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

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The one I played longest was WoW, but my favourite is Star Wars the Old Republic. I still go back to that one for a few months at a time occasionally - played the Smuggler all the way up through the base campaign last year.

Man, I loved the SWTOR content when it first released, but the interface was so dated and clunky, it made me nuts. I mean, I loved Wrath of the Lich King, too, but not because of the user experience.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Bell literally closed his restaurant down the block and got a job at Mitla Cafe with the express intention of taking their recipes and techniques to be able to then beat them in business. He left once he had learned what he thought he had needed.

If someone did that to your business, I have to assume you'd view it as stealing.

I'm not going to defend that particular instance (or defend Taco Bell in general, which I always assumed was what happened when people drink way too much and realized that they don't have enough money for an eight ball and instead pass out in a pile of empty chalupa wrappers, diablo sauces, and vomit).

.... that said, it's somewhat standard in the restaurant industry for people to work in a kitchen for a period of time, and then compete against the place that hired them. If you look at almost any place, you'll see this happening- heck, I just watched the documentary a little while ago about the prevalence of Cambodian donut places in LA, and it's because one singular guy went to work at Winchell's, took advantage of their training program to become a donut baker, and then started (and funded) all the competitors.

Whether it's overt like that, or more just the general "sous chef leaving to start own restaurant," it's the circle of life. Again, somewhat agnostic on using the word "life" or "food" in a post about Taco Bell.

 

[MarkB]

Man, I loved the SWTOR content when it first released, but the interface was so dated and clunky, it made me nuts. I mean, I loved Wrath of the Lich King, too, but not because of the user experience.

Yeah, I was disappointed that it turned out to be a WoW clone interface-wise. For interface, I liked what Guild Wars 2 did, allowing a more customised set of actions rather than just filling toolbar after toolbar with more and more abilities.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I just watched the documentary a little while ago about the prevalence of Cambodian donut places in LA, and it's because one singular guy went to work at Winchell's, took advantage of their training program to become a donut baker, and then started (and funded) all the competitors.

I cut a lot of slack to Cambodian refugees creating a system for new arrivals to have a business that will support them without trying to convince Americans in the 1970s that they should embrace a new Asian cuisine at a time when feelings were still pretty raw about the Vietnam War. (Now, of course, Southern California has Vietnamese, Thai and other Asian cuisines as far as the eye can see, and is much better for it.)

And I think "I'm going to learn from those folks and then drive them out of business with their own recipes and techniques" is a bonus level of crappy, beyond the admittedly dog-eat-dog world of restaurateurs generally.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I cut a lot of slack to Cambodian refugees creating a system for new arrivals to have a business that will support them without trying to convince Americans in the 1970s that they should embrace a new Asian cuisine at a time when feelings were still pretty raw about the Vietnam War. (Now, of course, Southern California has Vietnamese, Thai and other Asian cuisines as far as the eye can see, and is much better for it.)

And I think "I'm going to learn from those folks and then drive them out of business with their own recipes and techniques" is a bonus level of crappy, beyond the admittedly dog-eat-dog world of restaurateurs generally.

I was just using that as a singular example (and if you haven't watched the Donut King, you should ... it goes in an unexpected direction).

It's more the general point that the food industry is more Sith-like; the apprentice always tries to rise up and kill the master. Seriously, if you look at almost any origin story, you'll see it. Look at Sonny's BBQ- Sonny Tillman worked for his cousin's BBQ restaurant, then branched off and created Sonny's (originally Fat Boys).

Whether it's taking inspiration from other places (Wendy's was "inspired" by Kewpee Hamburgers) or muscling out the originals (McDonald's) or just people who are working in a kitchen thinking that they should be cookin' for themselves, this is the one industry that you see the same stories repeated.

 

[Gradine]

Somebody once asked me what the "Trans Agenda" was and I said that I didn't know but if I was any indication it involved getting Taco Bell to bring the Mexican Pizza back and getting more people to play 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim.

In which case I'd chalk the Trans Agenda up to a qualified success.

 

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[Thomas Shey]

I honestly believe that I’ve never whacked someone on ignore that fast before. Like third interaction and just nope.

Ironically, that probably happened with the first (and now only, since they other one got--removed) person I put on ignore, when I quickly concluded they argued regularly in bad faith and life is too short.

 

[Thomas Shey]

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.

Honestly, everyone steals food from those they make contact with. The issue usually has more to do with who is who in the power relationship and how they go about it.

 

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Honestly, everyone steals food from those they make contact with. The issue usually has more to do with who is who in the power relationship and how they go about it.

and who gets the credit