Sure, and if you remove games like Fortnite, it would skew the numbers the other way. It strikes me as an arbitrary distinction.

But, I think what you point out is important, because based on the above replies it seems most people are interpreting this as their desire to play rpg games is what they are saying is more popular, when what is likely really happening is that there are just a lot of casual gamers playing CC type games.

That’s basically what happened to me. I still love pvp games, I just don’t have the time. It’s much more conducive to my lifestyle to play a game I can just pause at any moment and switch to something I need to do.

Never let critical thought get in the way of our 2 minutes hate. This is about interpreting it in a way to justify our dislike, rather than whether the current thing actually does justify it.

I remember one day walking into a 7/11, in maybe 2002, and there were 2 guys in suits, totally dishevelled, collars undone, looking like they’ve been awake for 3 days, depression coating their faces, and they had a stack of scratch tickets that they were silently just scratching off.

The story I have in my head is that their business fell apart and this was some past ditch desperate attempt to save it with the little money they had left. I have no idea what actually happened but here we are 20+ years later and I still think about them occasionally.

Yeah we have a bunch in our neighborhood and when they start going off it’s terrifying.

And still avoiding the point. Amazing.

You responded to me first and now you’re claiming I’m harassing you? Holy shit, does the gaslighting know no depths? Lol

But good on your for avoiding all the points. If ever you want to actually address them, feel free. I’ll be here.

You made two major claims, in defense of the meme: all the headlines are about how scary Iran is (I demonstrated this to be incorrect), and that none of the brief stories explained why Iran retaliated (I demonstrated this to be incorrect). Your response should have been “wow, I guess I was wrong” instead of what it was (effectively) “the proof you just provided that obviously prove my claims incorrect actually is exactly what I said.” This is straight up gaslighting.

You realize this fits the exact outline I’ve laid out?

Your main claims were the all of the headlines “about how scary Iran is” (the fact that it was a headline about Israel escalating and Israel vowing repercussions) and “many of the stubs behind the Iran headlines made no mention of why they would fire missiles at Israel” (and the short story in NPR was about why they were retaliating). It directly contradicts it, using one of the most popular and prominent US news organizations.

And no. I haven’t moved any goalposts.

Your original argument was that there were no headlines, which the other poster challenged. . .you then went not to say that the stories didn’t give information about why they retaliated. It’s absolutely a clear case of moving the goal posts.

Attempting to gaslighting me won’t work, sorry. We’ve had too many interactions before for me not to be on the lookout for disingenuous positions.

It’s called moving the goalposts. You called out their Bs claim, so they just threw out another one.

Anyone can go and listen to npr up first. The title for yesterday includes “Israel escalates in Lebanon” and then today they point to Israel vowing repercussions for Iran. In the podcast itself, they talk about how this was almost certainly retaliation for the killing for the Hezbollah leader.

This whole idea that the whole of western media is ignoring what Israel is typical of the false Bs pushed by the op.

1. Incorrect. It almost all is. The idea that it’s bad for the seasoning comes from back when people were using lye to clean dishes.
2. It’s not “burned” its “polymerized.” It’s the oil, not the food, as the oil doesn’t create the black bits. It basically turns to plastic, which is why you get a smooth shiny surface.
3. I cook over a fire occasionally and I doubt it.

Step 4 literally says to scrub until all of the brown bits are gone. Look at the picture in step 5, does that look like anything is burnt onto it? I see nothing in that says anything about taste.

Also, wikiHow is a garbage source as anyone can submit anything they want. They don’t have to have any clue what they’re talking about.

Here is cooks illustrated, a well respected cooking magazine that tests everything, talking cleaning.

And yes, they say soap is fine. If mild dish detergent is removing your seasoning, it wasn’t seasoned properly.

I’ve always just used the bead test where you drop a drop of water in a dry pan and if it beads up and rolls around, instead of just sizzles, then the pan is hot enough to add oil (although this also works if it’s too hot, but I have a good sense of how long it takes to get to this temp, so I’m usually testing just before and just after it hits this temp). Then when the oil is shimmering, this is the time to add food.

I have no idea but those aren’t stainless steel pans. Like if you are using Teflon you don’t want to preheat. Every pan type is used differently.

Seasoning is not about taste. You’re just using a dirty pan if it has stuff burned onto it. Your pan should not be imparting any taste into your food.

Check out carbon steel pans. They are much the same as cast iron but significantly lighter.

While oil is necessary, It’s more about how you preheat it and your technique, rather than how you oil it; no amount of oil is going to save you from over crowding a cold pan.

The beauty of not consuming any main stream media is that it can have said or not said anything you want to confirm your beliefs.

Where are all the posters who, when people were pointing out that this is the result of climate change, screamed about not making this political? This guy is straight up lying for his own political benefit and they seem silent.

Switch to what exactly?