Subtle differences between the US and the UK that baffle me/you/us. - by SubJeff
SD on 16/12/2012 at 19:32
Quote Posted by Chimpy Chompy
this is the most cringe-worthy thing I've seen posted here in long time
Jesus Christ, who pissed on your chips?
Seriously, when did everyone lose their sense of humour around here? Pull the stick out of your arsehole before it's too late.
Renzatic on 16/12/2012 at 19:37
Teenage girl might mean 18-19, people. It's perfectly legal.
Also SD you sick bastard.
SD on 16/12/2012 at 19:42
Quote Posted by faetal
Of course I am, since it goes without saying that I am referring to taste which falls below what I consider median quality. Just because something is subjective, doesn't mean you can't state it. That's like saying democracy is nonsense because votes are subjective. My opinion combines with everyone else's opinion to become a consensus. You're free to disagree of course, but that's all.
You can't claim that most people have awful taste, then try to claim that your minority dissenting opinion is part of a majority consensus.
Quote Posted by faetal
Re French food, I'm guessing you've not really sampled it since all you can come up with is escargot and frog's legs, neither of which I am fond of incidentally. Get yourself to a decent French restaurant and try a 6 course meal from the menu. There is something about French cuisine - it's like art but with flavours.
It's a nice idea but I am vegetarian, so unfortunately something like 98% of French food is off-limits to me. It's not really a French kitchen unless it looks like the set of Cannibal Holocaust.
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
See now you live in the North West and are probably spoiled since there are lots of Chinese enclaves there.
It occurred to me after I posted that growing up within spitting distance of the oldest Chinese community in Europe probably means our Chinese food is a cut above that elsewhere in the country.
faetal on 16/12/2012 at 20:35
Quote Posted by SD
You can't claim that most people have awful taste, then try to claim that your minority dissenting opinion is part of a majority consensus.
I didn't. I said that individuals' opinions made up consensus, not that mine represented it. I was just saying that it's kind of pointless saying the "your opinion isn't absolute" line, since it's kind of assumed in any kind of opinion. Saying that I can't support it as a law set in stone is kind of redundant, because it's just my opinion. SubJeff says he agrees, you say you don't, and so the whole process continues until at some stage, there is a consensus, but even that is meaningless to individuals, who can choose to disagree with consensus. My point is that the prevalence of outlets selling food I find to be shit, hints that the consensus is that shit food is acceptable. It should be obvious that I mean shit food by my own standards, not some golden rule.
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It's a nice idea but I am vegetarian, so unfortunately something like 98% of French food is off-limits to me. It's not really a French kitchen unless it looks like the set of Cannibal Holocaust.
I guess that does rule a lot out. But it's kind of like someone saying "dairy is shit because I'm lactose intolerant".
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It occurred to me after I posted that growing up within spitting distance of the oldest Chinese community in Europe probably means our Chinese food is a cut above that elsewhere in the country.
There are hundreds of Chinese take-aways and restaurants where I live (Southampton), but only about 5-10% know that chow mein is near inedible if the noodles are so soft that they disintegrate while you eat them.
Chimpy Chompy on 16/12/2012 at 22:25
Quote Posted by SD
Jesus Christ, who pissed on your chips?.
The thirty-something going
yeahhh blowjobs from 18-year-olds:cool::cool: i'm not suggesting anything underage, but it's still pretty unpleasant and pointless
SubJeff on 16/12/2012 at 22:30
Oh come on. What is going on in here? When did we get so stuffy. Christ.
faetal on 16/12/2012 at 22:41
When we started seeing middle age on the horizon. ;)
june gloom on 16/12/2012 at 23:03
I'm not 30 yet! It's not sad yet!
SubJeff on 17/12/2012 at 00:43
Quote Posted by SD
Taste being a subjective thing, I don't believe you are able to support that assertion.
I think we've been over this before. You may think my guitar playing it better than Clapton's. That would be a subjective opinion, and also wrong.
Seeing as you are vegetarian I don't think you can really have an opinion on international cuisine since you cannot and do not eat most of it. Certainly your reflections on the quality of Chinese food in Liverpool, whilst probably true because of the pedigree of the area, in isolation would be next to worthless since Chinese food incorporates a vast array of meats even in dishes that aren't really "meat" dishes like rices, noodles and even vegetable dishes.
demagogue on 17/12/2012 at 04:01
A Britishism I picked up is saying dodgy more often than sketchy. Sketchy sounds too much like a guy in the shadows plotting evil for all we know, whereas dodgy is more general... There's just something wrong about this guy. He's dodgy. I'll find myself saying brilliant & cheers sometimes too.
