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  • GreeperGreeper Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    There's google searches for some weird shit on my computer.

    I hope that I never die and people look through my google searches.

    There would be some O_o

    Greeper on
  • HurtdogHurtdog Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    God damn, I know this sounds cold as shit, but it's one dead child that everyone is freaking out about, but no one even seems to give a shit about Syria. Huxley was right.


    We can't do shit about Syria, so no one really will give a fuck.


    Hell, if we can't even do shit about one dead child, there's no hope for Syria.

    Hurtdog on
  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom try The Substance it changed my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    It's Florida.

    Are you really surprised about incompetence in Florida?

    Sweeney Tom on
  • FeralFeral MEMETICHARIZARD interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Kalkino wrote: »
    I cannot eat rare steak or red meat (unless thinly sliced and served cold), yet I grew up on a farm and have slaughtered sheep (and observed people slaughtering/dressing cattle, deer, goats etc at some length for the same reasons). I ate freshly slaughtered meat (from the farm) almost every day for the first 18 years of my life etc. So I should not think that squeamishness is the reason for not liking rare or medium red meat. I really cannot stand the texture, it tastes rubbery and often watery to me.

    Yeah, I understand that.

    In my experience, though, there's been a slow creep regarding meat cooking styles more and more towards the well-done side. Ordering a "medium rare" steak in a restaurant should produce a tender and slightly juicy deep pink interior, but often it produces a light pink dry interior. To get a truly medium rare steak, you have to order it rare.

    I don't particularly care for truly rare steak, either - I agree it ends up rubbery and watery unless it's a very pricey cut cooked very precisely - but I've gotten so used to ordering steak 'rare' that I sometimes forget that it's not the same everywhere.

    Feral on
    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Wouldnt it be the case that pretty much any sized nuclear bomb would be enough to wipe out the entirety of the Fallout 3 map?

    That always bugged me about Megaton, you can see that thing blow up from tenpenny tower, then go to the site of detonation and just walk around absorbing minor rads. I guess over the course of a couple hundred years humans developed one hell of resistance to radiation.

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  • EddyEddy Gengar the Bittersweet Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Emily Haines is good looking

    It is known

    Eddy on
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    and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    http://www.avclub.com/articles/they-might-be-giants-covers-chumbawamba,53068/

    This is more interesting than the trail that is now over and done with

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2011
    Idx86 wrote: »
    It sure as shit sounded like there was enough evidence to convict her.

    - Dead body smell in the trunk of her car.
    - Tape on her skull where the body was found tracked to a rare brand found at their house
    - Body stuffed in a laundry bag from their house.
    - Google searches for "chloroform" and "how to break necks" on the family computer.

    - Rotting garbage in the trunk
    - Was placed later than her body
    - I forget what the defense was for this
    - Mother admitted she searched for these after Caylee went missing

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  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Wouldnt it be the case that pretty much any sized nuclear bomb would be enough to wipe out the entirety of the Fallout 3 map?

    That always bugged me about Megaton, you can see that thing blow up from tenpenny tower, then go to the site of detonation and just walk around absorbing minor rads. I guess over the course of a couple hundred years humans developed one hell of resistance to radiation.

    Well you were in a vault so probably not. But it depends on the bomb. Some nuclear weapons put out relatively little radiation after the fact.

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Idx86 wrote: »
    Hurtdog wrote: »
    Is anybody else following the Casey Anthony trial?


    This bitch just got off free for the murder of her two year old daughter.

    I can't fucking believe this shit.

    EDIT: yes, apparently everyone was following this shit. What are you gonna do about it, jail me?

    I have been. Makes me sick and sad that the verdict was not guilty. I get that not all of the evidence might not have been there to legally convict her, but she definitely did it. I hate reading and seeing about kids getting hurt, and it sucks to see it go unpunished.

    Calling Dexter Morgan...
    you people are the salt of the earth
    if the evidence wasn't there then you don't get a conviction
    that is how the law works

    I can almost get how the evidence wasn't there for murder .... but how was it not there for abuse? She wasn't reported missing for a month. That is undisputed fact. Ignoring the whereabouts of your 2 year old for a month is somehow not abuse? The jury was insane.

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Greeper wrote: »
    There's google searches for some weird shit on my computer.

    I hope that I never die and people look through my google searches.

    There would be some O_o

    "He searched for how to stick a hamster where?"

    emnmnme on
  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Idx86 wrote: »
    It sure as shit sounded like there was enough evidence to convict her.

    - Dead body smell in the trunk of her car.
    - Tape on her skull where the body was found tracked to a rare brand found at their house
    - Body stuffed in a laundry bag from their house.
    - Google searches for "chloroform" and "how to break necks" on the family computer.

    - Rotting garbage in the trunk
    - Was placed later than her body
    - I forget what the defense was for this
    - Mother admitted she searched for these after Caylee went missing

    Wait why was the mom searching for these things?

    And yeah my car has smelled like what I imagine dead bodies to smell like.

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  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    I like the mix of urban and wasteland in FO3. Overall its a fair adaptation of the older games.

    I will not be ignored.

    wat

    I was trying to ask you about the hobby store you found. You don't mean Bellingham, MA, right? You mean one of the other, inferior, Bellinghams, right?

    Bellingham WA, an hour north of seattle. Pretty much literally the upper left corner of the country.

    Booo. I have about 2000 Magic the Gathering cards from the 3rd/4th edition era I want to get rid of but I can't find a card/hobby/gaming shop in my area.

    I could ask my brother or his roommate where they go.

    They live in town though

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  • KalkinoKalkino Buttons Londres Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Feral wrote: »
    Kalkino wrote: »
    I cannot eat rare steak or red meat (unless thinly sliced and served cold), yet I grew up on a farm and have slaughtered sheep (and observed people slaughtering/dressing cattle, deer, goats etc at some length for the same reasons). I ate freshly slaughtered meat (from the farm) almost every day for the first 18 years of my life etc. So I should not think that squeamishness is the reason for not liking rare or medium red meat. I really cannot stand the texture, it tastes rubbery and often watery to me.

    Yeah, I understand that.

    In my experience, though, there's been a slow creep regarding meat cooking styles more and more towards the well-done side. Ordering a "medium rare" steak in a restaurant should produce a tender and slightly juicy deep pink interior, but often it produces a light pink dry interior. To get a truly medium rare steak, you have to order it rare.

    I don't particularly care for truly rare steak, either - I agree it ends up rubbery and watery unless it's a very pricey cut cooked very precisely - but I've gotten so used to ordering steak 'rare' that I sometimes forget that it's not the same everywhere.

    I think it may depend on where you live, or perspective. I've had a pretty constant battle since leaving home with chefs, waiters, cooks, flatmates etc on this issue and while my close friends accept this, it does seem to me that people are becoming stronger advocates of rare red meat

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  • Armored GorillaArmored Gorilla Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Havelock wrote: »
    Man, reading/hearing some of these reactions from Random Person X on the net/tv towards the verdict of the Casey Anthony case further re-enforces my feeling that airing certain criminal cases on tv is a Very Bad Idea.

    The worst part is all the folks screaming that she's obviously guilty and how could they not put her away for life and bluhblubbluh, when you know damn well they weren't able to follow the entire case for every hour it was in the courtroom like the jurors were able to.

    Innocent or guilty, it was a show trial.

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  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Idx86 wrote: »
    It sure as shit sounded like there was enough evidence to convict her.

    - Dead body smell in the trunk of her car.
    - Tape on her skull where the body was found tracked to a rare brand found at their house
    - Body stuffed in a laundry bag from their house.
    - Google searches for "chloroform" and "how to break necks" on the family computer.

    google searches should never be incriminating

    because then I'm fucked

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  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Feral are you on steam?

    Elldren on
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  • TehSlothTehSloth Hit Or Miss I Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Eddy wrote: »
    Emily Haines is good looking

    It is known

    She cleans up well, but has a bit of a man jaw going on.

    She's still fantastically good looking, I'm just trying to be nit-picky.

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  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom try The Substance it changed my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Idx86 wrote: »
    Hurtdog wrote: »
    Is anybody else following the Casey Anthony trial?


    This bitch just got off free for the murder of her two year old daughter.

    I can't fucking believe this shit.

    EDIT: yes, apparently everyone was following this shit. What are you gonna do about it, jail me?

    I have been. Makes me sick and sad that the verdict was not guilty. I get that not all of the evidence might not have been there to legally convict her, but she definitely did it. I hate reading and seeing about kids getting hurt, and it sucks to see it go unpunished.

    Calling Dexter Morgan...
    you people are the salt of the earth
    if the evidence wasn't there then you don't get a conviction
    that is how the law works

    I can almost get how the evidence wasn't there for murder .... but how was it not there for abuse? She wasn't reported missing for a month. That is undisputed fact. Ignoring the whereabouts of your 2 year old for a month is somehow not abuse? The jury was insane.

    This.

    I completely understand how there wasn't enough evidence to convict her for murder. Hell, I won't even say whether I think she did it or not, as that's all matters of opinion.

    But there is no fucking way that a daughter can go missing for 31 days, while the mother is out partying, the mom doesn't report her missing the entire time, and the mother isn't somehow convicted of child abuse.

    Once again, though, it's my mistake for expecting Florida to be competent in any way.

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  • HurtdogHurtdog Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Idx86 wrote: »
    It sure as shit sounded like there was enough evidence to convict her.

    - Dead body smell in the trunk of her car.
    - Tape on her skull where the body was found tracked to a rare brand found at their house
    - Body stuffed in a laundry bag from their house.
    - Google searches for "chloroform" and "how to break necks" on the family computer.

    - Rotting garbage in the trunk
    - Was placed later than her body
    - I forget what the defense was for this
    - Mother admitted she searched for these after Caylee went missing

    And the explanation for the shovel that Casey unfortunately borrowed from a neighbor a few days before Caylee's "accidental death"?

    Hurtdog on
  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2011
    Hurtdog wrote: »
    Idx86 wrote: »
    It sure as shit sounded like there was enough evidence to convict her.

    - Dead body smell in the trunk of her car.
    - Tape on her skull where the body was found tracked to a rare brand found at their house
    - Body stuffed in a laundry bag from their house.
    - Google searches for "chloroform" and "how to break necks" on the family computer.

    - Rotting garbage in the trunk
    - Was placed later than her body
    - I forget what the defense was for this
    - Mother admitted she searched for these after Caylee went missing

    And the explanation for the shovel that Casey unfortunately borrowed from a neighbor a few days before Caylee's "accidental death"?

    Is irrelevant! Because it doesn't prove murder.

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  • EddyEddy Gengar the Bittersweet Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Sometimes you just have to borrow a gardening tool dude

    Eddy on
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    and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
  • Armored GorillaArmored Gorilla Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Hurtdog wrote: »
    Idx86 wrote: »
    It sure as shit sounded like there was enough evidence to convict her.

    - Dead body smell in the trunk of her car.
    - Tape on her skull where the body was found tracked to a rare brand found at their house
    - Body stuffed in a laundry bag from their house.
    - Google searches for "chloroform" and "how to break necks" on the family computer.

    - Rotting garbage in the trunk
    - Was placed later than her body
    - I forget what the defense was for this
    - Mother admitted she searched for these after Caylee went missing

    And the explanation for the shovel that Casey unfortunately borrowed from a neighbor a few days before Caylee's "accidental death"?

    Sometimes people need shovels? Why did the neighbor have a shovel ready? Shit, they OWNED a shovel, how many people have they killed?

    Armored Gorilla on
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  • DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Havelock wrote: »
    @ Deebaser

    Little Lamplight all the way.

    It's like they took the whimsical tribal kids from Beyond Thunderdome and made every single one of them assholes.

    It was a trick question :wink:

    If you nuke little lamplight nothing would happen because you can't kill kids in that game, no matter how annoying they are.

    And if you nuke Sarah,
    she just comes back as a ghoul

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  • HurtdogHurtdog Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Hurtdog wrote: »
    Idx86 wrote: »
    It sure as shit sounded like there was enough evidence to convict her.

    - Dead body smell in the trunk of her car.
    - Tape on her skull where the body was found tracked to a rare brand found at their house
    - Body stuffed in a laundry bag from their house.
    - Google searches for "chloroform" and "how to break necks" on the family computer.

    - Rotting garbage in the trunk
    - Was placed later than her body
    - I forget what the defense was for this
    - Mother admitted she searched for these after Caylee went missing

    And the explanation for the shovel that Casey unfortunately borrowed from a neighbor a few days before Caylee's "accidental death"?

    Sometimes people need shovels? Why did the neighbor have a shovel ready? Shit, they OWNED a shovel, how many people have they killed?


    And if we had a method to prove the shovel was used to dig the shallow grave which Caylee was sort of buried in, what would be the explanation to that?

    Hurtdog on
  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Hurtdog wrote: »
    Hurtdog wrote: »
    Idx86 wrote: »
    It sure as shit sounded like there was enough evidence to convict her.

    - Dead body smell in the trunk of her car.
    - Tape on her skull where the body was found tracked to a rare brand found at their house
    - Body stuffed in a laundry bag from their house.
    - Google searches for "chloroform" and "how to break necks" on the family computer.

    - Rotting garbage in the trunk
    - Was placed later than her body
    - I forget what the defense was for this
    - Mother admitted she searched for these after Caylee went missing

    And the explanation for the shovel that Casey unfortunately borrowed from a neighbor a few days before Caylee's "accidental death"?

    Sometimes people need shovels? Why did the neighbor have a shovel ready? Shit, they OWNED a shovel, how many people have they killed?


    And if we had a method to prove the shovel was used to dig the shallow grave which Caylee was sort of buried in, what would be the explanation to that?

    Magic.

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  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    you can have all of the circumstantial evidence in the world, but if it doesn't pass reasonable doubt, you don't get a conviction

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  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom try The Substance it changed my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Hurtdog wrote: »
    Hurtdog wrote: »
    Idx86 wrote: »
    It sure as shit sounded like there was enough evidence to convict her.

    - Dead body smell in the trunk of her car.
    - Tape on her skull where the body was found tracked to a rare brand found at their house
    - Body stuffed in a laundry bag from their house.
    - Google searches for "chloroform" and "how to break necks" on the family computer.

    - Rotting garbage in the trunk
    - Was placed later than her body
    - I forget what the defense was for this
    - Mother admitted she searched for these after Caylee went missing

    And the explanation for the shovel that Casey unfortunately borrowed from a neighbor a few days before Caylee's "accidental death"?

    Sometimes people need shovels? Why did the neighbor have a shovel ready? Shit, they OWNED a shovel, how many people have they killed?


    And if we had a method to prove the shovel was used to dig the shallow grave which Caylee was sort of buried in, what would be the explanation to that?

    As the jury probably thinks,

    "Chick just loves gardening, ah guess?"

    Sweeney Tom on
  • TehSlothTehSloth Hit Or Miss I Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Feral wrote: »
    Kalkino wrote: »
    I cannot eat rare steak or red meat (unless thinly sliced and served cold), yet I grew up on a farm and have slaughtered sheep (and observed people slaughtering/dressing cattle, deer, goats etc at some length for the same reasons). I ate freshly slaughtered meat (from the farm) almost every day for the first 18 years of my life etc. So I should not think that squeamishness is the reason for not liking rare or medium red meat. I really cannot stand the texture, it tastes rubbery and often watery to me.

    Yeah, I understand that.

    In my experience, though, there's been a slow creep regarding meat cooking styles more and more towards the well-done side. Ordering a "medium rare" steak in a restaurant should produce a tender and slightly juicy deep pink interior, but often it produces a light pink dry interior. To get a truly medium rare steak, you have to order it rare.

    I don't particularly care for truly rare steak, either - I agree it ends up rubbery and watery unless it's a very pricey cut cooked very precisely - but I've gotten so used to ordering steak 'rare' that I sometimes forget that it's not the same everywhere.

    The opposite is way worse though. Like, I usually like my steak on the rarer side of medium, but I'll order Medium because then at least it won't be burnt if they overcook it and won't be cold in the middle if they undercook it.

    I went out with some co-workers for sushi, but I don't really like sushi, so I ordered "Beef Tataki", which was described as beef with ponzu sauce. I like ponzu, so this basically read to me as chicken teriyaki with beef instead of chicken and ponzu instead of teriyaki, which are both so similar anyway that it all made sense.

    I got thin slices of what I believe was completely uncooked beef in a pool of ponzu sauce. I ate it mostly out of politeness and I didn't want to be the guy that didn't get sushi like everyone else and then also complained about the food. The taste was pretty great, but it was extremely difficult to eat because I was kinda repulsed by the texture.

    TLDR: Surprise raw meat is not awesome. Yummy, but hard to eat.

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Hurtdog wrote: »
    Idx86 wrote: »
    It sure as shit sounded like there was enough evidence to convict her.

    - Dead body smell in the trunk of her car.
    - Tape on her skull where the body was found tracked to a rare brand found at their house
    - Body stuffed in a laundry bag from their house.
    - Google searches for "chloroform" and "how to break necks" on the family computer.

    - Rotting garbage in the trunk
    - Was placed later than her body
    - I forget what the defense was for this
    - Mother admitted she searched for these after Caylee went missing

    And the explanation for the shovel that Casey unfortunately borrowed from a neighbor a few days before Caylee's "accidental death"?

    She wanted to plant a tree? How the hell does a shovel prove murder?

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  • Armored GorillaArmored Gorilla Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Elldren wrote: »
    you can have all of the circumstantial evidence in the world, but if it doesn't pass reasonable doubt, you don't get a conviction

    12 Angry Men should be required viewing.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE5QZvXeB0U

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  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom try The Substance it changed my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    Hurtdog wrote: »
    Idx86 wrote: »
    It sure as shit sounded like there was enough evidence to convict her.

    - Dead body smell in the trunk of her car.
    - Tape on her skull where the body was found tracked to a rare brand found at their house
    - Body stuffed in a laundry bag from their house.
    - Google searches for "chloroform" and "how to break necks" on the family computer.

    - Rotting garbage in the trunk
    - Was placed later than her body
    - I forget what the defense was for this
    - Mother admitted she searched for these after Caylee went missing

    And the explanation for the shovel that Casey unfortunately borrowed from a neighbor a few days before Caylee's "accidental death"?

    She wanted to plant a tree? How the hell does a shovel prove murder?

    I think he's getting at, the shovel digs graves. And if she "borrowed it from a neighbor" days before she reported the death, the shovel may have been used to dig a grave for Caylee. That's what I think he's getting at, at least.

    Sweeney Tom on
  • a5ehrena5ehren AtlantaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    TehSloth wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    Kalkino wrote: »
    I cannot eat rare steak or red meat (unless thinly sliced and served cold), yet I grew up on a farm and have slaughtered sheep (and observed people slaughtering/dressing cattle, deer, goats etc at some length for the same reasons). I ate freshly slaughtered meat (from the farm) almost every day for the first 18 years of my life etc. So I should not think that squeamishness is the reason for not liking rare or medium red meat. I really cannot stand the texture, it tastes rubbery and often watery to me.

    Yeah, I understand that.

    In my experience, though, there's been a slow creep regarding meat cooking styles more and more towards the well-done side. Ordering a "medium rare" steak in a restaurant should produce a tender and slightly juicy deep pink interior, but often it produces a light pink dry interior. To get a truly medium rare steak, you have to order it rare.

    I don't particularly care for truly rare steak, either - I agree it ends up rubbery and watery unless it's a very pricey cut cooked very precisely - but I've gotten so used to ordering steak 'rare' that I sometimes forget that it's not the same everywhere.

    The opposite is way worse though. Like, I usually like my steak on the rarer side of medium, but I'll order Medium because then at least it won't be burnt if they overcook it and won't be cold in the middle if they undercook it.

    I went out with some co-workers for sushi, but I don't really like sushi, so I ordered "Beef Tataki", which was described as beef with ponzu sauce. I like ponzu, so this basically read to me as chicken teriyaki with beef instead of chicken and ponzu instead of teriyaki, which are both so similar anyway that it all made sense.

    I got thin slices of what I believe was completely uncooked beef in a pool of ponzu sauce. I ate it mostly out of politeness and I didn't want to be the guy that didn't get sushi like everyone else and then also complained about the food. The taste was pretty great, but it was extremely difficult to eat because I was kinda repulsed by the texture.

    TLDR: Surprise raw meat is not awesome. Yummy, but hard to eat.

    This is pretty much me, except I eat sushi :P

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  • Skoal CatSkoal Cat Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    TehSloth wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    Kalkino wrote: »
    I cannot eat rare steak or red meat (unless thinly sliced and served cold), yet I grew up on a farm and have slaughtered sheep (and observed people slaughtering/dressing cattle, deer, goats etc at some length for the same reasons). I ate freshly slaughtered meat (from the farm) almost every day for the first 18 years of my life etc. So I should not think that squeamishness is the reason for not liking rare or medium red meat. I really cannot stand the texture, it tastes rubbery and often watery to me.

    Yeah, I understand that.

    In my experience, though, there's been a slow creep regarding meat cooking styles more and more towards the well-done side. Ordering a "medium rare" steak in a restaurant should produce a tender and slightly juicy deep pink interior, but often it produces a light pink dry interior. To get a truly medium rare steak, you have to order it rare.

    I don't particularly care for truly rare steak, either - I agree it ends up rubbery and watery unless it's a very pricey cut cooked very precisely - but I've gotten so used to ordering steak 'rare' that I sometimes forget that it's not the same everywhere.

    The opposite is way worse though. Like, I usually like my steak on the rarer side of medium, but I'll order Medium because then at least it won't be burnt if they overcook it and won't be cold in the middle if they undercook it.

    I went out with some co-workers for sushi, but I don't really like sushi, so I ordered "Beef Tataki", which was described as beef with ponzu sauce. I like ponzu, so this basically read to me as chicken teriyaki with beef instead of chicken and ponzu instead of teriyaki, which are both so similar anyway that it all made sense.

    I got thin slices of what I believe was completely uncooked beef in a pool of ponzu sauce. I ate it mostly out of politeness and I didn't want to be the guy that didn't get sushi like everyone else and then also complained about the food. The taste was pretty great, but it was extremely difficult to eat because I was kinda repulsed by the texture.

    TLDR: Surprise raw meat is not awesome. Yummy, but hard to eat.

    I accidently ordered beef tartar in Paris, and not wanting to be that American, I ate it. Raw ground beef is an even worse texture.

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  • B:LB:L I've done worse. Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Elldren wrote: »
    you can have all of the circumstantial evidence in the world, but if it doesn't pass reasonable doubt, you don't get a conviction

    12 Angry Men should be required viewing.
    But Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice shows that the jury has the ability to look past the lack of evidence to secure a conviction if they're convinced of the crime.

    And jury nullification is the inherent power of the jury to vote not guilty even if all the evidence proves the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Elldren wrote: »
    you can have all of the circumstantial evidence in the world, but if it doesn't pass reasonable doubt, you don't get a conviction

    Bingo. From what I've heard of the case, the prosecutor thought that he could mix circumstantial evidence, character assassination, and good old slut shaming and win a conviction. Turns out, it doesn't work like that.

    And this is yet another nail in the coffin marked "juries are easily swayed by emotional arguments".

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    Hurtdog wrote: »
    Idx86 wrote: »
    It sure as shit sounded like there was enough evidence to convict her.

    - Dead body smell in the trunk of her car.
    - Tape on her skull where the body was found tracked to a rare brand found at their house
    - Body stuffed in a laundry bag from their house.
    - Google searches for "chloroform" and "how to break necks" on the family computer.

    - Rotting garbage in the trunk
    - Was placed later than her body
    - I forget what the defense was for this
    - Mother admitted she searched for these after Caylee went missing

    And the explanation for the shovel that Casey unfortunately borrowed from a neighbor a few days before Caylee's "accidental death"?

    She wanted to plant a tree? How the hell does a shovel prove murder?

    I think he's getting at, the shovel digs graves. And if she "borrowed it from a neighbor" days before she reported the death, the shovel may have been used to dig a grave for Caylee. That's what I think he's getting at, at least.

    Yes, I know. But a shovel does not prove anything by itself.

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  • Silas BrownSilas Brown That's hobo style. Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Hey guys. Which S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game(s) should I get?

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  • Skoal CatSkoal Cat Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Elldren wrote: »
    you can have all of the circumstantial evidence in the world, but if it doesn't pass reasonable doubt, you don't get a conviction

    12 Angry Men should be required viewing.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE5QZvXeB0U

    How many of you arguing that there wasn't enough evidence have actually been following the case?

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  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom try The Substance it changed my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited July 2011
    B:L wrote: »
    Elldren wrote: »
    you can have all of the circumstantial evidence in the world, but if it doesn't pass reasonable doubt, you don't get a conviction

    12 Angry Men should be required viewing.
    But Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice shows that the jury has the ability to look past the lack of evidence to secure a conviction if they're convinced of the crime.

    And jury nullification is the inherent power of the jury to vote not guilty even if all the evidence proves the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.

    This was Florida though.

    So the jury wasn't that smart.

    They probably had to look up "jury nullification" in a dictionary, but that was too much work so they said "fuck it, we've only been here 10 hours, let's just vote not guilty and go get some sammiches."

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