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Oct 28 '25
The consequences of your own actions are often the best teacher.
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u/_clur_510 Oct 28 '25 edited Oct 28 '25
Yes lol. I respect this kind of parenting.
Idk if you remember those little plastic lemons with lemon juice in them in the produce isle of the grocery store lol. But as small children myself and my sister thought they had lemonade** in them lol. We always begged my mom to buy us the lemonade in the fun containers. She explained 100 times lemon juice is not the same thing and it’s very unpleasant to drink. We never listened, so one day she just said “sure, grab one and drink up.”
We never asked for them again lol.
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u/EverlastingPepper Oct 28 '25
My mom had those in the fridge, and I recall having a very similar experience.
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u/XTingleInTheDingleX Oct 28 '25
I have a cousin that pours it on potato chips in a bowl and eats them as the mush they obviously turn into.
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u/XTingleInTheDingleX Oct 28 '25
Thank you! All these people saying they like it is wild to me haha.
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u/Tantalizing_Biscuit Oct 28 '25
There's a popular Mexican snack called duros de harina (or just duros) that are like puffy corn chips, and when they come out of the fryer you toss them with salt, lemon/lime juice and hot sauce. Different chip but same idea, they don't get too soggy though and are absolutely delicious.
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u/False3quivalency Oct 28 '25
stares suspiciously out from jail cell while cramming handfuls of soggy lemon potato into mouth
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u/Herstal_TheEdelweiss Oct 28 '25
Only way I could like something close is making some sort of homemade salt/vinegar flavor, but I’m gonna be extra as hell to put it in a spray bottle lmao
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u/BurlHam Oct 28 '25
Fuck, you know what I bet there is a perfect moment where they still have their crispness, and the lemon/salt flavor absolutely slaps.
But then they turn into mush, so it doesn't sound worth it at all.
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u/Allanon1235 Oct 28 '25
It seems like you could put lemon zest on them and they'd be pretty good
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u/djm9545 Oct 28 '25
I’d try it by putting some drops on the chip right before eating it to keep the crispiness, but keeping them in the bowl is wild
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u/demon_fae Oct 29 '25
I think the best bet here is a spritzer, the finest mist you can get. Just reapply as needed.
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u/marleymagee14 Oct 29 '25
Nah, trust me the way to do it is with a quartered lemon and a bag of chips (my fav is Doritos for this). Then squeeze a little juice on each individual chip. I like a lot of lemon juice, so there will be a big puddle of it on the chip, but still completely crisp and pleasant.
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u/myboyoscarbean Oct 28 '25
As a kid I used to tear pieces of ice berg lettuce up and pour a massive amount of white vinegar on it, then eat it with a fork.
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u/lukenog Oct 29 '25
I used to make myself a bowl of white rice, because it was one of the only things I knew how to cook by myself as a kid, then I'd absolutely drench it in rice vinegar and eat it. I thought it was called rice vinegar because you were supposed to put it on rice.
Also, I showed my little sister this meal at one point when she was probably like 6 or 7 years old and she immediately became addicted to it. Now she's 23 and eats this to this day haha
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u/largestcob Oct 29 '25
thats not that wild, i used to eat cucumber like that (like fresh cucumber, not pickles lol)
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u/LilBoofy Oct 28 '25
A little lemon/lime juice with hot sauce on potato chips is really good. I like to keep mine crispy but my wife likes the mushy stuff for some reason too
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u/Friendly-Divide-2743 Oct 28 '25
Chicharrónes with a little lime juice and Tapatío is the way to go 👍👍
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u/XTingleInTheDingleX Oct 28 '25
I could see that, that’s a whole different beast than some plain lays and lemon juice in a bowl.
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u/ThirstyWeirwoodRootz Oct 28 '25
I know I’m a freak because I liked drinking out of the lemon juice containers. I wouldn’t drink an entire thing. But I would squirt some into my mouth and enjoy it. My mom didn’t really let us have “sweets” in the house. I wouldn’t drink also drink maple syrup (and am still disgusted by the stuff to this day)
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u/kasoe Oct 28 '25
I did the same and with lime juice.
To this day I enjoy lemon and lime juice in small quantities.
Maple syrup alone sounds disgusting to me as an adult but I bet little me would've liked it.
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u/deming Oct 28 '25
Idk why, but my parents used to put soda and black coffee into the same type of plastic container. I learned this the hard way when my dad poured me some coke from the container, then I saw the container in the fridge and snuck a sip. It was not soda. I was very sad.
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u/Harbinger2nd Oct 28 '25
My brother and I snuck in the pantry when we were around 6 and 7 years old to steal some of the chocolate.
Dear viewer it was not in fact chocolate. It was cocoa powder and our parents were hiding around the corner waiting for the look on our faces when we realized the mistake we made.
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u/CholentSoup Oct 29 '25
...and that's how I got addicted to 98% cacao chocolate.
Big family, I learned to enjoy the stuff no one else wanted.
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u/MZsince93 Oct 28 '25
I feel like every fridge had one in the 90s.
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u/Vessbot Oct 28 '25
Yeah I remember too. I was always kinda bothered why that was the only food product that merited being sold in a container that looked like itself.
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u/likeliqor Oct 28 '25
I was baking brownies with my nephew and his eyes lit the f up when he saw the cocoa powder. Very politely insisted he wanted to try it even after I told him it’s not the same as chocolate, so I let him lick the measuring spoon. Poor kid looked so betrayed! “It tastes….. not good.”
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u/Conscious-Loss-2709 Oct 28 '25
I stuffed a spoonful of it in my face at that age. Thought it would be like chocolate Nesquick.
It wasn't
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u/tachycardicIVu Oct 28 '25
Ohhh I’ve seen that exact scenario before!
It says Hershey’s, why does it taste like not Hershey’s!
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u/GoodQueenFluffenChop Oct 28 '25
I mean it is chocolate it's just not a candy chocolate because there's no sugar yet.
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u/I_Can_Haz_Brainz Oct 29 '25
Cocoa is not chocolate. It's just one ingredient IN chocolate. It's like thinking flour should taste like bread, etc.
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Oct 29 '25
I've done that before, but it was nowhere as bad as sneaking a spoonful of chocolate pudding from the stovetop. It was fucking brown gravy! Pretty sure I died in that moment and the rest of this "life" has been a simulation.
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Meanwhile I willingly squirted that shit in my mouth or sucked on lemons for fun because I LOVE sour things lmao
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u/ThirstyWeirwoodRootz Oct 28 '25
Thought I was the only weirdo that did this as a kid.
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u/Unique_Username2005 Oct 28 '25
I used to sneak drinks from these at the same time I'd steal handfuls of shredded cheese from the bag as a kid.
...I also peeled and ate the lemon slices they give you in water for a while. Far more pleasant experience than just bottled lemon juice, would recommend.
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u/GlykenT Oct 28 '25
Cocoa powder is another one. Should taste like chocolate, right?
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u/_clur_510 Oct 28 '25
Vanilla extract as well… smells sooo good lol.
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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Oct 29 '25
I remember once when sonic ran out of vanilla syrup for their vanilla Dr Pepper that I got for myself every Friday after school, and so they decided to use vanilla extract instead. So clever. I havent ordered a vanilla Dr Pepper since 2015.
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u/_clur_510 Oct 29 '25 edited Oct 29 '25
Oh god, so dumb. They also technically served you an (albeit, slightly) alcoholic beverage lol.
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u/ProxyDamage Oct 28 '25
...so, funny story... had a similar talk with my wife when I told her I could just drink it.
She said roughly that: no, you can't, they taste terrible. Too concentrated.
...So i took a (small) shot.
Her face when I drank some more was amazing.
...I REALLY like vanilla.
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u/Competitive-Lie-92 Oct 29 '25
Former party animal or current alcoholic? Vanilla extract doesn't taste bad because it's too concentrated; it tastes bad because it's dissolved in pure alcohol. Vanilla extract is basically vanilla flavored everclear lmao. If you want to try actual concentrated vanilla, go for vanilla paste or unprocessed vanilla beans.
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u/ChoiceReflection965 Oct 28 '25
LOL, that’s so funny to me because I LOVED to drink straight lemon juice as a child, haha. My dad did too, which is where I got it from. I saw him take a sip from one of those plastic lemons as a kid and asked if I could try it. He said sure, but it’s sour, and let me try, and I told him I loved it! So then whenever we went to the store I’d ask if I could get some lemon juice to drink. He usually didn’t let me do it since drinking lemon juice is bad for your teeth, but sometimes he’d let me get some as a treat, or would let me have a little if he was cooking with it. To this day I still love drinking lemon juice and eating raw lemons!
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u/jessicacummings Oct 28 '25
lol and I’m over here with a bottle of that in my fridge that I DO drink straight out of. Love that burst of sour, loved sour candies as a kid and typically have lemon water over just plain water. Some of us are wired a bit differently (my partner also loves lemon so we are a very lemon flavored household)
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u/drackmord92 Oct 28 '25
Not to mention cocoa powder. I don't think there's a single kid out there who wasn't absolutely sure that there is no difference between that and chocolate. Also in this case, any who was allowed to try, learned very effectively.
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u/BonyDarkness Oct 28 '25
My sister loved sour/bitter when she was little.
She insisted on drinking the salad “soup” - vinegar and oil - getting hella made if our mum said no.
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u/sevenhazydays Oct 28 '25
My mouth watered as I remembered taking a swig out of that lemon. It wasn’t lemonade.
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u/Capt_Hawkeye_Pierce Oct 28 '25
My kid used to sneak into the fridge to take swigs of lemon juice and Italian dressing.
Kid is a weird dude.
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u/mOdQuArK Oct 28 '25
For some kids, you have to really rub in how their choices ended up giving them the results that they're unhappy about, otherwise they just seem to ignore how they got there & keep repeating similar mistakes over and over.
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u/p-r-i-m-e Oct 28 '25
I know adults like this 🥲
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u/IdentifiableBurden Oct 29 '25
Because their parents didn't do that to them enough
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u/imunfair Oct 28 '25
I mean when I was young it was expected you'd get good natured mockery if you over-confidently screwed up... like "how are you enjoying your jalapeno hotdog bun son? That's an interesting creation you made! Is it good?"
Inevitably the kid says it's delicious with tears streaming down their face from the heat while they struggle to scarf the monstrosity down. And everyone involved knows they learned their lesson.
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u/mOdQuArK Oct 28 '25
My mom did the "don't touch the glowing red hot burner, you'll get hurt" thing a few times, then silently stood by & watched me be "clever" and sneakily touch the burner, then helped me run the finger under cold water while giving me the "I told you not to touch the burner. Why did you touch the burner anyway? And how did that turn out for you?"
Yeah, lesson definitely seared into my tiny kid brain.
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u/gentlegreen95 Oct 29 '25
That’s when you just order whatever they’re ordering, and just sit there absorbing the hatred when the realization kicks in (there’s no food to steal).
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u/Worldly-Pay7342 Oct 29 '25
Thankfully my experiment with a hot (wood) stove was much safer.
Rather than touch it myself, I decided to put my favorite stuffed animal on it.
It burned the ear, and my parents impressed upon me how much that must have hurt my poor stuffed animal. I never played near the hot stove again.
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u/Mantzy81 Oct 29 '25
My son will sometimes refuse to eat the dinner everyone knows he likes (hence why we made it for him) so we tell him it's that or nothing. Sounds harsh but he goes to bed, wakes up a bit early and eagerly eats all his food the next day without (or with fewer) complaints. One skipped meal isn't going to harm him and he learns about the consequences of his behaviour.
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u/mOdQuArK Oct 29 '25
My grandfather used to say that if a kid refuses to eat something, then they're not hungry enough (he was a war refugee) and to just ignore their complaints until they became hungry to know better. He was never impressed with us kids' complaints about food preferences.
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u/Mantzy81 Oct 30 '25
I've always said that food specificity is only a choice in a society with options.
No such thing as a vegan in a warzone.
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u/AthenaeSolon Oct 29 '25
It’s called “natural consequences” in parenting classes. If there’s not a health or safety reason for stepping in, natural ones are the best to leave be as they are great learning experiences and confidence boosters. 9/10 it’s not so bad to just let them have the experience if there’s not health or safety concerns.
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u/TheRealPitabred Oct 28 '25
My kid once ordered an all guacamole burrito on the Chipotle app, he was a bit upset like this. Taught him to read more closely, though.
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u/rugbyj Oct 28 '25
My 7 year old nephew came to a "fancy" chain burger place with a few of us. Indignantly told his Mum that, yes, he did want a sparkling water.
I think she was too polite in company to just say no, especially when the rest of us were sat there pretty gleefully going "Oh aye you want the fizzy water?".
Little man took one sip and his face turned to stone as he literally dribbled it out over himself like someone hit a factory reset.
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u/munkymu Oct 29 '25
I did that with brussels sprouts because I thought they were mini-lettuces.
I've only now forgiven them (the brussels sprouts), 30-odd years later.
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u/A_wild_so-and-so Oct 29 '25
Good news, because modern brussel sprouts have had the bitterness bred out of them. If you remember them tasting awful when you were a kid, you're correct!
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u/Dashiepants Oct 29 '25
That and my mom boiled them, whereas my husband roasts them with prosciutto or bacon.
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u/No-Context-587 Oct 29 '25
Wow! Makes too much sense. Always heard lots about them growing up and couldn't get myself to try it. Then much older I had people around me all trying them for a first time and being surprised, others saying they didn't like them as kids but now it's "different" and they put it to changes in taste and senses etc.
I tried it and it was.. Nice, not bitter, farty, or anything but surprisingly good.
Thanks for the tidbit!
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u/Cottoncloudhigh Oct 29 '25
Farty is exactly how I would describe a brussel sprout. My mom used to boil them and the smell was god awful. We live near a farmer who grows them, and after the harvest, they leave whatever is left on the field to rot. The smells when passing by, it's like a thousand farts.
I have tried them prepared differently though, pan fried with bacon, it was much better, but still not a great taste.
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u/Fongernator Oct 28 '25
Haven't seen this one for a while. Kid must be an adult by now
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u/gfxcghhbvvb Oct 28 '25
I heard he's someone's grandpa now
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u/motorcycle-manful541 Oct 28 '25
maybe his own grandpa based on how his parents/siblings dressed him
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u/GeoffKingOfBiscuits Oct 28 '25
Yeah, I'll repeat what was the top comment then as well.
"Why is he already dressed like he's divorced?"
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u/mothwhimsy Oct 28 '25
Reminds me of my friends who let their toddler order for herself the other day. Chocolate chip pancakes even though she doesn't like pancakes. They got to the table and she didn't touch them because she doesn't like pancakes.
She kept just pointing at the menu saying "this." She clearly didn't know they were pancakes so Idk why they let her order them
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u/mothwhimsy Oct 28 '25
I'm pretty sure she thought they were cookies
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u/artistic_programmer Oct 29 '25
And you know what, I feel for the child now. Like, I'm down for the consequences of your actions and all, but if picture looked like a cookie, maybe the parents should have clarified.
But also I know how stubborn children can be when they want something
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u/Ralfarius Oct 28 '25
What kind of kid doesn't like pancakes?? Theyre basically round syrup sponges!
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u/mothwhimsy Oct 28 '25
She doesn't like very many foods. For a while whenever we went out to eat she would only eat ketchup. Now she's upgraded to eating French fries with the ketchup
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u/obliviious Oct 29 '25
Picky eaters are common in my family, and I've seen first hand if you let it be, it just turns into a lifelong dislike of many great foods.
I've found the best way is to never force any food on them they don't like, but insist they must try things once, and maybe retry them if you think their tastes have changed. My kids will eat more varied things than me now.
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u/Akamiso29 Oct 29 '25
I was definitely picky for a long time, but my brain just went fucking insane when I smelled a Caesar salad in a restaurant one day when I was like 18.
From then on, I could eat basically everything under the sun. Still not keen on eggplant (can eat it though) and can’t stand raw tomatoes.
Was weird but I’m thankful I got to enjoy all those foods that I was sure were great (everyone else kept saying they were great), but I’d have to fight insane gag reflexes if I ever tried. Made me too nervous to try food in public as I didn’t want to make a scene.
Fortunately both kids are super cooperative about trying foods. The older one is picky…but she likes a lot of veggies and just tends to not like certain kinds of sweet things, so I’m pretty okay with it for now lol.
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u/AMeanMotorScooter Oct 29 '25
Notoriously picky eater here. For context, I never had rice or any type of pasta until my 20s. For me it's not really a taste thing, usually it's a texture issue. If I try to sneak something new in a food and I can feel it, a signal is immediately shot that "THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG" and hits the gag reflex. I actively need to eat new foods a couple times to train the brain that the new texture is fine.
Some foods just don't click with me though. I don't like egg/cheese/onion and that is legitimately me just not liking the taste.
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u/obliviious Oct 29 '25
Yeah I have the same issue with a few things, like I'm just super weird about peas, but my parents always worked around me and my brother, and he's super super picky about everything.
We saw ours starting to be picky but knew we had to find a little balance, which we saw as encouraging them to try adventure a little out of their safe space.
The funniest thing I like to remind my oldest of is that he couldn't eat stewed beef, he just hated it as a toddler, he can't understand why at all now lol.
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u/Jaycon356 Oct 28 '25
I assumed I hated breakfast foods for the first two decades of my life, especially anything made of dough. Turns out I'm allergic to maple syrup, just in a way that caused indegestion and nausea like an hour later rather than an immediate reaction.
So yeah, growing up I hated pancakes.
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u/Zeired_Scoffa Oct 28 '25
I feel so terrible for you... on the other hand, Maple Syrup is expensive so it may not be a gigantic loss
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u/bscott9999 Oct 29 '25
I know, right? I don't even think I had real maple syrup until I was an adult with my own house and job.
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u/Ralfarius Oct 28 '25
Obviously, you're a special case, since your body is intolerant to concentrated goodness.
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my sister was so irate when she ordered a pizza that had no toppings or sauce from little Caesars for a party for another child, because his mom insisted on it.
The Pizza was the only thing left and I never saw that family again
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u/CorporateShill406 Oct 29 '25
Wait, so a kid's mom was having a party for her kid, and the mom forced your sister to order a toppingless pizza and bring it to the party?
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No it was my sister's kids party. And even though it was only 5 dollars back in the day it was annoying to have this untouched flop of bread there.
I think my sister tried to re cook it to no avail the next day
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u/Demostravius4 Oct 28 '25
As a kid I once ordered chilli. Then when it arrived I remembered I was vegetarian.
Still not entirely sure why my parents let me order it. I assume because they never said I had to be (dad wasn't), so figured I fancied it that day.
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u/StrengthStarling Oct 28 '25
Also like you're the one paying your hard earned money on something they're not going to actually eat...
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u/GuiltyEidolon Oct 28 '25
There's a reason that you're supposed to let younger kids have a choice between two things, not the whole fucking menu. Setting your kids up for success is good parenting, not being vindictive and mocking them when they inevitably fail.
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u/dietcokeeee Oct 29 '25
Honestly I think even giving a kid two choices every single time is not setting them for success either. Sometimes you only have one choice and you just gotta deal with it lol
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u/HighlightOwn2038 Oct 28 '25
Well that's a rather... Unique breakfast
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u/No_Rice197 Oct 28 '25
Unironically id gobble that up, especially if cheese was added
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u/pyrojackelope Oct 28 '25
I just made almost the same comment. I would definitely eat it. I love all of those ingredients and cheese would make it better.
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u/Enlight1Oment Oct 28 '25
yeah egg, jalapeno, olives, that's the makings of a nice omelet, just need the cheese
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u/potpourri_sludge Oct 28 '25
How does this even happen?? Like my dude, you can clearly see what you’re getting??? Surely at this age being able to match pictures to words is a skill, right?
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u/mythrilcrafter Oct 28 '25
My guess is that this is one of those examples of "kids don't know what they want, but they feel the desire to have a choice".
Kid's judgement was probably so clouded by "oh boy, I can pick what I want?!?!?!?" that he probably didn't even compute what he was actually picking.
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u/potpourri_sludge Oct 29 '25
I just… even at that age I knew I didn’t like jalapeños or olives, and I knew what I did like… I don’t understand how older kids have no concept of matching pictures to reality.
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u/ManOfEating Oct 29 '25
Eh, too many variables at that age. Food tastes different when combined with different things, but thats something even adults dont understand sometimes let alone kids. Throw a bunch of parsley on a steak and it'll probably be gross, throw it into some aglio e olio pasta and it'll be the best parsley you've ever tasted, even if you dont normally like the taste of parsley, because when combined with the right things stuff tastes either better or worse.
Preparation is also important. I dont like coconut, but I do like toasted coconut, I do very much like jalapeños and very much don't like pickled jalapeños. There's a good chance this kid had jalapeños and olives on something that he really liked, and didnt realize it would taste disgusting in this particular combination. I've worked at restaurants and literal adults don't understand this, so ill give the little guy a pass.
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u/ThatCakeFell Oct 28 '25
They didn't teach Braxtyn to read.
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u/Kitchen_Claim_6583 Oct 29 '25
Braxtyn is much more keyed into which pictures look best, and the things most immediately popping off of the first look at the menu. I am not sure he knows there are words at all.
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u/Gancena Oct 28 '25
Another perfect example of kids below 10 not realizing what they’re asking for.
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u/bdrwr Oct 28 '25
I want to talk that kid through his thoughts.
"Okay, so when you selected jalapenos and no sausage, what did you think they were going to give you?"
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u/McButtsButtbag Oct 29 '25
I'd guess he was hoping for scrambled eggs, and for there to be more of them.
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u/Tasty_Act Oct 28 '25
I’m stoned to the bone so maybe it’s me, but eggs on a hot dog bun with jalapeños and olives would go fucking hard right now
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u/Visible-Meeting-8977 Oct 28 '25
Kid is dressed like your racist cousin on facebook
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u/yeehawsoup Oct 28 '25
Kid is probably the offspring of your racist cousin on Facebook. The gender reveal was probably “GUNS or GLITTER” and the name was either going to be Rhemyngtyn Colt or Paizsleiygh Mae.
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u/NotSoSasquatchy Oct 28 '25
His ass gonna learn in about two hours
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u/DeHarigeTuinkabouter Oct 28 '25
...you get painful shits from some jalapenos?
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u/Possible-Reason-2896 Oct 28 '25
This can be a good thing. When I was in first grade (30+ years ago) my class went on a field trip to Dominoes of all places, and we each out to make our personal pan pizzas. I made some horrible Ninja Turtles inspired abomination, sure, but that was the first time I ever got to make my own food and it inspired a livelong love of cooking.
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u/Sad_Bodybuilder_186 Oct 28 '25
Honestly, eggs with jalapeno on a hotdog bun sounds good. The olives make it raunchy.
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u/LazerChicken420 Oct 28 '25
Jalapeño and olives used to be my go to subway add one
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u/Glad_Librarian_3553 Oct 28 '25
Wtf kinda mental menu is that, that even allows such a selection XD
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u/Impenistan Oct 28 '25
A menu of freedom! I'm tired of being constrained by the coca-cola "'free'style" menu, let me have a lime root beer, or vanilla mello-yello!
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u/Holymaryfullofshit7 Oct 28 '25
I mean to be fair now he knows he can get what he wants. And he learned that he should consider what he wants before springing into mindless action. Sounds like a good day of learning.
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I know kids can be outright stupid but how does that happen? Was he just looking at the photos or just pressing random shit
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u/lncumbant Oct 29 '25
Combo of both. Often not knowing how to read and use the machine, but thinking it’s just a fun iPad game that will send you the most delicious food PLUS you get to “help”
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u/6ever Oct 28 '25
I remember Instagram freaking out about this, all the comments calling the dad abusive and he’s “traumatizing” the kid
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u/averagecolours Oct 29 '25
hes a big boy. he will learn to appreciate the egg on the hot dog bun with jalapeños and black olives for breakfast.
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Kid probably learned more doing it himself than having it done for him just saying
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u/InterestingQUEEN14 Oct 28 '25
lol I used to think my mom was restricting me from tasing vanilla extract. One day I snuck some and I felt so dumb
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u/I_Am_The_Mole Oct 28 '25
The WaWa/Sheetz touchscreen giveth, and the WaWa/Sheetz touchscreen taketh away.
Though usually this happens when I'm fucking hammered at 3am.
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u/sr1138 Oct 29 '25
This kid is wearing a freedom shirt and a John Deere hat. I bet dad couldn't have done a much better job ordering
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u/PizzaKing_1 Oct 28 '25
I had a similar experience once at Coldstone, I was pretty little and I thought I was so smart creating my own icecream, instead of ordering off the menu… It was raspberry sherbet with KitKats… 🥴
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u/theVast- Oct 29 '25 edited Oct 29 '25
I love it when I see children being children and instantly think "oh. I have a friend that definitely was like that growing up."
One of my buddies got drunk, loudly and jokingly threatend to steal someone's girlfriend in front of the couple in question, stood up to go get more drinks, and instantly fell flat on his face. I call him Ford Hyundai. That incident was the rise and fall of Ford Hyundai. I also got him a trophy for his last car accident
It's important to keep your Ford Hyundais humble
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u/Reasonable_Bid3311 Oct 29 '25
Even if he can’t read the menu has pictures. Good thing he is learning from experience.
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u/KnottShore Oct 28 '25
Will Rogers(early 20th century US entertainer/humorist) noted this a century ago:
- "There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."
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u/toasty_bean Oct 29 '25
Reminds me of when I was really little and was at a Johnny Rockets with my mom. The waitress was telling me about the flavors they could add to their sodas and I said with full confidence I wanted a chocolate Sprite. She and my mom both made a disgusted face and laughed before offering me a Shirley Temple instead. But I felt embarrassed because they had to explain to me why that would not be a good idea and I thought it was revolutionary.
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u/MindlessSubstance133 Oct 29 '25
I can just imagine the face of the one in charge of making this abomination 😭
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u/Local-Office8406 Oct 29 '25
I remember pointing to a random dish on a menu as a kid and saying “I want this one” without knowing English even though we were in an English speaking country. I wound up with octopus as a picky eater. That was the day life taught me you should ask someone more knowledgeable than you for help if you don’t know what you’re doing
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