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Holliday · 05-26-2012, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Clue

Please elaborate. The raw chicken I ate was from a remote village in Peru, I'm pretty sure it was not processed (they had their own chickens)

I guess the Japanese discovered some kind of trick?

Actually this makes it even more amusing to me. The Japanese must had tried all different kinds if methods, with some guy getting salmonella as a result most of the time

Keep the chickens clean?

BorisdK · 05-27-2012, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Andz

Why are we so dumb? That's something I'll never understand. We could work toghether , invent new **** , fly on the other planets , get ridd of diseases such as Aids and cancer, live in harmony etc.. but instead we rather kill each other and worship money.

HERRO CAPITALISM

BigSoonerFan · 05-27-2012, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Holliday

Empathy, unfortunately.
Lift kits
Competitive manufacturing of "brighter" headlights...because you can never have headlights that are too bright!
Huffing

Don't understand people having empathy or not having it?

Fishmonger · 05-27-2012, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jujujaja34

How man built the Great Pyramid

One stone on top of another. There were lots of them and it took a long time. Glad I could clear that up for you.

BigSoonerFan · 05-27-2012, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by A-Rod's Cousin

Driving is an area where I'll find myself driving down the highway single file in a lane and think "it's amazing that so many people can follow the rules of driving" such as staying in the lines and driving roughly the speed of the car ahead of you. Like, compare this to walking in a mall. There is no decorum or organization whatsoever. Nobody gives a **** about anyone but themselves.

I think driving works because most people seem to grasp that their life is kinda at stake and they only drive as risky as they feel comfortable with. Like, if you stay int he far right lane on the highway you'll notice it's much slower and less risky than the further left in general. I think I drove over there last time I had a spare tire on and was like "wow this is really weak over here". That's as risky as the terrible drivers really need to be.

Now my neighbor did back into my car the first and only day it was in the street but that's a bit different - they can be more careless going 5 mph.

So in summary, I think most people are really bad drivers but at the same time I'm surprised at how they somehow manage to not **** up as often as you would expect.

People will generally obey laws, even if the penalties for disobeying are only somewhat applied. If there were no driving laws, driving would be much more chaotic. Look at third world countries.

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Originally Posted by BigSoonerFan

Don't understand people having empathy or not having it?

Oops, should have read further. I don't understand not having empathy.

Clue · 05-28-2012, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Holliday

Keep the chickens clean?

Obv not that simple. Almost every culture eats chicken, if it were as simple as that many cultures would have figured it out

Basically there needs to be some non obv 'trick' the Japanese discovered to keep it clean or sterilize it or something

Clue · 05-28-2012, 12:44 AM

Bit of googling:

You can prepare chicken in such a way that will kill off disease while leaving the flesh cold and uncooked. *In Japan, this is called “toriwasa”. *The idea is to cook all the of outward facing meat fibers to kill of disease that may have made contact. *Since these diseases don’t penetrate into the flesh, deep frying or poaching for just a few minutes will kill off disease. *Grilling and saute may do this too, but you have to contend with little nooks that might not get heated to 160 F. * You can then slice chicken and eat it with a raw center. It should then be safe from salmonella. *It may not, however, appeal to your sense of texture, as raw chicken *can be slightly mushy and “weird.” * Thus, make sure it is served *very cold to help deal with that issue.

Brian O'Nolan · 05-28-2012, 10:18 AM

Salmonella is not a bacteria inherent to chicken. It may be more prevalent in modern food-processing plants than trichinosis in pork or E. coli in beef- not sure on the stats. The "trick" to being able to eat raw chicken is raising and butchering it in an environment that's not conducive to bacterial growth.

You get salmonella poisoning from eating contaminated raw/undercooked chicken, not from eating raw/undercooked chicken.

Chicken sashimi is part of Japanese cuisine because raw food is a much bigger part of that cuisine than Western/European cuisines.

Holliday · 05-28-2012, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by garcia1001

I ate the raw chicken before in Japan. Cooked chicken tastes way better. Didn't get salmon

Oh, I missed the joke earlier--"salmonella", "salmon"...got it. That's funny. I suddenly realized I'd never heard of salmonella in salmon and yet eat it raw all the time and was about to google it.

Clue · 05-28-2012, 11:12 AM

^^ haha I thought it was a typo, I missed that too

There Is A Light · 05-28-2012, 11:46 AM

How utter douchebags get good jobs, I don't understand how they get hired with such horrendous personalties.

suckerpunch · 05-28-2012, 12:06 PM

Why car brakes never (ok, rarely) fail. Every other thing on this planet breaks at some point, but pushing a pedal which forces fluid through a narrow tube which forces metal plates together while going 70 on the freeway in a 2 ton hunk of metal always works.

Klakteuh · 05-28-2012, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by suckerpunch

Why car brakes never (ok, rarely) fail. Every other thing on this planet breaks at some point, but pushing a pedal which forces fluid through a narrow tube which forces metal plates together while going 70 on the freeway in a 2 ton hunk of metal always works.

Well they are made with the n1 priority that they do not fail, and you do get them checked relatively often. Having that said, they fail more often than you think imo, on non good quality cars it does happen.

not 100% sure about this, but some newer cars could have a "backup" brake with the pedal, I know F1 cars have this, and sooner or later it will be implemented in normal cars too.

suckerpunch · 05-28-2012, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Klakteuh

Well they are made with the n1 priority that they do not fail, and you do get them checked relatively often. Having that said, they fail more often than you think imo, on non good quality cars it does happen.

not 100% sure about this, but some newer cars could have a "backup" brake with the pedal, I know F1 cars have this, and sooner or later it will be implemented in normal cars too.

Good points, and I think you're right about system failures, maybe they just happen slowly (wonky master cylinder, etc.) which doesn't result in catastrophic failure. Perhaps I'm actually just amazed about hydraulics.

Interesting about the backup brake system, seems like a good idea.

IlliniLou · 05-28-2012, 06:24 PM

Something that I don't really understand that's occurring right now. Have an empty solo cup that's dry. I put water and ice inside and put it on the table. Then after a bit the outside gets wet and leaves a small puddle on the table. There's no holes in the cup ... Wtf I don't understand condensation