As far as I know arugula, spinach, swiss chard (which is in mixed greens), and kale are not lettuce, yet they have been mentioned in this conversation as salad ingredients without question. Bok choy is different...how?
Salad is stupid
- Thread starter GasBandit
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It's cabbage.
No, we're "pedants" arguing "semantics." Get it right!
--Patrick
Pedantic semantics! Amirite?
I see your pedant semantics and raise you a biology nerd:
Arugula and kale are both in Family Brassicaceae.
Which is the cabbage family.
Ahem. Botany nerd. That's a scientific pedantic semantic!
You know what else is a brassica? Broccoli, cauliflower, turnip, rapeseed, mustard, radish, horseradish, cress, wasabi, watercress, and mustard.
I'm not going to serve up broccoli and cheese and call it "cabbage and cheese."
Nor am I going to ask someone if they want "cabbage sauce" on their hot dog.
Nor will I ask the grocer where the "cabbage oil" is next time I need to replace my canola.
Last time I checked, a plate of watercress with dressing was still referred to as "salad" and not "slaw"
And if you want to get pedantic about it, they're all "mustards", not "cabbages".
I'm not going to serve up broccoli and cheese and call it "cabbage and cheese."
Nor am I going to ask someone if they want "cabbage sauce" on their hot dog.
Nor will I ask the grocer where the "cabbage oil" is next time I need to replace my canola.
Last time I checked, a plate of watercress with dressing was still referred to as "salad" and not "slaw"
And if you want to get pedantic about it, they're all "mustards", not "cabbages".
I once tried to compile a list of foods which were "hot" for someone who wanted to try and make new zesty sauces.You know what else is a brassica? Broccoli, cauliflower, turnip, rapeseed, mustard, radish, horseradish, cress, wasabi, watercress, and mustard.
I'm not going to serve up broccoli and cheese and call it "cabbage and cheese."
Nor am I going to ask someone if they want "cabbage sauce" on their hot dog.
Nor will I ask the grocer where the "cabbage oil" is next time I need to replace my canola.
Last time I checked, a plate of watercress with dressing was still referred to as "salad" and not "slaw"
And if you want to get pedantic about it, they're all "mustards", not "cabbages".
It started to get long much faster than I expected (peppers, mustards, cinnamon, etc).
--Patrick
So uh, what would you consider the MAXIMUM meat + cheese / lettuce ratio & have it still be considered a "salad"
Asking for a friend...
[DOUBLEPOST=1440686312,1440686200][/DOUBLEPOST]Also...
Asking for a friend...
[DOUBLEPOST=1440686312,1440686200][/DOUBLEPOST]Also...I've unofficially tried to hold to protein (cheese/meat/nuts) !> 25% of total by volume.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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I love those commercials, but the mic placement on that singer bothers the hell out of me. If it's got a puff guard, it's not a boom mic - it goes right in front of the face! Which the producer or director probably said "well that's shit, we can't see his face! Just... I don't know, hang it over his head or something. They do that with mics, right?"So uh, what would you consider the MAXIMUM meat + cheese / lettuce ratio & have it still be considered a "salad"
Asking for a friend...
That moment when a scene is ruined because YOU actually know how something works. See: NCIS, CSI, Flashdance, etc.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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Oh yeah, my folks can't watch medical dramas at all.
I don't know about you, but I often need to help out my co-workers from massive hacks.
Watching a military-centered movie with someone who has actually been in the military is a 90 minute+ lesson in what the film got completely wrong. Between my dad and my husband I know more about what's wrong with Top Gun than I ever needed to know.
GasBandit
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I am that guy that ruins movies and tv. My wife sarcastically tells me, "It's not real."
Oh! That reminds me of an argument I once had with someone on here, or maybe pre-Halforums, about casino surveillance on tv and in movies vs real life, particularly facial recognition. I had actually been in the surveillance room of the casino I worked in as part of my old job. It sometimes involved catching people committing fraud (ie: using someone else's credit line with a false ID and faking the signature), so I'd have to go up to surveillance to either watch the live stream or video. Yet, my experience meant nothing since Casino (or whatever show that was discussed) was supposed to be a reality show or based in reality. It was a bunch of BS.
GasBandit
Staff member
That sounds like a JCM argument.
Truth is, most surveillance cameras in operation are for crap, and only feature digital zoom because actual zoom lenses are way more expensive. And I learned many years ago that digital zoom, in a word, sucks.
<== Works in a living unit where over half the offender rooms have cameras in them - in various states of disrepair or damage.
<== Works in a living unit where over half the offender rooms have cameras in them - in various states of disrepair or damage.
If you're in Vegas, they have the real stuff (at least at the tables anyway). The amount they can lose to a cheater is staggering compared to the cost of a zoom camera, making it worth it to have at least one covering all of the tables.
Exactly this. My dad worked on the Miramar base for over 10 years, the Sundowners (the F-14 squadron filmed for flight scenes) were his first squadron, and he worked on the radar/electronics systems of F-14s until they were decommissioned (he was on F-18s after that until he was promoted off the flight line). It's one of his favorite movies but my God it's impossible to watch with him.
Even then you would be surprised at how awful the systems are. I was in Atlantic City before the casinos started to go belly up. We had some high rollers that dropped and lost millions in a matter of hours. We had warnings about cheaters in the gaming pits. Usually they were card counters from an MIT team. The warning sheets would feature pictures that looked like the shots you see on tv of bank robbers. There was no facial recognition except people saying "Hey doesn't that look like the guy..."
I'm sure things have changed a bit since I worked in the industry. I don't doubt Vegas has it better than AC did, but it isn't as fancy they try to make it seem in movies and TV. Just as half-real as those "enhanced" pictures in CSI.[DOUBLEPOST=1440729834,1440729696][/DOUBLEPOST]
It was someone else. He had a thing for telling me I was wrong about things I was experienced in while he had no direct experience at all.
GasBandit
Staff member
Ha ha ha ha that REALLY sounds like JCM though
The long arm of the law...
figmentPez
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Mmm, butter lettuce.
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