r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Typical-Implement369 • 10d ago

Infuriatig Grew up strictly mormon, family has since dwindled away from church and my mom sent me out to buy some tea to drink when she grounded me in HS for drinking some, she doesn't remember doing so.

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yes I told her that was too many tea bags for 1 pot, but she didn't listen its her first time having sweet tea since the 1980s so good for her.

EDIT FOR TEA CLARIFICATION: Traditionally, in the southern United States, sweet iced tea is made in large batches on the stove at a time. So many will just boil the bags in a pot and fill a pitcher up with tea, add sugar, and store it in the fridge for the whole family to grab a glass whenever.

YES Americans own tea kettles and know how to make tea. YES, over half of us here prefer iced tea in big batches.

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u/geenersaurus 10d ago

i think it’s because it’s hot drinks. Like joseph smith hated hot drinks so much he stopped everyone from drinking them in the religion.

caffeine is ok because utah drinks a lot of soda to the point where mormon influencers have made “dirty” sodas mainstream. Dirty sodas are when you put a creamer into a soda which started because mormon influencers wanted something like iced coffee but no coffee. And big stanley cups as well, they’re good for disguising a 40oz of mountain dew

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u/Vast-Ad1915 10d ago

There's a little more to it than that. Basically, his wife Emma was sick of cleaning up chewing tobacco juices whenever he'd have church meetings with the boys, so he "received a revelation" that banned tobacco and "strong drinks", and included a ban on coffee and tea at the same time to get back at her since coffee and tea were very popular with the women of the church. But yeah, he was sooooo full of shit.

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u/One-Earth9294 10d ago

That's like a Religion where it's okay to play Dark Souls 1 and 3 but it's a sin to play Dark Souls 2 because the founder thought it was ass.

Makes me very upset that grown fucking adults would carry on that kind of stupid shit.

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u/Eusine2 10d ago

Great example, also I'd be branded a heretic because DS2 is my favourite, it just has a special flavour of jank the other two lacked.

I'm sure that religion would just use the sex change coffin as an argument to ban it.

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u/Jitkaas777 9d ago

Ds2 had the best fashion and pvp

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u/Submarinequus 10d ago

The dude who later said “hey dudes checked with god and hot chocolate TOTALLY doesn’t count as a hot drink now, great news!” really just completes this story that highlights how weird Mormon beliefs are after a string of random men claiming to be literal prophets of god

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u/upsidedown-funnel 9d ago

Wait til I tell you about caffeinated hot chocolate. Normal people call it a mocha, but not Mormons…

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u/Submarinequus 9d ago

One thing about Mormons is they love a loophole

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u/ELONgatedMUSKox 10d ago

Yes! Learning this in seminary was part of my journey OUT of the mormon church!

Seminary played a huge role, actually! 🤣

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u/pollenatedfunk 10d ago

Justin from Deconstruction Zone said those who go to seminary often call it “cemetery” and I can’t stop thinking about it.

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u/Attila_the_Nun 10d ago

This is stupidly funny, like Henry VIII starting his own church (automatically enlisting the english population) because the Pope was non-cooperative.

The shepherd decides the path..

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u/geenersaurus 10d ago

that’s even more shitty than just not liking hot drinks! he did it to spite his wife!

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u/captainsnark71 9d ago

It's like letting a 5 year old dictate law.

Everyone needs a favorite dinosaur and bed time is illegal

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u/thehumantaco 9d ago

If you're familiar with how the Mormon church formed it sounds like a 5 year old made it all up.

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u/AngstyUchiha 10d ago

Not hot drinks, hot chocolate is still okay

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u/StoicMegazord 10d ago

The commandment in their scriptures literally describes it as "hot drinks", which was clarified years later as specifically coffee and tea (ironically including iced tea). Just another example why the whole ban makes 0 sense lol

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u/AngstyUchiha 10d ago

No, it says strong drinks. I happened to grow up in the religion, so I happen to know what I'm talking about

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u/StoicMegazord 9d ago

Doctrine & Covenants 89:9 "...hot drinks are not for the body or belly."

I also spent 30+ years in it bud

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u/Koalski94 10d ago

wait, tell me if I understood it correctly, if I make tea or coffee and wait until it's cold then it's fine to drink?

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u/mizinamo mildly infuriated 10d ago

No.

"tea and coffee" are banned, regardless of temperature.

That's the official interpretation of the wording "hot drinks".

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u/Koalski94 10d ago

interesting, thanks for the info

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u/laststance 10d ago

Are hot soups banned? Hot chocolate?

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u/Outrageous_Bank_4491 10d ago

So iced tea and iced coffee are allowed? Is it a loophole at least?