Hot Takes Discussion

[Atomic Testing Museum]

Kim Jong-Un has done more for the environment that any other world leader and should be given an award immediately.

[-Astoria-]

I don't understand; the cereal eventually mixes with the milk, no matter which comes first.

you are what's wrong with the world

no u

the point has still not been challenged

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I don't understand; the cereal eventually mixes with the milk, no matter which comes first.

I suppose if you put milk in first, then putting the cereal in after can result in splash.

But the same applies when in reverse.

Unless it's powdered milk, in which case it flops into the bowl/cereal.

[Hemakral]

Unless it's powdered milk, in which case it flops into the bowl/cereal.

there truly are no limits to your perversion

[Eahland]

People who pour milk before cereal are nutjobs in the making.

I don't understand; the cereal eventually mixes with the milk, no matter which comes first.

We seriously had a whole thread about this.

I'm just going to quote myself from that thread:

I'm genuinely baffled that anyone would put the milk in first. Milk-first means that you have to correctly pre-estimate the amount of milk you need to wet the cereal without overflowing the bowl when the cereal's added, and that you have to be careful when pouring the cereal in (especially if it's big chunky things like Frosted Mini-Wheats) to avoid splashing milk out of the bowl, and you end up with cereal that's soggy on the bottom and dry on top. And I'm not seeing any countervailing advantages.

And as that last point implies, the milk actually mixes better with the cereal if it's added after, because it pours down through the cereal and saturates it from the top down, while if you put the milk in first and then add cereal, the cereal that's on the bottom, in the milk, gets wet, while the cereal on top stays dry, unless you then stir it together, which brings more chances to slop stuff out of the bowl.

[Republic Of Ludwigsburg]

Hot Take: Christians cannot be secular

[Republic Of Ludwigsburg]

> people who pour milk before cereal
In what universe are they equal to QAnon followers?

People who pour milk before cereal are nutjobs in the making.

If you pour milk before cereal, the cereal is more crispy. If you put cereal first it becomes soggy.

[Hemakral]

Hot Take: Christians cannot be secular

Do you mean that religious people cannot truly separate their religion from the rest of their lives or that religious people are not nonreligious
cause one is a statement of fact and the other is an opinion

[The Kingdom of the Three Isles]

Both the crypto and trans community can now be seen as a religious movement.

As a religious person I can agree

[Hemakral]

People who pour milk before cereal are nutjobs in the making.

If you pour milk before cereal, the cereal is more crispy. If you put cereal first it becomes soggy.

it don't get soggy if you eat faster than the heat death of the universe
you just GOTTA GO FAST!

[The Kingdom of the Three Isles]

Hot Take: Christians cannot be secular

Just…no

[The Kingdom of the Three Isles]

> people who pour milk before cereal
In what universe are they equal to QAnon followers?

People who pour milk before cereal are nutjobs in the making.

No u. There really is no difference and are you calling people nutjobs just because they do something different than you?

[Blue Florentine]

Oh, boy do I have a lot. I am a biracial White-Native American who is a conservative that supports universal healthcare, LGB rights, and gun control.

[Hemakral]

Both the crypto and trans community can now be seen as a religious movement.

As a religious person I can agree

How is the trans community a religious movement?
Political and social, sure, but religious is kinda dubious
I'm pretty sure you need to be worshipping something for that

[Hemakral]

Oh, boy do I have a lot. I am a biracial White-Native American who is a conservative that supports universal healthcare, LGB rights, and gun control.

You forgot the T, mate.

[Blue Florentine]

Oh, boy do I have a lot. I am a biracial White-Native American who is a conservative that supports universal healthcare, LGB rights, and gun control.

You forgot the T, mate.

I didn't forget it. I left it out

[Necroghastia]

You forgot the T, mate.

I didn't forget it. I left it out

So you don't actually support healthcare, then.

[Hemakral]

You forgot the T, mate.

I didn't forget it. I left it out

Oh, ok. Fuck you, then.

[Blue Florentine]

I didn't forget it. I left it out

So you don't actually support healthcare, then.

Of course I do! Everyone deserves healthcare.

[-Astoria-]

Unless it's powdered milk, in which case it flops into the bowl/cereal.

there truly are no limits to your perversion

Never advocated, just described.

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People who pour milk before cereal are nutjobs in the making.

If you pour milk before cereal, the cereal is more crispy. If you put cereal first it becomes soggy.

Depending on the temperature, probably.

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I don't understand; the cereal eventually mixes with the milk, no matter which comes first.

We seriously had a whole thread about this.

I'm just going to quote myself from that thread:

I'm genuinely baffled that anyone would put the milk in first. Milk-first means that you have to correctly pre-estimate the amount of milk you need to wet the cereal without overflowing the bowl when the cereal's added, and that you have to be careful when pouring the cereal in (especially if it's big chunky things like Frosted Mini-Wheats) to avoid splashing milk out of the bowl, and you end up with cereal that's soggy on the bottom and dry on top. And I'm not seeing any countervailing advantages.

And as that last point implies, the milk actually mixes better with the cereal if it's added after, because it pours down through the cereal and saturates it from the top down, while if you put the milk in first and then add cereal, the cereal that's on the bottom, in the milk, gets wet, while the cereal on top stays dry, unless you then stir it together, which brings more chances to slop stuff out of the bowl.

What kind of miniscule bowl are you using if you're worried about overflowing? There's no need to pre-estimate; just eyeball with the process (for larger cereal, just add less milk).

On the last point, doesn't the cereal alternatively become saturated with milk (ie the reason why it's there in the first place), with its flavour passing into the milk when added last?

As mentioned earlier, unless the bowl is tiny, & you're not stirring at top speed, there's little reason for things to fly out in the process.

[Stellar Colonies]

yes

Astrology nerds are heretics though, astronomy vult

Agreed. One of my pet peeves is people who confuse astronomy and astrology. Along with "armchair forensic scientists" who think they know everything about how a crime is solved because they watch true crime documentaries or listen to true crime podcasts.

Yes.

[Necroghastia]

So you don't actually support healthcare, then.

Of course I do! Everyone deserves healthcare.

Cool, so you support trans rights.

[Blue Florentine]

Agreed. One of my pet peeves is people who confuse astronomy and astrology. Along with "armchair forensic scientists" who think they know everything about how a crime is solved because they watch true crime documentaries or listen to true crime podcasts.

Yes.

On that note, my astronomy professor from college moonlighted as an astrologist to make extra cash

[Hemakral]

Never advocated, just described.

fair enough, I suppose

[Eahland]

We seriously had a whole thread about this.

I'm just going to quote myself from that thread:


And as that last point implies, the milk actually mixes better with the cereal if it's added after, because it pours down through the cereal and saturates it from the top down, while if you put the milk in first and then add cereal, the cereal that's on the bottom, in the milk, gets wet, while the cereal on top stays dry, unless you then stir it together, which brings more chances to slop stuff out of the bowl.

What kind of miniscule bowl are you using if you're worried about overflowing?

Corelle Old Town Blue cereal bowls, generally.

There's no need to pre-estimate; just eyeball with the process (for larger cereal, just add less milk).

In other words, pre-estimate.

On the last point, doesn't the cereal alternatively become saturated with milk (ie the reason why it's there in the first place), with its flavour passing into the milk when added last?

No, because the cereal is not a liquid. When you put the cereal in last, it forms strata, where the bottom layer is down in the milk and gets soggy, but the top is up out of the milk, and the milk only wicks up into it slowly, if at all, so you end up with cereal that's very unevenly wetted, whereas because the milk is a liquid, when you pour it onto the cereal, it flows down through it and wets the upper layers before collecting in the bottom.

As mentioned earlier, unless the bowl is tiny, & you're not stirring at top speed, there's little reason for things to fly out in the process.

I put in a lot of cereal. I'm a big guy.

And I'm still not seeing any actual advantage to putting the milk in first, just arguments for why it's not really a disadvantage if your bowl isn't too full.

[-Astoria-]

Never advocated, just described.

fair enough, I suppose

Mind you, they can work in a pinch if liquid milk is expensive, or you don't have a fridge.