On Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 1:56:09 PM UTC-10, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Friday, September 18, 2020 at 12:56:12 PM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Friday, September 18, 2020 at 1:41:55 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Friday, September 18, 2020 at 2:06:22 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> > > > dsi1 wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I like to boil my pork clean for 20 minutes and then dump out
> > > > > the nasty porky water.
> > > >
> > > > But aren't you also dumping out much of the pork flavor?
> > > >
> > > > Worked with a guy once that claimed he made the best grilled
> > > > chicken in the universe so I asked him how he did it.
> > > >
> > > > He boiled his chicken for about 20 minutes before
> > > > putting them on the grill. He didn't even save the water
> > > > for broth. Needless to say, I didn't try his method.
> > > You are indeed dumping out pork flavor but it's a tradition. My auntie taught me that one. She said that pork is a dirty meat. It's not necessary these days but I like to follow tradition. God knows what happens if you don't follow the rules.
> > Generally speaking, nothing. Most traditions are pointless and should be abandoned.
> > Their purpose is to identify members of a "tribe" and to cement the relationship of
> > each person to his/her tribe.
>
> And they extend far beyond that. Traditions are part of the framework that justifies extant
> power structures. Sports teams play in stadiums where the wealthy eat jumbo shrimp in
> skyboxes, while the hoi palloi chow down hot dogs in the bleachers, feeling more unity with
> the wealthy fans of their own team than with folks of their own station who root for the
> team that happens to represent a different city. In larger societies, sports fandom obfuscates
> the class interests of the average Jane/John, who might otherwise feel more affinity with
> their natural allies. That's OK in a society that is reasonably egalitarian, but it's dysfunctional
> in one that has run amok with economic inequity.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> --Bryan

What's weird about these times is Trump's minions' cult of personality. I've never see anything before. It's as if they were mesmerized. It's like America has turned into some kind of third-world, commie country. That's awesome - but not in a good way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0