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Never been here before, but was curious what you all thought of Alton Brown. Not really into cooking shows per se but Good Eats was really interesting and I've tried a lot of his recipes. Is he a decent guy?

>> No.5139431

He apparently used to be, but show business turned him into an ass.

>> No.5139442

>>5139427

Some kind of Christian. I've heard he's a douche in real life, but I loved his show, especially the tomato episode. The final season was pretty weak IMHO. I learned a lot about cooking by watching Good Eats. He was an ad guy before Good Eats so he could produce an entertaining show, make it funny. I don't like many (any?) shows on TV, so finding a cooking show that was funny, entertaining and informative all at once was really something. I mean, using puppets to demonstrate how yeast produce CO2 by belching and farting? Never saw Martha Stewart do that. I guess he burned out after a while. He lasted longer than others.

>> No.5139449

He's the Ayn Rand of food personalities. Fun to watch, but he has a large base of intellectual infants. His fans' obnoxiousness is only matched by their cluelessness, so he gets trashed a lot which is only partly his fault (that, and his recipes, and his stupid ideas about equipment).

>> No.5139452

Man every time I use one of his recipes I make the mistake of using as much salt as written. That nigga loves his salt to a degree most people will never know.

>> No.5139456

>>5139449
This is the most accurate description I've ever seen.

>> No.5139457
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5139457

One of my all-time favorite TV characters was "W" who was apparently Alton Brown's chiropractor cast as a mean-spirited equipment expert. From a behind-the-scenes Good Eats special, she's as sweet as can be and nothing like her "W" character. I found the whole "W" character to be hilarious and I loved her open hostility towards his character.

>> No.5139470

When I first started coming here /ck/ seemed mostly very fond of him and urged me to watch his show, which i did. More recently people mostly seem to hate him for his questionable recipes and religious beliefs.

I really enjoyed the show but haven't followed a single recipe from it. When I first started cooking it was a good springboard type thing to direct my recipe hunting.

I'd be interested to know which recipes of his you've enjoyed.

>> No.5139479

>>5139449
That being said, I still recommend watching some of his shows. I just assume all entertainers are batshit insane anyway.

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5139500

He Christian and pro-gun, so the party line is you're supposed to hate him.

>> No.5139504

He told me to bake my bacon.
Fuck that namby pamby communist bastard

>> No.5139525

>>5139500
Okay. I mean, he does live in Georgia. Regardless of his political bearings or his religious beliefs some of his recipes are good. You just have to tone back the salt.

>> No.5139533

>>5139449
>people actually give a shit about the fanbase of fucking Food Network shows

>>5139525
>>5139500
>>5139442
>>5139431
I wasn't aware this was /ck/ - Liberalism and Atheism

>> No.5139534

>>5139504
Baking bacon is easier for mass baconation you pleb.

>> No.5139535

>>5139427
He is the god of cooking, and a really good guy. I Have met him on a few occasions.

>> No.5139537

>>5139533

The fan base posts here, so I get to deal with them. Maybe you should go to /k/ - guns and bibles

>> No.5139539

>>5139431
>He apparently used to be, but show business turned him into an ass.

Apparently used to be what? Alton is an actor. He's always been an actor. He's not a chef-turned-TV personality, he never was a chef in the first place. There was no Alton Brown cooking prior to "show business".

>> No.5139576

>>5139533
Yep /ck/ is full of that.

>> No.5139586

>>5139537
Excuse me Mr. Mad, but I have yet to understand what someones faith and choice in home defense have to do with their culinary abilities.

>> No.5139587

>>5139427
Half of /ck/ thinks he's a pompous prick and the other half worships the ground he walks on. You could say he's a polarizing figure.

>> No.5139604

>>5139442
>using puppets to demonstrate how yeast produce CO2 by belching and farting?

That's why I don't like him. He talks down to the viewer like they're some kind of retard who can only understand a concept if it is explained to them through puppets or a simple cartoon. It's like I'm watching Sesame Street all over again.

>> No.5139609

>>5139604
>He doesn't understand it is humor

>> No.5139613

>>5139535
God of cooking? He's not even a chef. He has a theatre arts degree for christ's sake. I venture most of "his" recipes are discovered and researched by his staff, who then select the best ones to pass on to him so he can then show it off to the viewer. You don't think he actually knows half that stuff he talks about before it comes time to film an episode, do you? He's given a script and reads off a prompter. He's an actor through and through, not a chef. Maybe I will listen to him a little more closely after he's proven he can run a successful restaurant. Ramsey may be the king of dicks, but he genuinely knows the business and how to cook.

>> No.5139614

>>5139427
I dislike him. I hadn't heard of him before browsing ck but he seems to be an opinionated prick that can't cook. How's my restaurants does he have?

>> No.5139616

>>5139604
>not liking puppets
Well, looks like we've got some kind of fancy pants hotshot who's too good for the rest of us.

>> No.5139629

>>5139614
>How's my restaurants does he have
wut?

>> No.5139630

>>5139613
Go cry somewhere else.

>> No.5139636

>>5139586
>I have yet to understand what someones faith and choice in home defense have to do with their culinary abilities.

Well, the faith part suggests his inability to differentiate fact and fiction.

>> No.5139641

Good eats is a great show. Very basic, explains the "why" of cooking, and doesn't feature the TV personality as the center of attention.

The only gripes I have are some of his actual recipes are spotty, and he goes into autistic "why the fuck would anyone do this" methodology sometimes (the deep fried turkey comes to mind). Kind of hypocritical to say eat raw eggs and ignore the FDA, then say stand 20 feet back with some fucked up contraption to dip a turkey into hot oil.

>> No.5139643

>>5139636
Tell me how many critically acclaimed television shows have you created?

>> No.5139645

>>5139629
Yes I apologise. It was meant to say "how many restaurants does he have?" Fucking auto correct

>> No.5139654

He's also made some semi-racist comments before, jokingly, but still enough to make you go "did he really just say that?". I guess because he's from the south he feels he can get away with it, like how black guys can use the word nigger and whites cannot, so he has some special privilege when it comes to telling racial jokes, I don't know.

>> No.5139655

>>5139636
Jeez anon it's 2014, why...

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>>5139641
>doesn't feature the TV personality as the center of attention

You rusin'? He concocts entire plots based around himself for why he needs to cook a certain dish instead of just cooking it for the sake of teaching. It's literally half sitcom.

>> No.5139668

>>5139641
What? The consumption of raw/"undercooked" eggs is considered to be pretty normal around the fucking world. On the other hand, deep frying a turkey is very dangerous if not done correctly.

>> No.5139670

>>5139604
The show assumes you don't know what he's talking about because a solid portion of the viewers DON'T know what he's talking about. Just because you do doesn't mean the show should alter itself or something.

>> No.5139672

>>5139668
Alton pls go

>> No.5139673

>>5139668

Yeah, but his silly-ass turkey frying contraption is more dangerous than simply doing it properly.

>> No.5139677

>>5139673
Jesus Christ people, it's called comedy. You guys realize that the autistic deconstructions of ingredients and the zany shit that happens on the show is done to amuse you, right?

>> No.5139682

>He's Christian

So? Do you hate all Muslims? All Jews? All Buddhists?

>He can't cook!

He graduated from a culinary school, you know.

>> No.5139689

>>5139682
Go back to /pol/ you godbothering fucktard.

>> No.5139693

>>5139689
Wat

>> No.5139694

>>5139677
Deconstructions, perhaps. But I didn't catch a single hint of humor from the turkey fryer madness. Even if it was supposed to be humourous such a thing is stupid--it's one thing to put on a silly persona or to make jokes about ingredients. But getting someone to knock over a pot of boiling-hot oil because they pulled on some kind of rope-ladder contraption isn't funny at all. And if you're the kind of noob who needs Alton to explain everything to you, you're also the kind of idiot who would try to do whatever silly shite he tells you.

A lot of the things alton suggests are actually practical--like the dehydrator using a box fan. But the turkey one is not up to that kind of standard.

>> No.5139700

>>5139694
It's funny because it seems ridiculous and over the top.

>And if you're the kind of noob who needs Alton to explain everything to you, you're also the kind of idiot who would try to do whatever silly shite he tells you.

What the fuck are you even talking about.

>> No.5139706

I don't get why Alton gets his anus in a state of extreme torsion over "unitaskers". Every episode I have to hear him bitch about this.

>> No.5139710

>>5139682

I don't hate anyone for their religion. But it does have rather clear implications regarding their intelligence. That applies to any and all religions, not just Christians.

>>He graduated from a culinary school, you know

I don't think anyone said he couldn't cook. We said he wasn't a chef. Those are two different things entirely. Also, just because he went to culinary school doesn't mean he's an expert at cooking.

>> No.5139723

>>5139710
Keep moving the goalposts.

>> No.5139727

That is it I am done with you Alton zombies. You wont see that my opinion is correct. I am leaving this thread.

>> No.5139728
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5139728

I bumped into him at a farmers market in Marietta when i lived in Georgia. He's was super nice and didn't mind having fans talk to him.

>> No.5139731

>>5139700
>What the fuck are you even talking about.

You implied that the ladder arrangement was a joke. I was pointing out that if that is true, it's a very dangerous joke to be playing since some dumbass will actually try it.

>> No.5139734

>>5139706

I think he's simply trying to say once you know how to do something properly there's no need to buy unnecessary devices to do so. He's trying to be helpful by explaining how you don't need to buy unnecessary gadgets.

>> No.5139736

He should've just put the turkey on an outdoor grill, shut the lid and let it smoke a few hours. Much simpler than deep frying it. The last thing the people of this country need is more deep fried food.

>> No.5139739

>>5139731
>jokes about dangerous things shouldn't be told because there are stupid people

Tom & Jerry must be a living nightmare for you.

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5139740

9/10 would walk in the park after dark and have children with
I'm glad he won battle of the fat unlike Sunny Anderson. Jesus Christ man, she's hard to watch now.
I love his explanations and his soothing voice.

>> No.5139746

>>5139734
>once you know how to boil pasta in a cast iron pan you don't need to buy an actual stock pot
>once you figured out how to boil rice in a pot you don't need a rice cooker because you made it all by yourself congratulations
>once you figured out how to use a knife you no longer need a pretentious food processor

I think I figured out why every thread on /ck/ degenerates into an impassioned defense of poorfaggotry

>> No.5139749

>>5139739
Why? tom and jerry is obviously silly. Nobody is going to think that is real.

Alton's ladder contraption isn't anywhere near that obvious. In fact, it's presented as real, not a joke at all. That's the dangerous difference.

>> No.5139753

>>5139746
>lol this guy is a rube

>> No.5139760

>>5139746

enjoy your microwave egg makers, anon.

>> No.5139764

>>5139760

But I don't even own a microwave. Who's the pleb now?

>> No.5139768

>>5139764
You are by far.

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>>5139764

>> No.5139775

>>5139771
I read that in her voice

>> No.5139778

>>5139768

Says the guy who knows what a "microwave egg maker" is

>> No.5139779

>>5139746
I cant believe people buy "rice cookers"

Its not like its difficult to make rice, people have been doing it for thousands of years the same way and then all of the sudden we now need a specialized device to do it? Its like a stupid tax for people that think making rice is complicated

>> No.5139781

>>5139728
>He's was super nice and didn't mind having fans talk to him.

That's good to hear. I understand that FoodTV Jewed him out of $$ for Good Eats and that he made money only on the DVDs and cookbooks. I was sorry he appeared on "Iron Chef USA" or whatever it was, that seemed like a massive step down but I guess it paid well.

>> No.5139784

>>5139778
I am not that anon, just another following this thread.

>> No.5139788

>>5139778
Different guy here, I know what a diaphragm is and have never actually used one. Egg cookers are common to see in stores.

>> No.5139815

>>5139779

I can't believe people buy "toasters"

It's not like it's difficult to make toast, people have been doing it for thousands of years the same way and then all of the sudden we now need a specialized device to do it? Its like a stupid tax for people that think making toast is complicated

>> No.5139818

>>5139815
>grasping at straws

>> No.5139821

>>5139815
Nice try, anon, but toasters make it quicker and easier to toast bread.

A rice cooker does neither to cooking rice.

>> No.5139890

>>5139821
Put bread on burner
Turn on burner
Flip when done
Turn off burner

Are you too retarded to cook or something?

>> No.5139897

> Alton Brown
>poor mans heston blumenthal

>> No.5139901

>>5139821
>quicker
No, my normal range is much faster than the toaster.

>easier
Well, that would be subjective now wouldn't it? Personally I have no problem cooking rice in a pot, but I'm sure others would find it easier to use the rice cooker.

Also, a rice cooker frees up a much-needed extra hob on the range.

>> No.5139902

>>5139456
I'm sure you thought it was since you wrote it you filthy samefag.

>> No.5139906

>>5139890
That absolutely in no way refutes my post, though, mr Anon.

>> No.5139945

>>5139689

I'm agnostic. But okay.

>>5139710
>I dislike him. I hadn't heard of him before browsing ck but he seems to be an opinionated prick that can't cook. How's my restaurants does he have?

>can't cook

>> No.5140017

>>5139945
How do you know if he can cook if you haven't tasted his food? It could be inedible for all we know.

>> No.5140091

>>5140017

I'm not sure what courses you've taken, but when it's based around some sort of skill, they typically don't let you pass if you're completely miserable at it. I've also used a couple of his recipes in the past with excellent results.

>> No.5140097

>>5140091

But anyway, the point was that the guy I was quoting said "no one said he couldn't cook".

>> No.5140123

I saw him at a book review back at the time of his first year or two at the show. Even then he was kind of Mr. Ham for the audience, which incidentally was primarily film fans. They had the technical questions about cameras inside the oven, specifics about lighting, and so forth. They 100% monopolized the Q&A, and though he was flattered by the cult following, he was obviously disappointed it wasn't actually about his cooking, just the production of the show. Mac user, iirc, as well. You know how they were in the early 90s, mmhmm.

So, the next time I saw him was definitely a culinary crowd. He's a smart guy, thinks on his feet, gives great answers to questions, cracks jokes, and in no way would you think he's an idiot. I'm probably a better cook than he is...seeing all the flaws in his recipes and techniques. I think some of the criticism about the guy stems from the whole healthy food phase he had, which takes a launch from the flavor first purist kind of attitude he clearly had cooking the best recipes for each food. That know-it-all attitude got a bit schticky, and imho he stopped putting max effort into the segments. It lost some charm. But, it was still solid. I personally stopped liking him much when he went bowtie, and got the old money round frame horn rims, but that's just me. When he combined that with the crash diet thinness in his face, I thought, hrm, AIDS? Gay? And, just why won't he remove that mole? He wasn't charming anymore, just fast talking and scary. He was a poor choice to do Iron Chef narration.

>> No.5140127

>>5139427
Good Eats was a great show, and was what got me into cooking in the first place. (I got into watching it after Bill Nye went off the air.) Haven't seen anything else he's been in or heard much else about him.

>> No.5140181

>>5139449
Wow, what crawled up your anus and died?

>> No.5140192

>>5139427
Good Eats is a good show and i'm mad they took it off youtube, fucking Copy claims.

In real life he's kind of a southern fuddy duddy but who cares, Good Eats was entertaining and educational and is a great intro to cooking for someone who knows literally nothing.

All his other shows (besides feasting on Asphalt) are food network schlock and best avoided

>> No.5140193

>>5139636
Jesus fuck. Take your fedora elsewhere.

>> No.5140294

Following this thread, I grabbed the first Good Eats DVD I could find and it included an episode on scallops which started off with a parody of "Jaws"... fucking brilliant...

>> No.5140328

>>5140193
When did being religious be the new cool?

>> No.5140331

>>5140328
>implying

>> No.5140338

>>5140328
Tipping yet?

>> No.5140358

>>5140328
>This guys fedora is on to tight

>> No.5140374

>>5139500
*tips fedora* Feeling pretty euphoric there huh?

>> No.5140378

>>5139457
OHH HAHA WOW I MISS HER!!!

good eats is like a good dream I once had.

then I woke up and food network was no better than EA

>> No.5140382

>>5139604
I liked it, it was fun.

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>>5139457
>tfw no QT W to sell you multitaskers

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5140426

The guy who voices Krieger on Archer is in the show. So that's cool

>> No.5140484

Does anyone know why he had beef with giada? I remember on the live 2012 thanksgiving special he was shitting on her whenever she'd try to conversate with him

>> No.5140488

>>5140484
Because they worked together and they're both egotistical television personalities. Also, Alton's an autist and Giada's an airhead.

>> No.5140501

>>5140388
Dear God, what the fuck happened to him. He looks like he's aged 30 years

>> No.5140503

>>5140484
I don't know of any history. But, to be fair, Giada is a hack. She's the most inept appearing cook in all her episodes. She can't lift a simple wooden spoon without it looking like she's holding a 20lb barbell awkwardly about to drop it. She may have a little private chef, and event work with her time working for Wolfgang, but she's not intuitive, talented or amazing. That's my guess. I doubt she's ever been rude to him and vice versa. She's considered a very nice person privately, and she's from a classier background than Alton.

Alton has appeared a grumpy shit for a few years now. These episodes of holiday get togethers have always appeared strained, ill timed and kind of hard to watch. I'm surprised you didn't notice the Bobby Flay friction most of all. He's really the only true ADHD ass at the Food Network who speaks before thinking. They used to have Jacqui Malouf to kind of run interference during that one talk show, because he was so hostile to questions from his little family room crowd. Whereas, you watch any Mario episode cooking for those "friends" and never see any weird reaction to what he was doing or what a recipe means. Big difference in personality. Bobby isn't even nice to his two brain trust assistants helping him all these years.

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>>5140501
Cocaine's a hell of a drug!

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>>5140328
Since way before you came here from Reddit

>> No.5140533

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy1vLBf4CqI
Vid related?

>> No.5140552

>>5139710
>I don't hate anyone for their religion. But it does have rather clear implications regarding their intelligence.

Goddamn. Most euphoric post in the entire thread and not a single *tips fedora*? I'm disappointed, /ck/.

>> No.5140581

He's a Georgia boy who likes guns, motorcycles, and good food. That's a 10/10 bro right there.

>> No.5140626

>>5139427
>Never been here before
>per se
>Is he a decent guy?
confirmed for everything /ck/ doesn't need in a post.

>> No.5140749

>>5140552
This isn't /v/, take your reddit maymays over there, buttlord

>> No.5140807

>>5140484
Giada was a guest on Alton's podcast, he had nothing but good things to say about her.

>> No.5140827

>>5140807
That's because Giada used her ability to placate males also known as blow jobs. Look it up, she's known for them.

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>>5140827

Oh god, with those teeth.. I bet it's so painful.

>> No.5141021

>>5139470
if you know what you are doing with the dough, this is godlike.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/grilled-pizza-three-ways-recipe.html

best pizza ever. prochutto and date (add basil)

>> No.5141043

>>5140328
It's not that being religious is cool, it's being religiously tolerant that's cool.

Only fat, nerdy fedora wearing bronies think militant atheism is cool.

>> No.5141050

>>5139427
I've waited on Alton several times, he has been to my restaurant multiple times. He never seemed like a bad guy to me in person and I've had several lengthy interactions with him (he had dinner a the bar several times). Some of the other people he has brought with him have been downright assholes though. But he tips well and is friendly which is all I can ask for from a guest.

>> No.5141077

>>5140827
This is something i want to know more about

>> No.5141302

>>5140501
That is the price of becoming a hipster social justice shill.

>> No.5141621

>>5140388
who the fuck is that

>> No.5141629

>>5141050
Care to tell an anecdote?

>> No.5141634

>>5141621
Extended Play.

>> No.5141638

>>5141621
Adam Sessler, AKA, Alton Brown's twin. Well, former twin.

>> No.5141644

>>5141077
Producer: Just make sure to keep Giada away from the band.
Host: Laughs
Producer who suggested it: What?
Host: You know!
Producer who suggested it: Know what? Oh, because of the John Mayer thing? That was made up by Star Magazine.

AT that point the talk show host started talking about how the producer was clueless about what Giada’s deal is and that it is way more than rumors. Apparently Giada would confide in a stylist who also styled the talk show host and was not shy about spilling what was spilled to him which basically included that Giada often would use the excuse of “production meetings” to go meet with guys. The talk show host then called Giada a word that begins with an s and rhymes with mutt.

The producer who suggested her then asked, “so she is out then?”
The talk show host then replied, “who else do you have besides the blowjob queen?”

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>>5139746
>boil pasta in a cast iron pan

>> No.5141742

>>5139427
>per se
>Implying you can ever say that and not be assumed a fedorable neckbeard.

I personally like Alton Brown because his show made me want to learn how to cook. He also is pro-gun and I'm a pretty big gun fanatic. He is kind of funny but is also a bit of an asshole when he talks. I'm not sure if he does it purposely.

>inb4 hurr guns r bad or some crap

>> No.5141750

>>5139500
>He's Christian
And? Does that hurt your fedora?
>Pro guns
>2014
>Not being a /k/ommando

>> No.5141770

Whoa, tell me more about the Giada blowjobs. That interests me.

>> No.5141787

>>5139427
He was at his best early on, when it was basically the Mr. Wizard of food. But as time went on, it became too much about him and his personality (though thankfully nowhere near the ridiculousness of Guy Fieri).

>> No.5141790

>>5139427

Alton Brown is OK. The fact that he clings to his guns and bible has no bearing on his show. It does make the libtards on /ck/ pretty mad though, which is a plus.

As for his credentials, he attended NECI with the intent of starting a cooking show, his previous degree was in TV. So no, he's not a cook who turned into a TV guy, it's the other way around. But NECI is a respectable school where the students actually work while they're learning, so it's not as if his experience is inadequate.

>> No.5141890

>>5141742
>fedorable

tumblr cock sucker detected. get the fuck back to your SJW shithole

>>5139746
Has he offered any genius solutions to making waffles without a waffle iron?

>> No.5142406

>>5140378
> W

Her legs were fucking delicious. She knew it too, always wore skirts.

> Rawwwwrr

>> No.5142415

>>5139604
>That's why I don't like him. He talks down to the viewer like they're some kind of retard who can only understand a concept if it is explained to them through puppets or a simple cartoon. It's like I'm watching Sesame Street all over again
His initial show as from a grant for "Education in the Classroom" on PBS. That was his exact intended audience, students, before the Food Network picked him up.

>> No.5142425

>>5142406

Remember the scene where they're using a lever to break into a vault and she's dressed in a black spandex spy outfit? HELP ME JEBUS

>> No.5142430

>>5139613
>Maybe I will listen to him a little more closely after he's proven he can run a successful restaurant.
Because you watch him for the instruction you wish on how to run a restaurant? For his street cred? For if that recipe would pass the muster in a restaurant? By that logic, you want something with added fat and salt, and which can sit a long time, or be prepped ahead. It's no big deal to teach a home cook a few recipes, and they don't need to be restaurant proven to be taught well. I don't adore the guy, but your Ramsey vs Alton is nonsense.

>> No.5142437

>>5139641
turkey

Well, I loved that episode. There is a shortage of common sense regarding the booming tradition of involving the man in the Thanksgiving prep by something to do outside with a ton of beer and goofing off. It's no different than a BBQ desire. At least his contraption showed just the distance needed for safety, to snap some sense into the idiots who love that fried goodness. Myself, I think it resembles KFC too much, and the only thing about it tasty is whatever was injected. It cooks too fast for bones to flavor the meat that well. To each their own.

>> No.5142445

>>5139694
Yea...you just need to rewatch that episode. You didn't get it.

>> No.5142457

>>5139710
>But it does have rather clear implications regarding their intelligence. That applies to any and all religions, not just Christians.
The more top of their field scientists you meet, the more you'll find you're just wrong. It's the norm that the great minds of the world are actually religious. You only assume they aren't because you aren't in the circle of hanging out with Noble prize winners and their ilk. I'm sure you don't know any entrepreneurs, inventors or any other people who have completely blown away the IQ charts and demonstrated success. And, YOU, only brought up someone's religion onto a ck forum because you are parroting someone else's unoriginal insult, the brain trust that you are without your own thoughts. Faith is a serious topic. If you don't have any, good luck with that, but if you voice your assumptions about it, we can judge you as the one without intelligence. Move in different circles or mature a bit, and get back to us.

>> No.5142460

>>5142457
>It's the norm that the great minds of the world are actually religious.

[citation needed]

>> No.5142473

I'm /c/k/ So he gets me hot in all the right ways

>> No.5142475

>>5139779
>I cant believe people buy "rice cookers"
>Its not like its difficult to make rice, people have been doing it for thousands of years the same way and then all of the sudden we now need a specialized device to do it? Its like a stupid tax for people that think making rice is complicated
I used to think that way too. I don't own one, but I would under certain circumstances. I don't think it's any different than owning a Mr. Coffee with a timer that goes off at the same time as your alarm clock. If you need to keep rice warm over a couple of hours, as your family staggers home, awesome. If you make rice daily, or if you want to keep a burner free for your other pots and pans, or you simply want to leave the house, put the rice on, grab some groceries, and have your brown rice at least halfway done, etc. Do I think everyone needs one? Or should have one of every appliance? Hell no. But, there's no reason to hate them. I do own a $8 microwave pressure cooker, because that's how my cuban friends do it, and I think it's the fluffiest most delicious rice everytime they make it. It was only $8 and doesn't take up anymore cupboard space than a bowl.

>> No.5142649

>>5139815
I'm gonna back this guy up.

Probably because I have both a rice cooker, and a toaster.

My toaster is a 4 slice that cost about $50.
My rice cooker is a Durabrand 4 cup that cost $9.97CAD brand new. Have had both over 7 years so far. Both very handy.

Cooking rice on a range can be a bitch if you have a ridiculous sized wok going too, uses one less pot, and is set and forget for rice all day if need be. For under $1.50 a year investment each year so far... That's a pretty good deal for convenience.

And toasters kick ass for effortless consistency.

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>>5141890
>implying I go to tumblr
>implying I didn't find the word on 4chan
>implying you're not a giant faggot.
mfw

>> No.5144045

>>5139779
There are plenty of places in which people eat rice every single fucking day. When you do something every single day, it becomes a chore. Rice cookers make it a little more tolerable.