my favorite argument i ever saw on reddit was between two dudes who's mothers were both scientists at different companies.

one mom worked at a popcorn company. the other worked at a microwave company.

it spawned from the question: "microwavable popcorn bags always say 'dont use the popcorn button on the microwave' but then why do microwaves even have popcorn buttons?"

the son of the microwave mom relayed to us that his mom had a whole team of engineers working around the clock to make sure the microwaves popcorn button would work just fine with microwavable popcorn. that she(through his proxy) regularly expressed that she was insulted that people questioned her competency and why anyone would put that much time and manpower into a microwaveable popcorn button if it didn't actually work right. "It's fine. It's demonstrably fine. Use the button."

the other mom was a food scientist who had to make sure their popcorn wouldn't spontaneously combust and burn down people's houses if they followed the instructions wrong(a liability concern the engineers were happy to dismiss as overly cautious of the food scientists). she was not all too keen on those microwave engineers in their ivory tower who in her opinion had no idea how microwavable popcorn worked.

'she' insisted that the warning is not simply a liability concern but that those scientists wouldn't know what properly cooked popcorn tasted like if it...uh...did...something...that...popcorn...actually you can finish that metaphor yourself i kinda got trapped by my own sentence structure. i can't think of anything popcorn does other than pop.

all of this literally being relayed second hand through their NEET sons who did not appreciate the aspersions being implicitly cast at their mommy's by the crowd and each other. it was glorious.

i really wish i could find it

you have no idea man.

no idea.

fuck you that was a great anecdote

but yes i have. they decided i needed stronger stuff but then decided it was not a good idea after the memory blackouts started.

it doesn't combine well with the tbis i mentioned earlier.

wait what?

i just said i don't take them because they caused the issues i described. that was many years ago.

what's your excuse?

i did expect more fire and sparks that's fo sho

hey let's not go overboard here

better

both the mods and china appreciate your self-censorship

well, that was enlightening. and edifying! i had no idea, and the spoon wasn't even warm. so no damage to the microwave either then?

i'll have to go get a banana. what happens if i do that?

i know i can microwave the coco itself, it was really the metal i was concerned about

shit i just got back from buying the banana. i guess i'll just eat it or something. probably a good idea, i have been in the hospital due to a potassium deficiency before.

and that actually seems pretty interesting, i'll scan it over during lunch.

different topic, how would you feel about a reuben sandwich without sauerkraut? i got all these ingredients except sauerkraut. and the banana store only had like 3L jars of it and that thing weighed almost as much as i did.

it did seem like a great price for 3L of saurkraut though.

alternatively for lunch i might have some pulled pork but i've never prepared either before. i think they're basically the same though right? swiss and rye?

I was asking if you thought a Reuben was worth eating without sauerkraut.

Then I was asking if you think that would taste better than pulled pork and if I got the recipe for that right

I haven't ever tried or prepared either. I figure I can figure it out, I was more just interested in your opinion on flavor

you didnt get back to me so i just had a blt

please get back to me on the reuben w/ or w/out saurkraut vs pulled pork thing asap so i can have lunch tomorrow

How did it taste?