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AITA for ordering fried pork intestine at a Chinese restaurant my GF took me to?quote:Me (24M) and my girlfriend (23F) of two years went out to an asian restaurant yesterday. I’m a white guy, she’s asian, and she had been saying all before we went how I shouldn’t be afraid to try the real Chinese food that they have there, and I kept saying I was looking forward to it because I love trying new things, but every time I said that she just raised an eyebrow and went “we’ll see…”
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Jan 24, 2022 23:09
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therobit posted:The correct response is always to hand them a paper cup and say, “If you’re gonna spew, spew in this.” I was once the designated driver for some friends who went on a very boozy date night, and halfway home, one of them declared that he was getting queasy. He pulled a take-out cup from under the seat (not classy, I know, but fortunate in this case) and took the world's most decorous drunk puke into it: nothing but net, nothing on the upholstery. We pulled over to throw the cup in a dumpster, and that was that! It was some kind of drunk vomit miracle.
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Jan 24, 2022 23:10
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Sisal Two-Step posted:AITA for ordering fried pork intestine at a Chinese restaurant my GF took me to? Was she trying to do some WHITE DUDE REACTS TO CHINESE FOOD ON TIKTOK prank that went tremendously wrong?
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Jan 24, 2022 23:13
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Sisal Two-Step posted:AITA for ordering fried pork intestine at a Chinese restaurant my GF took me to? As someone who also likes to order the weirdest thing on the menu, NTA. But if he already likes tripe then the jellyfish and intestine aren't a big stretch at all, they have similar textures. I'd much rather eat jellyfish than tripe though.
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Jan 24, 2022 23:15
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Oh, never mind, I think I see the problem:quote:This isn’t the first time something like this has come up, she was sure I’d hate anime and Korean shows because I’d never watched it before I dated her, and there are times where she’s convinced I’m putting on an act to be, in her words, “the totally open minded white guy.” I’ve also been careful not to enjoy something too much because I’m afraid of her thinking I’m fetishizing her or her culture.
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Jan 24, 2022 23:16
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Things like that can be an acquired taste, but if you've acquired it by all means enjoy it. Also, chitlins exist and aren't bad.
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Jan 24, 2022 23:17
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Edgar Allan Pwned posted:John Oliver mentions the chex game in snack games ep. It was coded by a teen i think It's available on Steam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/804270/Chex_Quest_HD/ Boxes of Chex Cereal had DLC codes on them for the game mid-2020 when it was re-released.
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Jan 24, 2022 23:19
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Sisal Two-Step posted:AITA for ordering fried pork intestine at a Chinese restaurant my GF took me to? I'm not sure if I can trust you to respect my culture after you wholeheartedly embraced it in a genuine way when I tested you. This somehow makes sense in my mind. I can imagine this guy meeting her parents, eating whatever food is put in front of him, being respectful and courteous to her parents, and after they give him a hug good bye saying they enjoyed his company she EXPLODES on him in the car for ruining the experience by being passive aggressive towards her parents all night.
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Jan 24, 2022 23:25
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Yeah I've met people like that, my friend dated a girl just like her. She was white but it was a huge point of pride that she wasn't like the other whites, she liked weird exotic foods all you YT mayo eaters couldn't imagine. Her favourite show? Oh it's a real niche anime that never became popular in the west. She grew up in a lovely small town so maybe "liking basic-bitch sushi" was exotic, but I remember her getting all huffy the first time I properly met her at a japanese restaurant. When people arrived she was in the whole "tour guide" mode where she was trying to explain sushi and japanese culture 101 to everyone and telling them there's lots of cooked options too if raw fish isn't their thing. She deflated and sulked after most people ordered big sashimi plates of all sorts of stuff and she ended up with a california roll and some deep fried prawns. So many people wrap their entire self worth and identity around lovely stereotypes and assigned or assumed roles and get really mad when people don't play their part. The white person who can eat foreign food, the non-golden child that ends up the most successful, the younger sister who has the first grandchild, the woman who knows more about a technical subject than a man, anyone who strays from their assigned lane. They always take it as a personal slight, an attack on their identity and ego.
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Jan 24, 2022 23:26
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Boba Pearl posted:My mind tells me no, but the palpable aura around your post tells me yes. I can only assume this is CA or AUS because of the $500 price tag on the switch and $80 tag on the games, plus "EB Games" has been gamestop since I was a high schooler. Stepping to the issue at hand, my feeling is that SIL was definitely trying to dunk on OP. I wonder if SIL is Ex's sister, might explain something?
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Jan 24, 2022 23:28
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They've been dating for two years and he hasn't met her parents - if I had to guess, she's desperately trying to find an excuse to break up and is upset "you insulted my culture's food" wouldn't be on the docket.
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Jan 24, 2022 23:28
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Baronjutter posted:Yeah I've met people like that, my friend dated a girl just like her. She was white but it was a huge point of pride that she wasn't like the other whites, she liked weird exotic foods all you YT mayo eaters couldn't imagine. Her favourite show? Oh it's a real niche anime that never became popular in the west. you're not gonna make friends in this thread with a post like that buddy
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Jan 24, 2022 23:30
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hawowanlawow posted:you're not gonna make friends in this thread with a post like that buddy Don’t come to this thread to make friends come here to make family. A family that you’ve been disowned from, as you can see in this post. teen witch fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Jan 24, 2022 |
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Jan 24, 2022 23:38
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Boba Pearl posted:e2: I actually don't know the rules, but GBS you can just talk about whatever right? I'm not de-railing the thread? As a general rule, people who are into old technology can’t help but talk about it, now let me tell you all about my vintage Commodore and Amiga collection
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Jan 24, 2022 23:42
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Midnight Voyager posted:Oh, never mind, I think I see the problem: A white guy who likes anime? This one must be a creative writing exercise.
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Jan 24, 2022 23:46
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AITA for telling my daughter she can't use her college money on her bf, which caused her to break up with him? Paragraph breaks added quote:I know that the title paints me as the total AH, but please hear me out. My (47f) daughter Sara (18f) is a very smart girl. She has a 4.0 GPA, she's valedictorian of her class, and she's just gotten word from her dream college that she has received a full ride scholarship. We have a college fund for her of about 250,000. When we found out about the scholarship, we agreed that we would still give her the money to pay for other things that she would need in college, such as housing, food, etc.
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Jan 24, 2022 23:53
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The Glumslinger posted:AITA for telling my daughter she can't use her college money on her bf, which caused her to break up with him? she'll get over it
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Jan 24, 2022 23:57
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Sisal Two-Step posted:AITA for ordering fried pork intestine at a Chinese restaurant my GF took me to? "All the girls say I'm pretty fly for a white guy"
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Jan 24, 2022 23:57
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Cacator posted:As someone who also likes to order the weirdest thing on the menu, NTA. But if he already likes tripe then the jellyfish and intestine aren't a big stretch at all, they have similar textures. I'd much rather eat jellyfish than tripe though.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:00
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Kurieg posted:My mom always tried to find the secret 2nd brake pedal in the passenger seat footwell. She never could figure out why I preferred having my dad teach me. My dad had spent so long in the driver's seat that his brain insisted there was a couple of feet of car to his right that was barely missing everything when I drove. I still instinctively drive like I have an extra large vehicle footprint because of stuff like that (also because my old Legacy was a boat).
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Jan 25, 2022 00:07
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Motronic posted:AITA for telling my daughter that I will never let her drive me anywhere in her life? Wtf is up with this dude and his baby factory wife? Absurd Alhazred posted:They've been dating for two years and he hasn't met her parents - if I had to guess, she's desperately trying to find an excuse to break up and is upset "you insulted my culture's food" wouldn't be on the docket. 
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Jan 25, 2022 00:13
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Antivehicular posted:I was once the designated driver for some friends who went on a very boozy date night, and halfway home, one of them declared that he was getting queasy. He pulled a take-out cup from under the seat (not classy, I know, but fortunate in this case) and took the world's most decorous drunk puke into it: nothing but net, nothing on the upholstery. We pulled over to throw the cup in a dumpster, and that was that! It was some kind of drunk vomit miracle. I was driving down the freeway once and my kid said he felt queasy and when I asked if it could wait until the next exit, he picked up his happy meal container and puked right into it, no miss, no mess. I was impressed, and the happy meal exited the car in the exact container it entered the car, albeit in a slightly altered form.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:14
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Honestly the "I'm not like other white people" thing does exist (and I'll fully admit to being guilty of it) and generally it's well meaning and comes from a place of respect, but it's pretty easy to overdo it. The whole post the guy's laying it on pret-ty thick, ordering two of the weirdest things on the menu and pretending like it never even crossed his mind that he might be showing off a tiny bit and going on and on about how the waitress and the chefs and no one in the whole place could even believe he would eat this stuff. But then again it also sounds like his girlfriend was kind of asking for it, and sometimes you get what you ask for.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:17
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I think the problem with fried intestine guy is that he immediately jumped to the "grossest" "weirdest" thing on the menu. She may have had an idea of of something she wanted to introduce him to that, to her, represents the culture she's from and tripe wasn't it. Maybe he just genuinely likes that sort of food and wanted to sample the Chinese take on it, but I'm getting a "Chinese food is weird and the weirder it is the more Chinese it is" vibe here.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:22
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i also get a "then everybody in the restaurant clapped" vibe from his story.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:24
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AITA for removing my sister from the bridal party because she won't wear the bridesmaids dress?quote:My fiance (28M) and I (26F) are getting married in late August, and the planning is going great. lol sister has been this brand of religious for years, OP definitely chose the dress on purpose knowing that her sister wouldn't be able to wear it so she could kick her out of the bridal party
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Jan 25, 2022 00:26
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PancakeTransmission posted:yeah pretty strange that someone hasn't met someone else in person in the last 2 years, something must have happened They can go to a restaurant but can't meet her parents?  AKA Pseudonym posted:I think the problem with fried intestine guy is that he immediately jumped to the "grossest" "weirdest" thing on the menu. She may have had an idea of of something she wanted to introduce him to that, to her, represents the culture she's from and tripe wasn't it. Maybe he just genuinely likes that sort of food and wanted to sample the Chinese take on it, but I'm getting a "Chinese food is weird and the weirder it is the more Chinese it is" vibe here. The second thing he ordered is a variation on something he already knew he liked, and she still responded like it was this outrageous performance piece.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:30
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Sisal Two-Step posted:AITA for ordering fried pork intestine at a Chinese restaurant my GF took me to? I ordered something at a Vietnamese place once and the waitress asked me 3 times if I was sure and then several members of the staff watched me eat it and were very impressed that I enjoyed it. I have no idea what I ate.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:30
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:"All the restaurant employees say I'm pretty fly for a 鬼佬"
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Jan 25, 2022 00:32
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A Bakers Cousin posted:I ordered something at a Vietnamese place once and the waitress asked me 3 times if I was sure and then several members of the staff watched me eat it and were very impressed that I enjoyed it. I have no idea what I ate.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:34
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I mean if he likes tripe anyway I don't see how anything he ordered is a stretch. That's the only thing that makes it seem less showoff-ish and more "just let me try some rad food already."
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Jan 25, 2022 00:36
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Absurd Alhazred posted:The second thing he ordered is a variation on something he already knew he liked, and she still responded like it was this outrageous performance piece. In fact, the gelatinous texture he likes is a common thread in Chinese food -- the jellyfish tentacles he already liked, pig ears, thousand year old eggs, tofu, pork trotters, tripe. She's should appreciate he's already dug into this vein of food.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:41
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Mx. posted:AITA for removing my sister from the bridal party because she won't wear the bridesmaids dress? I mean, you shouldn't plan your wedding around the cult your sister is in.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:44
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The Lone Badger posted:At one point in my life I was sitting on the toilet blasting out my rear end and leaning forward so I could simultaneously vomit into the sink. Ah the ol’ double-ender.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:49
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AITA for just liking my coffee the way I like it?quote:I live near a coffee shop that operates from a cart. They are a tiny shop with usually one person on but sometimes two.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:50
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lol just lol if your girlfriend doesn't already select the grossest thing from her culture's menu to serve to you anonymously, eager to see your reaction after she actually tells you what you just ate
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Jan 25, 2022 00:54
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Mistake was thinking anything would be too weird for a tripe enjoyer
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Jan 25, 2022 00:59
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Parsley posted:Mistake was thinking anything would be too weird for a tripe enjoyer It's pretty much just goons. Goons are too weird.
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Jan 25, 2022 01:01
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haveblue posted:One only wonders what level of emergency will make him break this rule If I learned anything from yesterday's posts, a date is an emergency. So I'm going to go with date.
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??? If you want to get me to try anything unusual, deep frying it's a sure bet. And I am a filthy, filthy california roll lover.
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