Super Terrific Japanese Thing: Pasta Fork
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?Okay, this isn’t the most mind-blowing Super Terrific Japanese Thing ever… but it is mind-blowing to me. The Japanese have created a new utensil? That shit is fucked up, yo. It’s like adding a new letter to the alphabet or something — you just can’t do it. Sure, it’s not a bad idea on its own — another little tine on another plane would surely help twirl pasta more effectively — but are mouths prepared for this? Wouldn’t people stab themselves in the mouth and cheeks constantly with this tiny instrument of death? Moreover, who the hell gave the Japanese the right to start fucking with the utensil system we’ve been using for centuries? Look, the planet hasn’t even fully accepted the spork yet. I refuse to discuss the pasta fork until we settle the matter of the spork. (Via Gizmodo)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.