• Obinice@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Not knowing what a particular dish that you’ve never seen before doesn’t make you dumb.

    I have no idea what scalloped potatoes is, I’ve never had it. Maybe it means they bake scallops inside a potato? I have no idea. I’ve never had scallops either, I take it they’re a type of sea food, but as I’ve never run into them I assume they’re not for the working class.

    Not everybody can live a fancy lifestyle, or live somewhere where scallops and other fancy foods are affordable for normal people.

    So, when they hear of a dish with scallop in the name, it’s not “dumb” to think that it may have scallops, a food they’ve never seen, in it.

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      1 year ago

      yeah the meme is stupid, I watch cooking youtube a lot, like a lot lot and I have never heard of Scalloped potatoes, but I have seen some scallop recipes so I would have assumed they are indeed connected.

      this is like calling someone dumb for thinking Stamford Bridge is a bridge and not knowing it’s a football stadium.

      just don’t call people stupid for not knowing things that might be obvious to you (unkess they say shit like vaccines cause autism, but even then try to approach with empathy first)

      https://xkcd.com/1053/

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        1 year ago

        Stamford bridge is also a bridge though. And the location of a very important battle in English history. If you’re not a football fan, you might be familiar with the battle but not the stadium (as was my case).

        I think this example is more like if she thought scalloped potatoes involved scallops, but there were actually 2 dishes called scalloped potatoes, one of which does involve scallops

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      1 year ago

      The vaguely intelligent will inquire about something they don’t know out of curiosity rather than assuming they already have enough information and making decisions based on that.

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      1 year ago

      Lol, they have scallops at Red Lobster. It’s not some elite, upper class food. 🤣 I’ve never seen anyone try to reverse gatekeep a common seafood before. Truly impressive!