Matt

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Matt

@mattrum91

شامل ہوئے Mayıs 2012

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Matt@mattrum91·8 Mar

@witty_genstein Friend’s 3yo: Did I pick this TV -No darling, you werent born -Because I was at home -No you hadnt been born yet -Because I was still in mummys tummy -No, you weren't even in mummys tummy yet -But did I have eyes -You didn't, you didnt even exist yet -Ah, because I was at the zoo

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Matt@mattrum91·15h

@PhilWhomfield A while ago, the wife and I went to a pub that was temporarily trying to be a bit bougie. I ordered the pasta in white wine sauce, her the triple cooked chips. When I tried dipping the chips in the sauce, I had to admit it was a far superior carb.

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Phil Whomfield@PhilWhomfield·16h

Forget yanks, I'm still pissed off by the Italian guy who told me in 2007 that all we eat is potatoes. Sorry, you can mash, roast, boil them. Turn them into chips, crisps, sacred hash browns. The most imaginative thing you can do with pasta is cut it into different shapes

Largacty3 𓅃@largacty3

The American mind cannot comprehend the pub cheese and onion roll

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Matt@mattrum91·15h

@leap_dog There are cities I went to a decade ago that are, In terms of food, drink and nebulous “culture”, utterly unrecognisable today. Any memories people have of a city or larger town 7+ years ago are basically meaningless.

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henry@leap_dog·16h

the problem with all this discourse is that this trend you identify with young urban progressive americans has and is happening with young urban progressives around the world and that is like 75% of who engages with this discourse.

Liam@LegoRacers2

Americans (esp. young urban progressives) are very proud of developing a more sophisticated food culture since the 1980s, and are shocked that the Brits still see us as culinary provincials, viewing themselves as more worldly. This is the core of the “taco” pronunciation debate

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Matt@mattrum91·16h

@kokorobitch Yeah, I mean I sometimes fry red onions in wine (lots of sugar) and a friend of mine does maple syrup. But to be fair, the Brit talking about adding caramel was taking the piss.

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becca@kokorobitch·17h

the caramelised onions discourse is confusing me because *some* recipes do call for sugar to be added. it’s not universal but it’s not unheard of either

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Matt@mattrum91·16h

@himbopotamuss Ah, that makes sense. As a citizen of a country whose flag has also been hijacked by nationalist idiots, I can fully understand.

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grendels stepmom 🇩🇪@himbopotamuss·16h

@mattrum91 I’ve only been to Berlin but I loved it! (I’m an American rooting for Germany in the WC which is why the flag and also the US but I can’t bring myself to put our flag bc I don’t want to be seen as a MAGA weirdo 😭)

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grendels stepmom 🇩🇪@himbopotamuss·1d

I have no interest in eating a giant raw onion but British sandwiches are legit when I studied abroad for a summer in Oxford Oxford we would eat these ham butter and cucumber sandwiches on the lawn while drinking pimms cups it was heaven

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Matt@mattrum91·17h

@himbopotamuss Interestingly, two of the best summers of my life were spent in America. You wouldn’t know that different countries so could be so chummy just by looking at twitter. Sadly (in reference to your flag), I’ve spent precious little time in Germany.

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grendels stepmom 🇩🇪@himbopotamuss·17h

@mattrum91 One of the best summers of my life!

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Matt@mattrum91·17h

@kenny_macleod @himbopotamuss That’s super charming 😁 If you’re ever that way again, there are some kayak tours you do in areas like Buxton that are super quiet (basically because the river is too thin for any motorised boat) Also a good area for otter spotting, but I’ve never been that lucky.

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Kenny Macleod@kenny_macleod·17h

@mattrum91 @himbopotamuss On a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads years ago and a Walls ice cream boat would pull up to your boat to get a 99 or lolly 🍦

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Matt@mattrum91·21h

@Kaarnema @jess_ann_pin That’s just absolutely not the way it happened. People were using it to mean “sub human”. There was spite. Never heard “idiot” used in the same way. The taboo came from the usage.

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Kaarne Marras@Kaarnema·21h

@mattrum91 @jess_ann_pin The "woke police" didn't change the meaning; they just focused on that word out of several equivalents and branded it as a uniquely bad slur – perhaps because it happened to be more common in the right circles at the time. But they still could've chosen any of the others as well.

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Jessica Pin@jess_ann_pin·1d

Why is “retard” more offensive than “moron” or “idiot”? This seems so arbitrary.

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Matt@mattrum91·22h

@Kaarnema @jess_ann_pin There absolutely was “retard” jokes about Stephen hawking in the 2000s. And it’s not arbitrary; people act like the imagined woke police changed the meaning, not the people who used it against people with mental disabilities.

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Kaarne Marras@Kaarnema·23h

@mattrum91 @jess_ann_pin Has "retard" actually been used against all people in wheelchairs? Hard to imagine someone calling Stephen Hawking that. I agree that language changes. That was also my point. That "retard" is now a slur and the others aren't is arbitrary. It's not predicted by the term's use.

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Matt@mattrum91·23h

@Kaarnema @jess_ann_pin I mean, I’m not sure if “moron” was used as a slur against people in wheelchairs, for instance… But even if it was, once again, language changes. Idiot is not offensive because it’s not used that way. Much like “hells bells” was once a swear word in the uk, but now it isn’t.

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Kaarne Marras@Kaarnema·23h

@mattrum91 @jess_ann_pin The same is true for "idiot" and "moron" as well. "Retard" is just a more recent version of this.

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Matt@mattrum91·1d

@ouranometrian2 Washing chicken. Not hanging out laundry. General “hygiene olympics” can get pretty crazy in the US, too. Oh, and seeing public transport as a poor/dangerous thing.

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ourania, elderly milkmaid⁷@ouranometrian2·1d

So other countries have these weird thoughts like cooking onions grows bacteria, or eating the fairy soap, or fan death What weirdo thing does the us have?

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Matt@mattrum91·1d

@Schoolboy_Hew @ParisPhl Yes, this is absolutely true. Not saying that this is the case everywhere, but when many Americans have to drive 2 hours to their nearest shop, fresh veg isn’t exactly possible.

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MCDC@Schoolboy_Hew·1d

@mattrum91 @ParisPhl Huh? Fresh vegetables are not Americans "thing"? You've lost all credibility trying to take credibility away from someone else

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Nathan@ParisPhl·1d

England does not have high quality ingredients, you barely have fresh vegetables

FandomFighter🇬🇧/🇮🇪(Regnum Irae)@fandomfighter29

It tastes much fresher without that, british food relies on high quality ingredients rather than saturating items with a myriad of seasonings.

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Matt@mattrum91·1d

@mindrelic @emmatpnlovebot It’s said that Americans put sugar in everything (“even milk” you’ll hear a lot). The reality is normally that the US is a corn-based country, rather than wheat. Although, wonder bread does indeed have sugar in it.

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Josh Owens@mindrelic·1d

@emmatpnlovebot Also why do they always mention our bread being "sweet" or "like cake", i genuinely have no idea what they mean

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Fenn ☁️🍃@emmatpnlovebot·1d

why do people think American cheese is the only cheese we have here 😭

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Matt@mattrum91·1d

@emmatpnlovebot To be fair, when I have visited the US, American cheese was the default on every burger. Sometimes you’d get Swiss or Monterey Jack which is a bit better. All cheddar was mild. Only saw flavourful cheese at specialty shops.

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Matt@mattrum91·1d

@Lux_Stella_ Yeah, I don’t know why people need to dogs some big defence for this. It’s the equivalent of a pb&j.

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Lux_Stella@Lux_Stella_·1d

a number of very poor british responses to this, instead of the obvious "it's a cheap, premade, packaged cold sandwich not comparable to a restaurant entree"

Henry@_HMSP

Did it never occur to y’all to caramelize the onions, toast the bread, and melt the cheese?

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Matt@mattrum91·1d

@LauraRbnsn Tbh, I don’t get this, either. This is an old man sandwich. There’s things to love about British sandwiches, though. When I ate meat, this ham hock, mature cheddar and onion chutney sandwich was an absolute treat, and has some of the spirit of the original photo.

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Laura Robinson@LauraRbnsn·1d

I have never had one of these in all my times in the UK. I have to be honest: I do not get it. I'm sure with fresh bread and good sharp cheddar it's good. But it photographs like an unfinished sandwich. Like you're supposed to take that packet home and make your own sandwich.

Largacty3 𓅃@largacty3

The American mind cannot comprehend the pub cheese and onion roll

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Matt@mattrum91·2d

@yet_so_far I know that,m the render is better for preserving the building, but the bare stone looks so beautiful. Part of me thinks it’s fickle to “restore” a building to a less preserved state, but another part says, “preserve for what?!” Feels like keeping a painting under a dust sheet

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Sonia@yet_so_far·2d

Obsessed with this Facebook group of people restoring old Irish cottages. These people took the render off their exterior and now look at it!

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Matt@mattrum91·2d

@orthodoxmason Really nice. I know it’s not the point but I notice that one driver that can’t help but overhang onto the path. Living by the letter but not the spirit of the bollard.

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orthodoxmason@orthodoxmason·2d

One of the core benefits of structural masonry is that it can endure long periods of neglect and be brought back to life. Wood just can’t take abandonment on the chin.

🏛Architectolder@Architectolder

Too far gone?

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