http://airows.com/travel/23-brilliant-life-lessons-from-anthony-bourdain
1.) “SKILLS CAN BE TAUGHT. CHARACTER YOU EITHER HAVE OR YOU DON'T HAVE.”
2.) “IF YOU’RE TWENTY-TWO, PHYSICALLY FIT, HUNGRY TO LEARN AND BE BETTER, I URGE YOU TO TRAVEL – AS FAR AND AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE. SLEEP ON FLOORS IF YOU HAVE TO. FIND OUT HOW OTHER PEOPLE LIVE AND EAT AND COOK. LEARN FROM THEM – WHEREVER YOU GO.”
3.) “DON'T LIE ABOUT IT. YOU MADE A MISTAKE. ADMIT IT AND MOVE ON. JUST DON'T DO IT AGAIN. EVER”
4.) "WHAT NICER THING CAN YOU DO FOR SOMEBODY THAN MAKE THEM BREAKFAST?"
5.) “TRAVEL CHANGES YOU. AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THIS LIFE AND THIS WORLD YOU CHANGE THINGS SLIGHTLY, YOU LEAVE MARKS BEHIND, HOWEVER SMALL. AND IN RETURN, LIFE - AND TRAVEL - LEAVES MARKS ON YOU. MOST OF THE TIME, THOSE MARKS - ON YOUR BODY OR ON YOUR HEART - ARE BEAUTIFUL. OFTEN, THOUGH, THEY HURT.”
6.) "YOU LEARN A LOT ABOUT SOMEONE WHEN YOU SHARE A MEAL TOGETHER."
7.) “YOUR BODY IS NOT A TEMPLE, IT'S AN AMUSEMENT PARK. ENJOY THE RIDE.”
8.) “MAYBE THAT’S ENLIGHTENMENT ENOUGH: TO KNOW THAT THERE IS NO FINAL RESTING PLACE OF THE MIND; NO MOMENT OF SMUG CLARITY. PERHAPS WISDOM...IS REALIZING HOW SMALL I AM, AND UNWISE, AND HOW FAR I HAVE YET TO GO."
9.) “I DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU TO LIKE YOU OR RESPECT YOU.”
10.) “GOOD FOOD IS VERY OFTEN, EVEN MOST OFTEN, SIMPLE FOOD.”
11.) “WE KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, THAT THERE IS A DIRECT, INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FREQUENCY OF FAMILY MEALS AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS. BLUNTLY STATED, MEMBERS OF FAMILIES WHO EAT TOGETHER REGULARLY ARE STATISTICALLY LESS LIKELY TO STICK UP LIQUOR STORES, BLOW UP METH LABS, GIVE BIRTH TO CRACK BABIES, COMMIT SUICIDE, OR MAKE DONKEY PORN. IF LITTLE TIMMY HAD JUST HAD MORE MEATLOAF, HE MIGHT NOT HAVE GROWN UP TO FILL CHEST FREEZERS WITH CUB SCOUT PARTS.”
12.) "OPEN YOUR MIND, GET UP OFF THE COUCH, MOVE.”
13.) “LUCK IS NOT A BUSINESS MODEL.”
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14.) “THERE’S SOMETHING WONDERFUL ABOUT DRINKING IN THE AFTERNOON. A NOT-TOO-COLD PINT, ABSOLUTELY ALONE AT THE BAR – EVEN IN THIS FAKE-ASS IRISH PUB.”
15.) “UNDER 'REASONS FOR LEAVING LAST JOB', NEVER GIVE THE REAL REASON, UNLESS IT'S MONEY OR AMBITION.”
16.) “IT’S VERY RARELY A GOOD CAREER MOVE TO HAVE A CONSCIENCE.”
17.) “THE WAY YOU MAKE AN OMELET REVEALS YOUR CHARACTER.”
18.) “CONTEXT AND MEMORY PLAY POWERFUL ROLES IN ALL THE TRULY GREAT MEALS IN ONE’S LIFE.”
19.) “GOOD FOOD AND GOOD EATING ARE ABOUT RISK.”
20.) "THEY'RE PROFESSIONALS AT THIS IN RUSSIA, SO NO MATTER HOW MANY JELL-O SHOTS OR JAGER SHOOTERS YOU MIGHT HAVE DOWNED AT COLLEGE MIXERS, NO MATTER HOW GOOD A DRINKER YOU MIGHT THINK YOU ARE, DON'T FORGET THAT THE RUSSIANS - ANY RUSSIAN - CAN DRINK YOU UNDER THE TABLE.”
21.) “IF YOU LOOK SOMEONE IN THE EYE AND CALL THEM A ‘FAT, WORTHLESS, SYPHILITIC PUDDLE OF BADGER CRAP’ IT DOESN’T MEAN YOU DON’T LIKE THEM. IT CAN BE – AND OFTEN IS – A TERM OF ENDEARMENT.”
22.) “WITHOUT NEW IDEAS SUCCESS CAN BECOME STALE.”
23.) “BUT I DO THINK THE IDEA THAT BASIC COOKING SKILLS ARE A VIRTUE, THAT THE ABILITY TO FEED YOURSELF AND A FEW OTHERS WITH PROFICIENCY SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO EVERY YOUNG MAN AND WOMAN AS A FUNDAMENTAL SKILL, SHOULD BECOME AS VITAL TO GROWING UP AS LEARNING TO WIPE ONE’S OWN ASS, CROSS THE STREET BY ONESELF, OR BE TRUSTED WITH MONEY.”
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Are these /pol/ approved? What does /pol/ think about this man?
>>70362394
He leans left. I like his show though.
>>70362319
>what nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast
never really thought of it like that
life lessons from a drug addict
>CHARACTER YOU EITHER HAVE OR YOU DON'T HAVE.
I thought character was something you developed as you grew; a direct consequence of your experiences and the environment in which you were raised in.
His name echoes
>>70362319
Hope he ODs on heroin soon.
>>70362319
>>70362394
asinine
>>70362319
>“YOUR BODY IS NOT A TEMPLE, IT'S AN AMUSEMENT PARK. ENJOY THE RIDE.”
The mark of a weak, inferior mind is an addiction to base pleasures.
>TRAVELING IS FUN
So insightful
>u just neeed 2 travel
>dude alcohol lmao
>life's a ride bro XD
>>70362394
>17.) “THE WAY YOU MAKE AN OMELET REVEALS YOUR CHARACTER.”
Expand on this. This doesn't make sense.
>>70365168
Number seven made me immediately discard this trash too. Terrible advice!
>>70362319
should have said
>23 BRILLIANT LIFE LESSONS FROM ANTHONY BOURDAIN IF YOU ARE A FIRST WORLDER AND HAVE MONEY
>>70362394
Also, CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL.
BUT EVEN WITH CRUISE CONTROL YOU NEED TO STEER.
>>70365321
Its a chef thing I think. Cooking eggs properly is a basic yet challenging thing.
>>70365321
>half of these are cute little insights
>half of these are random bullshit from my ass
welcome to philosophy.
>>70365321
how do you make an omelet
>>70366177
By cooking eggs.
>>70366144
Oh, so it's basically elitism.
>>70366150
I figured that. But I think he was trying to make a point.
How do you make omelets, /pol/?
There is no point traveling in the modern age, most of the world looks exactly the same now, either globalist identical cities or third world shitshacks
It's just more bullshit to instill the habit of constantly throwing our money away
I disagree with 2 and 7. Mostly 7. The rest are fine.
>>70366854
what a dismal fucking outlook on life
you've never wanted to go to the beaches of california or disney world florida or syndey austrailia or anything?
>>70362319
>10.) “GOOD FOOD IS VERY OFTEN, EVEN MOST OFTEN, SIMPLE FOOD.”
I agree with this.
I like a simple salt&pepper NY strip cooked to medium rare perfection.
>>70362319
There was a time to travel the world, it's not right now though. There's violence everywhere people are less likely to trust strangers for good reason.
>>70362319
>7.) “YOUR BODY IS NOT A TEMPLE, IT'S AN AMUSEMENT PARK. ENJOY THE RIDE.”
Excuse my while I go masturbate for the next 15 hours.
>>70366955
>>70366854
What is this?
An American encouraging travel and a European grim on travel?
>>70366529
>by cooking eggs
that's how you make many different types of egg dish. it's in the details, that is what he is getting at. do you think everyone makes an omelette the same way?
>>70367164
Fucking idiot. It's all hyped up. In fact, crime is at its all time low for the past few hundred years AND population is 7 billion.
>>70366955
I can watch this shit on my computer/TV/Oculus Rift.
>>70367237
Well, I assume an omelette is just made with beaten eggs and cooked on a skillet. I, myself, prefer it with cheese and a little ketchup with some x-crispy bacon on the side. No snausage, though.
>>70364557
Uh oh. Looks like mr. Perfect had graced us with his presence.
>>70367217
Yea dude, I love traveling, I try to make a trip somewhere I haven't been every year. Last year I went to vegas for the first time and the year before that I went to Disney world for the first time.
This year I wanna go to Iceland and visit the volcano and all that stuff, I hear iceland is beautiful and fun to drive around the country roads.
>>70367462
And you won't experience anything about it
>>70367338
Well go ahead and get featured in an ISIS video, not my problem.
>>70366955
Not really, Disneyland is soulless as fuck as is the state it resides in. In general I have no interest in visiting any more of America than I've seen already. And Australia I'm not particularly interested in at all
I think the last place I'll visit that I haven't been to already is Japan as it still has some of its own culture left. After that anywhere that has sunshine and isn't a tourist trap will do
>have literally never left the state of Illinois
>"o-oh you're going to Hawaii again?! and New Zealand in the fall? wow too expensive for me haha! see you when you get back"
>>70367636
Define experience.
>>70367752
>Not really, Disneyland is soulless as fuck as is the state it resides in
You've obviously never been there. Your opinion is 100% invalid
>disney world is shit
>how do you know? did you have a bad time there?
>No I've never been there
then how would you fucking know you shithead?
>I'm not interested in those places
then go somewhere where you ARE interested
>inb4 I'm not interested in anywhere
then stay inside like a stupid neet, anyone whose soulless is you
>>70367914
Watching TV is nothing like actually being there
>>70367683
Or, step into the wild west in the early 1900s and get stomped, scalped, raped, or otherwise brutally murdered by Natives.
That's cherry picking. It is much safer now to travel then it was 30+ years ago. There are shitty places now. Use your brain and don't go there.
>>70362587
His cnn show is shit. Bitch i want to see you stuff your face with food from around the world, not talk politics.
>>70367636
Ooh, I liked Vegas. Pretty city.
>>70366854
I can travel literally 5 minutes from my front door and see insanely beautiful gorgeous nature that is completely unique to the world.
Move out of London cunt, it's a total shithole
>>70367752
Thats also like saying
>why go out to get a nice burger at a nice burger joint/restraunt when I can stay at home or go to mcdonalds
>>70366177
>Cut the ingredients
>Mix the eggs in a bowl
>Put ingredients in the bowl
>Put oil in the pan(use butter if I feel like an elite)
>>70364636
yeah thats right but some people are just lost. they will never have a character unless something drastic changes in their life
>>70362319
literally who?
>>70368014
Meh, it's close enough to get an idea without having to smell the natives.
>>70362319
>>70362394
what a pompous asshole
>>70368130
Was there any truth in that thread posted on this very board about him getting drunk and eating a baby by mistake in China? CNN put a gag order on him and the crew the OP said.
>>70368523
nice excuse, do you not leave the house because the place outside are all boring and you already know what they're like because you saw it on your googlemaps
>>70362319
It's like reading a magazine like GQ or some shit like that.
>>70368540
>getting drunk and eating a baby by mistake in China
SHIEEEEEEET
>>70368643
It was a long arse thread.
And if OP was trolling it was done well.
I've never heard any follow up rumours.
Cooked an omelette last night for myself and the wife. Used 7 eggs cooked slow. Grilled slightly blackened cajun new york steak, sauted onions and peppers, gouda cheese... homemade fries... Yeah, I am an asshole.
>>70362319
>Bourdain
From when /pol/ listens to some kike's asinine drivel?
>>70369087
He's cool.
>>70367624
>he must be perfect if he's not addicted to drugs
drug addict spotted
>>70368598
Nice strawman.
There's some analysis involved in the decision between traveling to a place and consuming media about a place.
Egypt might have interesting ruins, but I'd rather watch documentaries about it than being killed by Durka Durka.
>>70369087
fuck you potatoslav
Bourdain is totally based. I've met and talked with him extensively.
>>70369500
How many needle marks are visible on him?
>>70368316
/v/ with its food metaphors that mean absolutely nothing
>>70367976
Disneyland is well documented you fucking moron. I'm sure your low IQ ensures you are filled with happiness seeing people dressing up as cartoon characters but Disney and Disneyization as a whole are one of the worst parts of our fucked up capitalist system
Try reading some Boudrillard, get an education you fucktard
>>70369344
Thats literally what you're saying
>I don't wanna go there because I've seen it on the internet and TV
>Egypt is cool, but I'd rather go to watch documentaries
watching a documentary is NOTHING like actually going there
>>70366854
Globalism sucks.
Italy is different from the uk without being third world though
>>70369580
None. That shit was a long time ago.
>>70369585
>Disneyland is well documented you fucking moron
and suddenly watching a video of being on space mountain roller coaster is the same as actually going on the rollercoaster itself right? thats how delusional you are, you literally think that watching a video and documented shit is the same thing as actually being there.
Next you won't even go swimming in a pool because you can just watch a video of a guy swimming in a pool its the same thing right?
>>70369602
What I'm saying is that some places are too expensive and dangerous to visit and media about those places is good enough without me having to risk my life there.
>>70362319
>>70362394
Nothing grinds my gears quite like some pompous fuckface with a list of life lessons.
Maybe it's because I've been on the internet too long but I've seen a million of these and they've become a cliche.
There's always lesson that says to not be afraid of taking chances, that you will most likely fail but you have to get up and try again.
Usually after this one, there is the lesson that tries to bring the reader back down to earth, it's usually pessimistic of even nihilistic in nature. Something like "never trust anyone, not even yourself".
Then there's always the lesson that says to get out and travel. It's not like people have pressing matters in their life they need to attend to right? Nah, they can just take a year off of work to travel to some bumfuck city in India and catch a disease.
And the one that grinds my gear the most, the """""quirky"""" lesson. This one for example
>THE WAY YOU MAKE AN OMELET REVEALS YOUR CHARACTER :^)
It's just begging to for attention and to be questioned further, but of course its just about as shallow as every other """"lesson""""
>>70369602
>nothing like going there
You're right
>watch documentary, see cool landmarks
>go there, smelly brown people try to steal from you and sell their cheap tourist tat, everything is crowded and you can't get anywhere near the sights themselves
>>70369713
Are you retarded? It's a fucking theme park but with Disney shit on it. I've been to a fucking theme park before, I know what its like you moron
>>70369790
>disney
>expensive and dangerous
>>70366177
i mix the eggs in a bowl, add just a bit of salt and milk/cream, and pour a third or quarter of the mix in a cast iron pan which i preheated to a really high temperature, set the fire to low and fry it on a bit of lard until it gets done 1/4in (5mm) around the edges. i then fold it in half, pour another third/quarter of the mix in and let it cover entire pan (and let it flow under the folded piece), rinse and repeat. then you end up with a moist, fluffy, leafy texture.
it has changed my life
>>70369713
It's close enough to give an approximation of the experience.
>>70369847
I was talking about Egypt.
>>70362319
>>70362394
Wrong board. back to co/ck/ you go.
>>70369860
No its not
>>70362394
>>70362319
He's a Jew spouting words that appear wise.
He's for immigration and open borders, thats enough for me to disregard him.
>>70366659
Beat some eggs, add a little milk, salt and pepper, into a pan with butter, I like it with cheese, usually cheddar and Swiss. Serve with toast and coffee or tea, side of melon
>>70365168
On my phone so *tips fedora*
>>70369848
I use olive oil instead of lard but this is pretty much bang on. Try adding a little bit of warm water in the bowl - it makes it even fluffier.
>>70369827
>>70370418
kek, was waiting for that one
>>70368356
The PeruANO not using lard.
>>70362319
how do i leave the house when I owe 1000$ a month to the bank?
>>70365321
it makes no sense because it's pretentious bullshit
>>70366177
whisked eggs in pan, flip like pancake
add cream cheese, sausage, mushrooms, spinach
fold on in half
done.
>>70367636
Let's do meth, we can trip all the time bro.
>>70369827
Fucking perfect summary. Nailed all of these.
All this reveals is his low IQ
DUDE FOOD LOL
>>70365321
My first thought was that it was an oblique reference to the phrase "you have to break a few eggs to make an omelette".
If I were inclined to stretch the idea, it would be that the sacrifices you choose to make in pursuit of a goal tell a lot about you (ex: sacrificing sleep rather than time with your kids when working a lot of overtime).
All in all, this doesn't sound like anything earth shattering. Just another list by someone who can't comprehend the idea that not everyone has the luxury of being able to travel at the drop of a hat like him.
>>70372236
Drugs make best friends. Tested and exported from the heart of Europe. Morocco could be interesting thou...
I am not sure who this fuck is, but I am probably almost as old as him, so lets see how we line up
1) Definitely agree. I have my own business and I HAVE to hire based on just skill, but I promote based on loyalty, and how much I just generally trust people, since they'll be the one interacting with the public and have access to our accounts for materials ect. You can induce loyalty if a person is predisposed, but you can't teach it.
2) Absolutely. You learn a lot when you travel, about people, and about where you come from too.
3) Agree. A mistake that you try to hide becomes more then a mistake, it becomes a lie and an attack upon everybody it affects, even if you mean well.
4) Breakfast is up there for being a good host. But there's all kinds of shit you can do. I still remember a host taking my glasses off when I was passing out after a kegger in my late teens, so that I would not crush them in my sleep.
5) We already covered travel, yeah it can create or shatter personal paradigms, and genuine experience does stick with you and mold you. I hope he doesn't continue to repeat himself.
6) Maybe. That's more of a late 80's style corporate exercise to take somebody out and judge their behavior and choices. But sometimes eating is just eating.
7) Agree, but there is a price to everything and it might not seem real until it becomes real, that's part of the problem of youth, and honestly people shouldn't go too far overboard, not dying is not high enough of a baseline, surviving can hurt like fuck if done carelessly.
8) Maybe. Maybe not. I don't have the room or the inclination to babble at length about this, and it ultimately wouldn't go anywhere anyways.
9) I completely agree. Especially with politics, which in this era relies upon marketers creating deliberate division through abject partisan ship. I do not participate in hating my fellow man.
10) Agree. My absolute favourite food is tourtiere from fresh game and herbs ect.
>>70362319
>People with money and lack of life obligations trying to sound superior by constantly announcing how much they travel and how humbling it is.
>>70365321
I think he is referring to the way you flip it. Are you a pansy who awkwardly slides it onto a spatula and kinda tolls it over?
Or are you an alpha chad who picks the pan up and flips the motherfucker in the air and catches it back in the same pan behind his back?
I like the analogy. Made me realize I'm a pussy sometimes and life could be better if I was more willing to take risks.
>>70369827
Well put.
Screencapped for whenever some other faggot posts his 'life lessons'.
>>70368269
So could that cunt. The garden of England is 5 minutes away
>>70362319
Why is liberal faggot spouting "le simple wisdom" famous again?
>>70374083
11) I do agree to an extent. I've always enforced family meals. A lot of my contemporaries just let everybody load up their plate and retreat to their respective rooms ect, fuck that, not in my house. Except on Saturdays.
12) Agree. I say, while basically doing the same thing on my patio as somebody whose watching tv. Oh well.
13) Whatever works is a business model, the only qualifier is the result.
14) Yeah, it means that you don't have anything pressing to do, that's always nice.
15) Bullshit. Tell the truth if you actually respect who you are leaving, you may be helping them a lot.
16) Bullshit. My entire niche revolves in no small part around us being completely honest.
17) That's retarded.
18) more food stuff, I am really starting to not care about this guy.
19) jesus christ he just keeps going
20) I'm a Canadian from the fucking mountains, this is an absurd statement to me.
21) Well yeah, the essence of shit talking is "I can make these jokes because we're friends"
22) Disagree. If what you do works, then that's that.
23) well yeah, nobody should be so retarded that they can't even eat without help.
All in all, I think he's kind of a rambling ass, but so am I so whatever. He is definitely not a peer of mine, but might be an alright guy when not stuck on one subject.
