Posts posted by Rimbo
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On 1/13/2022 at 8:01 AM, utxmike05 said:
Exactly, digging into the bullpen.
Eh, that's been true for a while. But that didn't keep, say, Ant-Man from being one of the better MCU characters, because it was well-executed.
On 1/13/2022 at 5:07 PM, Herpa Derpa said:Bad acting all around, but particularly Keogh and Jolie.
There was nothing wrong with Jolie's acting; the character of Thena is wooden.
On 1/13/2022 at 6:25 AM, utxmike05 said:Their names are so random though lol. Names are kinda funny and not a strong hero name. Sprite?? Gilgamesh?? Droig??
There's nothing random about their names. Their names are supposed to be similar to characters of epics and myths. The idea being that our myths were based on the Eternals themselves.
And Gilgamesh is one of the more obvious (The Epic of Gilgamesh.) Phastos is Hephaestus. Thena is Athena (duh). Sersi is Circe. And so on.
On 1/15/2022 at 9:35 AM, mdmost said:I had the thought when Sprite was made human, wouldn't Phastos want that as well since he has a husband and child who will grow old but he will outlive them both?
The problem Sprite had is that she could never even pretend to have a normal life, because once she failed to age for more than a couple of years, everyone got suspicious of her. At least the rest can pretend they're aging gracefully (or even use makeup). It's too obvious for Sprite.
Anyway, overall, I thought the movie was okay. It's not Thor: Ragnarok, but it's not Thor: The Dark World, either.
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Edited by Rimbo
See, with last night's beatdown, it was two teams that belonged, but one was just playing outstanding football.
With these two teams... I mean, you knew the Eagles had little business being in the playoffs to begin with. Then to have to face Tom Brady's Bucs...
it's like watching Mike Tyson go into the ring against Michael J. Fox. You wonder why it even started, and you're ready for it to be over long before it ends.
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5 hours ago, burntorangebongos said:
Is kosher salt the same as this diamond crystal stuff? I use kosher for brining and when I want big grains.
i pretty much use Morton's Kosher Salt exclusively for any kind of cooking now
occasionally I use this stuff
sometimes I use sea salt that my wife gets when I have to have a finer grain
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26 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:
“selling out” is the dumbest critique of any artist. Specifically, it is an imaginary and arbitrary judgment of artists for monetizing their work. Every artist sells out on some level, the only difference is what level is acceptable to each individual fan. It’s an ever moving stupid target. Every single band in history has sold out to make the radio. If you’ve heard a song, then the artist has made creative concessions to the man to get on the radio. So you’re not actually mad at an artist selling out, your mad at the level of work. I can name a bunch of songs that were artists fully selling out but yet the songs were amazing, so they are accepted.
Tool beat you to the punch with this observation by 25 years.
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6 minutes ago, Sejjr said:
Can none of you fat fucks use a goddamned grill? Martin’s Potato Buns + ground beef + American Cheese + 3 minutes per side and you have a superior burger than any of these fast-casual shitholes.
fast casual, fast food, fine dining and home cookin' are all completely different beasts
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3 hours ago, Zhorn96 said:
In n Out in Southern California is good and generally shit anywhere else. Ive heard it’s cause they source from local suppliers in SoCal and ship it frozen everywhere else. Might be urban legend and In n Out is nothing special anyway but whatevs
They apparently went to great lengths to establish the same supply-chain setup in Texas that they had in California/AZ. But the trick with a supply chain where the food is never frozen is that your food will never be better than what your local suppliers can produce. So I don't think they're freezing things, they... just don't have as good of a supply chain.
I also think there's something to culture and hiring. I saw this happen once when County Line tried opening a restaurant in Amarillo... the place was garbage, closed after only a couple of years. I wonder if something similar is happening here. The people being hired in SoCal grew up eating In-N-Out, and their parents grew up eating it, and there's kind of a tradition there, an expectation that they have to make really good burgers to carry on this cultural tradition. There's a bit of pride in being the guy who works in In-N-Out in SoCal, more so than there would be at, say, McDonald's or Fatburger or Five Guys. And the closer you get to the beach and pick up the sundown post-surfing crowd, the more pronounced this tradition gets, I think. Whereas the folks making the burgers at In-N-Out Texas ... they don't have any of that. There's no pride, no cultural tradition to carry on.
And, like a great pastor, this brings us back to the cultural rot in the Texas football program. It's been a dozen years since our squad has had a winning tradition. And a dozen years of winning before another dozen years of mediocrity as you go backwards in time. And you see that with Bo Davis' rant on the bus. Bo Davis isn't accustomed to this sort of thing, but the players, staffers, administration... they're comfy and cozy in their mediocre loserdom. I don't think you can build a winning program by hiring people who are used to losing. Or recruiting players who are used to losing...
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10 hours ago, kwood4408 said:
I did the same thing by giving it a 2nd chance and had the same reaction. Was working at a hospital in the Bay Area and my colleagues there were all about in n out. Had the pleasure of bringing one to a Whataburger when they visited for a golf trip. His exact words were “you are right, this is way better than in n out.”Y'all are going to far better Whataburgers than I've ever been to, or far worse In-n-outs than the ones I've been going to, or both. I've not had a Whataburger that wasn't grease-soaked cardboard compared with the average In-n-out double. But then, I've never been to In-n-out in Texas.
The fries... are inconsistent. When you get them on a good day, In-n-Out fries are the best fries you've ever eaten. Most of the time, they're . . . pretty bad.
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