Kommie - hey you

[funeeman]

Are your kids in Japan or are they in China? I forget. And if they are in Japan I hope they're ok.

[Josie]

I think one is in the US, not sure. In any case, ditto =/

[KommieKat]

My kids are in the South West part of Japan and they are doing fine.

Thank you for your concern.

[funeeman]

Ok. . .good news. I've got some friends in Hawaii right now on vacation and they called this morning and said they moved everyone away from the resort and up to high ground for the tsunami warning. I hadn't heard the news until that point that Japan was basically shaking and baking.

[SittinGrumpy]

Man, the pictures coming out of there are horrible. :armyunhappy:

[SlimSkeeter]

Yeah... Fifth largest Earthquake in recorded history, Tsunami, and now several nuclear power plants in trouble with at least one experiencing mechanical issues with its backup controls (read that as potential meltdown)

Kommie...PLEASE tell me you have talked to them......

[KommieKat]

I am unable to reach anybody by phone at the moment.
Connections are real bad, so I must assume and hope for the best.

They live quite a distance from the devastated areas.

Even my internet connection is at an unusual snails pace.

[KommieKat]

I am hoping the Japanese are not going to be Xenophobic about this like they were with the last earthquake 10 years ago (Hanshin).
It was said had they let in international relief teams sooner, 1000 or more lives could have been saved. The people were really pissed off about
all the red tape crap the gov was doing.

According to the gov, only a Japanese doctor can administer to Japanese people. All other foreign doctors must be followed around by other Japanese doctors.
Makes sense......not.

Over 50 countries have asked to assist. I've heard no word yet if they have let anybody in or not. They better not fuck it up again.

[Josie]

It was said had they let in international relief teams sooner, 1000 or more lives could have been saved.

This I didn't know :khi7j:

[KommieKat]

Welp, looks like they did let in some help after all.
Now, the people are pissed off at the non-transparency of it all from the gov.

You people do realize that over 10,000 have perished from this disaster?
We are talking men, women, children, babies, grandma and pa, foreigners like Brits, Aussies and Yanks.
Homes, schools, banks, shops, offices, the work place.
City infrastructure.
Villages.
Gone. All gone.

[Gzus]

This made me sad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3TM9GL2iLI

[funeeman]

The one thing I know is that these people are very resilient and will quickly rebuild without pointing a finger at anyone or trying to assign blame.

It will be just like after Godzilla attacks.

[CrAnIuM]

these people


Indeed.

Just last night I was pondering the comparison between New Orleans in 2005 (Katrina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina)) and this disaster. The devastation is similar in that there is wide spread displacement of humans and dead and dying still to be found.

Katrina 'victims' were seen looting,killing and generally acting worse than animals within 24 hours of the event. I've yet to see the folks in Japan devolve in to fiendish behavior on a grand scale.

So either the media in Japan is closely and carefully AVOIDING the filming of looters and the like OR the common folk in Japan are just better able to cope with remaining civil due to their normal cultural proclivity.

Either way PERCEPTION is generally what is thought of as reality and as such I say Kudos to the Japperknees for remaining human in the lurch of this. <--- Hope they can keep it that way as time moves on past days and into weeks of supply shortages. ( Katrina 'humans' failed @ hour 24 )

[SlimSkeeter]

I've yet to see the folks in Japan devolve in to fiendish behavior on a grand scale.

That's because they are not black. The black people in New Orleans were the only ones looting and pillaging. The white folks were "doing what it takes" and commended for their ingenuity.

[Josie]

That's because they are not black.

lol ! !

[Josie]

You people do realize that over 10,000 have perished from this disaster?

Yes. When I told my husband this, he tried to correct me in my exaggeration. That it was really only in the hundreds.
Hugely devastating.. and yet, as already mentioned, the Japanese seem to be picking themselves back up as best they can to move on.

[Mamba]

Kudos to the Japperknees for remaining human in the lurch of this. <--- Hope they can keep it that way as time moves on past days and into weeks of supply shortages. ( Katrina 'humans' failed @ hour 24 )

This ^

That just proves there are decent people in the world. Who'da thunk it?!

[KommieKat]

Here's something to check out:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm

[Gzus]

Sigh . . . .retard levels soaring through the roof.
http://www.slackers.co.za/uploads/20110318/Pearl%20Harbour.JPG

[Josie]

.retard levels soaring through the roof.

I hate people. Fucking crazy ass christians, man....

[Gzus]

I hate people.

^^That, and how they comfortably forgotten about Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[SpringChicken]

I hate people. Fucking crazy ass christians, man....

What you said.

Do those idiots realize that the majority of the Japanese population was not even born when Pearl Harbor happened? If future generations are to pay for the misdeeds of past, then white Americans are FUCKED. Slavery anyone? I'm really tempted to friend everyone of those jackasses and post that very thing. Fuckers.

[Gzus]

Im also tempted to troll, but it will only infuriate me more. You wont be able to get ANY form of sense in the heads of those dumb fucks.

[Absinthe]

majority of the Japanese population was not even born when Pearl Harbor happened?

Not only that... the same applies to the majority of the people who made these idiotic comments. Unfortunately being a dumb ass is not against the law...

[Gzus]

But killing them is.

This world sucks. There's just no fun anymore. None at all.

[SlimSkeeter]

then white Americans are FUCKED. Slavery anyone?

Uhmm.... Affirmative action ring a bell? Black man and a white man both apply for a job, White Man has slightly better training and a little more hands on experience, who is likely to get it? Black man. Why? Cuz he gets bonus points for being black that outweighs the white mans qualifications. Doesn't happen everywhere but enough that any self respecting black man would have to take it as a slap in the face to get the job out of pity.

I won't even get into the culture guilt about "taking the land from the natives"....blah.

[CrAnIuM]

Black man and a white man both apply for a job, White Man has slightly better training and a little more hands on experience, who is likely to get it? Black man.

I'm not all that sure this is true any longer. 80's somewhat ... 90's for sure, the 00's.... ehh. I'd have to see labor department stats on this one.

[SlimSkeeter]

I'm not all that sure this is true any longer. 80's somewhat ... 90's for sure, the 00's.... ehh. I'd have to see labor department stats on this one.

Granted....I shouldn't have used present tense.

[SpringChicken]

Uhmm.... Affirmative action ring a bell? Black man and a white man both apply for a job, White Man has slightly better training and a little more hands on experience, who is likely to get it? Black man. Why? Cuz he gets bonus points for being black that outweighs the white mans qualifications. Doesn't happen everywhere but enough that any self respecting black man would have to take it as a slap in the face to get the job out of pity.

I won't even get into the culture guilt about "taking the land from the natives"....blah.
Yes, I'm aware of affirmative action and the problems it brought along with it.

[Mamba]

What you said.

Do those idiots realize that the majority of the Japanese population was not even born when Pearl Harbor happened? If future generations are to pay for the misdeeds of past, then white Americans are FUCKED. Slavery anyone? I'm really tempted to friend everyone of those jackasses and post that very thing. Fuckers.


Arghhhhh! This is exactly why I hate prejudice in all its forms. That's also why I can't stand people who hate present-day Germans "because of the war". Nobody should be blamed for something their ancestors did. Just doesn't make sense.

[SlimSkeeter]

Nobody should be blamed for something their ancestors did.

Tell that to the religious nuts....yes I am taking this that direction. Apparently I'm damned to hell for all time unless I spend my whole life worshiping the invisible sky man because someone at the very root of all our family trees decided to have a taste of fruit one day. Burns my ass... (get it? cuz I'm goin to hell? nevermind..)

[CrAnIuM]

Nobody should be blamed for something their ancestors did. Just doesn't make sense.

However ...

If a group of people have a documented history of being placed second to or behind of another more affluent group is it not appropriate to make legal practices whereby the group in question would receive 'favorable' placement in:

a) education b) employment c) work place considerations d) discrimination laws.

^^ Especially when there is DOCUMENTED proof that the above 4 items were part of public policy, enforced by local law, to keep a group from prospering.


Speaking about the USA only:

Tribal Indians and American blacks (and some other non-white immigrants) had a fucked up "deal", they WERE placed in a second class status and kept there for decades and generations. Some manner of leveling the playing board had to be done (in my opinion).

Also in my opinion ... the field IS NOW level. There are non whites and non majority at ALL levels of industry and government, there is generally NO discrimination that is not readily seen by large numbers of people ( internet = win).


Blame current generations for historical inequality and systematic discrimination? No.

Accept that folks of non majority status will often feel as if they are being placed in 2nd place? Yep <--- I can see the thinking here.

[CrAnIuM]

^^

In the 1960's the Vietnam war was going on .. and in the US military there were DISPROPORTIONATE numbers of poor whites and blacks serving AND dying in the conflict.

Speaking for GARY only I can tell you were I a black dude, DRAFTED to fight in the UNITED STATES Army and sent to a combat zone while my fellow black man was being denied equal access and equal treatment of law I would be a pretty fucking pissed off soldier.

One can see where, at one time, these groups certainly had a legitimate claim to their anger.

[SlimSkeeter]

Tribal Indians and American blacks (and some other non-white immigrants) had a fucked up "deal", they WERE placed in a second class status and kept there for decades and generations. Some manner of leveling the playing board had to be done (in my opinion).

Also in my opinion ... the field IS NOW level. There are non whites and non majority at ALL levels of industry and government, there is generally NO discrimination that is not readily seen by large numbers of people ( internet = win).

Now the problem is getting away from those groups feeling like they deserve that kind of special treatment and having a chip on their shoulder about the treatment of their ancestors which caused said leveling of the playing field. There is nothing worse (in SKEETERS opinion) than someone who earned nothing in their life having a misplaced sense of entitlement.

[KommieKat]

Now the problem is getting away from those groups feeling like they deserve that kind of special treatment and having a chip on their shoulder about the treatment of their ancestors which caused said leveling of the playing field. There is nothing worse (in SKEETERS opinion) than someone who earned nothing in their life having a misplaced sense of entitlement.

Let me ask you something. Have you ever experienced discrimination before? Most likely not, but I on the other hand have, as a foreigner.

I've been rejected from getting an apartment at one time, getting credit card, bank loans, housing loans, served in restaurants and not having any one sit next to me on an overcrowded bus.

Do you ever put yourself in their shoes? Perhaps not.
It was less than 50 years ago these people even got the right to vote. You expect them to forget that shit?
It was less than 250 years ago they were emancipated as free people and it was a fucking up hill struggle and still is.
You expect them to forget that shit?

That goes for the Native Indian tribes as well. Fuck man. They were totally fucked over. Can you even digest that in your head?
Could YOU live with that if it were you?

Yes, yes I know. We were slaves to the Romans at one time.
Like 2500 years ago!!

Try being a bit more human and show some understanding and humility. If the black man gets the job and you don't, think of it as a job position that was not meant for you because something better is on the way...............Fuck man, you're like a whining little girl.

[Gzus]

I can Kommie, and I see your point. I have grown up in SA during apartheid, and have seen many "Whites Only" signs, and many blacks beaten up for being black. Farmers whipping their workers was alos nothing surprising.
The blacks were given tiny shitty houses, sometimes living with 2 or 3 other families and the same 2 bedroom house, leaving one family living in the single garage. MY brother and I were banned from stupid white fucks houses because we quite often went into the "Location" as the black residential area was known to drop off some of the guys who worked with us / was training with us at the boxing club. We'd also go there to score weed and drink beer at one of the many illegal liquor vendors.

Many of the same people we hung out with, are now in a far better situation. Most of whom are grateful for their shitty lives to have come to an end.
They got over the shit, and has moved on. They themselves strongly dislike other blacks still crying like little fucking babies because how it USED TO BE.

[Josie]

earned nothing in their life having a misplaced sense of entitlement.

Welcome to the newest American generation.

[SlimSkeeter]

Have you ever experienced discrimination before? Most likely not

No...as a lower class, college drop out with a criminal record and a penchant for tech over most people I've NEVER experienced discrimination...

Get the fuck off your high horse. EVERYONE, has at one point or another. Do I cry about it and try to make the entirety of society pay for shit? No. I tell them to fuck off and I do whatever I want anyway.

I'm simply tired of catering to a bunch of worthless fucks who seem to thing that cuz grandaddy had to endure his life as a slave, THEY should get a handout. OR cuz they weren't prepared for their land getting taken over, THEY should have extra rights and privileges that seem to make the constitution a moot point.

Slavery was a way of life. It STILL is in some parts of the world. It IS NOT a way of life HERE now.

And no where else in the world do the losers of a conflict get such extra special treatment hundreds of years after the conflict is over. To the victor go the spoils. The Spanish didn't grant Aztec and Mayan people tracts of land that they could treat as a separate country within the borders of another, established country.

Discrimination happens. You solve it NOW. You DON"T make future generations pay for it.

In fact, as I am typing this I realized that BECAUSE of the way this country is paying for it's past crimes, I am NOW getting discriminated against by my own people. Maybe my great grandchildren will get extra money in their pockets because of they way I was held back and repressed! Yay for jumping on the bandwagon...

[funeeman]

No...as a lower class, college drop out with a criminal record and a penchant for tech over most people I've NEVER experienced discrimination...

Get the fuck off your high horse. EVERYONE, has at one point or another. Do I cry about it and try to make the entirety of society pay for shit? No. I tell them to fuck off and I do whatever I want anyway.

I'm simply tired of catering to a bunch of worthless fucks who seem to thing that cuz grandaddy had to endure his life as a slave, THEY should get a handout. OR cuz they weren't prepared for their land getting taken over, THEY should have extra rights and privileges that seem to make the constitution a moot point.

Slavery was a way of life. It STILL is in some parts of the world. It IS NOT a way of life HERE now.

And no where else in the world do the losers of a conflict get such extra special treatment hundreds of years after the conflict is over. To the victor go the spoils. The Spanish didn't grant Aztec and Mayan people tracts of land that they could treat as a separate country within the borders of another, established country.

Discrimination happens. You solve it NOW. You DON"T make future generations pay for it.

In fact, as I am typing this I realized that BECAUSE of the way this country is paying for it's past crimes, I am NOW getting discriminated against by my own people. Maybe my great grandchildren will get extra money in their pockets because of they way I was held back and repressed! Yay for jumping on the bandwagon...

Actually you weren't discriminated against. All of the issues you stated that worked against you were as a result of your own personal choices with the exception of being born into a lower class. But you had the same opportunity as everyone else to change that. In all likelihood you did not get jobs, houses, loans, etc because other people were of less risk. These things are called consequences. . .and not acts of discrimination. Now. . .the good news as it appears to be is that you are using the motivation of those past mistakes and trying to get better.

[CrAnIuM]

These things are called consequences. . .and not acts of discrimination.

Agreed.

[KommieKat]

Get the fuck off your high horse. EVERYONE, has at one point or another. Do I cry about it and try to make the entirety of society pay for shit? No. I tell them to fuck off and I do whatever I want anyway.

Dude, I don't know how to ride and you DO cry about it because that's what you have been doing. Crying. WAH WAH WAH!!


I'm simply tired of catering to a bunch of worthless fucks who seem to thing that cuz grandaddy had to endure his life as a slave, THEY should get a handout.

I think everybody can relate to that.
Want to know what you should really get pissed off about?
100 Tomahawk missiles gone up in smoke in Libya.(http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/7325111.html)
Thats $500,000 - current production Unit Cost, for just one!!
Do the math.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/bgm-109.htm

[KommieKat]

Update:

There has been some reports of crime in Miyage as of recent.
A few scuffles going on over lack of food.
People entering destroyed homes and taking what they want (even though it is NOT their home).
Some looting of stores.
One report of sexual assault (rape).

Looks like they are falling down due to the slow response from the government.

[CrAnIuM]

100 Tomahawk missiles gone up in smoke in Libya.(http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90...2/7325111.html) Thats $500,000 - current production Unit Cost, for just one!!

The latest version of the T-Hawk is accurate to with-in less than THREE FEET. (unclassified data) And can be fired from a thousand miles away.

And when the target is "painted" by a SF spotter or other operative the target zone is a near 100% hit rate.

Ya can't cry zero collateral damage and then cry about the cost at the same time ... ya know?

[SlimSkeeter]

Actually you weren't discriminated against. All of the issues you stated that worked against you were as a result of your own personal choices with the exception of being born into a lower class. But you had the same opportunity as everyone else to change that. In all likelihood you did not get jobs, houses, loans, etc because other people were of less risk. These things are called consequences. . .and not acts of discrimination. Now. . .the good news as it appears to be is that you are using the motivation of those past mistakes and trying to get better.

That was kind of the point....in a way at least.

I have the same opportunities as everyone else. Including those that keep wanting to cry discrimination. I worked within the system and made my own way WITHOUT getting a hand out, which is what I was bitching about. I have never been on unemplyoment, never put on government medical insurance (since I was on my own, anyway...) and never expected more than what I was able to do for myself. It pisses me off when people want us now to support them for something that happened hundreds of years ago, as I said.

The job, loans, houses etc....that was Kommie, not me, crying. I got what I aimed for because I earned it and worked for it.


Dude, I don't know how to ride and you DO cry about it because that's what you have been doing. Crying. WAH WAH WAH!!


I've been rejected from getting an apartment at one time, getting credit card, bank loans, housing loans, served in restaurants and not having any one sit next to me on an overcrowded bus.

That last one sounds like a win, to me. The rest...*ahem* WAH WAH WAH!!!! You decided to move.

[SlimSkeeter]

I think everybody can relate to that.

Then why the hell are you trying to contradict me?

[SittinGrumpy]

wow... this thread took a turn.

[CrAnIuM]

wow... this thread took a turn.

And the reason that I stopped the iron clad hijack policy. My policy was flawed in that it did not take into account the natural fluidity of conversation.

Its better this way I think ...

[SlimSkeeter]

^^I think so too...

[SittinGrumpy]

iron clad hijack policy.

I was not being critical, just making a statement.

[funeeman]

Its all good when its actually a natural flow of conversation and the new topic can be tied back to the original. But I think deliberately trying to taking a thread off course when it was meant to have a specific intent is the problem. So if someone came in here and started posting serious cat pictures I'd expect that they'd be deleted so the topic could stay on either of the two main that seem to be prevalent.

[SittinGrumpy]

nd started posting serious cat pictures I'd expect that they'd be deleted so the topic could stay on either of the two main that seem to be prevalent.

DAMNIT... i knew I needed some serious cat pictures....



Kommie, did I miss it, have you been able to actually speak to them yet? i don't know why, but I thought your kids were in the states, in SC as a matter of fact.... anyhow. glad they are safe.


On the other topics....

I wish I was able to help. it is so very sad to see what they are going through right now. The fact that even though crimes are taking place it is the exception and not the rule makes me have even more respect for them.

No one is ever happy with the way government responds to crisis.

I got a lot of crap because I would not accept monies based on race or gender while I was in college. I did get scholarships but they were based on merit. Even my family gave me a lot of shit because of it but I have always felt that when I get to where I am going I will be the one who did it. I didn't want to feel as though race or gender was the reason I have accomplished things in my life.

I think there is a thin line between a helping hand and a hand out.

[KommieKat]

^^^
In other parts of Japan that were not directly affected, there is concern of radiation in the rain, so the kids mother does not have them going out in the rain.
Other than that, all is fine. Thanks for your concern.

Story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110323/wl_nm/us_japan_quake

[funeeman]

I just had a friend post about the international relief effort on her facebook and basically questioning how much aide the US can afford to give to Japan based on current conditions. They examined that Japan gave the US 15 million during Katrina. (The flaw here being an apple to oranges comparison in natural disasters.) Then some nut job states that the US shouldn't give Japan any aid because less than 1% of the population is Christian.

Of course my response was. . what does religion have to do with this? The nut came back with how the bible and God says he will bring down nations should they not follow him and then went on to say the people brought this on themselves etc. etc. I didn't know which route to go. . .either explain scientifically how this happened which I was sure nut bag would say was an act of God or get into a religious debate. Finally I decided to explain a little bit about Japanese culture and that while there were traditional religious ceremonies at birth, weddings, death largely the population as a whole was not overly religious. I then called upon my teenage walk with Christianity and threw a couple of verses back at her on that stated if people weren't Christians they weren't against Christ unless they fought against him and one contradictory one stated God would be merciful on all of us. I then told her if her religion practiced a literal interpretation of the bible then she was in trouble because it was not only dangerous but impossible because of the contradictions in it from book to book.

I waited for a response. . .but then she told my friend to please delete her status and my pussy ass friend did.

Damn it. I had lots of fire power for this one.

[KommieKat]

Too bad you couldn't rip her heart out, Aztec style.

[KommieKat]

Supposedly the most horrifying vid, so far..............

http://theweek.com/article/index/213658/japan-the-most-horrifying-tsunami-video-yet

[KommieKat]

Update by the Guardian as of the 19, April

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/mar/18/japan-nuclear-power-plant-updates

• 13,843 people were confirmed dead by Japan's National Police Agency as of 10 a.m. (0100 GMT) on Monday, while 14,030 were missing

• About 136,481 people were in shelters around the country as of Monday April 18 following last month's disaster, the National Police Agency said

•More than 70,000 people lived in the largely rural area within the 20 km zone. It is unclear how many of them have been evacuated, but most are believed to have left.

• Another 136,000 people, who live within a zone extending a further 10 km, have been advised to stay indoors

• A total of 140,000 households in the north were still without electricity as of Sunday, Tohoku Electric Power Co said

• At least 220,000 households in eight prefectures were without running water as of early on Thursday, the Health Ministry said

• At least 81,447 buildings have been fully destroyed, washed away or burnt down, the National Police Agency of Japan said as of 0100 GMT on Monday

• The government estimates the material damage from the quake and tsunami alone could top $300 billion, making it by far the world's costliest natural disaster

• According to the Foreign Ministry, 135 countries and 39 international organisations have offered assistance


C/P

[surgicalstrike]

13,843 people were confirmed dead

Good.


while 14,030 were missing


Hopefully these fucks get added to the death toll.

[Stickman]

Indeed.

Just last night I was pondering the comparison between New Orleans in 2005 (Katrina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina)) and this disaster. The devastation is similar in that there is wide spread displacement of humans and dead and dying still to be found.

Katrina 'victims' were seen looting,killing and generally acting worse than animals withing 24 hours of the event. I've yet to see the folks in Japan devolve in to fiendish behavior on a grand scale.

So either the media in Japan is closely and carefully AVOIDING the filming of looters and the like OR the common folk in Japan are just better able to cope with remaining civil due to their normal cultural proclivity.

Either way PERCEPTION is generally what is thought of as reality and as such I say Kudos to the Japperknees for remaining human in the lurch of this. <--- Hope they can keep it that way as time moves on past days and into weeks of supply shortages. ( Katrina 'humans' failed @ hour 24 )

Can't believe I missed this. I thought about this a lot after my states troubles through late last year and early this year. We faced a very different public reaction. Days after the floods there was an army of volunteers doing everything they could to get people back on their feet. Similar reactions in the north as well after the latest cyclone. Things that make me proud of being Australian. At one stage the area flooded in my state was larger than France and Germany combined. I guess it comes down to the Australian value of mateship. Never more apparent than in disaster.

[KommieKat]

Can't believe I missed this.

Did you notice that dudes comments above yours?

[Stickman]

Did you notice that dudes comments above yours?

No I'm now very much a useless addition to forum life. I really only read about two posts than throw in an unrelated comment and move on. I'm happy to forcefully state my opinion even if it becomes irrelevant. But now it has come to my attention where do I start. I hope he was being sarcastic. Otherwise I sense a bit of an argument coming.

[KommieKat]

Otherwise I sense a bit of an argument coming.

Nope, not me. I'm finished with that. Not going for the bait.

[Gravy]

I guess it comes down to the Australian value of mateship.

I've been considering this in recent months as well. It's almost as if the "ANZAC Spirit" is being replaced (for lack of a more appropriate word) with this modern civilian version. It's not necessarily a good thing, either, as some people are taking it too far and trying to out-help other people in a sick and twisted form of competition in an attempt to push themselves up the social ladder (maybe I've been living in the Eastern Suburbs for too long :laluot_08:). Buuuuuuut it certainly beats waiting around for Federal, State or Local Governments to get things done, I guess.

[Josie]

Kommie - what is the *real* way to use pickled ginger with sushi rolls ? I love the stuff, but I'm curious as to how it 'ought' to be done (no, I'm not changing the way I do it)

[KommieKat]

Kommie - what is the *real* way to use pickled ginger with sushi rolls ? I love the stuff, but I'm curious as to how it 'ought' to be done (no, I'm not changing the way I do it)

No special preparation needed if it is bought already pickled, right?

So, the secret is to thinly slice it. No chunky' s. Thinly sliced and moist and wet. Don't let it dry out. Dried out means yucky.

[Josie]

No special preparation needed if it is bought already pickled, right?

So, the secret is to thinly slice it. No chunky' s. Thinly sliced and moist and wet. Don't let it dry out. Dried out means yucky.

Indeed. I was more asking what you're supposed to do with it? (bc, yes, I bought it pre sliced and pickled)

I seem to remember someone saying you're supposed to use it to clean out your mouth between types of sushi so you can get the full on experience of the next thingy. Buuuut, I like to pile it on top of sushi rolls and nom away.

For instance, if some asian person saw me do that - would they be like OMG, stupid honky ass cracka fool ! She's supposed to rub it on her ass, then head, then tongue, and do the hokey pokey before the next bite !

?

[Mamba]

Indeed. I was more asking what you're supposed to do with it? (bc, yes, I bought it pre sliced and pickled)

I seem to remember someone saying you're supposed to use it to clean out your mouth between types of sushi so you can get the full on experience of the next thingy. Buuuut, I like to pile it on top of sushi rolls and nom away.

For instance, if some asian person saw me do that - would they be like OMG, stupid honky ass cracka fool ! She's supposed to rub it on her ass, then head, then tongue, and do the hokey pokey before the next bite !

?

I think you're supposed to eat a small thin slice between each type of Sushi. Buuuut I could be wrong.

I don't eat it at all. Tastes like disinfectant to me... and smells like it too!

HOWEVER ... I cook meals with fresh root ginger. And even make tea! Yus, yus.

[KommieKat]

you're supposed to use it to clean out your mouth between types of sushi so you can get the full on experience of the next thingy.
Correct!

I like to pile it on top of sushi rolls and nom away.
You can do this as well. Take a few slices and put inside the roll with the other goodies then slice your roll up.

I'm like you, I pile it up but that's at the first step you mentioned, using it to clean the mouth for the next sushi.

The part where they will stare is when you make a swimming pool of the sushi-soya with a pile of the wasabi.
They use just a tiny tiny amount of wasabi and dip the sushi into a small amount of soya. They don't like to waste.

It's correct etiquette to use your fingers or chopsticks. Either way is OK. Make some for me too!

[Josie]

Tastes like disinfectant to me... and smells like it too!

HOWEVER ... I cook meals with fresh root ginger. And even make tea! Yus, yus.

Ha Ha ! You're so funny :P


Correct!

Yay!




I'm like you, I pile it up

Mmm... so nummies :khi8g:


The part where they will stare is when you make a swimming pool of the sushi-soya with a pile of the wasabi.

I've caught myself staring when I see people do this as well. I don't understand it really. Doing that seems to zap the awesome fresh yummy flavor out of the roll =( Personally, I don't use the soya or wasabi. haha, I go overboard with the ginger. I like about 3 medium sized slices of ginger on each roll. Yes yes. xD


It's correct etiquette to use your fingers or chopsticks. Either way is OK.!

Good. I always use my fingers. Partially because I don't buy the sticks... and because I don't buy the sticks because I *suh-uckkk* at using them. I've slung a roll off the table trying before. *sigh* -.-

Fingers, it is.

[Mamba]

Good. I always use my fingers. Partially because I don't buy the sticks... and because I don't buy the sticks because I *suh-uckkk* at using them. I've slung a roll off the table trying before. *sigh* -.-

Fingers, it is.

I don't use my fingers... I think it takes away from the whole experience. I am expert at chopsticks (after looots of practice)

The only thing I think is sometimes the rolls are tooo big for my mouth :-/... so then I kinda rip them apart with the sharp end of the stick... and then people look at me. :-/ I think sushi should be an incy wincy bit smaller and more bite-size.

I know someone who uses a knife and fork... and it's just like - dude, why bother?

[Zeabot]

an incy wincy bit smaller and more bite-size.
I whole heartedly agree with this statement. I'm a fan of sushi, but it seems just one size too large to eat whole and one size two small to take bites.

[Josie]

take bites.

three. per roll. yep. :)

[Zeabot]

three. per roll. yep. :)
Well, I guess my problem is a horde food into my mouth to begin with? num num num

[CrAnIuM]

num num num

LoL ..

Click the link that was created when you typed num num.


( skimlinks is awesome !!)

[Zeabot]

( skimlinks is awesome !!)
What do you mean? I put that in there on purpose... *shifty eyes*

[Titty]

skimlinks is awesome

Frankly, I find them quite annoying.

[Josie]

..there's a link?

[CrAnIuM]

Frankly, I find them quite annoying.
Don't navigate to the link destination.

wow ... so easy a tard can do it.

[Josie]

so easy a tard can do it.

(he finds everything​ annoying)

[CrAnIuM]

..there's a link?

Exactly why I use skimlinks/skimwords as the revenue source for the forum, its unobtrusive nature.

[Josie]

Exactly why I use skimlinks/skimwords as the revenue source for the forum, its unobtrusive nature.

Hmm.. No really. When I posted that. There wasn't one. I checked just now, and there's one on his and yours. Eeenteresting.

but yes. agree.

[surgicalstrike]

sometimes the rolls are tooo big for my mouth


Doubt that.


I know someone who uses a knife and fork... and it's just like - dude, why bother?

..as if the end result is somehow different. I agree why bother with the whole gayness. Eat a real fucking meal like a double chili cheese burger and a couple veggies to make it healthy. Then slurp down a shake ..you know what I'm talkin 'bout.

[KommieKat]

Found interesting short article at BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17927045

Tsunami survivor claims Harley-Davidson found in Canada


The motorcycle is among the first items in a wave of debris heading to the west coast of North America. Most of the debris is expected to arrive in 2013.

[Titty]

Kind of ironic that US junk would find its way back to our own continent.

[CrAnIuM]

Kind of ironic that US junk would find its way back to our own continent.

Would have been even more hilarity if it had washed up in Mexico.

[Zeabot]

Would have been even more hilarity if it had washed up in Mexico.
Everything is more hilarious when it involves a dirty Mexico.

[KommieKat]

Everything is more hilarious when it involves a dirty Mexico.

I don't get it. You mean Mexico, as in the butt of all jokes??

[Zeabot]

You mean Mexico, as in the butt of all jokes??
Indeed, Mexico! The place where industry goes to flourish under drug lords, then sent right back up to the US!

I forget where, but I have read about immigration and birthrate trends. It showed that Mexico is slowing down in both categories. Maybe that crazy movie The Day After Tomorrow was right?