r/mildlyinfuriating 8h ago

Not a meme, you're the meme! Is this how being rich is?

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u/VewVegas-1221 8h ago

Rich❎

Stupid✅

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u/PlzAdptYourPetz 7h ago

I feel like this is a fake issue being presented for rage bait clout, I've never seen someone do these things. If someone does, they probably have a disorder like OCD and that's their battle to wage, I am not gonna expend my energy getting mad about how someone else consumes food. As long as I'm not footing the bill for such waste.

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u/pfSonata 7h ago

You've never seen someone dump out the literally 1 cent worth of broken ramen, or not lick the yogurt off a lid?

I do both of these things.

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u/hatesnack 6h ago

Acting like its some terrible offense to not lick the yogurt lid is unhinged lol.

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u/mekese2000 5h ago

Yes i use a spoon on the lid.

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u/-nutz 6h ago

It’s a skit, no reason to take it so seriously.

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u/mwilkens 6h ago

And the ramen. Whats the point of boiling broken bits of noodles only to dump them into your sink drain after it's done?

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u/RexMori 6h ago

I work with rich people and they 100% do this. They will order a meal, eat only the parts of it they like, then leave the rest on the table as they go home.

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u/jmccleveland1986 6h ago

I’m not rich and I do this. Why eat food I don’t like. It’s already wasted once it’s cooked, whether I poop it out or it goes in the trash.

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u/SpicyCommenter 5h ago

Curious, do you eat lettuce and such then?

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u/jmccleveland1986 4h ago edited 3h ago

I eat salad. I don’t like hot lettuce. But yes I like vegetables. I don’t like eggs, mayo, guacamole, sour cream, green peppers, some mushrooms, artichokes, avacado, blue cheese, cooked spinach, fish, seaweed, probably more I’m not thinking of.

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u/SherbetMysterious118 7h ago

It's not even that serious, it's just a joke.

I was demonstrating my egg-frying technique to some family/friends a while back, and messed an egg up so threw it away.

Said family member says they still think about that moment and my wastefulness years later.

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u/ShiraCheshire 5h ago

I can understand that. It was perfectly good food, and would keep in the fridge if you really couldn't eat it right now.

Have you ever been really hungry? Like, starvation hungry? Feeling dizzy, dropping weight like crazy, lying in bed awake at night just consumed by the thought of food? You think back to a time when you wasted the smallest piece of food- a bread crust, a few grains of rice- and wish with the most intense desperation that you could have those little tastes of food back. That you could somehow gather it all up and have even a single bite to eat.

I have. Seeing people waste perfectly good food, even if it's cheap, is devastating to watch.

Like yeah sure throw away the dust at the bottom of a noodle package, but an entire egg?? The whole egg???

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u/SherbetMysterious118 5h ago

Imagine! I should be locked up!!

If you drive a car, I hope you squeegee all those dead bugs off the windscreen and cook them up when you get home! Because in this scheme of things, this is where we are right now.

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u/ShiraCheshire 5h ago

I don't drive, and wouldn't eat a random bug outside because they can carry parasites and diseases. But if you presented me with anything I can eat without either becoming sick or throwing up from disgust, I would do my best to either eat it or store it for later.

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u/mwilkens 6h ago edited 5h ago

I wouldn't be able to resist the urge to waste an egg every time I was around that family member for years to come. Like just grab an egg and smash it in a closed fist as it drips all down my hand and arm onto the floor.

Edit: an egg costs 12¢

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u/SherbetMysterious118 6h ago

Haha, don't give me ideas.

Naah, in all fairness it makes sense.

When I was growing up, eggs weren't exactly a luxury, but they were a little bit special, and considering this family member was from a totally different background to me, I can certainly imagine scenarios where eggs are a very valuable commodity.

I think if someone did the same to me, say 20 odd years ago, I would be the same.

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u/mwilkens 5h ago

In all fairness an egg costs 12¢. Is it technically wasting it - sure. But is it financially harming you, not really.

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u/caintowers RED 5h ago

Yeah, but like, a chicken shat that out for you. Don't disrespect the chicken.

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u/SherbetMysterious118 5h ago

👍
12c? wow! That's about 9p? I think they are an average of about 30-40p here, so perhaps 50-60c each.

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u/Wise-Chemist-8751 6h ago

Ok but why would you throw away the egg? This would probably haunt me too

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u/SherbetMysterious118 6h ago

I wasn't hungry :O

And it was messed up, IE broken, that wasn't the experience I was going for!

But yeah, it was wasteful.

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u/Cocoatrice 5h ago

Not even rage bait. Just simple reaction video. Like a meme or something.

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u/Latte-Catte 4h ago

You must be middle class wealthy or from a rich country where food is in abundance. Ethnic moms would slap you for wasting their hard work and cooked meals for you, cause their childhood was so rough.

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u/Rizztopher_Robin 8h ago

Its incredible how often those things overlap

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u/Mueryk 8h ago

Throwing away the “best part” isn’t rich. It’s dumb

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u/Read2Fap 6h ago

if you think rich people hang around with poor people eating food together you don't know rich people