Octopus Overlords

LordMortis wrote:If that popcorn is 100% whole grain, I'm curious to know the difference between it and non 100% whole grain popcorn.

marketing for the win!

Like the jelly candies that say Fat Free although they are loaded with sugar.

MHS wrote:I stopped eating microwave popcorn after I read 4-5 articles that all said it's on every nutritionists list of things to never eat. Bummer though, because the 100 calorie bags were great for filling me up satisfactorily when I was dieting.

I stopped eating it after I popped up a packet with rancid oil. The taste was beyond nasty. It was traumatic.

Now I only eat air-popped corn. Well, except maybe once a year in a movie theater.

I've never seen the attraction of microwave popcorn. You can get an old-fashioned Whirley-Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper for less than $20, and it only takes ~5 minutes to make your own fresh popcorn. And being able to make your own popcorn with bacon fat or coconut oil is vastly preferable to the mucilaginous mystery goo in most microwave popcorn. Even if you're counting calories, a cup of oil-popped popcorn contains only 55 calories.

Anonymous Bosch wrote:I've never seen the attraction of microwave popcorn.

Uhhh...did you see the one I posted before? If you've ever eaten lime Tostitos, this is exactly like that...but with butter. They could release a study tomorrow suggesting the chemical used to make the lime flavor shortens your life by 5 years and I'm still going to eat it.

Skip the chemicals and get the brilliantly simple Microwave Popcorn Bowl from Curiocityonline.com.

Smoove_B wrote:

Anonymous Bosch wrote:I've never seen the attraction of microwave popcorn.

Uhhh...did you see the one I posted before? If you've ever eaten lime Tostitos, this is exactly like that...but with butter. They could release a study tomorrow suggesting the chemical used to make the lime flavor shortens your life by 5 years and I'm still going to eat it.

Not my cuppa. Baconylicious popcorn would be my preference. Although being a Brit, I'm also quite partial to using their Malt Salt as a popcorn seasoning.

Business travel. Blah.

Freezer-TPF- wrote:Skip the chemicals and get the brilliantly simple Microwave Popcorn Bowl from Curiocityonline.com.

That's what we use for air-popped corn in the mikey. Curio City only has two or three of those left, though, and won't be getting more.

WPD wrote:Business travel. Blah.

Where ya going *smacks gum* what cha doing, how long you going for *smack, smack*. Not looking to rob your house or anything, just making conversation *pop*

Anonymous Bosch wrote:I've never seen the attraction of microwave popcorn. You can get an old-fashioned Whirley-Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper for less than $20, and it only takes ~5 minutes to make your own fresh popcorn. And being able to make your own popcorn with bacon fat or coconut oil is vastly preferable to the mucilaginous mystery goo in most microwave popcorn. Even if you're counting calories, a cup of oil-popped popcorn contains only 55 calories.

My wife has one of the Whirley Pop things. She always burns the popcorn when she uses it.

WPD wrote:Business travel. Blah.

+1,000,000,000,000,000,000

Skinypupy wrote:

WPD wrote:Business travel. Blah.

+1,000,000,000,000,000,000

I don't think it's all that bad, really. I get to get out, see new customers, stay in nice hotels and eat out at good restaurants and I don't have to pay for any of it.

gbasden wrote:

Skinypupy wrote:

WPD wrote:Business travel. Blah.

+1,000,000,000,000,000,000

I don't think it's all that bad, really. I get to get out, see new customers, stay in nice hotels and eat out at good restaurants and I don't have to pay for any of it.

How often do you do it? I used to think the same, until I started getting on an airplane every week. Loses lots of luster after a while.

Change of topic: The Q&A with Viking's punter Chris Kluwe is absolutely hilarious

KKBlue wrote:

WPD wrote:Business travel. Blah.

Where ya going *smacks gum* what cha doing, how long you going for *smack, smack*. Not looking to rob your house or anything, just making conversation *pop*

CLOSE YOUR MOUTH OR YOU WILL WEAR IT ON YOUR NOSE FOR THE REST OF CLASS

gbasden wrote:

Skinypupy wrote:

WPD wrote:Business travel. Blah.

+1,000,000,000,000,000,000

I don't think it's all that bad, really. I get to get out, see new customers, stay in nice hotels and eat out at good restaurants and I don't have to pay for any of it.

I agree. I love to get out the once or twice a quarter I get to travel. However, if it was an every week occurance, it would become an absolute grind.

Kraken wrote:

Freezer-TPF- wrote:Skip the chemicals and get the brilliantly simple Microwave Popcorn Bowl from Curiocityonline.com.

That's what we use for air-popped corn in the mikey. Curio City only has two or three of those left, though, and won't be getting more.

Hey, I've got one of those!

So if I wait long enough it will be a collector's item and I can retire on the proceeds from my eBay auction, right?

Skinypupy wrote:Change of topic: The Q&A with Viking's punter Chris Kluwe is absolutely hilarious

Chris Kluwe is awesome. Too bad he plays for the Vikings.

He's also echos my thoughts on WoW

How pissed are you that Warcraft is dropping its next expansion during the middle of your season?

Not very, I stopped playing during Cataclysm. I learned how not to stand in fire in Burning Crusade so I got kind of bored. Also, panda monks? Blech.

EDIT

Q: Is Daenerys Targaryen going to ever get the iron throne? I haven't read all the books.

A: ARE SPOILERS A JOKE TO YOU?

READ THE FUCKING BOOKS EVEN THOUGH FEAST FOR CROWS IS A MAUNDERING 500 PAGE NIGHTMARE OF INANITY VOMITED OUT IN PRINTED FORM.

hentzau wrote:

Anonymous Bosch wrote:I've never seen the attraction of microwave popcorn. You can get an old-fashioned Whirley-Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper for less than $20, and it only takes ~5 minutes to make your own fresh popcorn. And being able to make your own popcorn with bacon fat or coconut oil is vastly preferable to the mucilaginous mystery goo in most microwave popcorn. Even if you're counting calories, a cup of oil-popped popcorn contains only 55 calories.

My wife has one of the Whirley Pop things. She always burns the popcorn when she uses it.

Tell your wife to avoid using high heat. She may well have used one of those heavier pots in the past, which necessitated the use of high heat and vigorous shaking. But that's a really bad idea with the Whirley Pop, which is much thinner; you should only use medium heat, and just keep stirring. Most of the problems people seem to have with the Whirley Pop stem from setting the burner too high.

hentzau wrote:My wife has one of the Whirley Pop things. She always burns the popcorn when she uses it.

I had a similar thing a while back, but found that it was too light to last long. It got some good use, but ultimately the thin metals it was made of meant easy bending and warping. Once the pieces don't fit too well, it's kind of downhill from there.

We currently have one of these, and while it works great the plastic has gotten very brittle over time. Handles have snapped and been glued, the plastic dome is cracked and splitting. It's made a lot of good popcorn over the years we've had it and will likely soon be retired.

Kraken wrote:

Freezer-TPF- wrote:Skip the chemicals and get the brilliantly simple Microwave Popcorn Bowl from Curiocityonline.com.

That's what we use for air-popped corn in the mikey. Curio City only has two or three of those left, though, and won't be getting more.

I bought them for a few other folks, and everyone loved them. Did they not sell well for you?

Exodor wrote:

Kraken wrote:

Freezer-TPF- wrote:Skip the chemicals and get the brilliantly simple Microwave Popcorn Bowl from Curiocityonline.com.

That's what we use for air-popped corn in the mikey. Curio City only has two or three of those left, though, and won't be getting more.

Hey, I've got one of those!

So if I wait long enough it will be a collector's item and I can retire on the proceeds from my eBay auction, right?

Oh, it's already a collector's item. But I can sell you one of the last remaining pieces at the special price of double the normal retail!

Freezer-TPF- wrote:

Kraken wrote:

Freezer-TPF- wrote:Skip the chemicals and get the brilliantly simple Microwave Popcorn Bowl from Curiocityonline.com.

That's what we use for air-popped corn in the mikey. Curio City only has two or three of those left, though, and won't be getting more.

I bought them for a few other folks, and everyone loved them. Did they not sell well for you?

They sold reliably, but I didn't make any money on them. The markup on small quantities is only about 30% (vs. 50% on most products) and the inbound freight charges from CA ate up half of that. The outbound shipping charge depressed sales, you can find competing products in stores at lower prices, and they no longer fit my overall lineup very well.

It's still a good product that I can recommend to anyone, just not right for my store. The manufacturer wants to sell them by the gross to home goods stores, not by the dozen to online retailers.

Ah, too bad. Thanks for the inside info.

Anonymous Bosch wrote:

hentzau wrote:

Anonymous Bosch wrote:I've never seen the attraction of microwave popcorn. You can get an old-fashioned Whirley-Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper for less than $20, and it only takes ~5 minutes to make your own fresh popcorn. And being able to make your own popcorn with bacon fat or coconut oil is vastly preferable to the mucilaginous mystery goo in most microwave popcorn. Even if you're counting calories, a cup of oil-popped popcorn contains only 55 calories.

My wife has one of the Whirley Pop things. She always burns the popcorn when she uses it.

Tell your wife to avoid using high heat. She may well have used one of those heavier pots in the past, which necessitated the use of high heat and vigorous shaking. But that's a really bad idea with the Whirley Pop, which is much thinner; you should only use medium heat, and just keep stirring. Most of the problems people seem to have with the Whirley Pop stem from setting the burner too high.

She never uses high heat on anything. Even boiling water. I think she has this mental thing going where she thinks she's wasting gas if she uses high heat, so everything is on medium. I think the problem is that the thing is old and the stirrers don't actually stir the popcorn so well any longer. Maybe I shold buy her another one and see if that works any better for her.

Someone at work just told me that I look exactly like Ryan Lochte.

I must be wearing the most well tailored shirt existing.

Fretmute wrote:Someone at work just told me that I look exactly like Ryan Lochte.

I must be wearing the most well tailored shirt existing.

How do you know what he looks like with his shirt on?

I woke up this morning with these two puncture marks in my neck and I can't see my reflection in the mirror.................................

dbt1949 wrote:I woke up this morning with these two puncture marks in my neck and I can't see my reflection in the mirror.................................

How can you see the marks on your neck without a reflection?

Cause that's all I can see there.

My first thought was a Chupacabra. But after studying your area Im convinced it's a weregoat attack.



You'll end up like this if you dont eat 2 lbs of cheese and drink a gallon of bourbon before midnight of the 3rd day.

How do they film scenes directly behind a character who is looking into a mirror without getting the reflection of the camera in the shot?

Cinema is magic.

Skinypupy wrote:How do they film scenes directly behind a character who is looking into a mirror without getting the reflection of the camera in the shot?

If the camera is directly behind a character the character will block the reflection (and you would not see their reflection since their body would be blocking it also).

Toe wrote:

Skinypupy wrote:How do they film scenes directly behind a character who is looking into a mirror without getting the reflection of the camera in the shot?

If the camera is directly behind a character the character will block the reflection (and you would not see their reflection since their body would be blocking it also).

I get that, but it often seems like the camera is directly over a character's shoulder or in another spot that would warrant a reflection. The fact you never see one is somewhat remarkable to me.

Then again, I'm a bit of a simpleton.

Simple. Vampire cameras.

Skinypupy wrote:

Toe wrote:

Skinypupy wrote:How do they film scenes directly behind a character who is looking into a mirror without getting the reflection of the camera in the shot?

If the camera is directly behind a character the character will block the reflection (and you would not see their reflection since their body would be blocking it also).

I get that, but it often seems like the camera is directly over a character's shoulder or in another spot that would warrant a reflection. The fact you never see one is somewhat remarkable to me.

Then again, I'm a bit of a simpleton.

You can film at a slight angle and add some distance/zoom, with or without the aid of another mirror, to get the desired shot. Or I guess you can always erase the camera in post-production, but keeping it out of the shot should be much cheaper.

If that makes your head hurt, try not to notice from now on every time you see an inexplicably wet road or sidewalk in a TV show or movie. It was pointed out to me years ago and now every time it's used, it jumps out.

You're welcome.

Smoove_B wrote:If that makes your head hurt, try not to notice from now on every time you see an inexplicably wet road or sidewalk in a TV show or movie. It was pointed out to me years ago and now every time it's used, it jumps out.

You're welcome.

I've seen it but could never figure out the purpose. Do you know?

Wet roads look better on film, especially at night since they will reflect light and add drama/depth to the scene.

Plus, it avoids continuity problems in case it rains during shooting. If the ground is always wet, no problem!