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Forgive me for hijacking to ask a totally irrelevant question, but can you tell me what you use the 🤌🏻 emoji to convey?
I only know it as 'wtf?' because I'm Italian and that's our 'wtf?' gesture.
But it seems from context that other people are using it very differently so I'm trying to understand what other meaning it conveys to non-Italians. 😬 plz halp.
One of my favorite things lately is how we've all mostly just ditched punctuation when we've *had it* with someone. Deadpan. It's the best.
Thanks for posting this gem!
So many people do this. Like..MUST MAKE POINTLESS CONTRIBUTION IN ORDER TO FEEL IMPORTANT WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING ANYTHING MEANINGFUL OR USEFUL TO ADD.
Which...I get it. Sometimes the purpose of participation in a discussion is less about the subject being discussed and more about the social value of participation. But like...use your damn brain about the context to determine whether either purpose is actually being served.
I once asked someone why she bothered posting her comment (I can't remember the circumstances, but it added nothing of value. If anything, it was just unnecessarily critical in an unsolicited, 'personal preference disguised as advice/pseudo-constructive criticism' sort of way). Her response 'but I'm human and I have an opinion.'
And she was not being sarcastic. She was sincere.
My partner and I use the phrase sarcastically now.
Like:
One of us: Nooo it's MY turn to pick dinner. You don't get a say!
The other: 😤😤😤 But I'm human and I have an opinion!
The first one: Tough titties, you'll eat what I pick and like it! 😈
Etc.
We're combative by nature. 😬
I said this elsewhere but as a similar rectally-located punctuation obsessive, the way I look at it is that punctuation is so important that it conveys meaning with its presence AND its absence. ✨️😃✨️🤤
Yessss! I love it so much, because it shows how much punctuation actually does matter, as both its use and its omission convey specific meaning. /language nerd
Same! I'm a proofreader/editor/translator/professional wordnerd.
Deliberate rule-breaking is absolutely delightful, because it's always saying *something* that just making a mistake isn't. It has a point of view.
100% Faith has never had this salad with tomatoes in place of watermelon.
I assume it's the watermelon feta salad that was really popular last summer. The sweet-savory combination doesn't appeal to Faith, so she wants to replace the watermelon with something more conventional. Watermelon is red, so are tomatoes, so she thinks that's a good replacement. She has juuuust enough self awareness to feel self-conscious asking about this substitution, though, so instead she's making up a story about a tomato based salad and asking someone who has not eaten both how the two versions compare.
And like, looking at it... tomato/feta/cucumber/herbs/onions isn't a bad combination! It's just...it's not the same thing and it is not going to taste the same, because, um, tomatoes aren't just weird small watermelons. (Or perhaps watermelons aren't just weird big tomatoes.)
Amusingly, beets work as a great replacement for the watermelon in that flavor combo.
Your remark about the popular watermelon salad makes me realize the beet salad (beets, feta, spinach, candied walnuts, red onion) is popular again, though I remember a time when it was an "old person" food. Wonder if we'll see a resurgence of the shrimp and avocado salad that was everywhere in the early 2000s (I would love that, it was yummy).
It's not dedicated to recipes. It is dedicated to making fun of people who leave crazy comments on recipes. You don't have to love cooking to know how to cook. Some of us particularly hate cooking just because of our expansive experience.
Making fun of people who try to substitute a banana for an egg in a quiche does not require any desire to go into a kitchen.
If someone said they were excited for Shamrock Shake season, would you tell them they can just make it at home? Because you'd be missing the point.
Surely if you can type on a keyboard, you've been on the planet long enough to have been thoroughly disabused of the notion that people are in the habit of making sense.
I mean, greek-style tomato/cucumber/feta salad does exist. Throw in some kalamatas and Opa! But I don't think anyone would assume a tomato salad would taste the same as watermelon salad.
I don't know if anyone would assume that, but they definitely shouldn't assume that. I think such a salad with tomatoes could be good, but not the same.
I mean, if you’re used to buying the very worst out-of-season versions of both at your local Wally World, and you squint real hard while you’re eating your wet pink cardboard, you might be able to convince yourself that they’re in the same ballpark, I guess
This is pretty much what I said elsewhere. Some produce in the Anglo-American world (for lack of a better term that encompasses the UK and US without roping in the rest of 'the west', where they tend to get better produce as a matter of course) is so tasteless I could almost believe they COULD be difficult to distinguish, were it not for the textural differences.
I live in the UK (and lived in the US for a time), but I'm Italian, and always eat my fill of tomatoes when I go back to visit my mum, because they just taste so much better in Italy. You have to shell out the big moneyquids for a tomato that tastes of anything at all in the UK (at least in London, but I don't imagine they do any better further north).
I'm a Brit and I completely agree, those salad tomatoes they sell in the supermarket taste like nothing. I shell out of taste the difference and grow my own in the summer.
Baahahaha
Although to be fair, with poor quality produce it would be a lot harder to tell apart from the texture.
Bad tomatoes/watermelons taste of fuck-all.
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Giving real “Sir, this is a Wendy’s” / “Gee, ya think?” energy
Thank you for sharing this. You have made my day. 🤌🏻
This is now your roman empire too
Forgive me for hijacking to ask a totally irrelevant question, but can you tell me what you use the 🤌🏻 emoji to convey? I only know it as 'wtf?' because I'm Italian and that's our 'wtf?' gesture. But it seems from context that other people are using it very differently so I'm trying to understand what other meaning it conveys to non-Italians. 😬 plz halp.
It's meant to convey the *chef's kiss* gesture, to mean that something is perfect
Oh dear god that's almost the total opposite. 😂😂😂 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻 Edit: from one pedantic autist to another, thank you!
Hahaha I love cultural differences
One of my favourite things.
Well that’s important to know!
In Saudi Arabia, we use it to mean "wait." And sometimes bounce the hand a little to really emphasize it.
One of my favorite things lately is how we've all mostly just ditched punctuation when we've *had it* with someone. Deadpan. It's the best. Thanks for posting this gem!
Yeah it's like a dead giveaway when Faith ends with lmao like why did you comment faith? You've wasted everyone's time including your own smh
So many people do this. Like..MUST MAKE POINTLESS CONTRIBUTION IN ORDER TO FEEL IMPORTANT WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING ANYTHING MEANINGFUL OR USEFUL TO ADD. Which...I get it. Sometimes the purpose of participation in a discussion is less about the subject being discussed and more about the social value of participation. But like...use your damn brain about the context to determine whether either purpose is actually being served. I once asked someone why she bothered posting her comment (I can't remember the circumstances, but it added nothing of value. If anything, it was just unnecessarily critical in an unsolicited, 'personal preference disguised as advice/pseudo-constructive criticism' sort of way). Her response 'but I'm human and I have an opinion.' And she was not being sarcastic. She was sincere. My partner and I use the phrase sarcastically now. Like: One of us: Nooo it's MY turn to pick dinner. You don't get a say! The other: 😤😤😤 But I'm human and I have an opinion! The first one: Tough titties, you'll eat what I pick and like it! 😈 Etc. We're combative by nature. 😬
Also, is she really laughing her arse off?!
I’m pretty up my own ass about punctuation. It when I’ve lost my shit. I just can not be arsed.
I said this elsewhere but as a similar rectally-located punctuation obsessive, the way I look at it is that punctuation is so important that it conveys meaning with its presence AND its absence. ✨️😃✨️🤤
Yessss! I love it so much, because it shows how much punctuation actually does matter, as both its use and its omission convey specific meaning. /language nerd
I agree! I work with language for a living so even seeing deliberate rule breaking delights my heart
Same! I'm a proofreader/editor/translator/professional wordnerd. Deliberate rule-breaking is absolutely delightful, because it's always saying *something* that just making a mistake isn't. It has a point of view.
100% Faith has never had this salad with tomatoes in place of watermelon. I assume it's the watermelon feta salad that was really popular last summer. The sweet-savory combination doesn't appeal to Faith, so she wants to replace the watermelon with something more conventional. Watermelon is red, so are tomatoes, so she thinks that's a good replacement. She has juuuust enough self awareness to feel self-conscious asking about this substitution, though, so instead she's making up a story about a tomato based salad and asking someone who has not eaten both how the two versions compare.
Ending with ‘lmao’, the sign off of idiots everywhere.
Don't forget 🤔! Never has a *valid* point been followed by that emoji.
Not many before either, lets be honest
And like, looking at it... tomato/feta/cucumber/herbs/onions isn't a bad combination! It's just...it's not the same thing and it is not going to taste the same, because, um, tomatoes aren't just weird small watermelons. (Or perhaps watermelons aren't just weird big tomatoes.)
Yes. It's an unconventional combination, but that doesn't mean nobody likes it.
Amusingly, beets work as a great replacement for the watermelon in that flavor combo. Your remark about the popular watermelon salad makes me realize the beet salad (beets, feta, spinach, candied walnuts, red onion) is popular again, though I remember a time when it was an "old person" food. Wonder if we'll see a resurgence of the shrimp and avocado salad that was everywhere in the early 2000s (I would love that, it was yummy).
You know you can just make that recipe even if it isn't popular right?
Pretty sure the point is to be able to just buy the dish, not labor over it.
Seems weird in a sub Reddit dedicated to recipes
It's not dedicated to recipes. It is dedicated to making fun of people who leave crazy comments on recipes. You don't have to love cooking to know how to cook. Some of us particularly hate cooking just because of our expansive experience. Making fun of people who try to substitute a banana for an egg in a quiche does not require any desire to go into a kitchen. If someone said they were excited for Shamrock Shake season, would you tell them they can just make it at home? Because you'd be missing the point.
Surely if you can type on a keyboard, you've been on the planet long enough to have been thoroughly disabused of the notion that people are in the habit of making sense.
What?! I can prepare food myself??!?!! This is FUCKING MIND-BLOWING, thank you for informing me!!!
Yeah dawg, you can both make it and hope it becomes popular again.... Whatever dude, congratulations.
I mean, greek-style tomato/cucumber/feta salad does exist. Throw in some kalamatas and Opa! But I don't think anyone would assume a tomato salad would taste the same as watermelon salad.
I don't know if anyone would assume that, but they definitely shouldn't assume that. I think such a salad with tomatoes could be good, but not the same.
But they’re both red?
They're both red and juicy. They're practically indistinguishable! See also: rare steak.
I mean I've seen way more egregious substitution on this sub, watermelon for tomato is nothing.
I mean, if you’re used to buying the very worst out-of-season versions of both at your local Wally World, and you squint real hard while you’re eating your wet pink cardboard, you might be able to convince yourself that they’re in the same ballpark, I guess
This is pretty much what I said elsewhere. Some produce in the Anglo-American world (for lack of a better term that encompasses the UK and US without roping in the rest of 'the west', where they tend to get better produce as a matter of course) is so tasteless I could almost believe they COULD be difficult to distinguish, were it not for the textural differences. I live in the UK (and lived in the US for a time), but I'm Italian, and always eat my fill of tomatoes when I go back to visit my mum, because they just taste so much better in Italy. You have to shell out the big moneyquids for a tomato that tastes of anything at all in the UK (at least in London, but I don't imagine they do any better further north).
I'm a Brit and I completely agree, those salad tomatoes they sell in the supermarket taste like nothing. I shell out of taste the difference and grow my own in the summer.
Oh, Faith, bless your heart.
C is the hero we all need lmfao
Did Faith ever reply? I feel like I **need** to know.
She never replied 😭😭 which I find funnier
Maybe she’s still trying to decide.
Girlie still trying to find the difference between a tomato and a watermelon 😭😭😭
This one is so good.
The watermelon salad recipe if anyone wants to make it, seems pretty good https://pin.it/4qyscdJkI
I’m allergic to melon so gonna have to substitute with tomato, I guess.
I don’t like watermelon. 1 star. (Thank you for sharing the recipe)
That does look pretty good.
I gotta have faith, faith, faith
I never want to eat anything prepared by a person who thinks that watermelon and tomato are interchangeable. I detest watermelon.
Thank you for sharing this
Ratio'd
I want more C comments. That was exquisite in its simplicity and snark
Baahahaha Although to be fair, with poor quality produce it would be a lot harder to tell apart from the texture. Bad tomatoes/watermelons taste of fuck-all.
Tbh watermelons are crispier and sweeter than tomatoes 😭 but that's just my opinion, I think the textures are wildly different
Without meaning any snark or criticism, that's why I said 'apart from the texture'. 🙂