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  • Okay so we’re talking about the difference between “All squares are rectangles” and “Not all rectangles are squares.”

    What you initially said, and what I offered a “conservative/Nazi” counterpoint to, is “Rectangles doing square things is such a rectangle thing to do,” when most rectangles are not squares.

    This is the epitome of a straw man argument.





  • No, no, no. You don’t get to pretend that what you originally said was something else entirely.

    Liberals saying they support unions and strikes, and then complaining about strikes interrupting commerce and shipping for their own entitled reasons is such a liberal thing to do.

    Those types of ultralibs aren’t well liked even in liberal circles, and they are a rarity.

    Your first comment was a blanket statement. Your second comment tried to walk that back into a very specific statement. Those are two entirely different things, and your pretending they aren’t instead of admitting you were wrong in the first case is telling.


  • Leave some straw for the rest of us.

    I can edit too:

    Okay so we’re talking about the difference between “All squares are rectangles” and “Not all rectangles are squares.”

    What you initially said, and what I offered a “conservative/Nazi” counterpoint to, is “Rectangles doing square things is such a rectangle thing to do,” when most rectangles are not squares.

    This is the epitome of a straw man argument.





  • They key with cast iron is using enough fat, which is generally more than you’d use with other cookware. High heat just burns the fat and/or the food, ruining your meal and making cleanup more difficult.

    What cast iron is really good at in terms of heat is retaining it. There’s enough mass that you have to preheat the pan for longer, but once it’s hot, it stays at a pretty stable temperature when you add your ingredients. It doesn’t get hot spots as severly, either, especially if preheated for a good long time at a relatively low heat.