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bigblu89 posted...

But if you don't know how to ice skate, it would be noticeable the second you get out there.

Or, you can argue this from the other way. Once someone learns how to skate, they can go pretty far if they play a bit.

firedoom666 posted...

I have no idea why anyone would put Baseball on the list. It is mostly standing around doing nothing, unless you are the pitcher

Same could be said about any sport where you stand around and wait for your turn. Diving, for example.

thisworld posted...

The International Olympic Committee acknowledges the World Chess Federation (FIDE) so yes, it's a sport according to them. But chess itself has never ever become one of the olympic events. Take that as you will.

I never understood why Olympics doesn't define sports as having an athletics as a vital component to a competitive activity?

I think people have different definition of what 'hard' means. Does it mean:

1) Most difficult to excel at the highest level?
2) Most difficult to play, in general?
3) Requires the most natural talent or innate skills to even qualify to play?
4) Requires the most practice and repetition to excel.

Since everyone has their own ideas of what 'hard' means, this is where there is massive debate and disagreement.

Prismsblade posted...

Were the food portions at least adequate enough for you relative to the price?

Fine dining restaurants have small portions because most meals involve 9 to 20 courses. So the portions are relative to how many courses that are planned.

If you get a 20 course meal, then they portion each course with the goal that you'll be full once you get to the 19th/20th course.

teep_ posted...

Germany, Berlin area (though I'm willing to travel)

1) https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/capital-region/copenhagen/restaurant/noma
arguably the most famous restaurant in the world right now. unfortunately, it's closing at the end of the year, and i doubt you can get any spots anymore

2) https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/niedersachsen/wolfsburg/restaurant/aqua79029
3) https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/hamburg-region/hamburg/restaurant/the-table-kevin-fehling
4) https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/capital-region/copenhagen/restaurant/geranium
5) https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/berlin-region/berlin/restaurant/rutz

These are all of the 3-star restaurants in Germany or Copenhagen. This is if you're looking to spend $1000 euro for once in a lifetime experiences.

If you're more interested in good food, then you might wanna try 1 star restaurants and ask around ppl in your area for their opinion.

ArsGoetia posted...

but i feel like comparing the value of a single dining experience to a physical possession (like a gaming PC) that retains at least somewhat of its original value and lasts more than a single evening, doesn't really work lol

I think they use things like a PC or a Car, because, like many restaurants, you're paying +500% +1000% for an extra 1-5% in quality.

Harder to make that comparison with like an entertainment venue, but you are right in that I view fine dining more as enjoying art, than it is a commodity.

Mew posted...

How much did you tip?

Yeah, forgot to mention that a large portion of Michelin Star restaurants already priced a set tip amount into the cover. Also, most are saying that the normal tip is around 5-10% or so, 15% is considered very generous.

It's much lower at Michelin Star restaurants, because everyone knows that the servers and waitstaff are all paid very well, relative to normal restaurants.

pinky0926 posted...

Yes, but I'm starting to go off fine dining a bit, I'd rather just have a really fucking good bit of street food made by a one-man band these days.

Funny thing is that Michelin has started making guides for street food locations as well.
https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/restaurants/street-food

pinky0926 posted...

Some people (not many, definitely not most) will spend $700 on a meal.

I've had better meals for like $200, so to your previous point about only needing to spend like $1k on a gaming PC...yeah.

The funny part is that tasting food is also very subjective as well. So paying $200 vs $700 doesn't really matter. It is all based on the personal tastes of the guest. I would actually compare restaurant fine dining to art collecting.

Price is typically based on a variety of factors:
a) Location of Restaurant,
b) Reputation of the Head Chef, ownership
c) Demand / Waitlist
d) Quality of Restaurant facilities
e) Perceived quality, --- of all five senses.

ScazarMeltex posted...

It should be illegal for him to make these claims. Could the DNC sue him for defamation?

Unfortunately not. Political speech is considered free reign. The courts actually ruled that anyone is allowed to knowingly lie if it's political speech and not be sued or jailed.

MFBKBass5 posted...

Idk how people eat at these garbage ass chain restaurants, whether its fast food or a sit down place. Quality of the food is always worse, and service isnt usually any better.

it always blows my mind when people go on trips or vacations only to eat at the same crappy chain restaurants they have in their own town

I TRY to go to local establishments as often as I can, but what typically happens is:
a) inconsistent food because of inconsistent food sourcing
Hard to get the same food at the same price when you can't negotiate food prices as a small business
b) inconsistent food because of labor. hard to train labor to do things consistently without a huge training program like chain restaurants do.
c) chain restaurants have deals and coupons that I take advantage of.

Toonstrack posted...

Why are there all of a sudden 3 topics about Michelin stars in the front page by 3 different accounts?

I responded to two dying topics I guess, and someone made a third.

BloodMoon7 posted...

Gimme that gaming PC. I can't afford it either tho tbh.

Michelin star restaurant : neighborhood $12-20 popular lunch joint == $5000 gaming rig : $500-1000 computer
In either sector, you're paying a huge premium for that extra 1% quality.

Hayame_Zero posted...

And I didn't know until a few years ago that it was the same company as Michelin Tires.

Michelin Tires in Paris came out with a hotel and restaurant guide book 120 years ago. The idea was that people in Europe would drive more if they knew what restaurants to go to. More driving = More tires. When the book became more popular, it became its own thing, and transitioned into fine dining ratings.

absolutebuffoon posted...

Everything tastes rubbery.

I highly doubt it -- unless the rubbery texture was intentional for that food.

teep_ posted...

a) I can save up if necessary, but preferably up to 1000
b) I'm not sure. Hit me with everything I guess
c) Yes

b) Location?
c) You didn't answer the question, are you looking more for Value? or more for the Experience.

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Correct. Michelin STAR restaurants are the top restaurants.

Michelin GUIDE restaurants are typically either:
a) really really really good for its value,
b) didn't get a star, but honorable mention based on cuisine type.

teep_ posted...

What are some you'd recommend?

a) Budget?
b) Type of Cuisine?
c) Looking for Value or Uniqueness of Experience?

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Michelin Star restaurants at that level is more about the experience and tasting unique things.

Blue_Popo posted...

I have seen only his batman trilogy which is awesome. Would watching newest to oldest in any way be a negative for me?

Really I just want to watch oppenheimer and some of the newer stuff where as his old movies dont look too appealing

Almost all of his movies are appealing. I honestly believe one should try to watch movies in chronological order so that they can appreciate how movies have progressed and evolved over the years. In fact, many people consider Memento, one of his earliest works, but arguably his least ambitious, to be among his best.

FortuneCookie posted...

I feel like that's a little too far-reaching. If that's what woke is, that's what woke is. If being not-racist, not-sexist, or not-transphobic is woke, then literally every movie or show to feature a member of an underrepresented group is woke (including the previously mentioned Forspoken).

The Marvels is literally an example of being so benignly woke, but getting a ton of flak. (OH NOES, 3 female superheroes !!!) They literally had no political messages, and it still got rammed as being the most woke movie of all time.

No, the Marvels sucked because meh acting, bad writing/ bad pacing, and bad character development. It wasn't because it was woke.

chaos_knight posted...

She looks horrible nowadays

She's 51, she looks perfectly fine for her age. Relax, man.

BTW, Usher's Super Bowl performance is the perfect example.
A bunch of right-wingers said Usher was trash, and likened it to woke broke crap.

Everyone else thought Usher was fucking amazing, and praised his showmanship and style.

Same thing happened when Beyonce released Renaissance and Lemonade albums, and a bunch of people hated how 'black' it was.

It's getting to the point where anything mainstream that sounds too much like R&B is considered 'woke'.

ButteryMales posted...

Damn, this was two years ago. I haven't heard about it except for the trailer.

Oh, you mean they did a remake.

Guide posted...

It's so weird how she's not a pornerer with a name like that.

She didn't have to. She did Playboy and Penthouse and got acting roles based on that. If she didn't, then she would've definitely gone into porn in order to get the clout.

ButteryMales posted...

I haven't heard about them. Didn't Fresh Prince of Bel Air get turned into a serious drama?

No, it was always a family night sitcom. 1-2 times per season, they'll have a 'serious' episode that deals with social issues like drug use, deadbeat fathers, white racism against blacks, black on black racism, Carlton's Republicanism, etc.

TheGoldenEel posted...

why though?
why does that distinction make the workers not worth $20/hour?

-- It shouldn't matter, if you're thinking only in terms of pure economics.
-- However, if it has to do with healthiness, and being able to secure sustainable food that doesn't rely on meat processing, I'd be on board with it. I honestly think it's because Panera considers themselves as fast-casual, and since they couldn't tailor the law to exempt fast-casual, they tried to find another way around it.

FortuneCookie posted...

Before we debate whether it's an asset or a liability, can we stop to define woke?

To conservatives, woke is anything that explores racial, gender, or identity politics, socioeconomic change, environmental concerns, or globalist/isolationism military/diplomatic policies.

RISEofCHRISTIAN posted...

how are these woke? i never saw black panther 2

SpiderVerse is literally about a hispanic black Spiderman trying to navigate around his socioeconomic background while also interacting with female SpiderGwen, pregnant Spiderwoman, Indian Spiderman, black Spiderpunk, etc., etc., etc.

Black Panther 1 is literally about Tchalla trying to preserve global morality and wanting to become a global example of peace vs black supremacist Killmonger.

Black Panther 2 is about fucking Shuri trying to take over the mantle of the Black Panther, and Ramonda the queen, both struggling to assume their roles getting respect as women, while the antagonist Namor is a Mesoamerican Native who wants to invade because the world is causing environmental destruction on Atlantis.

008Zulu posted...

So because a game has a black woman as the main character, it's woke? Even so, it wasn't the reason the game did so poorly.

I hate when idiots pick and choose which movies are woke based on whether they succeed or not. If the movie succeeds, they ignore it. If it sucks, it's woke.

So obviously, woke has nothing to do with it. Good woke will make money. Bad woke won't. Same with just about anything.

Spider-Verse movies are among the wokest of all of the superhero franchises, and one of the best and most successful. Black Panther as well. Big budget movies off the top of my head:

SpiderVerse franchise
Black Panther franchise
Creed franchise
Barbie
The Last of Us

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

You have never been to a Panera Bread?

Like 10-15 years ago. I remember eating sandwiches with specialty breads or something.

Sputnik1337 posted...

So I guess everyone is going to start advertising they sell their burger buns as a standalone item and dodge the new wage?

That's not how it works. The restaurant has to actually be making and baking their own bread, and sell it as a standalone item. AND "does not apply if the bread is available for sale solely as part of another menu item."

According to the article, the labor union accepted the exemption, and does Panera actually count as fast-food anyway? If bread is their main product, then it might be a worthy exemption.

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He said that he was drinking people's leftover milkshakes while working at a restaurant. Sounds like trolling, so IDK if this is serious.

Cloning isn't really that big of a deal, imo. It's like having an identical twin -- which occurs plenty of times naturally. Plenty of identical twins grow up to be completely different.

SilvosForever posted...

2300 is a LOT by the way. If you're trying to cut.
Try to target 1200. It's doable. But requires mindfulness.

The calories aren't the problem at his weight. He doesn't need to lose any more weight. It's the lack of nutrients that he's getting for those 2300 calories. The crappy sugars are the main problem that I see.

Anony1125 posted...

I'm still not eating very well, but working on it. Feel like I'm already beginning to see some changes in my physique, though very subtle ones. I wanna be thin but ripped. Averaging around 2300 calories a day. 98g sugar, 82g protein, 267g carbs, and 99g fat. Seem to have lost a couple pounds (140 to 138ish), but I need to commit to pushing that sugar down and eating more protein. Struggling with the protein in particular, may have to start busting out the protein shakes.

You are already 138 lbs. You're not gonna lose much weight anymore, and you shouldn't be concerned about it.

Worry more about muscle fitness and healthy eating. You'll probably gain weight as you get more ripped.

HylianFox posted...

Fast food be like: Burgers, fries, and a drink? That'll be 20 bucks.
Then you eat it all in less than five minutes and want your money back.

Nope. Shake Shack and Five Guys are the only exceptions. Shake Shack is considered gourmet fast food. And Five Guys is only $20 in places like Times Square, and other high-value locations.

Everywhere else, fast food meals are $7-$15.

obsolete posted...

Pokimane is middle eastern.

There are Caucasian-ish/Ashkenazi middle easterners.

LeoRavus posted...

The ones I get are 8 ounces and I get multiple salads out of it.

Ahhh, gg. Honestly, I think you're paying too much of a premium for 8 ounce bags. If you eat salads on a regular basis, the 16 ounce bags make more sense, and should be cheaper, due to bulk.

Just saying the lettuce may not be very nice by the time you finish 1.25 pounds of salad.

I agree. That's why the salad that I was proposing was 7 ounces of grilled chicken, mixed greens, carrots, tomatoes, etc. Instead of iceberg lettuce, use any combination of greens (spinach/kale/arugula/romaine/etc.) that you prefer.

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8 ounces (typical size of a double patty) is big enough for a single burger. And yeah, basically all fast food joints sell double patties for around $5-$8. Only Shake Shack and Five Guys are a little more, and that's because Five Guys offers 7438290749 free toppings.

Any more, and you're talking about the big patties that they serve in sitdown restaurants and Irish pubs.

LeoRavus posted...

20 ounces is too much weight for a single prepared salad. That's like two of those bags of salad mix you get at the grocery store that feeds a family.

No. Bags of salad mix are almost always 16 ounces or more.
But I agree, that even 20 ounces is a lot of value. Which is why I said that the government would subsidize the cost for us. And I am pretty sure that most people would still prefer the burger.

Suolevram posted...

Can you even get a burger for 7 bucks at any fast food places anymore?

Yes, 8 ounce burgers are, at most $8 or so, except for places like 5 Guys or Shake Shack.

Suolevram posted...

Whataburger sucks. I say this having grown up in the city they started in. When they got bought out the quality dropped off a cliff.

Okay, then whatever fastfood joint that sells the best $7 burger atm.

Assume that the salad is fresh, with tomatoes, carrots, red onions, mixed greens or spinach/kale/arugula, some nuts, etc. with a small amount of balsamic, or healthy-ish dressing, with about 7 ounces of any part of fresh chicken meat that you prefer.
vs
According to Whataburger, their meat is 75/25 Lean to Fat ratio

And assume that government subsidized stores and restaurants to offer a 20 ounce healthy salad that is made fresh and tasty (as tasty as a healthy salad can get),

Almost everyone here would still spend $7 for the grounded meat Whataburger

xGhostchantx posted...

When you have surge pricing for bread, the have nots' problems are only exacerbated. They just won't be able to afford bread, resulting in literal bread lines waiting for everyone else to finish buying bread, costing time, time that they could spend at work or looking for work or doing something otherwise productive. Surge pricing simply should not be supported by anyone ever anywhere.

Ah, so the difference is in the product/ service being offered, then. Bread is a staple food that can be bought at any time, though.

So the real question should be, "Is fast food considered a necessary staple product, or a luxury item that you can dynamically price for time?"