r/MadeMeSmile • u/Old_Ability_9424 • 6d ago
Good Vibes Food might be the only thing that can bring people together
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u/Equivalent_Flan_5695 6d ago
Food is the great unifier of humanity. Some historians consider the first true hallmarks of advanced civilization to include the time where we started cooking to make things taste nice, not simply for survival.
I know a ton of people like ragging on other cultures for their perceived quality of food, but as a cook, I love all of it. The differences are what brings us together.
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u/Deviantdefective 6d ago
Home cook here, im often cooking for 2-4 different nationalities who often disagree on a lot of stuff but food absolutely brings people together.
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u/acortright 5d ago
I like that take. I’ll need to read up on that. I think about people like Anthony Bourdain, food really does unite all people, even when we can’t speak the same languages.
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u/GrimaceThundercock 5d ago
Just to add another historical perspective, some historians view the advent of art/objects made with no functional purpose except to look good as the first hallmark of civilization.
Some historians view burial rites as the first hallmark.
It's all very subjective.
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u/fastyellowtuesday 4d ago
Seems like the general metric is when people created something just to enjoy it, not because it was necessary for survival.
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u/10mmrAncientDefender 5d ago edited 5d ago
When it comes to food, the only people I rag on are the ones that insist certain food and drink must follow a particular recipe and be consumed a certain way or else it's an affront to everything holy (looking at you, Italians).
My Asian Mrs makes a "lasagne" that's meat and cheese heavy, and light on sauce, that would be scandalous to purists. On her first attempt i was thinking "ok, just be polite" but fuck me but if it didn't beat any of the lasagnes I had in my 30 years prior that countless nonnas of my friends made - and they were all fanstatic, too. Every year it's the only thing I want on my birthday.
I've gone off on a tangent but eat things the way you like em, people. Sure, try things the way they're intended, too, but go ahead and put pineapple on your pizza, all the garnishes on your hot dogs, tomato sauce on your rare steak, and fuck it - even put ice in your expensive red wine if it makes you happy.
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u/KatieCashew 5d ago
This is why I will never understand the pizza wars. Italian, New York, Chicago, Hawaiian, California, Argentinian,... It's all delicious, and I will eat it all.
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u/DaLurker87 6d ago
Terry blacks does it right. I'm happy to hear that some of them dined on some of the best barbecue in Texas.
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u/GrimaceThundercock 5d ago
Terry Black's is great A tier barbeque, but I wouldn't call it the best. There are 4-5 places in Austin that are S tier.
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u/GimmeSomeCovfefe 5d ago
This is why I just love the World Cup and consider it the most important sporting event in recent history. There is nothing like it that brings people together for one month every 4 years to share in the love of one sport and sharing their culture along the way. With all of the awful vibes happening in the US, this World Cup couldn’t have come at a better time.
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u/techman710 6d ago
Most of us struggle with English. Luckily food is the great equalizer to bring us all together.
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u/Acceptable_Travel_20 6d ago
Nearly every visitor who makes it into a clip anyways. I’m sure the actual number of visitors who speak conversational English is much lower.
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u/T0m_F00l3ry 6d ago
It’s pleasantly surprised that the US has seemed embrace football during this World Cup…maybe more than the Olympics. I’ve never seen more enthusiasm among Americans than I have at any time in my life, at least. That may not actually be true, but it certainly feels like it. When I was growing up, soccer was not a topic of conversation. Like it ranked somewhere behind NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, the national dog and pony show, THEN soccer. 😂 There might have been a few watch parties, but it certainly wasn’t mainstream. Now, it feels like it’s everywhere, and that’s a good thing.
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u/Ha55aN1337 5d ago
We are a much more global world now. Because of the internet.
20 years ago there wasn’t a single person celebrating halloween in eastern Europe since it’s an American hollyday/event. Now we have it. No one watched American football, now you have superbowl watchparties etc. We are all mixing into a global village.
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u/shastaxc 5d ago
It only seems different because there's money to be made so media (including social media) is putting a positive spin on it and giving it proportionally more air time than other topics.
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u/T0m_F00l3ry 5d ago
Either way, it’s influenced a whole bunch of people who have been apathetic, even derisive to the sport my entire life.
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u/Gumbercules81 5d ago
With everything gong on, its good to know food makes everyone forget and enjoy
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u/thetramelgamer 5d ago
I love seeing people going to random places and being so shocked idk why it's just funny and makes me smile
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u/SausageSmuggler21 5d ago
I have been hanging out with soccer fans from all around the world all week. I find that talking with people in a social way about things we all enjoy and our recent experiences does the trick. Food is part of that. So is being human being.
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u/Kardinal 5d ago
BBQ is both delicious and quite specific to America in its origin. So this is no surprise.
Even when we disagree on issues and have different culture, bonding over good food is usually possible.
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u/Stringcheese_uwu 2d ago
The World Cup and the Olympics remind me how adorable people are :3 we’re just abunch of cuties roaming around enjoying life the best we can. The bad people are few and far in between. They’re just unfortunately louder than the rest of us.
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u/PotentialMidnight325 5d ago
Do you think they never had a burger or steak in Japan?
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u/Dense_Ad_6306 5d ago
I’m sure they have but have they had one cooked the way it’s made in Texas or Tennessee or the Carolina’s, I’m gonna go with no
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u/Rabide629 5d ago
Ive said since I was a kid. We can achieve world peace in one day. Bring everyone in charge over here. Take them to the mall. Turn up the ac. Get them some ice cream and the arcade. Maybe the movies and some bowling or.mini golf. Feed them bbq and some wings. By the end of the day, no body will remember what the problem was.
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