The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[overgeeked]

You don't have to feel shame about stealing an recipe from anywhere. A recipe is legally not considered copyright-able.

Not entirely true. A basic list of ingredients is not copyrightable, but the particular expression of the steps necessary to put them together is copyrightable. So you can’t copy and paste the recipe itself, but you can rewrite it. Which is why a lot of recipes intentionally put steps in a weird order or include far more personal info than necessary. Like greasing a pan in step one when you won’t need it until 3 hours later or the writer suddenly talking about their summer vacations with grandma in the middle of step four.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Pretty sure legality is not the rubric by which someone should feel shame for certain actions.

That's right!

Shame is just the necessary ingredient to make sex hotte....


um..... nevermind.

 

[eyeheartawk]

Not entirely true. A basic list of ingredients is not copyrightable, but the particular expression of the steps necessary to put them together is copyrightable. So you can’t copy and paste the recipe itself, but you can rewrite it. Which is why a lot of recipes intentionally put steps in a weird order or include far more personal info than necessary. Like greasing a pan in step one when you won’t need it until 3 hours later or the writer suddenly talking about their summer vacations with grandma in the middle of step four.

It's exactly why online recipes are so annoying. Better make sure the recipe that is basically the same as in 100 other places is the exclusive provenance of my mommy blog!

 

[payn]

Gotta say, im happy about the new survey. WotC allows you to pick the items you want to rate and disucss and lets you skip commenting on every single item.

 

[trappedslider]

That's right!

Shame is just the necessary ingredient to make sex hotte....


um..... nevermind.

We don't kink shame around here unless...nvm

It's exactly why online recipes are so annoying. Better make sure the recipe that is basically the same as in 100 other places is the exclusive provenance of my mommy blog!

I don't care why you chose that brand Jessica...just give me the recipe!

 

[trappedslider]

and we found a new way to piss off @Maxperson and other Tolkien purist

 

[RealAlHazred]

I feel like too many people in this thread have never read any of the "Gallery of Regrettable Foods" posts by James Lileks.

WARNING: Even I find some of the photos Not Safe For Lunch.

 

[Maxperson]

and we found a new way to piss off @Maxperson and other Tolkien purist

I'm not actually going to be upset by it. I wasn't upset by the D&D versions of Middle Earth, though I wouldn't play them due to how the races are built. A game is different enough to me from a book, show or movie that is purporting to be Middle Earth that I give games more leeway.

 

[Mad_Jack]

you know if there was an elimination-style game for food that Anglo-Saxons didn't steal I think maybe only one would make it to the end.

 

[eyeheartawk]

and we found a new way to piss off @Maxperson and other Tolkien purist

Wasn't there already a LOTR MMO from like the late 2000's?