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Beachcomber posted:It could be shock. that was my first thought. Realizing your kid's been kidnapped is one of those top ten 'hell no' life traumas, I imagine.
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AITA for not switching rooms?quote:My two roommates Amy and Kevin-obvious fake names- have started to date. We live in a 3 bed (private bathrooms) house and two of the bedrooms are upstairs and 1 is downstairs.
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Nov 29, 2021 12:38
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In my darker periods I fantasize about carrying around something gross smelling and spraying it at people with too much perfume and smokers smoking where they aren't supposed to.
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Nov 29, 2021 12:38
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Alchenar posted:Yeah the cousins are joking about asking that so as far as they are concerned it's obviously a possibility, but dinner with your SO's mum and cousins is not the right time to start boasting about your sex life. Also, speaking Urdu means they're from (or in) India. So assume regressive social norms and a double helping of racism.
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Nov 29, 2021 13:22
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Steak guy seems tedious in the same way all Special Interest people are, but also lady sucks for being weird about the chef-level catering they're getting for free. If you really want well done then whatever but lol at insisting it has to be THIS particular cut of expensive meat.
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Nov 29, 2021 13:23
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Cythereal posted:Also, speaking Urdu means they're from (or in) India. So assume regressive social norms and a double helping of racism. While Urdu isn't a high proportion of native speakers in India or Pakistan, it's Pakistan's official language and OP mentions both the fiancee and her family have relatives from there. Certainly, there are aspects of conservative culture in both countries.
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Nov 29, 2021 13:33
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Beachcomber posted:In my darker periods I fantasize about carrying around something gross smelling and spraying it at people with too much perfume and smokers smoking where they aren't supposed to. But you already have a bladder?
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Nov 29, 2021 13:35
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Mx. posted:AITA for not switching rooms? If I were in this situation I'd maybe want to move downstairs anyway to give them their privacy/so I didn't have to hear my roommates loving. Unless the upstairs bedroom really is way better than the others, with a bigger/less dingy bathroom or something.
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Nov 29, 2021 14:17
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Cythereal posted:Also, speaking Urdu means they're from (or in) India. So assume regressive social norms and a double helping of racism. Urdu is way more common in Pakistan in particular and the stans, the vast majority of Indians speak Hindi and/or English which are by far the most popular languages there. I'd guess that Urdu isn't even top 5 given how many languages India has and how Urdu is generally limited to the mountains.
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Nov 29, 2021 14:28
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Evil Willow posted:AITA for making my daughter wear a dress While my mother-in-law wasn't as bad, she basically forced my spouse to wear a dress (she's non-binary but didn't quite know the term at the time) for prom and then fifteen years later brought it up when we were getting married by saying "You wore one to prom and that wasn't a big deal" It sucks that it's children because if they capitulate the parent is going to use that as an example for the rest of their loving lives.
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Nov 29, 2021 14:29
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Blastedhellscape posted:If I were in this situation I'd maybe want to move downstairs anyway to give them their privacy/so I didn't have to hear my roommates loving. Unless the upstairs bedroom really is way better than the others, with a bigger/less dingy bathroom or something. Amy has a smaller bedroom. I'd refuse to switch as well, unless I got a drop in rent. AITA for snitching on my brother for being sexist and gross? quote:My (21F) girlfriend (28F, Natalie) came to my house and met my little brother (16M). Everything was fine and he was nice with her. My brother is usually a dumb teenager and I was afraid he was going to do something bad but he didn't. I thought maybe he was being friendly with her because he liked her. There would be nothing "bad" with that, hormonal teenagers have fantasies and that is fine.
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Nov 29, 2021 14:30
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Serephina posted:*deep breath* While the guest making demands of the host is the bigger rear end in a top hat here, the sous vide outs him as a cargo cult chef even further. The reason that restaurant chefs use sous vide for steaks is consistency and being able to get food out to order faster, not because it's better than sautéing then basting or baking the steak. The sous vide gets them to temperature, so all you need to do is quickly sear and send then out to customers. If you are cooking one batch of fancy steak there is no reason to sous vide.
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Nov 29, 2021 14:34
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Cowslips Warren posted:Amy has a smaller bedroom. I'd refuse to switch as well, unless I got a drop in rent. In a certain context among friends/family that would be a hilarious dunk because of the age gap but I'm guessing this isn't the first time he's said something gross and he didn't mean it to be funny/lighthearted and wasn't being facetious about the use of "college slut" or "milf" thing.
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Nov 29, 2021 14:38
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:If you are cooking one batch of fancy steak there is no reason to sous vide. There is if you're bad at cooking steak. It's really hard to mess up that way.
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Nov 29, 2021 14:40
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Isn't he making a whole bunch of meat at once and feeding a whole crew, thus justifying using the sous vide while he multi-tasks to prepare a large meal?
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Nov 29, 2021 14:44
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He coulda just left it at "Steak is about the closest thing I have to a religion and I take it very seriously" and the rest of that bullshit would be immediately understood
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Nov 29, 2021 14:44
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Cowslips Warren posted:Amy has a smaller bedroom. I'd refuse to switch as well, unless I got a drop in rent. When I was 20 and in college there was a 26 year old dude with a beard in the dorm and I thought he was old as gently caress. Other than that, lol that this lady is running to her parents (after sending him to his room? lol) to sort out her teenage brother rather than just talking to him. I'm sure just slamming a massive hammer on him will solve the issue.
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Nov 29, 2021 14:45
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spacetoaster posted:When I was 20 and in college there was a 26 year old dude with a beard in the dorm and I thought he was old as gently caress. I mean it's not wrong for her to tell the parents but I feel like just relentlessly mocking those types until they realize they're embarrassing themselves instead of the next Dave Chappelle works better. I've found that works way better with chuddy family members than trying to heart-to-heart about them saying bigoted stuff. Everyone sides with the person who seems "less serious" generally and they're usually extremely thin skinned.
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Nov 29, 2021 14:50
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I mean, the "college slut" comment is a bit ennnnh, but also gently caress her for pressing him about "ARE YOU ATTRACTED TO MY GIRLFRIEND?!" until he said something that she felt snitch worthy. She was angling for that from the jump. He's 16, it's not surprising he sees almost 30 as old.
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Nov 29, 2021 14:54
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SMEGMA_MAIL posted:I mean it's not wrong for her to tell the parents but I feel like just relentlessly mocking those types until they realize they're embarrassing themselves instead of the next Dave Chappelle works better. I've found that works way better with chuddy family members than trying to heart-to-heart about them saying bigoted stuff. Everyone sides with the person who seems "less serious" generally and they're usually extremely thin skinned. On adults, sure. We're talking about a kid here. His brain isn't anywhere near fully developed yet and there's a very real opportunity to just explain why what he said is bad and have it understood. He might just be parroting some dumb poo poo he hears from his dumb poo poo friends at school and might not have ever thought about what he's actually doing.
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Nov 29, 2021 14:54
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:While the guest making demands of the host is the bigger rear end in a top hat here, the sous vide outs him as a cargo cult chef even further. The reason that restaurant chefs use sous vide for steaks is consistency and being able to get food out to order faster, not because it's better than sautéing then basting or baking the steak. The sous vide gets them to temperature, so all you need to do is quickly sear and send then out to customers. If you are cooking one batch of fancy steak there is no reason to sous vide. what actually happened is the guest politely asked if she could have her steak well done and OP tried to be Opinionated Chef but when it backfired and people started asking him why he was being such a dick he was too proud to back down
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Nov 29, 2021 14:54
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It is amusing that to this kid "types of woman" is a list of porn categories
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Nov 29, 2021 15:04
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:He coulda just left it at "Steak is about the closest thing I have to a religion and I take it very seriously" and the rest of that bullshit would be immediately understood He'd be fine if he just said "I managed to get a limited amount of very expensive steak as a treat and I refused to ruin it for someone". If you got some $1000 per ounce caviar and shared it with your friends and one of them immediately poured tomato ketchup over it then you would be a bit pissed off.
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Nov 29, 2021 15:04
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If you have adult guests that have a terrible, but low effort request about their meal (well done steak, ketchup for pasta, beer on the rocks) you should be a good host and fulfill the request and then make fun of them with your spouse when everyone has left.
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Nov 29, 2021 15:10
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Nov 29, 2021 15:21
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Alchenar posted:He'd be fine if he just said "I managed to get a limited amount of very expensive steak as a treat and I refused to ruin it for someone". Cost you the same either way. Are you mad because now the caviar in someone else's mouth tastes bad to you, or because your jerkoff fantasy of being a person who can afford $1000 caviar and has friends who correctly enjoy all the Official Fancy Rich People Things in the Official Fancy Rich People Way has been ruined? There is nothing intrinsically magical about the experience of eating an extra-fatty cut of beef, of course everyone who hasn't built up an elaborate internal fantasy of themselves as the Steak Guy isn't approaching it with the degree of reverence he demands. Nobody else's problem you want to get a little pretentious over your little hobbies but maybe have the minimal self-awareness to understand you don't have the authority to force your friends to fetishize them the precise way you do. I hereby sentence all steak guys fussing all day over a slab of beef like they aren't just getting in the way to prepare one appetizing meal with an oxtail, parsnips, and some spice mix. A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 16:14 on Nov 29, 2021 |
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Nov 29, 2021 15:58
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Brawnfire posted:It is amusing that to this kid "types of woman" is a list of porn categories Yeah, that's fairly normal amongst teenage boys.
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Nov 29, 2021 16:01
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It's gotten lost in the weeds, but I think we should take a moment to consider that steak lady tried to microwave the steak. Steak guy may be pretentious, but she's clearly a lunatic.
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Nov 29, 2021 16:07
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My understanding is that the “proper” waygu cooking method requires special charcoal that doesn’t smoke much. It’s “cooked” in small pieces at low temperatures so the outside has this melted fat flavor that’s almost like some uber fancy bacon but also rare outside with a raw inside. Ive had it once it was very very good. Expensive though. Worth trying once if you can find it. There is a justified element in being annoyed when someone butchers some kind of delicacy or insists on having it in a particular unique way that seems to defeat the point but this guy isn’t really justified in taking it a fraction of the length he does. Insisting on having A5 waygu well done or trying to microwave it is weird and should be made fun of, but so is freaking out about it like he does.
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Nov 29, 2021 16:09
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What's really dumb is you can find video of people cooking wagyu to well done or whatever and it still tastes good and because of all the fat is still reasonably juicy/pleasant. No of course it's not nearly as good as properly cooked but if there's one steak that can actually survive cooking to well done, that's it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW249cc4NhQ&t=559s
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axolotl farmer posted:If you have adult guests that have a terrible, but low effort request about their meal (well done steak, ketchup for pasta, beer on the rocks) you should be a good host and fulfill the request and then make fun of them with your spouse when everyone has left.  I don't know if there's a chapter in Emily Post about this but there should be
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AITA for flipping out on my parents over yellow mustard and sour cream?quote:While my parents and older brother are generally ok people, they can be very thickheaded about some things. Ever since I was a little kid I didn't like sour cream or yellow mustard. The sour cream I can tolerate if it's already in something. But the yellow mustard I hate. Whenever it's put on or in something other than potato salad, it's all I can taste. My parents and brother love yellow mustard. And whenever my dad made hot dogs or burgers, he'd wanna sauce them for me. And I'd have to insist on doing it myself or I'd get them covered in mustard. Then he'd act disappointed when I couldn't eat them. And I tried. He and my mom would just say that my sense of taste would change as I got older. But it never did. At least in regards to yellow mustard. My brother even thought it funny to prank me with it a few times by taking a bottle of mustard and squirting me with it. His first job was in fast food as well, and he'd like to mustard my burgers every time I ate there while he was on shift. I kept complaining and that got him in trouble with his manager.
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Nov 29, 2021 16:19
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spacetoaster posted:Yeah, that's fairly normal amongst teenage boys. How impolite. In my youth, we did the decent thing and divided women by hair color when objectifying them.
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Nov 29, 2021 16:19
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thunderspanks posted:AITA for flipping out on my parents over yellow mustard and sour cream? what is wrong with every single person in this story
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Nov 29, 2021 16:21
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thunderspanks posted:AITA for flipping out on my parents over yellow mustard and sour cream? I mean, it's pretty low stakes but it's still lovely of the family and sounds like they wasted a ton of food trying to force this individual to like mustard of all things.
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Nov 29, 2021 16:24
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Maybe families just have to do this poo poo to each other, and if they're all on the same page in regards to politics and religion it turns into losing your poo poo about sexual jokes and condiments.
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Nov 29, 2021 16:26
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all I can picture is the mad as hell speech from Network
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Nov 29, 2021 16:27
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spacetoaster posted:When I was 20 and in college there was a 26 year old dude with a beard in the dorm and I thought he was old as gently caress. 21 and 28 appears to be covered by the "half the oldest age + 7" rule, but it feels like it shouldn't be.
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Nov 29, 2021 16:28
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what the gently caress is with people trying to sneak stuff into peoples food
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I mean, it's pretty rude to keep lacing someone's food with an ingredient because you want to prove they'll eventually 'like it'. Who the gently caress cares about if someone else likes yellow mustard or not enough to keep trying to 'whoopsie' them into surprise-liking it? What the gently caress is wrong with those parents.
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