I think it is useful to remember the difference between observations that apply to individuals and to populations. Noting that a population not initially defined by user icon use has a significantly lower instance of user icon use is an indication that that there is some attribute of the population which has an effect on icon use. A perfectly valid hypothesis is that the population contains many accounts created quickly, possibly in an automated way or by paid astroturfers, to create "buzz". This does not mean, and does not imply, anything about any specific account which may or may not have a user icon associated with it. The reason being, it is not the lack of icons which is interesting; it is the difference in icon use between the populations.
My girlfriend likes the idea of an egg added to burgers. And onion and all sorts of spices. And to be perfectly fair, I have made and enjoyed burgers with all sorts of things added to the meat. These days, though, I live in West Africa, and ground beef of decent quality is not easy to come by. When I do get it, all I want is salt and pepper.
I have always felt that a burger that requires pressing needed better shaping to begin with. The flip side of that is that a well shaped burger is quite thin in comparison to its diameter (This still means 3/4 of an inch thick for me, but I use more than half a pound of meat per burger) and is thus fragile. Flipping more than once is not a mortal sin, but flipping too early is, because everything will fall apart. And it just so happens that flipping as soon as the burger is cooked enough to hold together, and then letting it cook that long again on the other side, results in a perfect medium rare, so why flip more?
The most important thing I have found when cooking burgers is coals hot enough to get good brown color on the outside in just a few minutes.
Never heard "whop yo jaw," but I did know "broke da mouth" (mouth rhyming with "out"), which seems to be of similar spirit. (Big Island, 1990s)
I love the grey/gray distinction. About 80% of people I have asked agree that they are different colors, with most people agreeing with my perception (selection bias?) that gray is more mechanical (computers, dystopian futures) and grey more organic (mice, cloth). This is rarely reversed. About 1/3 feel it is a difference of color temperature, mostly with gray being warmer.
That's what really bothers me about blaming the local authorities. Most disasters will come with less warning. Local authorities will have no time to do anything before and no infrastructure to do anything afterwards. These are the situations DHS needs to be able to respond to. In New Orleans they had it easy. Regardless of the local mistakes, the majority of residents were evacuated before the hurricane struck. If DHS can't pick up a situation like that and get it under control, there is no chance they could deal with a major earthquake in LA or San Francisco, or an actual terrorist attack, or a tsunami. The local mistakes are local business. I didn't vote for those officials, and I'm not affected by their decisions. DHS is everyone's business.
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