Sorry, baby. No one rules the Tom Monster!

The simple charm of this exchange had me rolling

They said it in the theatrical cut right? I’m not just misremembering that she said it in the theater, right?

Yikes! Yeah, that’s messed up. Thanks for the info!

I’m out of the loop, what did Better Help do?

“I will burn my own house to the ground if I think there’s a chance you’ll get caught in the flames.”

Good question. It’s been a while since I asked someone so forgive me if my memory is a little off, but if I recall the reasoning is that when sushi became big in the Edo era it was eaten by hand because it would fall apart easier. But times change and as techniques got better and you could eat it with chopsticks, that became the more ‘proper’ thing to do. Keep in mind that in izakaya (like a Japanese pub) people will even eat French fries with chopsticks - it’s just the thing to do (again, unless it’s super informal with friends and people are starting to get tipsy and then they may start snacking by hand bc they just can’t be bothered lol).

So I guess the reasoning is that the super high class joints pride themselves on their heritage and the “way it used to be done“ rather than worrying about modern sensibilities.

All that said, the best advice is watch what people around you are doing in a situation and follow their lead. That’ll usually keep you in pretty good graces. :)

This is legit the funniest video on YT.

This is not accurate. Source: been living in Japan for 14+ years. In extremely rare cases (pun unintended but welcome) it’ll happen either at a high class joint (like in Jiro Dreams of Sushi) or in informal drunken situations, but if you come over here and start shoveling nigiri into your gob with your hands in a general restaurant setting, people are going to think you’re simply an idiot.

I agree. Was just quoting the assassin’s oath from the Assassins Creed games.

Nothing is true.

Everything is permitted.

Network (1976). https://imdb.com/title/tt0074958/

Sorry, should have mentioned.

I watched this movie for the first time last year and it’s shocking how relevant it still is. Aside from the fashions, you could have told me it was made last year and I’d believe you.

New season of Connections With James Burke is off to a rollicking start.

Do you have a link to some thing like the one that you got?

I would really like a solution like this, not some full on integrated into my house, sells surplus back to the grid kind of solution, just some thing to slightly reduce how much I fall back to the grid for power without insane installation costs would be amazing.

There was a Voyager episode that documented this in detail.

Cabin in the Woods, anyone?

How dare you make me remember these things and realize how old I am!

Rad, thank you!!

What should I search for if I want to read up more on this? I hadn’t heard of these recent developments.