"Never heard of a potato, looks pretty good."
June 26, 2022 4:28 AM Subscribe
It's really worth reading this one. High art.
posted by lalochezia at 4:53 AM on June 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by lalochezia at 4:53 AM on June 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
E.g. responses 1,2 .
Also the account only posted this "taters?" story and that's it.
posted by lalochezia at 4:57 AM on June 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
Also the account only posted this "taters?" story and that's it.
posted by lalochezia at 4:57 AM on June 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
I would have just pooped on a plate and served it to the kid for dessert. "Do you know what this is?"
posted by phooky at 5:21 AM on June 26, 2022
posted by phooky at 5:21 AM on June 26, 2022
Is this something I'd need to know what a potato is to understand?
posted by flabdablet at 5:58 AM on June 26, 2022 [26 favorites]
posted by flabdablet at 5:58 AM on June 26, 2022 [26 favorites]
An Ask.Me reminded me of the Bananas in the Break room reply all horror show.
posted by theora55 at 7:46 AM on June 26, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by theora55 at 7:46 AM on June 26, 2022 [5 favorites]
How does a person view this? It seems to be blocked
Archive.org link
posted by cozenedindigo at 8:13 AM on June 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
Archive.org link
posted by cozenedindigo at 8:13 AM on June 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
I applaud this level of commitment to being a shit disturber. Having done similar things in my past, and coming from a culture where we do this sort of thing all the time, it will often lead to hilarious results (and also rage). Its my Ask vs Guess culture thing - you get it or don't or it pisses you off.
posted by Ashwagandha at 8:45 AM on June 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Ashwagandha at 8:45 AM on June 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
How does a person view this? It seems to be blocked
Reddit’s a total asshole about not being logged in or using the app on mobile, specifically (desktop doesn’t do this). Just change the www -> to “old” in the URL.
posted by Ryvar at 9:04 AM on June 26, 2022 [10 favorites]
Reddit’s a total asshole about not being logged in or using the app on mobile, specifically (desktop doesn’t do this). Just change the www -> to “old” in the URL.
posted by Ryvar at 9:04 AM on June 26, 2022 [10 favorites]
Or tell your phone browser to show the desktop site is how I got to see it.
posted by solotoro at 10:32 AM on June 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by solotoro at 10:32 AM on June 26, 2022 [1 favorite]
That's one way to fry a relationship.
posted by AlSweigart at 11:37 AM on June 26, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by AlSweigart at 11:37 AM on June 26, 2022 [4 favorites]
No hardcore taters for this one!
posted by chavenet at 11:41 AM on June 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by chavenet at 11:41 AM on June 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
What I love about this is how "..an idea slapped my mind" which "backfired in my face".
Having been slapped many times in my mind, I can relate in parallel. Having been backfired in my face too, I rotate in sympathy.
posted by storybored at 12:32 PM on June 26, 2022 [7 favorites]
Having been slapped many times in my mind, I can relate in parallel. Having been backfired in my face too, I rotate in sympathy.
posted by storybored at 12:32 PM on June 26, 2022 [7 favorites]
Nevermind.
posted by Flock of Cynthiabirds at 12:56 PM on June 26, 2022
posted by Flock of Cynthiabirds at 12:56 PM on June 26, 2022
Is this potato week now?
At least now we know what to do when FPPs start dropping off.
(Opens in private tab for me.)
posted by blue shadows at 12:43 AM on June 27, 2022
At least now we know what to do when FPPs start dropping off.
(Opens in private tab for me.)
posted by blue shadows at 12:43 AM on June 27, 2022
I mean, Metafilter, too, has been in the awkward situation of not knowing exactly what taters are.
posted by needs more cowbell at 4:23 AM on June 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by needs more cowbell at 4:23 AM on June 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
The courage to go all in on a joke has to be admired but potatoes are an odd hill to be sacrificing a relationship on.
posted by tommasz at 5:59 AM on June 27, 2022
posted by tommasz at 5:59 AM on June 27, 2022
Ah! So they're a kind of hill?
posted by flabdablet at 6:41 AM on June 27, 2022 [6 favorites]
posted by flabdablet at 6:41 AM on June 27, 2022 [6 favorites]
The courage to go all in on a joke has to be admired but potatoes are an odd hill to be sacrificing a relationship on.
Potatoes are an odd hill, full stop
posted by billjings at 7:54 AM on June 27, 2022
Potatoes are an odd hill, full stop
posted by billjings at 7:54 AM on June 27, 2022
I'm now thinking fondly of a dinner I had with a Scottish friend and his father, visiting from Glasgow, who over dinner proceeded to discuss potatos and their appropriate pairing in cuisine for 30 minutes straight without interruption, including a comically shocked recitation of the time my friend's mother put red potato slices in the salad, which are obviously far too waxy, and nearly led to a church-granted anullment.
The spectrum from ignorance to connoirseureship is broad, is all I'm saying.
posted by fatbird at 8:21 AM on June 27, 2022 [3 favorites]
The spectrum from ignorance to connoirseureship is broad, is all I'm saying.
posted by fatbird at 8:21 AM on June 27, 2022 [3 favorites]
As many of us do, I sometimes wake up at around 3am haunted by my life choices and predicting doom about every conceivable detail. Other times, I wake up around 3am and think of something funny and can't go back to sleep because I can't stop giggling about the funny thing. This is one of those funny things and I will be struggling to keep the grin off of my face during the marathon of stand up meetings this morning. At least the struggle will prevent me from falling asleep on camera.
posted by treepour at 9:02 AM on June 27, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by treepour at 9:02 AM on June 27, 2022 [2 favorites]
My ex wife's parents decided when she was born that they were going to teach her the word "apple" for an onion and "onion" for an apple. Merrily she went until about the 4th grade when she was at a friend's house and the mother asked if she wanted a slice of apple. She wondered who would eat a slice of apple (onion). Then it came out on a plate. My ex blurted out, "That's not an apple, that is an onion." Hilarity ensued when her friend's mother tried to figure it out and called ex wife's mom who explained the whole thing. Depending on your point of view, it was either a great long game gag or an epic fail.
If someone asked my ex what a potato is, she would believe them in a heartbeat.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 9:09 AM on June 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
If someone asked my ex what a potato is, she would believe them in a heartbeat.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 9:09 AM on June 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
Andy Riley's book of Great Lies To Tell Small Kids is a thing of beauty and a joy forever.
There's one lie in there about how a new Sun goes over the sky every day, and the old ones pile up behind those hills over there, and after they cool down men go back there and cut them into blocks and that's where we get margarine from.
I told that one to little ms flabdablet when she was still tiny ms flabdablet, and was horribly ashamed to find out from her that she'd actually never questioned it until she was at least 15. She says she's never going to forgive me for that and frankly I deserve not to be.
posted by flabdablet at 9:18 AM on June 27, 2022 [6 favorites]
There's one lie in there about how a new Sun goes over the sky every day, and the old ones pile up behind those hills over there, and after they cool down men go back there and cut them into blocks and that's where we get margarine from.
I told that one to little ms flabdablet when she was still tiny ms flabdablet, and was horribly ashamed to find out from her that she'd actually never questioned it until she was at least 15. She says she's never going to forgive me for that and frankly I deserve not to be.
posted by flabdablet at 9:18 AM on June 27, 2022 [6 favorites]
Seriously?
Short version--
Mom the cook: "Try it, you'll like it."
Boyfriend quote: "Taste's very strange!"
Mom the cook: "Eh, eat something else then."
posted by BlueHorse at 12:15 PM on June 27, 2022
Short version--
Mom the cook: "Try it, you'll like it."
Boyfriend quote: "Taste's very strange!"
Mom the cook: "Eh, eat something else then."
posted by BlueHorse at 12:15 PM on June 27, 2022
I guess it was better received this time.
posted by rikschell at 4:52 PM on June 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by rikschell at 4:52 PM on June 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
Better received? Of course, it's potato week.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 9:17 PM on June 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by JohnnyGunn at 9:17 PM on June 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
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