• BanMeFromPosting [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    30·
    6 days ago

    I really do not understand the oathate that comes from anglos in general. It’s like when a bunch of americans on twitter decided to dunk on salt.

    Oatmeal is a great base for breakfast. Equal parts oats and milk (milk used to include plant milk, it’s only in more modern times we’ve split it up into separate groups, which is something the dairy industry spearheaded), pinch of salt, over heat, stir until the texture suits you. Put it inna bowl. Honey on top, fruits and nuts, go crazy, be full all day.

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      17·
      6 days ago

      brits used to deride oats as horse feed because they hated the scottish or something, maybe we inherited that

      or maybe it’s the hurrng manly farmer eggs n bacon shit idk

      • BanMeFromPosting [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        13·
        6 days ago

        There’s also another trend I see yanks do where they go so all-in on “teehee white people no seasoning” they run away from anything they deem to be “white” - hence the dunking on salt that was a trend a year or so ago. Some sort of weird reverse white saviour I see people do, like they try to say “i’m one of the good ones or something”. I think it’s a mix of all three: Racism, colonialism and I don’t know what to call the last thing… Neoliberalism? Tokenism?

        • queermunist she/her@lemmy.mlEnglish
          8·
          6 days ago

          I think it’s lazy. It’s a way to signal anti-whiteness without actually doing anything. Being in community is hard, organizing is hard, reading books is hard, working through theory is hard, but making fun of white culture is really easy.

      • Alaskaball [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        12·
        6 days ago

        brits used to deride oats as horse feed because they hated the scottish or something, maybe we inherited that

        I thought it was a classism thing because oats and/or whatever grains available were used to make prole-slop gruel to feed to the child labour slaves in the poorhouses during the industrial revolution. Maybe they got knackered together because of Charles Dickens making gruel synonymous with worker exploitation.

        There’s probably a racism element too, because we’re talking about the British.

    • Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      9·
      6 days ago

      Honey on top, fruits and nuts, go crazy, be full all day.

      I think that’s the problem. People expect it to be like a sugary cereal or something right out of the box, and not something you need to add stuff to in order to make it taste good.

      • BanMeFromPosting [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        5·
        6 days ago

        stalin-heart

        You can even get coarse and fine grain oats, depending on how creamy you like your oatmeal. You can yankify it by slapping some GMO peanutbutter on it or even jam, I won’t judge. Douse it with sugar or caramelized bacon bits or some other epic reddit shit. But hating oats? Telling on yourself. No joy in life.

        I love oatmeal. Toppings change with the seasons. In the summer I pick wild strawberries. Late autumn and winter it’s appleseason babyyy. I shoplift almonds all year, so they’re a staple for me. I change up the milk I use too. If I’m in a hurry I mix the oats and milk the night before so it takes no time to heat em up and get em creamy.
        Not liking oats is akin to saying you don’t know how to put toppings on. It’s saying you’re a fancy lad who gets your food made for you because you have no idea what you really like so you have no way of making yourself a delicious low budget breakfast. "“Not liking oats: This is another form of liberalism - Mao” -BanMeFromPosting

  • robotElder2 [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    61·
    6 days ago

    You vill beat your wife. You vill press murder charges if youre horse dies in a traffic accident. Und you vill dump manure in ze river.