This is cool, but irrelevant to me until someone turns it into a consumer product.
‘Electric’ chopsticks that make food seem more salty
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#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
Meanwhile, we get snuggies and loads of single purpose kitchen tools advertised on TV.
Are those commercials still around, or is that a marker of age now? Last time I had over-the-air TV on, the ads were all Medicare management, prescription medicines, and "Won't someone please save these abused puppies?", as opposed to Chia Bob Ross heads.
Those commercials have metastasized into ad-chum appearing on every news article we read on the web.
Whether it's a mesh that allegedly keeps leaves out of your roof gutters, some electro-stimulation medical quackery device, or this new knee sleeve that is taking seniors by storm, the industry of selling junk to the credulous will never go away.
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
How can an University ever stop being unfamiliar if its name is omitted in favour of the country its in?
Is it reasonable for an university to become familiar for the general public across the world?
Yes, absolutely. It's how we cross distances and learn more about each other. It's how we become more than the sum of our parts.
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#74I am a Japanese resident. I am not sure how the local people will react to it commercially. So much of the homestyled food goes with traditional cookware. People always are curious to try out things like this - but fall back to age-old practices. I won't be surprised if people continue using their wooden or ceramic chopsticks and this thing becomes a novelty item in upscale department stores. Consider smoked and deep…
> sashimi
I'm cherry picking one thing from your great comment, but is it really risky? If properly frozen, fish is perfectly safe to consume.
Re: ‘Electric’ chopsticks that make food seem more salty
#75I am a Japanese resident. I am not sure how the local people will react to it commercially. So much of the homestyled food goes with traditional cookware. People always are curious to try out things like this - but fall back to age-old practices. I won't be surprised if people continue using their wooden or ceramic chopsticks and this thing becomes a novelty item in upscale department stores. Consider smoked and deep…
> sashimi I'm cherry picking one thing from your great comment, but is it really risky? If properly frozen, fish is perfectly safe to consume.
>If properly frozen...
That's the important part - there's risk if the fish isn't processed or handled correctly.
Re: ‘Electric’ chopsticks that make food seem more salty
#76So, headlines 10 years from now: "Long Term Use of Stimulated Taste Sensations Linked to Outbreak of Tongue Cancer".
Re: ‘Electric’ chopsticks that make food seem more salty
#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is it reasonable for an university to become familiar for the general public across the world?
Yes, absolutely. It's how we cross distances and learn more about each other. It's how we become more than the sum of our parts.
There are many thousands of universities. They can't all be familiar. Those that most consistently produce quality research (or have the best PR) will be well known. Getting there? That's a bit of a chicken or the egg problem: Media outlets aren't going to want to bog down a headline with unrecognizable names-- fewer clicks. Arguably worse for the research too since. When it is noticed, it will be linked better to the University, but it won't be noticed as much because of a title that isn't SEO friendly or doesn't grab attention as well.
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And everyone else thinks America is what they see on TV. It's not important, unless there are wars about it.
As a Briton, I see an awful lot more of America on TV than Japan. As a result then it's surely inherently more (likely to be) balanced/matching up with reality? Compared to Japan; the only show I can think of that I've seen that's even sort of set there was The Man in the High Castle !
it's surely inherently more (likely to be) balanced/matching up with reality?
Not really. TV/Movies are stereotypes & caricatures. News media shows mostly the extremes, or anything violent. Think of native British shows you might watch: are they accurate portrayals of day to day life? (Besides Dr. Who, which I'm pretty sure is a documentary.)
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I suppose you meant weeb (not "dweeb"), which is short for weeaboo [0], which in turn is short for wapanese , which, finally, is short for "wannabe Japanese". [0] Originally used in an unrelated comic strip here: https://pbfcomics.com/comics/weeaboo/
Dweeb is an actual slang word that predates weeaboo by several decades.
It doesn't appear to have roots with tied to Japanese culture though: https://www.etymonline.com/word/dweeb
Re: ‘Electric’ chopsticks that make food seem more salty
#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
> sashimi I'm cherry picking one thing from your great comment, but is it really risky? If properly frozen, fish is perfectly safe to consume.
>If properly frozen... That's the important part - there's risk if the fish isn't processed or handled correctly.
Isn't that true of literally everything though? Raw vegetables are not safe to eat unless washed properly, cooked meat isn't safe to eat unless cooked properly, raw meat isn't safe to eat unless handled properly, damn even something as simple as garlic oil isn't safe to eat unless you know exactly how it was prepared and stored.
I have no idea if the risk with sashimi is any greater than with other things, but I'd guess not?