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[drewtwo99]

My very first post from the cmyk thread “What Awes you?”

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Not to demean the importance of this thread, and some of the responses have been truly amazing… but in all seriousness, this is some of the stuff that AWES me.

1. Instant Noodles. How can this stuff exist? It truly blows me away. A real guilty pleasure that is so easy to prepare and SO cheap. No meal even comes as close as being this cheap. I know it’s bad for me, but damn.

2. Cheese. Who the hell thought of making this stuff? You basically are just letting milk spoil in very specific conditions. It’s gross, but wonderful amazing stuff. Same applies to Yogurt.

3. Human Sexuality. Why is sexuality so taboo for so many people? How and why has it changed so much since we first began language. Why are there so many different sexualities, fetishes, etc. It’s really fascinating since so much of it is completely contradictory to what we would expect from a simplistic understanding of evolutionary biology.

4. Language. How language came to be. How our brains have specifically evolved to facilitate it. How language has evolved and where it will end up. How it is used to change the course of human history, as well as individual lives.

5. Cheez-Wiz. Why does everyone call Easy Cheese Cheez Wiz? The stuff that comes in a spray can is Easy Cheese (or some other store brand name). The stuff that comes in a jar that is spread with a knife is Cheez Wiz! How hard is it to keep these two things straight people??? I’ve never ONCE heard someone use Easy Cheese’s correct name. Not… Even… Once. Ever. EVER. Come on people!!! I sometimes hear people us the term cotton swab instead of Q-tip. Sometimes I hear tissue instead of Kleenex. Nowadays everyone uses the verb “to copy” instead of “to xerox”, thank God. But we are still stuck in the dark ages when it comes to Cheez Wiz vs Easy Cheese. GET WITH THE PROGRAM!!!

Wow look how fucking pedantic I was on point number 5? No wonder I’ve stuck around here and fit in so well!!!