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.
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.
I would have thought it'd have been a pacifist fondue.
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:)