Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
You: I love Campbell's chicken soup
Me, parachuting into your mentions: make your own soup, it's not hard
You: I don't want to
Me: you just need chicken wings, carrots, celery, onions, garlic— put it all in your slow cooker
You: I don't have one
Me: you need one! A good one is only about $100
You: I just want Campbell's
Me: uh, ok, but you really don't know what goes into it, it's not safe. Don't complain when you get sick
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@Louisa then they fight for 18 hours about chicken noodle vs chicken and dumplings, still tagging you in every single one
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@Louisa this is exactly how nutrition wonks sound homg
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@glitterwitch it's hard not to fall into the trap of "everyone should have the time and energy for the thing I've chosen to devote my time and energy to" but you gotta fight it
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@Louisa I used to be that freaking guy, I was so snobby about ~whole foods~ thankfully I got my head out of my ass
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@Louisa giving this toot a chefs kiss
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@radicalrobit ✨✨✨
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
I know this is a joke, but my mom did this techbro shit to me about soup last week! Some of her responses were verbatim what you have in your post.
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@zzz it's an easy thing to fall into!
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@Louisa this is so completely accurate i'm suspicious
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@finn I know the food part, and what it's like to *hear* the tech part, so I'm like 75% an expert
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@Louisa god if only techbros were like home cooking people. Just excited about it and sharing easy ways to do it instead of shit-talking store brands
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@Tel oh man that's a good point
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@Louisa I do talk about food like that, sometimes
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@anarchiv me too! But I do *try* to find a willing audience
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@Louisa aye that's the difference
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@Louisa unironically I live with two chefs and we had this exact conversation
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@Louisa they have this weird abhorrence of canned foods
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@Aleums there's a lot of parallels in these interests! I try to keep food opinions to myself unless asked, but I definitely slip up
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@ItsJenNotGabby @Louisa thing is I've tried their soup and it's always way too salty, so it's mysterious to me
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@ItsJenNotGabby @Louisa I think you're spot on with that analysis jen, we don't have a microwave and they pride themselves on it lmao
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@Aleums @ItsJenNotGabby @Louisa that's fucking insane, it's a heat source. Yeah, you can ruin things with a microwave and pre-packaged food meant for it is not the height of cuisine but it's like getting snobby about an oven vs a range top. It's for different things!
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@Aleums @ItsJenNotGabby @Louisa sounds like they... 😎 spoiled the broth.
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@robotcarsley @Aleums @ItsJenNotGabby :ohno:
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@jasonscheirer @Aleums ha, they're called potatoes 😌
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@Louisa don't forget to invest in my decentralized soup, it will solve all the world's problems
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
@DarkWitchClaire @Louisa been waiting to go off about SoupBase, the SoupChain, and my cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs based microsoup architecture
Talking about food the way techbros talk about tech
You: I'm just going to buy the soup I like
A second rando in your mentions: @.Louisa chicken wings? Do you get good results? I've always preferred to use a whole chicken carcass @.you
Me: @.rando2 yeah I like the wings better for a cleaner flavor and it makes economic sense a lot of the time @.you
Rando2: @.Louisa what if we could bulk-buy wings and share them, reducing costs further @.you
You: untag me please