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March 4, 2008
The stir-fry/bbq index
Carp pointed me to this article by Mark Liberman. I'm more sympathetic to David Brooks than Mark is, but I have to say, I thought this was funny:
| stir-fry | BBQ | BBQ/stir-fry ratio | |
| pacifist | 1,770 | 19,400 | 11.0 |
| militarist | 182 | 28,100 | 154 |
| stir-fry | BBQ | BBQ/stir-fry ratio | |
| doctor | 121,000 | 424,000 | 3.5 |
| linguist | 15,400 | 151,000 | 9.8 |
| lawyer | 36,100 | 377,000 | 10.4 |
| commando | 5,550 | 178,000 |
32.1 |
P.S. I don't know why the tables came out so weird--I copied them straight from the html file of Mark's post.
Posted by Andrew at March 4, 2008 4:03 PM
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I think pacifist stir fry is where ex-military guys get together to stir fry pacifists. Only the finest in Pacifist ManBeef is served.
Of course they say it tastes like chicken.
Posted by: Daniel Lakeland at March 4, 2008 5:19 PM.
Posted by: John at March 5, 2008 3:27 PM.
Kinda funny - growing up in California, I was on the stir-fry side of things. In the last few years, I've gotten a lot more hawkish in my politics, and, thanks to a stint in NC, developed an appreciation for good BBQ. Still better at stir-frying, though:)
Posted by: Mike at March 5, 2008 9:38 PM.