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what about popcorn

love too pop the corn

corn is in so many ways a surprise fruit

it’s a grain we did funny things with

Ok brimstead, I DO eat popcorn. I meant like canned corn, creamed corn, frozen corn, corn on the cob

The thousands of times I was forced to eat it as a kid I swallowed the kernels whole, with water, like terrible pills of terribleness. So it was definitely not chewed.

I felt it was controversial bc everyone is always fuckin raving about fresh corn on the cob

I ate your share and my share of corn on the cob this summer.

fresh corn on the cob is just ok, I am fine cutting the kernels off

I mean it’s a ridiculous thing to eat a lot of because it’s so sweet, but we have events called “sweet corn feeds” in this part of the country right during that season, where it’s the main thing and you have sides, but just eat as much sweet corn as possible. I still have the baggage of having braces on my teeth for years as a kid, and no corn on the cob

it’s wild because people think of that as corn but the corn you eat as “corn” typically is like 1% of corn grown. it’s all field/seed corn

the baffler is not a good magazine

True. In its own way it was as bad as Answer Me!, and the current revival is even worse than the 90s version.

sorry, I get all cranky-ass after working in the main corn business too many years

Grilled corn on the cob really can be the best

What's wrong with the Baffler? I've read some good articles in there.

it's certainly got me flummoxed

you could have just said baffled

I love every era of Saturday Night Live

Piscopo thanks u

ha the "classic" era of SNL veers wildly between genius and tedious one, and probably more the latter

one should read ime

BB King sucks and ruined the blues

The only people who watch Saturday Night Live are in media or the entertainment biz

that's not true

Ok Donald Trump watches it too

he hate watches it

such a millennial

You know, noted non-media figure Donald Trump

https://pics.me.me/donald-trump-winsthe-oscar-for-lead-actor-in-a-comedy-2690170.png

my wife watches it every week, I watch it most weeks

280 characters on twitter is actually fine

lol

yeah, doesn't bother me either

Book of Mormon is hella racist

yeah I agree re: 280 it’s cool

Book of Mormon is just a toned down South Park riff turned into a musical so yes

280 "doesn't bother" me either, but that's because my eyes/brain just automatically skips tweets longer than 150/160 chars, I've noticed. It's a terrible change, taking the pace and USP out of twitter entirely. If I want long winded updates I'll check FB, which I'd rather avoid tbh.

oh i read that as the actual book of mormon being racist xpost

yea i was indifferent to 280, who gives a shit really. but i do notice that i don't read any tweets longer than ~150 or so

actual book of mormon is racist too iirc

comedians aren't important at all

That's controversial?

well i keep reading "comedians are important, especially in this day and age" as if its a truism.

seems like its a popular narrative in the media, they really "tell it like it is" and "push boundaries". is any evidence that any of this has helped anyone ever?

like if anything comedians probably make it easy to laugh about horrible shit and move onto ignoring it

a sense of humour is bad not good

^^^

a sense of irony, however, is a necessity.

garbage people use the phrase 'garbage person' oh wait

lol i agree with Adam, Norm MacDonald nailed it re: this new perception of comics: "Now people say comedians are like 'modern day philosophers'.... which I think is pretty insulting to... modern day philosophers."

all casual uses of "garbage person," "trash person," "dumpster fire" etc etc are fucking played-out and annoying

also seem vaguely offensive to waste collectors, who are fine public servants

otm!

"garbage person," "trash person," "dumpster fire" etc etc

RIYL "shut the front door"

Your diet has fuck-all to do with how long you'll live, or even how you feel and/or look while you live. I firmly believe this.

it's becoming accepted that genetics has a greater influence on our make-up than we thought, but i believe it's closer to being the absolute, predictive variable

Your diet has fuck-all to do with how long you'll live, or even how you feel and/or look while you live. I firmly believe this.

― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Friday, November 17, 2017 10:26 AM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i can tell you the second part is not true. i have had many different diets in my time (while never dieting) and have fluctuated in weight massively, had worse or better acne, been more or less anxious/tired, slept worse or better.