Picky eaters are childish and need to grow up

[lxskllr]

If your happiness requires me to eat something I don't want, you've got issues.

Maybe, but it would make me very happy for people to eat a bag of dicks when I told them to, especially if they didn't want a bag of dicks.

 

[who?]

When Lenny Kravitz told his little girl Zoe that she should eat everything because there are starving children in the world she stuffed some mashed potatoes in an envelope, held it out to him and said "send it to them".

 

[MongGrel]

My wife actually can not stand mushrooms or beans, though she loves onions.

Just a benefit for me if we get Chinese she likes, I get her mushrooms.

And she still picks me up beans for various things, we just have separate chili etc.

It's been a progressive thing over years, she used say she didn't like fish till I got here to try grouper once and now she eats fish regularly.

 

[MongGrel]

When Lenny Kravitz told his little girl Zoe that she should eat everything because there are starving children in the world she stuffed some mashed potatoes in an envelope, held it out to him and said "send it to them".

Is the most common type of answer.

Been done millions of time in history.

My grandmother used to tell me that about starving Armenians in the 60's, for some reason that was one of her things att.

 

[Dirigible]

Maybe, but it would make me very happy for people to eat a bag of dicks when I told them to, especially if they didn't want a bag of dicks.

Ooooooooooo!

*Dirigible starts cooking up a bag of dicks.

 

[angminas]

I feel certain that this thread is full of amazingly witty and insightful content, but I must regretfully decline to read the entire thing. Suffice to say- there's a difference between not liking something and being unwilling to eat it, and there's also a difference between being unwilling to eat something and whining about it like a little bitch.

 

[CZroe]

Purchasing food you don't like is fucking moronic. If you don't like mushrooms, you don't order them on your pizza. You don't do it because you don't want to be a picky eater.

I have a job and I have money. I can order my own damn food to my liking. When I can't afford to buy my own food, I will eat shit I don't like that is given to me.

With that said, I don't have a stupid stipulation of "I hate vegetables" or something stupid like that. If I haven't had it before or haven't had that prepared in that certain way, I totally will try it.


If you live your life because you care what stupid people think of you, that is a character flaw. I don't care if people think I am a picky eater.

Now I am judging you for your inability to read. This was specifically about something that was given/offered to you, NOT something you bought.

That is the proper attitude if you want your guests to get sick... A lot of foods humans eat will flat out kill almost every other animal commonly around us. A lot of the responses come from a result of evolution. I mean some might like the taste of poison since eating relatives of, Atropa belladonna is clearly a natural thing. However, it turns out some individuals are sensitive to the taste of alkaloids which causes them to have issues eating several common agricultural products. Onions and garlic can and will kill pets that people have, individuals with liver damage and some infants and are significant irritants to to the rest on contact with any membranes.

From personal experience their are certian foods where on consumption my body violently rejects them even if I know they aren't likely to be poisonous. It's is very easy to judge when one doesn't have that issue...

And what does that have to do with anything? I already said that we were talking about preferences and not genuine allergies or problems (lactose intolerance, for example). No foods become poisonous to someone simply because they don't like it.

Also, chocolate and onions/garlic for cats and dogs is not as bad as people make it out to be. In normal quantities they just give them intestinal distress much like beans would give the average person. You don't want to give it to them because you don't want them to gorge themselves when they get unsupervised accidental access to a super-dense chocolate cake or giant Vidallia onion. Even if they do, the worst is usually discomfort and loose bowels and possibly a fecal mess to clean up when you get home.

Half of the tall grasses people see their dogs eating in most of the east coast are wild onions. Don't give your dogs grapes/raisins though. Just don't.

Without me having to put on an act to show how much I dislike something. The smell of Broccoli physically makes my gag reflexes kick in. It's about in line with what smelling Liver and onions does to me.

I want to enjoy life while I'm here, call me crazy. Lucky for me 99% of people can't cook so I wouldn't want to eat their food even if it didn't contain any ingredients I disliked.

Why would you suck it up and eat stuff you don't like? I'd rather savor every bite along with a lovely craft beer to enhance the meal. But hay, that's just me. You enjoy eating shit you don't even like for the sake of sucking it up.

That's no excuse. I used to heave when I'd smell cantaloupe as a kit. I *HATED* it and still prefer my fruit salads without it. I'm still not throwing away the the fruit salad when someone gives me some. I don't know how anyone could justify that just because they don't like cantaloupe. I enjoy it for the parts I DO like and tolerate the cantaloupe. Picking them out because they once made me heave a little (obviously, I got over it) is the pussy way to eat. It's not the proud way. Yes, I am calling you a pussy.

You do realize that you and your brother are whining far more than anyone else in this thread, right?

You do realize that ridiculing others for being little wusses so that they feel the social stigma they SHOULD feel is not the same as whining? That's how societies change. Stop tolerating this BS.

If your happiness requires me to eat something I don't want, you've got issues.

If your self-important pettiness wastes someone's generosity ($$$), they have a right to be angry with you.

Maybe, but it would make me very happy for people to eat a bag of dicks when I told them to, especially if they didn't want a bag of dicks.

Bad example. The problem is when someone DOES want a hamburger or pizza or something but doesn't care for a particular topping/ingredient and WASTE the hamburger or pizza with no good reason.

 

[Ns1]

I smelled a bag of dicks cooking?

 

[Dirigible]

I smelled a bag of dicks cooking?

It's almost ready!

 

[smackababy]

Now I am judging you for your inability to read. This was specifically about something that was given/offered to you, NOT something you bought.

Again, I am not in a position where food given is the only way I can afford to eat. If someone offers me a burrito filled with literal garbage, I can decline it and buy my own (personal preference matching) food.

The saying used by you or your brother 'beggars can't be choosers' applies to people who do not have the ability to get their own food. That is never the case.

The person in the OP isn't an asshole because he refuses to eat onions, he is an asshole because he didn't cut it in half to check before wasting it.

 

[CZroe]

Again, I am not in a position where food given is the only way I can afford to eat. If someone offers me a burrito filled with literal garbage, I can decline it and buy my own (personal preference matching) food.

Having a particular ingredient you don't like is not the same as it being "full of garbage."

The saying used by you or your brother 'beggars can't be choosers' applies to people who do not have the ability to get their own food. That is never the case.

No. I'm saying that you have no right to complain when all of the free burgers have pickles or that the pizza party hosts didn't order any cheese pizza. Suck it up. No one is impressed that you went hungry and stopped for fast food on the way home because you were too picky to eat what they had at the party. No one is impressed just because you could "afford it" either.

The person in the OP isn't an asshole because he refuses to eat onions, he is an asshole because he didn't cut it in half to check before wasting it.

He's also an a-hole for announcing to the world that he doesn't tolerate onions before doing it like it's some point of pride and like they should be ashamed for putting onions in something that was offered to him for free.

No one should have to worry about picky morons who might not want mayo or onions or whatever when they are buying the group free food. Screw those morons. They can suck it up or they can go hungry, but throwing my generosity away is not going to impress me.

 

[CZroe]

More on the "beggars can't be choosers" bit:
I'm particularly annoyed when I unexpectedly show up with enough of something for everyone and particular members of the group ask me to go out of my way to get them something else. The nerve! I already did something for you. I wasn't obligated to cater to you and if I was willing to get everyone exactly what they wanted I would have taken effing orders. This is NOT OK.

It was free. take it or leave it. I've done enough already and I'm not going back because you are too picky.

Granted, this usually happens when I get tired of waiting for visiting relatives to wake up and I show up with a bag full of burgers or a pizza or something. You don't like pickles on your hamburger? Well don't eat it then, but don't complain about being hungry and don't ask me to drive to town to get you a burger without pickles.

Specifically, I'm thinking about my niece and nephew. Their mother made them think it's OK to force your preferences onto your host as if "the way YOU want it is the most important thing in the world!" Kid's grow up believing that crap and become the monsters in this thread. They are both insufferably picky adults now.

 

[Dirigible]

Having a particular ingredient you don't like is not the same as it being "full of garbage."


No. I'm saying that you have no right to complain when all of the free burgers have pickles or that the pizza party hosts didn't order any cheese pizza. Suck it up. No one is impressed that you went hungry and stopped for fast food on the way home because you were too picky to eat what they had at the party. No one is impressed just because you could "afford it" either.


He's also an a-hole for announcing to the world that he doesn't tolerate onions before doing it like it's some point of pride and like they should be ashamed for putting onions in something that was offered to him for free.

No one should have to worry about picky morons who might not want mayo or onions or whatever when they are buying the group free food. Screw those morons. They can suck it up or they can go hungry, but throwing my generosity away is not going to impress me.

More on the "beggars can't be choosers" bit:
I'm particularly annoyed when I unexpectedly show up with enough of something for everyone and particular members of the group ask me to go out of my way to get them something else. The nerve! I already did something for you. I wasn't obligated to cater to you and if I was willing to get everyone exactly what they wanted I would have taken effing orders. This is NOT OK.

It was free. take it or leave it. I've done enough already and I'm not going back because you are too picky.

Granted, this usually happens when I get tired of waiting for visiting relatives to wake up and I show up with a bag full of burgers or a pizza or something. You don't like pickles on your hamburger? Well don't eat it then, but don't complain about being hungry and don't ask me to drive to town to get you a burger without pickles.

Specifically, I'm thinking about my niece and nephew. Their mother made them think it's OK to force your preferences onto your host as if "the way YOU want it is the most important thing in the world!" Kid's grow up believing that crap and become the monsters in this thread. They are both insufferably picky adults now.

That's a lot of words. I didn't read them, but am impressed by how many there are. :thumbsup:

 

[smackababy]

More on the "beggars can't be choosers" bit:
I'm particularly annoyed when I unexpectedly show up with enough of something for everyone and particular members of the group ask me to go out of my way to get them something else. The nerve! I already did something for you. I wasn't obligated to cater to you and if I was willing to get everyone exactly what they wanted I would have taken effing orders. This is NOT OK.

It was free. take it or leave it. I've done enough already and I'm not going back because you are too picky.

Granted, this usually happens when I get tired of waiting for visiting relatives to wake up and I show up with a bag full of burgers or a pizza or something. You don't like pickles on your hamburger? Well don't eat it then, but don't complain about being hungry and don't ask me to drive to town to get you a burger without pickles.

Specifically, I'm thinking about my niece and nephew. Their mother made them think it's OK to force your preferences onto your host as if "the way YOU want it is the most important thing in the world!" Kid's grow up believing that crap and become the monsters in this thread. They are both insufferably picky adults now.

In this case, your nephews are beggars. They cannot contribute to their own food, and as such, barring any ridiculous food allergy, should suck it up.

 

[CZroe]

In this case, your nephews are beggars. They cannot contribute to their own food, and as such, barring any ridiculous food allergy, should suck it up.

I do it for coworkers and friends too. It's just as bad when they respond that way.

 

[Red Squirrel]

lol some of you take this way too seriously.

And the comment about sucking it up when gag reflexes kick in. LOL. Yeah as if you can control that. If something is that gross to someone, it simply is that gross. Not everyone has the same tastes, get over yourselves.


Also before someone pulls out the "it's in the head" bull crap, it's not. There are tastes that some people simply can't stand. It's more than just looking at the item and saying "I don't like that" and refusing it, it's knowing that you don't like the taste and wanting to avoid it if you can. When I make a spaghetti sauce, I put onions in it, because it's part of the recipe and it adds to the taste, but because they are cooked and mixed in with everything else, I don't actually taste onion. I KNOW they're in there, but I still like the sauce, because I don't actually taste them after it's gone through the whole process. There are onions in salsa, I even see them when I'm eating salsa, but because of the hot peppers and other stuff and just the way it's processed, I don't taste them, so I don't have to pick them out. Same with other things that might call for onions.

But try to sneak one in a burger or something where it's not processed in a way to kill the taste and I WILL notice, not because I suspect it's there, but because I'll actually taste it.

I know lot of people who don't like fish, but I like fish, I don't hold it against them, and I wont put them in a situation where they have to eat it.

 

[CZroe]

lol some of you take this way too seriously.

And the comment about sucking it up when gag reflexes kick in. LOL. Yeah as if you can control that. If something is that gross to someone, it simply is that gross. Not everyone has the same tastes, get over yourselves.

If I were grossed out by bugs or picking up after my dog or whatever you'd probably call me a little girl and tell me to get over it. Why is food immune to this criticism?

I think avocado and guacamole are disgusting and I still have a similar response to it (I heave/gag). As a result I would never knowingly order it or put it on my food or pay extra for it, but when I find out that I unknowingly ordered something with it or was given something that contained it, I suck it up and eat it. I'm capable of enjoying the rest of the food item even if I don't enjoy that part.

 

[CZroe]

Also before someone pulls out the "it's in the head" bull crap, it's not. There are tastes that some people simply can't stand. It's more than just looking at the item and saying "I don't like that" and refusing it, it's knowing that you don't like the taste and wanting to avoid it if you can. When I make a spaghetti sauce, I put onions in it, because it's part of the recipe and it adds to the taste, but because they are cooked and mixed in with everything else, I don't actually taste onion. I KNOW they're in there, but I still like the sauce, because I don't actually taste them after it's gone through the whole process. There are onions in salsa, I even see them when I'm eating salsa, but because of the hot peppers and other stuff and just the way it's processed, I don't taste them, so I don't have to pick them out. Same with other things that might call for onions.

Response to edit:
Sometimes adults know that it's best to do things they don't enjoy for adult reasons. That's why the OP and I used the word "childish."

 

[OverVolt]

I smelled a bag of dicks cooking?

You eat bags of dicks?

 

[UnklSnappy]

Somebody gives me a pizza with anchovies on it and that shit is going in the garbage. I don't care if they are offended or think it's childish because only an asshole would ruin a pizza with anchovies.

 

[Ns1]

You eat bags of dicks?

with tapatio and a squeeze of lemon.

 

[William Gaatjes]

What i do not like , i do not eat. But i bring it in such a way, people will never know that i would start puking.

A raw tomato, i cannot eat. But when sifted, i love tomatoes. And i have noticed , that when mixing with vegetables, i can eat small parts of raw tomato. And i love almost every food recipe with tomatoes in it. It is just that some chemical inside a tomato that when in large enough quantity, gives me a uncontrollable gag reflex.

Pretty much every salad with mayonnaise in it, i detest. Because of the horrible smell and taste. I do eat salads that i made myself, but it just several vegetables with some meat or boiled/baked egg added. I do like baked potatoes with some yogurt based mayonnaise, though.
And raw fish and mussels, oysters and clams. Cannot eat them.

Besides that, i can eat almost everything.

 

[ControlD]

If I were grossed out by bugs or picking up after my dog or whatever you'd probably call me a little girl and tell me to get over it. Why is food immune to this criticism?

I think avocado and guacamole are disgusting and I still have a similar response to it (I heave/gag). As a result I would never knowingly order it or put it on my food or pay extra for it, but when I find out that I unknowingly ordered something with it or was given something that contained it, I suck it up and eat it. I'm capable of enjoying the rest of the food item even if I don't enjoy that part.

I bet the rest of the patrons / guests appreciate you heaving and gagging while you are forcing that big old pile of guacamole down. I know I would pay just a little extra to see it.

 

[brianmanahan]

lol some of you take this way too seriously.

that could be ATOT's motto

 

[William Gaatjes]

If I were grossed out by bugs or picking up after my dog or whatever you'd probably call me a little girl and tell me to get over it. Why is food immune to this criticism?

I think avocado and guacamole are disgusting and I still have a similar response to it (I heave/gag). As a result I would never knowingly order it or put it on my food or pay extra for it, but when I find out that I unknowingly ordered something with it or was given something that contained it, I suck it up and eat it. I'm capable of enjoying the rest of the food item even if I don't enjoy that part.

Interesting that there are so many people with a gag reflex for certain foods.

I do have to say, the coworker of the OP responded way over the top. He could have left it for someone else. I can imagine that a gag reflex is a reason to refuse to eat something. But i have noticed with myself that when eating raw tomatoes, i can do so as long as it is mixed with other foods and sliced to small pieces. A hamburger with a sliced tomato does not bother me, i like it. I love myself some döner with slices of tomato, lettuce, cucumber and onions together with the flavored(chicken) meat and garlic sauce. And i do not even like the taste of cucumber alone. But combined i am fine with it.

A döner :

From my own experience, i would say the coworker is way over reacting.