How SEO Ruined the Internet

Re:How SEO Ruined the Internet by stevekemp on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @12:41PM (#22804790)

I know that different cultures are different, but I always think of Americans as being (kitchen) gadget-obsessed.

Maybe I've watched too many infomercials and soaps. I've reached a point where I know Americans don't have (electric) kettles, but a scale seems like a necessity for anybody who cooks.

(I guess there are lot of people, American, or otherwise, who just don't cook. So I'd understand in that case. But cooking without a scale just seems surprising. Even where I come from a grew up with a balance-scale with brass weights. Never hugely accurate, but always available.)

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Re:How SEO Ruined the Internet by umvi on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @01:08PM (#22805140)

It's because Americans mainly cook with volumes ("1 cup flour") and not masses ("100g flour"). Just look at any American recipe book - it will use volumes instead of weights.

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Re:How SEO Ruined the Internet by richjdsmith on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @01:14AM (#22810267)

Wait, Canadian here, American's don't have electric kettles?

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Re:How SEO Ruined the Internet by stevekemp on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @09:08AM (#22812579)

Apparently they're unusual and not at all common.

People seem to prefer to use the kinda old-fashioned manual kettles you place on the top of a stove.

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