in another lifelong lunatic into the Supreme Court, Trump wins his second term.garbage
    • Let's be honest though, Americans used to be figuratively toxic. Expatriation might be tough now that we're literally toxic.garbage
    • Pretty bad. Just like anyone else that wants to leave a country they grew up in. I just finished a feature length Doc about someone who immigrated during badtoemaas
    • times in Eastern Europe in the 90s (to America). Would be a shame if he would have to do it twice in 1 life.toemaas
    • Bad. I can escape politics and live in the hills if i want toscarabin
    • After W in 2000 I thought about Europe but now they have a lot of the same populist bullshit. Canada is a great option but I can't even handle how cold NYC is.CyBrainX
    • Just bumping this to pimp my sadly true comment and remind people to fucking vote.garbage
  • utopian0

    With the American empire in decline, are American's prepared for what comes next?

    • I expect they're not nearly as prepared for the mi'suse of the apo'strophe, but...YMMV.zarb0z
    • American’s what?monospaced
    • Most aren't. Wait, I meant "most a'rent".garbage
    • These notes ar'ent easy on the brain.Continuity
    • Tell us what you think comes next Utopiantoemaas
    • America will never decline, god only loves America
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    • I would like so much to reply some of the questions but I'm not a yank.oey_oey
    • @oey_oey Here's your honorary green card. You can be American for 2 years.garbage
  • eryx8

    Why cant you just use the fucking metric system!

    • < thissted
    • Fucking right.Continuity
    • hey canada...what's your height and how much do you weigh?hotroddy
    • canada: 5'10" and 160 poundshotroddy
    • Hey Mike Weir, how far do you hit your driver?hotroddy
    • Mike Weir: I hit an average 290 yardshotroddy
    • The metric system issue is a microcosm of America.CyBrainX
    • *walks a mile to the pub to get a pint of ale and pays in hundred penny pounds at 12:00pm, sits down and posts a snarky comment about the US lack of MetricNairn
    • What's the problem with no metric systems ? stop being a cunt
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    • The imperial system of units (and anyone who uses it) can suck my dick
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    • That's the thing though - on some scales, inches just make more sense than as-arbitrary metric cms.Nairn
    • So in your case, BabyDick - what are we looking at here - half an inch?Nairn
    • Measuring anything with rocks and body parts is a vulgar insult to the intelligence.Continuity
    • can't even wear a mask, as if they going to change the way they measure things.inteliboy
    • Rocks? Probably. Body parts... why? Metric is entirely arbitrary, measurement on a human scale can be more intuitive with 'imperial'Nairn
    • I'm totally metric (and definitely well mexico) but a 'craftsperson' made me realise recently that inches and feet have their place in some contexts.Nairn
    • Continuity nobody is measuring with body parts though. Don’t be ridiculous.monospaced
    • Not explicitly, but inches work with hand scales and feet with limbs, yards with general heights of people. As approximations, they kinda work.Nairn
    • Like, I know what a 6 foot drop is, but 1.8 isn't quite so meaningful. They're both useless in their own ways, but still we have meanings ascribed to them.Nairn
    • I still fucking hate it when people send me files based in Imperial units and describe them as such on the phone or emails or whatever. Twats.Nairn
    • 'nobody is measuring with body parts though' Really? What's a foot, then, other than a body part?Continuity
    • Hotroddy. We use both. The only reason we still use imperial is cuz we trade with US. Otherwise we will be using metric.pango
    • What would really make me happy is if Canada switched 100% to ISO216/DIN paper sizes. But, again, US trade ...Continuity
    • They're measurements. Who cares. We'll follow you rules when you're in your space :)toemaas
    • ^ lol. I'll believe that when I see it.Continuity
    • I've Spent about 8 months in EU over the course of my adulthood and love your ways, even you measurements. But like a different language, you learn to use it.toemaas
    • it's a proud boy thang.dibec
    • Fahrenheit is better for weather, who fuckin caresnb
    • ^ How?
      If 0C⁰, shits gonna freeze. Simple as that.
      pango
    • Yes..Celsius is much more intuitivehotroddy
    • Anyone who defends the imperial system in 2020 is a dumb ass.
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    • Hotroddy I agree with you.pango
    • A foot is a distance. Not a body part. Nobody is using body parts. Don’t be ridiculous.monospaced
    • Eat a foot of dick, mono
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    • I fucking hate a place where an asshole like me isn't banned.
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    • cause they prefer to have 7 inch instead of 17,78 cm though they could say it measures 18 cm aprox.oey_oey
    • yeah mono eat a foot of dick like a baby dick had one foot...LOL!oey_oey
    • Uh, OK, mono.
      https://simple.wikip…)
      Fuck me, you're thick.
      Continuity
    • Thick? Please. Nobody uses a body part to take measurements, that’s ridiculous. Unless you are prohibitively literal you could understand.monospaced
    • That’s like saying you weight things with stones. You would reply “no, a stone is a weight, we don’t actually use rocks to measure. That’s ridiculous.” Samemonospaced
    • Obviously nobody uses their foot just like nobody uses rocks. Maybe once upon a time nearly lost in history it was done and set, but that’s the extent.monospaced
    • stop using foot and rocks!pango
  • _niko-1

    Do you all have a portrait of your leader Vladimir Putin on your walls just like your president does?

    • No, we're not allowed to show His face.garbage
    • But seriously, some alt-right types might do this. Counter question for any Irish: Why did your grandparents hang JFK portraits? Is it a Catholic thing?garbage
    • The only time he is on the wall is if it's on the news... for the handful of old people that still actually watch that dumb shit. Quit acting like your from CAtoemaas
    • Lol only an American would think CA is California and not Canada_niko
    • Mine is over my bed so i can gaze at it while boinking. Helps me get offscarabin
    • Jesus scarabin. Article 152 strictly prohibits horizontal boinking. Don't make me report you to bureau.garbage
    • What made you think I thought you were from Cali?toemaas
  • Nairn0

    Why do your principal cultural exports taste better abroad - McDonalds and Coca-Cola are both renowned for tasting muich better outside the US.

    .

    Also, when are you going to share Chik'n'Fil with us?

    • fucking lol, I just made up a 'Tenneesee Fried Chicken-a-like'Nairn
    • Huh, apparently they tried, and failed in Reading. https://www.chick-fi…Nairn
    • ^ that's hilarious. As for Coke, it can be explained here: https://www.huffpost…garbage
    • I don't really drink soda, but when I do it's a Mexican Coke, because it is made with cane sugar.garbage
    • And we're keeping our CFA, god damn it.garbage
    • Can't answer this one as I don't consume any of that garbage and I sure as shit wouldn't consume it abroad if I had a limited amount of meals while im theretoemaas
    • Coca-Cola is the dark nectar nipple-excreta of your society's capitalist gods. I've joyously supped upon those teats since I was a kid and loved every secondNairn
    • McDs and, I imagine, CF too are both absolutely shit, but hey, the point stands.Nairn
    • Here in the UK we have a 'sugar tax' on drinks, so all my favourite treats now contain artificial sweeteners. Coke is the only indulgence I can now affordNairn
    • Puritism sucks.Nairn
    • *Puritanism, twat.Nairn
    • Oh, Nairn. You've contracted yurimonitis / deathboyitis, too :(Continuity
    • Because instead of unhealthy but within the scope of not too shittiness sugar, my once-beloved treats are tainted with artificial sweeteners?Nairn
    • You have no idea how deeply it pains me that I'll likely never drink Irn-Bru again.Nairn
    • Irn-Bru. Gone
      7Up. Gone.
      Dandelion & Burdock. Gone.
      Orange Fanta. Gone.
      Nairn
    • No, because of your spelling mistakes!Continuity
    • I've never tried Irn-Bru, so I've no clue what I'm missing.Continuity
    • in bygone days i'd've happily sent you a can or four. no more. no more.Nairn
    • Also, Aperol Spritz is a fair enough stand-in for Irn-Bru, imho.

      'clink
      Nairn
    • I'd fucking kill for an old sodastream bag of sugar-based irn-bru concentrate to use in a mutant italoscottish aperol spritz cross-over. fnnngh.Nairn
    • Oh. Aperol Spritz. Rather fond of those, I am, as long as they're well-made.Continuity
    • Our government subsidizes the growth of corn here. It’s coca cola’s fault for wanting to save a buckscarabin
    • Who gives a fuck if it's shitty food ?
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    • i find irn bru is the most palatable of all the low sugar shitstorm. did you try that real sugar irn bru they released nairn? didn't make its way over here...kingsteven
    • ...after looking it up it looks like shite. 1901 recipie with no caffine. ballskingsteven
    • i lived in NY when diet dr pepper came out and american lads i worked with went mad for it even though it tasted like shite. can't be doing diet drinks...kingsteven
    • i'm 6ft and 11 stone. and i totally agree. i need sugar and fat. absolute bastards. brb im off out to punch random fat children to let off steam.kingsteven
    • just got to the front door and collapsed. i hope you're happy BARRkingsteven
    • omg omg omg how did i never know about IrnBru 1901?!?! fnnnnngh
      https://www.amazon.c…
      do I buy?
      Nairn
    • OK, ok. Calm down. Just buy one bottle for now and see how you get onn Nairn.

      THANK YOU, KINGSTEVEN
      x
      Nairn
    • Inca Kola is better than IrnBru.garbage
    • hahah, i may need to do the same. got a 2 litre of the normal stuff coming with my tesco order tonight. still worth having about as my girlfriend hates it...kingsteven
    • any other fizzy drink in the fridge - i get a glass and the next day it's gone :Dkingsteven
  • Continuity3

    What's with your bizarre aversion to measuring dry ingredients sensibly and logically by weight, instead of by volume in recipes?

    • Because our recipes are written in volumes and so are measuring cups.monospaced
    • And weighing each ingredient is tedious. That being said I do want a kitchen scale for when I want to cook like a proper cunt.monospaced
    • You people are fucked up.Continuity
    • Americans cook with cups of tomatoes and buckets of rice.face_melter
    • And a size 42 Air Jordan 2 holds just the right amount of beans.face_melter
    • Wait.
      Having kitchen scales makes me a cunt?
      I didn't need it anyway, but this on top of everything? Jeez. They're like £8.
      Nairn
    • Top tip: the measurement of flour in a crepe recipe should be about the weight of each egg used. Doesn't matter whether it's metric or imperial.Nairn
    • Can't do that with a fucking cup.

      Whatever a fucking cup is.

      Hopefully not menstrual.
      Nairn
    • Cooking is not exact science. Close enough is good enough. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯pango
    • it was a joke, Nairn, relax :)monospaced
    • Recipes that use cups and tablespoons are designed to have accurate weights in the end. The recipes work :)monospaced
    • I take my cooking seriously. I do want a kitchen scale. But I still have the issue of having 90-99% of all recipes using volume not weight.monospaced
    • Many ways of cooking, I 'spose. Sometimes I measure, I used to weigh, but mostly I just wing it.garbage
    • Perfect example: a cup of onions. I'm not going to potentially waste part of an onion because it overflows your fucking cup, which should be used for liquids.Continuity
    • Ditto garlic. A tablespoon of garlic? How many cloves is that? WTF?Continuity
    • oh please, even garlic cloves come in different sizes, so are you telling me you chop and weigh them?monospaced
    • Nope. I make a decision how many cloves I want in my dish.Continuity
    • ^Nairn
    • I have a garlic bulb here. One large clove is 3x bigger than one of the smaller ones. Not all cloves are considered equal. C'mon.monospaced
    • tablespoon works well for garlic ... it's an amount (volume) to use when your bulbs are of differing sizes (volumes). Weight works too.monospaced
    • I guess my point is that using volumes (which are based on weights, roughly), actually does work, and that's WHY we use them?monospaced
    • And like I said, I do want a kitchen scale. It allows for far more accurate baking (you're RIGHT). To write off WHY we do this as incompetence is just silly.monospaced
    • Finally please don’t confuse this discussion as me saying metric weight isn’t superior. It is. I’m only answering the “why” and defending it a bit.monospaced
    • Jeez, these comments. Cooking is about instinct and experience, not spoon fed (!) measurements.fadein11
    • baking is more of a science, but the rest... nah.fadein11
    • Garlic should be measured by the handfulscarabin
    • ^pango
    • who measures ingredients except for cake and deserts?!oey_oey
    • Yeah, the correct measurement for garlic is "double it".garbage
    • If you don't weigh your coffee every morning you might as well go live in a cave.deadsperm
  • face_melter-3

    Why do you call pasta and spaghetti 'noodles' instead of their actual given name? Is Fusilli 'twisty noodles'?

    And in turn what do you call actual-factual noodles - Mystical Eastern Edible String?

    • Probably to make it a simple as possible for their infantile brains to comprehend. Which why you also see signs during elections that say, 'voting place' ...Continuity
    • ... instead of the more complex and sophisticated 'polling station'.Continuity
    • We don'ttoemaas
    • Checked my pantry. Spaghetti, Fettuccine, Linguine, Penne, Capelli d'angelo, Shanxi, Lo mein, Udon. And some black bean spaghetti that I shouldn't have..garbage
    • ..bought. Out of Bucatini, thanks for the reminder lol. But yeah, we don't.garbage
    • Black bean spaghetti? That sounds a bit vile.Continuity
    • haha, i actually have some of that at home in the cupboard. bought on a whim. sat there for at least a year, unwanted.Nairn
    • @face, not sure what you're referring to, you'll never see a box of italian style pasta listed as just "noodles"monospaced
    • @cont & nairn Yeah... mine has been untouched. I make a mean gravy, but the black bean spaghetti is probably beyond my powers.garbage
    • lol ok, noodle freaks. whatever.face_melter
    • I tried the black bean stuff, it’s got a weird rubbery texturescarabin
    • unless you go to eat at Noodles & Co. ...sarahfailin
  • Nairn0

    Why is your better salt 'Kosher salt'?

    I never got that one.

    • i never got that too. kosher is the way you prepare things...renderedred
    • yes, and it is a way of preparing salt toomonospaced
    • You use that salt to prepare things that you want to be Kosher.toemaas
    • The crystals are bigger, this more of a molecular issue.garbage
    • @tomass, wrongmonospaced
    • how do you prepare kosher salt exactly @mono? except paying the rabbinate for a stamp. other than that all salt is kosher,renderedred
    • as long as it doesn't come in contact with something not kosher...renderedred
    • as far as i know no pigs roaming salt farms :)renderedred
    • I don't know, I'm not versed in kosher processes, but I know they exist.monospaced
    • Not all salt is kosher, though. Iodized synthetic salt is not prepared according to Kosher standards. That's why there's a different version.monospaced
    • You're right in the sense that a rabbi COULD bless anything and make it kosher, but that is separate from Kosher guidelines, in my understanding.monospaced
    • ..."The name stems from the salt’s original use: to draw blood out of meat so that it meets the dietary rules set by Jewish law." :)toemaas
    • And it's made for cooking, not for shaking on stuff.toemaas
    • @mono you made research, there is a special kind of salt used to make meat kosher, yes, other than that all salt is kosher.renderedred
    • you made ME researchrenderedred
    • Salt can be kosher but not all salt is kosher style salt. There’s rock salt and iodized table salt too. Totally different.monospaced
    • My guess on why the name stuck is that it’s uniquely tied to some sort of actual history and sociology of the nation at some point.monospaced
    • ask any jew @mono salt is assumed to be kosher. i am only half jew so for me all salt is kosher ;)renderedred
    • See! Now we're getting somewhere! Woo!toemaas
    • It's pretty simple. Put a salt cellar on your counter, fill it with Kosher salt. Pinch to flavor.garbage
    • Just call it kitchen salt ffs
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    • Table salt and kosher salt are different types of salt regardless of official kosher blessing. It’s a name for a type of salt ffs not just the religious name.monospaced
    • Fuck the religious name, you're just obsessed with religion
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    • Kosher is big scam, a bunch of Rabbi's shaking down food processing plants for a good buck. Nothing but extortion.utopian
    • ^+1000, my point.
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    • That sounds like a monty python sketchscarabin
    • @utopian you're 100% rightrenderedred
  • Nairn-1

    Also, is using the term 'Oriental' verboten over there?

    I've had flak for using it in the past on here - but in the UK it's a commonly-used descriptor.

    • I think it falls into the same 'no-go' category as saying 'eskimo' in Canada.Continuity
    • When referring to people, yes, typically not when referring to objectswhatthefunk
    • It also fucks up measuring out salt in a recipe, if you use antiquted spoons to measure a dry ingredient. So, then, one is forced to figure out ...Continuity
    • ... how much a tablespoon of kosher salt weighs, and then measure out the same weight in whatever other salt one typically uses.Continuity
    • *antiquated. Fuck me, I seem to have contracted whatever degenerative brain disease afflicts yurimon/deathboy.Continuity
    • Also, all three of the above notes belong to the post below. Fucking hell.Continuity
    • We have a lot of different asians, so we address them from where they come from.toemaas
    • hahaha, wonderful.

      @whatthefunk - makes sense! hadn't thought about it that way
      Nairn
    • Remember the scene in Peep Show where Mark makes a Nazi friend and he asks Jez if he fancies a Chinky? Oriental is not on.garbage
    • I'd not use it for a person. I hadn't otherwise thought about it much. I've only ever thought about it in vague cultural terms - food and generic articles &cNairn
    • Also, The Orient is a term for the East, traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the Eastern world, in relation to Europe.whatthefunk
    • It is the antonym of Occident, the Western World. So The Orient for the US is Europe I guess.whatthefunk
    • The term "Orient" derives from the Latin word oriens meaning "east". Do Aussies use the term? Seems geographically significant and not used there, idkwhatthefunk
    • To be fair, saying anything other than 'Oriental rug' would just sound weird.Continuity
    • In the UK, if you described someone as Asian you would probably be referring to someone from India or Pakistan.Chimp
    • Well they're not wrongpango
    • Only old people use "orient" in Canada. Or where I live at leastpango
    • Oriental doesn't even mean one place. It's China for UK speakers, Iran for rugs, Egypt for the Oriental Orthodox church. And it's racist in North America.monNom
    • @continuity Yeah, pretty much just rugs. I would say Americans generally think racist Asian jokes are ok. It happens on this site, ffs.garbage
    • ^pango
  • Continuity-2

    Why is it you Amercians — when abroad, in a non-Anglophone country — automatically launch into speaking English with someone from said country, without first respectfully and politely asking if they actually speak English?

    • As a matter of principle, when I encounter this in Germany, I simply say, 'Tut mir leid. Ich spreche kein Englisch'.Continuity
    • Or 'Désolé, j'parle pas l'anglais', when I encounter it in France.Continuity
    • I don't. We have free "Mango Language" programs at our public libraries that teach language learning for free and prepare you for the basics when visiting...toemaas
    • ...another country. I'm assuming you mostly interface with American people that unload from cruise ships?toemaas
    • Most Americans don't like those people either :)toemaas
    • Fuck knows where they've been offloaded from. Certainly not cruise ships, I'm land-locked.Continuity
    • Maybe b/c out of the world's approximately 7.5 billion inhabitants, 1.5 billion speak English — that's 20% of the Earth's population.whatthefunk
    • English is by far the most commonly studied foreign language in the world, and most americans only speak 1 language so, ya know...whatthefunk
    • Brits do this too.
      I've seen Germans do as much in Spain.
      I'm sure lots of shithead tourists from wherever do this.
      Nairn
    • And that gives you license to ignore things like respect to local culture and language and politeness in a non-Anglo country. Got it.Continuity
    • Next couple of decades we're probably going to see lots of shithead Han chinese tourists come over and give us a taste of our own bitter medicine.Nairn
    • I could see that. They already think cycle lanes are meant for walking in, in their entire bus complement numbers, despite huge markings to the contrary.Continuity
    • I don’t even ask. I just memorize what i want to say in whatever language and rehearse it in my head over and over before ultimately fucking it upscarabin
    • Americans aren't the only English speakers who do this.cannonball1978
    • This is not about language, but attitude, they just walk in anywhere like they own the fucken place lol
      Brits too.
      grafician
  • MondoMorphic0

    For the life of me I don't understand why there is such delight by you people in the notion of a decline of the American Empire. IF America were to cease to exist, do you not realize what that would mean for the rest of the free world? What that would mean specifically for you?

    Already America is the reason you people are speaking English and not German or Russian. What language do you think you would be speaking of America ceased to exist?

    Please explain this.

    • Mondo, don't let the internet trollery trigger any emotions. This thread is a great opportunity to have a direct discourse with our fellow QBNers. Even if thetoemaas
    • first few questions are silly. I thin it will go ina good direction and actually create some understanding as most of the myth around America has gone fromtoemaas
    • the weird perception fo Hollywood form the 20th century to one of a country of roving lunatics and idiots. Every country has those. But the thread is callingtoemaas
    • on REAL people, not blogs or news sites that need ad revenue, to answer. Questions away.toemaas
    • ich spreche ein bisschenkingsteven
    • English is my 3rd languagedrgs
    • Nothing will happen to the world and America will not disappear. It will just lose it's importance to become a country between Canada and Brazildrgs
    • Good points, toemaas. My question is posted here but it's regarding all of the anti-American sentiment on QBN. It'd be interesting to know...MondoMorphic
    • ...what people are actually thinking.MondoMorphic
    • I don't see an anti-American sentiment here, we actually make fun of things we admire or even love.
      That said, we're rooting for a good America, no doubt
      grafician
    • ...as a beacon of democracy and stability.

      But sure, we'll wait.
      grafician
  • ********
    -4

    Why are you so fucking stupid?

    • Adolescent internet trolling is so Passé.toemaas
    • Shut the fuck up, Tom.
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    • Choice of words in the question aside, there's a grain of truth, there. Anti-intellectualism does seem endemic in the US, and that's a fair point.Continuity
    • True, in some parts of the country where early schooling was set aside for going directly to work, they came up with the phrase,toemaas
    • "If you can't be smart, then you better be tough." An unfortunate set of circumstances...toemaas
    • endemic among the bobos, and most americans are JUST as appalled by itmonospaced
    • Because smart citizens are dangerous citizensscarabin
    • Did the babydick squeak? You're boring.garbage
    • Spot on nickname, garbage.
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    • From where are you smart arse ?
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    • This is not just an American thing. We all have our fools, dumb fools, idiots, stupid ppl, just look how this pandemic trashed the world because of them...grafician
    • I ain't tellin you shit.
      ********
  • Continuity4

    OK, something less serious now.

    Instead of foisting all of your shitty fast food on the rest of the world, why didn't you make a concerted effort to spread the good word about real barbecue, instead? That shit is fucking delicious.

    WTF were you thinking?!

    • I DEMAND AN APOLOGY.Continuity
    • You couldn’t handle real bbq.monospaced
    • I already have done several times. Fucking pansy.Continuity
    • I have very serious and angry opinions about BBQ. I was born in the south and moving to the PNW and the shit that people try to pass off as BBQ drives me nuts.garbage
    • But if you have BBQ questions, I will give bbq answers.garbage
    • Pansy?monospaced
    • Thinking with their arse
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    • @garbage My understanding of BBQ is that the real deal pretty much starts in Kansas and goes south. Correct?Continuity
    • They’re absolutely horny for it in texasscarabin
    • More East, southeast. Hardcore bbq is life and death in the Carolinas to Texas and everywhere in between. And beyond that too.monospaced
    • It’s been around so long you can find passable bbq in most any major town or city in the country, from my experience.monospaced
    • @continuity I missed this. I could write you a novel. The Carolinas have a their own civil war between Lexington and Eastern style. Lex has it right, btw.garbage
    • That style has bled down into the deep south, and they have their own flavors. Birmingham has the best BBQ, but that's my own bias. Less molasses, more heat.garbage
    • Also more burnt ends, which is traditionally a KC style. Texans deal with brisket, which is totally different. Floridians should stick to seafood.garbage
    • @mono Love ya bro, but there's a massive difference between "good" BBQ somewhere, and the shit that makes you tear up because it's so good.garbage
  • eryx2

    Thank you for pronouncing "Z" as "Zee" and not "Zed". It rhymes with "A B C D E" so much better.

    We as the rest of the world will adopt this if you get rid of a "1/3 cup"

    • The pronunciation 'zed' has its origins in the ancient Greek 'zeta'. So 'zed' makes perfect sense to me.Continuity
    • ^ Except, it’s pronounced ZEE-tahGnash
    • In modern Greek, yes, but not in ancient Greek, from which is originates.Continuity
    • In Ancient Greek it’s still not zed. Only If it’s in the middle of a word it’s pronounce ‘dz’ as in how the word ‘suds’ ends..Gnash
  • nb5

    Why you so cute

  • drgs0

    What are Americans afraid of (in general)?

    • David Bowiescarabin
    • ^ you got that mixed up there sonny jimcannonball1978
    • Honestly i would say lack of success. There’s a sense here that we’re not poor, we’re just temporarily embarassed millionaires. The US is a land of opportunityscarabin
    • Healthy food and exercise
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    • ...and not being a rich celebrity is your fault. That’s probably more pronounced here in LA/Hollywood, thoughscarabin
    • Interesting.monospaced
    • starvationfadein11
    • Love how practically only UK/Europe peeps are shitting on the US
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    • Socialism?grafician
    • "practically" lolfadein11
    • guy has no idea about how people think about this in north korea, philippines, afganistan or venezuela lolsted
    • Reality in form of facts.islandbridge
    • Healthy and simple life
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    • facing ourselves upon our deathssarahfailin
    • Not a goddamn thing. *spitsmaquito
    • Go and have a look at the 'ask a UK' thread and perhaps fill that wee babydick-sized chip on your shoulder with NAmericans joking at Brits.Nairn
    • Americans with Guns.
      Solution?
      Buy a Gun!
      Nairn
    • Pinko basterdsjagara
  • Wolfboy2

    Why only one 'math' but many 'M&Ms'?

  • sted7

    When are you going to take responsibility for burning down the middle east and the European refugee crisis?

    • probably when they take responsibility for what they did in the balkans.renderedred
    • and South America.face_melter
    • How is any person supposed to answer, considering they have nothing to take credit for? Really.monospaced
    • Sure you personally have nothing to do with those people who visioned WMDs, dropped bombs, and soldiers in a pointless war what generated an insane migration...sted
    • Like every single U.S. citizen.
      lol. you couldn't deny that you're American.
      sted
    • Which part did i do? I apologize for it.scarabin
    • *coughIndiacough*cannonball1978