Things you were shockingly old when you learned

chuck todd makes a reasonable point, astonishing

“If it had been flipped, the map would have been too dark,” he said. “The blue would have been swamping the red. Red is a lighter color.”

idiot.

so are there ANY foods that are good for you???? avocados are still safe right?

who eats raw kale??

ppl who eat salads and sandwiches iirc

"Salads" and "sandwiches"

Dude I've been eating raw kale based salads for like a year and a half

isn't it kind of.. tough?? and rubbery?

i know people who won't even cook it unless they've 'massaged' it for 5 minutes*

*i may have done this once

idk if I’be ever eaten it any less cooked than braised

I've massaged the kale.

nsfw

I've eaten this lots of times?: http://www.dole.com/products/chopped-sweet-kale-salad-kit

I mean, it seems like a lot of healthy things are high in oxalic acid based on these:
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/oxalate-good-or-bad
https://www.webmd.com/kidney-stones/kidney-stones-food-causes#1

I just ate a salad w raw kale for the bazumpteenth time

Sorry y’all are missing out?

it’s a good leaf and I approve of all consumption. definitely missing out on its wide application

There are different kinds of kale. Only some of them would I use in a salad (besides baby kale) without doing the old lemon salt hand massage on it.

Kale is very low in oxalic acid. Chard has a lot.

Oh yeah, I use baby kale a lot.

Kale is commonly consumed raw in smoothies. I like Tuscan kale for salad purposes but a nice regular kale caesar can be good too

Yeah chard would be way worse than kale on this front tbh

I will not take this chard disrespect!
A man has limits!

I read baby kale and...
doo doo da doot da doo
baby kale

I think I’m solid with kale but am limited in raw arugula (rocket) consumption because it makes my throat itchy. Weird allergy?

I find the arugula in the UK is a lot different than the one in the US. The US one is too peppery/coarse?

I just learned last week that paprika is made from bell pepper/sweeter capsicum. I just thought it appeared as itself, paprika, somehow.

Haha, I just learned this too when shopping for paprika for goulash. I've been leaning heavily on smoky paprika lately for a lot of recipes, but the goulash called very specifically for sweet. I was confused by this until I learned there's no difference between sweet paprika and regular paprika.

the paprika plant of the plains, powdery and ephemeral

i can't refrain from posting a joni lyric, a great song, it must be her longest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgQNLEDAaWs

I dream paprika plains
Vast and bleak and God forsaken
Paprika plains
And a turquoise river snaking

paprika plains is my sister, btw.

Lol

cosine

she look intersting

xp
No, sister.

Is arugula safe to eat

That Wavy Gravy got his nickname from B.B. King.

That B0r1s J0hn$0n is apparently known to those close to him as Al (his real first name being Alexander), a (possible) fact that has clouded my enjoyment of U.S. Maple forevermore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=n4QgKaUoewc

i learnt today that the arrow next to the petrol pump sign of the fuel gauge indicates on which side of the car the tank is.

That's normally the first thing listen on these threads
Things you were shockingly old when you learned

That
vs. is for Septics
vs is for Britishes

Interesting. Canadian Oxford Dictionary says "vs."

I (British) was taught a long time ago that a dot at the end of an abbreviation was needed only if letters were missing there - i.e. only needed if the last letter of the abbr. is not the last letter of the full word. So "abbr.", "co.", "pop." etc., but not "Dr", "Ltd", "vs" etc. Probably only the opinion of that particular teacher, but it's stayed with me.

Seems about right, I mean it's trad. arr., for instance, obv. trad arr is for disgusting savages.

get these ugly spots off my page

I actually prefer the British rule there ("Mr" > "Mr.") but Canadian style seems to side with the Yanks on this one. Maybe we just want to use the maximum number of characters so we double "l"s and throw in "o"s before "ur" but also add in these periods after abbreviations and use double quotes instead of single.

Heh, turns out we're maximalists at heart.

I guess we're actually throwing in "u"s in the middle of "or".

I thought the original way to spell things had the u for whatever historic etymological reasons and the Americans just got rid of them cos they wanted to simplify whatever spelling.

I am a minimalist and prefer the American chili, aluminum and erbs. I do like my 'u's tho

Yeah it was Noah Webster xpost

also famously tried to get rid of the 'k' in 'knee'