I was trying to figure out the timeline for a second how it could be 1990 and then 1995 but the article clears up that the first part should be 1990s not just 1990. Unless they are time traveling crayfish clones.
I really don't get the whole ASMR thing. It seems like every video is labled ASMR and I don't really understand what really makes a video fall in that category. It's not like there is a ASMR police that say you can't all something ASMR but it might be helpful for those of us who don't get it.
New York is fascinating because of the the "Neighborhoods" shift so quickly based on who moves in at any given times. While the original neighborhoods on this map were set long ago some demographics have changed a lot. There is just as big of China Town in Queens even if it's not marked down on any map and new cultural areas seem to spring up all the time. The city is an ever living tapestry of change and vibrancy.
100% on the no chopsticks in stuck into the rice. This also seems to be a Japanese business practice. Here in the States there are severl "All You Can Eat Sushi" Places that will do the same thing if you order too much and they won't let you take it to go.
It's interesting because it's one of these things that we don't think about Google doing to us with our phones. How do they get the traffic updates? Our phones provide them.