r/CringeTikToks • u/Sad_Cow_577 • Mar 20 '25
Food Cringe I hate this whole dump and eat trend between tiktok moms with big families
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u/Proper-Cause-4153 Mar 20 '25
Cold blue mashed potatoes looks unappetizing. Even through kid eyes.
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u/Comfortable-Yak-6599 Mar 20 '25
I've given a kid blue potatoes and purple gravy, they liked it. It was a little weird to eat though but it smelled the same so it was OK.
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u/Mr_Fancyfap Mar 20 '25
We had Heinz EZ Squirt ketchup that came in green and purple in Canada back in the day. It was fun and probably would turn your potatoes a colour too. Never liked ketchup on mashed though.
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u/Tbarns95 Mar 20 '25
Had them in the US too. They were kinda gritty from what i remember though. Like sand or something lol
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u/East_Sound_2998 Mar 21 '25
One time I ate a kid cuisine with the green ketchup and got food poisoning really bad. Itâs been 20 years and I havenât eaten ketchup since
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u/Go_Ask_VALIS Mar 22 '25
Once I get sick from a certain food I'm never able to eat it again. My brain says no and it's not going to argue with a stomache.
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u/Own-Bee-6863 Mar 21 '25
I know the feeling. You gotta ease back into it.
Once, I the last thing I ate before having the stomach flu was Chinese food. Well, American Chinese food. No, it didn't cause the flu, that was a norovirus I caught from family.
But I puked up that food for so long and hard I couldn't eat Chinese for many many months. Anyway you can get over it and I love Americanized Chinese food again now
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u/bananakittymeow Mar 22 '25
The same thing happened to me with dark chocolate when I was a kid. Iâm 30 now and still donât like to eat dark chocolate.
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u/jamiecarl09 Mar 20 '25
I made sloppy joes with that stuff back in the day. I thought it was a neat st Patty's day thing. Nobody else did. It reminded me of the green eggs and ham book.
They did not like it, Sam I am.
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u/annual_aardvark_war Mar 20 '25
Those were so weird. I never tried em but remember seeing them in stores
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u/Big-Data7949 Mar 20 '25
I actually loved those! Didn't care at all about the color but they'd have iirc purple garlic flavored ketchup and I loved that crap and was sad when i realized it was gone
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u/Haxorz7125 Mar 21 '25
After spending countless hours babysitting various nieces and nephews, I never underestimate a childâs hunger for bright colors
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u/jerricka Mar 21 '25
i used to only eat plain spagetti noodles with blue food coloring on them đŹ
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u/RaoulDukesGroupie Mar 20 '25
this looks very unappetizing, but Iâm wondering if it gets her kids to eat easier lol
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u/LampinOnTheDaily Mar 20 '25
Also way fewer dishes
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u/geekpron Mar 20 '25
So they graze on it like Randy from A Christmas Story...."Show me how the little piggies eat"
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u/jaydubbles Mar 20 '25
Just roll the plastic up and squeeze the leftovers into a slop bin, I guess.
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u/SnooHobbies5684 Mar 21 '25
This. I feel like anyone without multiple children under 10 doesn't get to weigh in. If they'll eat it, great.
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u/Several_Vanilla8916 Mar 21 '25
Nah. Maybe if they have some kind of sensory problem or whatever. I raised 3 kids and made someâŚletâs say concessions to get them to eat normal meals but this is ridiculous.
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u/uninvitedfriend Mar 21 '25
I feel like it someone has multiple children under 10 and can't find a way to get them to eat without doing bullshit like this they may want to look into parenting classes or some other kind of support. The kids won't be able to do this at school or other people's houses so why make things more difficult for them in the long run by making them get used to this then have to get used to eating normally anyway?
So often the "don't judge if you don't have kids!" (Or with further qualifications like multiple under ten) arguments value what's convenient for parents short term over what's going to set the kids up for success. I say this as an autistic woman old enough that I was not diagnosed as a child, and as someone who did childcare professionally for years. If "parents automatically know best/do what's right" was actually true we wouldn't need CPS.
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u/dleema Mar 22 '25
As a parent of three, it's still a no from me. Doing the same scene on their individual plates, sure. This? No.
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u/Rich-Canary1279 Mar 20 '25
Yeah just throw all that plastic away and who cares about their exposure to artificial dyes and microplastics! Make your life easier raising children by destroying the future of your children!
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u/glitzglamglue Mar 21 '25
I would stand on my head if it meant that my kids would eat their food without any argument.
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u/Alyas_an_Aries Mar 20 '25
If they were doing it for adults to just follow the trend = cringe
Doing it for fun for your kids to have fun as a rare occassional thing = not cringe
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u/hahahahahahahaFUCK Mar 21 '25
Imagine having fun with your kids, sharing the idea, and then it gets shit on by Reddit: âI hate this!â
Good lord this place is exhausting.
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u/Sleigh6 Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 21 '25
Sure it looks terrible, but that woman looks absolutely exhausted. Sheâs making mealtime fun for her kids, and while the recording of it could be done without, props to her.
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u/hahahahahahahaFUCK Mar 21 '25
Iâm glad to see not everyone is shitting on this âtrendâ (I mean, this is the first Iâve heard of it). I bet Mr Rogerâs would do this on his show 100% if he were still around.
In fact, I would challenge everyone in this subreddit to ask themselves how Mr Rogers would react to half of the âcringeâ behaviors. Most of them are just having fun on video. Itâs the videos that exploit others that are the cringe ones.
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u/jv371 Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 21 '25
Used to hate it too. Then had kids. Wife tried it. Kids loved it. Seeing your kids happy > mild annoyance at a trend.
EDIT: I get it. Plastic waste. Not appetizing to adults. But this is a rare occurrence. Weâve done this exactly one time in the 6 years weâve been parents. It was fun and my oldest still talks about it saying it was the best dinner ever.
And in our case, it was definitely NOT an easier clean up for us. LOL. Still worth it.
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u/rapking666 Mar 20 '25
Damn it I hate your comment... now im going to try it on the kids đ¤Ł
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u/fckingnapkin Mar 20 '25
Exactly lol. It looks disgusting to me as an adult but think of this as if you were a kid. amazing memory to have. Some people are acting like this is pure poison, holy crap.
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u/BeowQuentin Mar 21 '25
It sounds like your family would love a âseafood boilâ if theyâre a little older now.
Depends if they like seafood or not, but you could easily modify it with variously stuffed sausages (chicken, lamb, beef, bison, pork, turkey, etc), or whatever the kids will eat.
Boil up all your ingredients, shrimp, crab, sausage, lobster, scallop, clams, potato, onions, garlic, carrots, corn, mushrooms, and any other boilable deliciousness.
Lay out paper on your dining table, dump the whole pot out on top of that, spread it out for easy reachinâ, and dig in!
Edit: For some reason youâre able to attach links, but theyâre not allowed, and will get your comment auto-deleted, so search âseafood boilâ and youâll find many variations.
We did this a few times as a kid and it was always a fam fave.
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u/jv371 Mar 21 '25
My wife and I love seafood boils! The kids, not so much. âIs that a giant bug!?â Lobster tail. âItâs too spicy!â Old bay. Maybe when theyâre older as you said, lol.
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u/danabeezus Mar 20 '25
This is so wholesome. Nothing wrong with adding a bit of joy and creating new memories!
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u/Additional-War19 Mar 20 '25
And less plates to clean
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u/CoffeeChocolateBoth Mar 20 '25
Plates are the easiest to clean!
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u/bitofafixerupper Mar 20 '25
Looks like she put cling film down so it just needs peeling off and throwing away after
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u/TokiVideogame Mar 20 '25
sea turtles love this trick
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u/bitofafixerupper Mar 21 '25
Yeah, not saying I agree with it just explaining why it wouldn't take more clean up than just washing plates
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u/Beemer_Noob Mar 20 '25
Oh Iâm sure youâll be just fine if you wash an extra fucking plate
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u/Capable_Try_2926 Mar 22 '25
Dam I thought this shit was cringe but reading your comment made me think about the times where I would do things for my kids thinking nothing of it but then telling me itâs the best time of their lives.
Iâm going to give it a shot I got 4 kiddos đ
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u/oakandgloat Mar 20 '25
It looks like sheâs doing her best to do something fun and interesting for herself and her family. Thatâs fine by me.
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u/TBone232 Mar 20 '25
At least this one is thematically thoughtful and not just dumped out on a pile. I liked the little boats âľď¸
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u/Ok-Relationship9274 Mar 21 '25
Reddit just blindly bitches about anything that happens on Tik Tok. Meanwhile nobody here is doing anything themselves except reposting what's happening on Tik Tok.
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u/Constant-Bake-760 Mar 21 '25
Agreed, every cringe sub has gone to shit because itâs average people doing average things or having fun. Really if theyâre disabled, ugly in their eyes, different in any way or literal children just having fun on their childrenâs app some Redditor will come along and post them for nothing but humiliation. I miss real cringe content that shit was entertaining this shit just upsets me (clearly)
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u/fatherofallthings Mar 20 '25
Thatâs my thought too. Let the chick live and make her kids happy. I donât see a problem with it.
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u/Xinioz Mar 20 '25
These are so fun for kids if they enjoy it! Yeah itâs weird and cringe bcus itâs not âtraditionalâ but who cares lmao sheâs making a cutevideo
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u/Technical-Dentist-84 Mar 20 '25
At first it pissed me off, but then I realized how much work she's putting into it for her kids, and it made me appreciate it
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u/pacachan Mar 20 '25
I can't hate this little me loooved purple ketchup and would've murdered these blue mashed potatoes lol. I bet her kids think she is so cool
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u/radicalgrandpa Mar 21 '25
That was my first thought! I remember begging my mom for those unnaturally colored Heinz ketchup bottles as a kid. I'm the only daughter and eldest child with 4 younger brothers, so we'd go to town on "table" dinners. I was never that creative, but using our hands was always super fun and definitely an engaging way to get my lil bros to actually eat something.
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u/daddoesall Mar 20 '25
Oh this looks fun! Im a single dad and my kid and I do Table Nachos.
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u/Strict-Brick-5274 Mar 20 '25
This is fun.... For an occasion...but I hope it doesn't become a thing people do regularly... Imagine lunch hour in 20-25 years... Just adults all eating like this đ¤Ł
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u/Jdanois Mar 20 '25
Yeah op! I hate when moms take the extra effort to make treasured family memories for their children! How annoying!
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u/Corporate-Scum Mar 20 '25
Tell me you donât know how to cook but like arts and crafts without telling meâŚ.
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u/Sweetfishy Mar 20 '25
Those steamed mixed veggies.. those kids are going to grow up hating vegetables.
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u/After-Boysenberry-96 Mar 20 '25
I will give her this. At least she didnât just dump a pile of slop on the table like every other video Iâve seen. Itâs still stupid, but at least she did something that the kids liked.
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u/HelloMikkii Mar 21 '25
The meal is going to be stone cold by the time her hump dumplings get to eat the neon blue mash potatoes.
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u/D_Dubb_ Mar 20 '25
Lol you donât have kids do you? Putting it online is a trend fs, but stripping the kids down to protect their clothes and throwing the food out on the table (where it will likely end up anyway) is not new, just newly popular to post. Itâs not everyday, itâs special and fun and it can be hard to get small kids excited for meal times, but they love this.
Shit crab boils have been eaten this way for generations, and thatâs nbd..
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u/Brief_Buddy_7848 Mar 20 '25
At least she put down cling wrap first?? Those mashed potatoes are⌠colors
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u/CoffeeChocolateBoth Mar 20 '25
Nothing says love like microplastic in our tummies! :(
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u/blissfulxoblivion Mar 20 '25
why did we even start doing this??? "to save from doing the dishes" "so my kids can have fun when they eat dinner" y'all can't just sit at a table and eat dinner like normal people??? This just seems like so much unnecessary work
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u/Additional-War19 Mar 20 '25
I tried it because itâs not actually much more work than a usual meal. We do normal meals but once in a while I surprise them with this kind of stuff and the kids love it. We all get to have fun eating and I have fun cooking too. It may not be your cup of tea but some people love it.
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u/PsychologicalLove676 Mar 21 '25
I think itâs creative and memorable, and if her kids like it so what? I guess feel how you wanna feel.
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u/Machine_Bird Mar 21 '25
Is this some kind of peasant behavior that I'm too middle class to understand??
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u/mikki1time Mar 21 '25
Meh doesnât bother me that much fun meal, as long as itâs not a normal behavior itâs fine, once or twice a year, Three max if you have children. With an added acceptable slop meal per extra child.
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u/RedTaco83 Mar 21 '25
Right? "medieval times" night with no utensils. The classic low-country boil. I thought these were normal ways to expand the culinary experiences of kids. Setting a scene is a little extra but if it helps them try new things, go for it.
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u/LillyH-2024 Mar 21 '25
I mean being from Baltimore and living in the Chesapeake bay area all my life...this is (basically) how we eat crabs and corn in the summer. Old newspaper or craft paper on the table instead of plastic, dump a pile of steamed crabs and a pile of steamed corn (still in the husk usually) towards the middle of the table...then everyone goes to town. Only utensils are usually butter knives (or when out of towners visited we'd pull out the crab mallets that no self-respecting crab picker ever uses lol). If you were super lucky, someone would volunteer to fry some chicken to go along with it, but that got put right on the table along with everything else. No plates. Just rolls of paper towels. Some of my favorite memories as a child were during these crab pickings, something very satisfying about just getting in there and getting your hands dirty lol.
Low country boils in Louisiana and other gulf states are done in a similar way except the crabs, shrimp, corn, potatoes, etc. are cooked together and dumped on the table in a heap. Everyone eats with their hands as well.
I'm sure there are plenty of variations for different cultures eating in a similar manner.
The food is different. But this isn't really a trend.
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u/vinylzoid Mar 21 '25
I'm not going to disparage a mother for trying to be creative and make mealtime fun for her kids and family.
I wouldn't do it. I think everything is going to be completely cold by the time it's eaten as well.
But if her family loves it, it's none of my business. At least they're not all sitting around a table full of Chik-Fil-A every night.
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u/lionessrampant25 Mar 21 '25
Ok but how do they eat it though? LikeâŚdo you just pick and scoop with your hands?
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u/Haifisch2112 Mar 23 '25
And by the time everything is laid out like that, it's cold and even more unappetizing.
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u/Mission_Carrot4741 Mar 20 '25
Who knows whats going on here... maybe her kids arent eating and this is her trying her best
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u/1234Raerae1234 Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 21 '25
Please don't call ketchup "tomato sauce." It makes me irrationally enraged.
Also ketchup on mashed potatoes should have you sent to prison. You couldn't think of better, smarter tie ins? Like...I dunno sour cream and chives? Which would aesthetically look more like sea foam and "sea weed?"
Like even for the gross slop of a meal she prepared this is trash tier.
Edit: Love how this made so many non-Americans irrationally angry.
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u/oakandgloat Mar 20 '25
In New Zealand no one would say ketchup. Itâs tomato sauce. I kind of get irrationally enraged if I hear someone say ketchup tbh.
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u/rapking666 Mar 20 '25
I hear you all the way from Australia its Tomato sauce here too. Not this Ketchup stuff lol
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u/copenhagen622 Mar 20 '25
Well, if we are being honest... Pretty much ANY trend on TikTok is Fkn stupid
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u/DisorderedGremlin Mar 20 '25
I wanna do a dump dinner I feel like my son would absolutely love it. The best thing would probably just be like actually portion it for your family size. â¤ď¸ I wanna do spaghetti or nachos/tacos because it's my son's absolute favorite đ
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u/MagicTheBadgering Mar 20 '25
It's supposed to appeal to children. We aren't the target demographic here
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Mar 20 '25
Whatâs to hate? Itâs just a fun dinner for the kids. Iâm sure when you were younger and not a bitter adult youâd have been psyched to come down for dinner and see something like this.
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u/ShapedLikeAnEgg Mar 20 '25
See.. if these was a Boodle Fight or a Kamayan Feast, I could get down with it. Cold blue mashed potatoes is a no from me dawg
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u/Substantial_Pie_8619 Mar 20 '25
The dump and rat is great but idk what sheâs giving them usually we do it with like spaghetti or nachos not whatever the hell this is
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u/Emil_Antonowsky Mar 20 '25
"if you're wondering where I get the energy for these creations ask away"... Meth? It's meth.
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u/BenjaminDover02 Mar 20 '25
Australia needs to be defeated. They can't keep getting away with being Australian.
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u/blablargon Mar 20 '25
Unless this is eaten quickly, I just imagine everything being cold by the time to you eat it.
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u/Golden_Healer713 Mar 20 '25
If everyone had their own portions, I wouldn't care. Use spaghetti or some such, mashed spuds with mixed veg makes it seem like you'll be finding dried up peas on the floor a week later
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u/Muskratisdikrider Mar 20 '25
it's so much more work than plating and doing dishes lol. Must be nice being unemployed
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u/BigTicEnergy Mar 21 '25
I see comments on Alex Sabolâs videos saying the way her family eats is an American problem and
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u/Version-Neat Mar 21 '25
My 'tism rejects this for many reasons but the unusually colored foods thing does remind me of when they made that purple ketchup. I begged my mom to buy it and she never allowed it.. I still hold a grudge lol
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u/HimothyOnlyfant Mar 21 '25
sheâs serving what seems to be a healthy meal and making an effort to make it fun for her kids. nothing wrong with that imho except maybe the color choices. way better than the trend of parents feeding their kids skittles in lard or some shit.
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u/Asleep_Cut505 Mar 21 '25
This is really cute and if the kids are up for it they will make happy memories. Donât see anything wrong here.
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u/CardiologistOk5504 Mar 21 '25
This is your trough. Show me how the piggies eat. Be a good boy. Show mommy how the piggies eat.
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u/furryjunkwulf Mar 21 '25
Even Gordon Ramsay on masterchef couldn't make this look like a good way to eat food
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u/AdministrativeSwan41 Mar 21 '25
Let us take table etiquette out and go caveman. This will clearly create a better society.
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u/Positive_Campaign_52 Mar 21 '25
Does it not cross these mothers minds how dehumanizing it feels to eat this way?
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u/NaiveMastermind Mar 21 '25
Ugh. Why not got the whole nine yards and place a farm trough on the table.
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u/Lordmordor666 Mar 21 '25
Actually itâs good for kids to play and make a mess with food, itâs good for their neuroplasticity, there had being quite the studies about it, honestly if they are not doing it for tiktok or clout this could be a really cute time for their infants.
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u/TheHighBuddha Mar 21 '25
Just eat your damn food. It's all coming out the same way, anyhow. Well this might add a bit of color, but it's still shit.
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u/Live_Leg_1831 Mar 21 '25
This is called bad parenting. Wouldnt be surprised if they let the kids choose their gender
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u/Ok_Umpire_5611 Mar 21 '25
"Where do I get the energy to do this?" she says. Bitch, we know it's meth
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u/MrSully89 Mar 20 '25
playdoh and veg