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[–] synapse1278 29 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[–] samus12345 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

*Hayrro

It warms my heart that Chiyo-chichi is recognized when this comic is posted.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

i still sing chiyo's tsukurimashou song to myself while working on stuff

edit: unrelated but this song also lives rent free in my head

[–] bfg9k 13 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

FINE SANK YOU

I WISH I WERE A BIRD

[–] TheTetrapod 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why is the popcorn man Osaka's dad?

[–] ledge 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] TheTetrapod 7 points 5 months ago

Shit, you're right. It's been too long.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago

"Salty it is"

[–] xantoxis 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 18 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Do you refer to a bag of popcorn as one singular popped corn?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

I refer to a bag of popcorn as a bag of popcorn

[–] xantoxis 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You yourself just referred to it as a "bag"

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but it's like the difference between a shirt and a pair of pants.

Pants are one singular item yet we use a plural word to describe them.

[–] xantoxis 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Are you trolling? Nobody says popcorns.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No this is just an example of the opposite.

We also use singular words when referring to the plural. Corn is a perfect example. Corn is the singular and the plural.

So using "them" when referring to corn (or in this case popcorn) makes sense. There are multiple kernels and with "them" being a plural pronoun it fits.

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[–] Snowclone 0 points 5 months ago

I was saying 'popcorns'.....

[–] RampantParanoia2365 3 points 5 months ago

Yes, actually. I refer to it as "popcorn" just like you did just now.

[–] CrayonRosary 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

It's a singular mass noun like sand. Do you say "popcorns"?

[–] jaybone 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's like fish and sheep. One popcorn, two popcorn, a bag of popcorn.

[–] CrayonRosary 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You can't say "one popcorn" or "two popcorn" because mass nouns aren't countable. It's just "popcorn" for any amount of popcorn. Notice I said "amount" and not "number" because, again, popcorn is a mass noun and cannot be enumerated. If you want to enumerate kernals of popcorn, you have to say "kernels of popcorn".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yes, you can. I just did. Try to stop me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

A serving is often treated as singular a unit in English. Popcorn, rice, candy, etc. "I ate all of it," not "I ate all of them." Only when referring to pieces of popcorn does it become them.

[–] GrabtharsHammer 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Context tells us they bought two or more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Could be one cob of corn with many popped kernels, you can't prove it's not...

[–] TrickDacy 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In English popcorn is pronouned as a non living item: it

[–] candybrie 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's singular, though. If you're talking about two bags of popcorn, how do you refer to them?

[–] TrickDacy 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, most couples would share one bag, and in this context specifically, it would also be awkward wording even if that's what they meant.

But yes you could in some context obviously also talk about bags of popcorn as "them".

[–] then_three_more 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, most couples would share one bag, and in this context specifically, it would also be awkward wording even if that's what they meant.

In the first panel he cashier is asking if they want 'them' salty or sweet. Indicating that contrary to what would be common this couple has, indeed, chosen to buy multiple bags. Perhaps there was a special offer making it make far more economic sense to have separate bags on the occasion.

[–] TrickDacy 3 points 5 months ago

And at the same time they aren't referring to anything individual about them. Struck me as a non native English speaker writing a bit improperly

[–] RampantParanoia2365 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] then_three_more 1 points 5 months ago

Two bags on top of the machine in the first panel, maybe?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I can only hear it in norio wakamoto's voice

edit: I'm happy to see I'm not the only one

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Here's the original: https://web.archive.org/web/20220615000000*/https://twitter.com/fat_cat_senpai/status/862685605502824448

[–] jaybone 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Where do they offer sweet popcorn when it’s popped fresh like that?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure I understand. You never had freshly made sweet popcorn, only salty?

[–] ripcord 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Well, it's delicious. But even better is when they let you mix salty and sweet popcorn.

[–] EvolvedTurtle 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Man Why doesn't like AMC have different kinds of popcorn

I feel that would be so popular

[–] RampantParanoia2365 1 points 5 months ago

This is an excellent question. There are big tins with a variety of popcorn. Why don't theaters do this?

[–] PlantJam 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You really need to experience homemade kettle corn. It's a bit of a process, and way more work than just popping a bag in the microwave, but it's absolutely delicious.

[–] jaybone 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But it looks like they are at a movie theater. That was my point.

Where else do you walk up to a counter with a giant machine popping pop corn and they ask you “sweet or salty?” Where do you go where that happens?

[–] PlantJam 1 points 5 months ago

Sorry, my comment was unrelated to the comic. I just really like homemade kettle corn.

[–] ripcord 2 points 5 months ago

He looks like he has a second huger mouth above his eyes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Man, I don't know how but somehow the box of microwave popcorn I bought recently is defective. I put it in for double the time it says to and it still doesn't pop most of the kernels and the popcorn it does manage to pop is like... Stale? I don't even know how to describe it. It's cruncier and firmer than it should be and is almost totally lacking in butter flavor despite being the "extra theatre butter" style.

How the fuck does popcorn go bad before it's ever even been popped? 🤨 Anyway, what I have is definitely "ugly popcorn."

[–] naticus 11 points 5 months ago

It went bad because it somehow dried out (maybe the seal was defective). Popcorn pops by heating the water inside the kernel to the point it bursts open. If you have old popcorn, you can soak the kernels for 10 to 60 min, pat dry, and then heat.

I hope your future popcorn is prettier. Or that you enjoy pity popcorn.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Alpha popcorn man

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