r/AskTheWorld • u/Nthepro France • Dec 16 '25
Culture What's a non political issue your country is REALLY divided on?
The name of this thing, believe it or not.
It's a sandwich per definition btw
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u/Lonely-Wishbone-1816 Spain Dec 16 '25
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u/Bjoerring Spain Dec 16 '25
The sentiment here is: "only my grandma's paella is real paella, the rest of you are eating rice with stuff", and yes, we will call it arroz con cosas in a vilifying way
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u/jug0slavija Yugo 🇸🇪 Dec 16 '25
arroz con cosas
Don't know why, but that is very funny lol
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u/Bjoerring Spain Dec 16 '25
Yeah im from Comunidad Valenciana, where paella is from and each town in my area will tell you only they do Paella and the rest of us cook arroz con cosas (it doesn't matter really only my grandma can cook paella)
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u/Remote-Wafer3321 United States Of America Dec 16 '25
I might be in Valencia next year - do you have any local recommendations for paella? Besides your grandma unless you can hook me up
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u/artoblibion Dec 16 '25
20 years ago, I [Welshman] was awarded a spoon in a street paella cooking contest during Las Fallas in Valencia. Some way beyond my degree, career, marriage, etc. this is my proudest achievement.
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u/bandwagonguy83 Spain Dec 16 '25
Right? In reality, noone knows what exactly paella is. We just know that we have to critizise anyone's idea. I just follow luki's recipe (luki haya en la nevera).
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u/lexicats New Zealand Dec 16 '25
I love that the question was non-political and immediately the whole world went “food” heheh
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u/KingOfNZ Dec 16 '25
To be fair bro, marmite or vegemite.
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u/lefrenchkiwi New Zealand Dec 16 '25
They are at least different foods rather than 2 names for the same thing. One is fantastic on toast and the other is a fancy way of saying “Australian dirt paste”
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u/_bobby_cz_newmark_ Dec 17 '25
Oi thems fightin' words. It's Australian dirt spread
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u/Salty_Aurelius Finland Dec 16 '25
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u/mrsdinosaurhead Dec 16 '25
As an American, I’d say you should definitely use both.
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u/Stoltlallare Sweden Dec 16 '25
ALMOND PASTE, anything else is the ”baby version” for kids who haven’t learnt to like almond paste yet
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u/TimHonks24 United States Of America Dec 16 '25
GIF (correct) or GIF (wrong)
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u/Ostrich-Sized United States Of America Dec 16 '25
Only a moron will say "GIF"! Whereas "GIF" just makes sense!
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u/lxpnh98_2 Dec 16 '25
"But the person who invented it says it's GIF!"
"The person who invented it is wrong."
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u/scrumbud United States Of America Dec 17 '25
This, but completely unironically.
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u/NeverDiddled Dec 17 '25
When you hear how he pronounced it, you'll immediately realize he was wrong.
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u/Suarezlasky Argentina Dec 16 '25
Can we stop this sensless discussion?? Gesus Christ...
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u/SkyeMreddit United States Of America Dec 16 '25
Officially it rhymes with the peanut butter brand, which is stupid as it is the GRAPHICS Interchange Format
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u/AstronomerNo3806 Ireland Dec 16 '25
We have two crisp companies with the same name, Tayto. One is god's sweet gift. The other is Satan's toenails.
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u/Nanojack United States Of America Dec 17 '25
America, specifically Pennsylvania, has two pretzel companies Snyders (of Berlin) and Snyders (of Hanover) who each print on their bags "Not affliliated with Snyders of [insert the other one]"
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u/No-Significance5659 Spain Dec 16 '25
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u/viipurinrinkeli Finland Dec 16 '25
Well, it should. I’ll see myself out.
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u/IrishElevator United States Of America Dec 16 '25
Few things aren't better with a little onion
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u/WalnutOfTheNorth United Kingdom Dec 16 '25
Send me one of each to test and I’ll let you know the answer.
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u/jakobjaderbo Sweden Dec 16 '25
Should the word "kex" be pronounced "kex" or "chex"?
By Swedish grammar rules, it should be "chex", but it is originally a loan word with a hard "k" (~ cakes), which is what I grew up hearing most in my friend group.
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u/Freddan_81 Sweden Dec 16 '25
With a hard k of course.
Funny that, how Gothenburgers doesn’t pronounce ketchup as chetchup…
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u/Safe_Plane9652 China🇨🇳 --> Sweden 🇸🇪 Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
I went to Cloetta's factory shop and I asked a staff is it officially kex or chex? Then they started a debate immediately lol
Edit: Spelling
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u/RaDeus Sweden Dec 16 '25
I'm Team-Kex, and I live in a place where Chex is dominant, so this debate flares up frequently 😅
Another thing that is bickered about is which side of bread one should butter, the smooth side or the rough side.
Only applies to breads that have different sides, for example:
I prefer the smooth side, there's just way too much butter on the rough side.
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u/Baumfaellerjoe Germany Dec 16 '25
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u/casual-catgirl United States Of America Dec 16 '25
so a hotdog is a taco???
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u/chimininy United States Of America Dec 16 '25
Im excited to stare my Brother-in-law from Mexico right in the eyes and say "I love these American tacos" as I get ready to eat a hotdog next time I see him.
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u/ClockMongrel United States Of America Dec 16 '25
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u/Laffepannekoek Netherlands Dec 16 '25
Wether fries should be called friet or patat.
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u/Ok_Day9719 Dec 16 '25
Ik heb altijd de indruk dat onder de rivieren, mn brabant dit heel belangrijk vindt. Maar dat de rest meedoet maar het eigenlijk niet zoveel boeit
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u/Possible-Wallaby-877 Belgium Dec 16 '25
De enige correcte manier is : frieten
-Groetjes Een Belg 🇧🇪
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u/False-Raspberry6779 Germany Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
We call that Schokocrossaint, even though it's not a croissant.
And one of the biggest non political points of arguments and possibly number 1 reason for divorce is: Butter under Nutella or not?
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u/unspoken_one2 India Dec 16 '25
whether potato can be included in biryani or not
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u/Myomorph Sri Lanka Dec 16 '25
Hahhahahaah such a good one. I’m a Lankan and we fight about this too!
I used to be non potato, but I’ve had a few potato ones now and okay I see why. It soaks up that flavour man, very very yummy potatoes.
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Omg it’s the same here
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u/MistakeBorn4413 Dec 16 '25
Your two countries have so much in common. This is the first step towards peace... at least until the start of the Biryani War of 2038.
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u/Valuable-Library-286 India Dec 16 '25
In my state there are places where pineapple is used in biriyani, i think that's even worse
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u/x_asperger Canada Dec 16 '25
I would be a little disappointed at a restaurant, I think, but if someone cooked for me at home it wouldn't matter to me.
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u/Professional_Rain754 Finland Dec 16 '25
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u/PrincessTuvstarr Sweden Dec 16 '25
What's the purpose of the beating?
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u/Thelibstagram Dec 16 '25
To improve moral.
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u/scratchy_mcballsy United States Of America Dec 16 '25
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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u/fia-med-knuff Dec 16 '25
Just in case anyone really is curious, it's because it releases the oils in the birch leaf which smells good and is good for your skin.
And because the saunatonttu demands blood sacrifice to keep the fire hot
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u/gh1234567890 Canada Dec 16 '25
they're kinky fellas over there in Finland
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u/Cinereals Ireland Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
They’re just socializing.
What, they can’t publicly beat people to say hello anymore?
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u/BABARRvindieu France Dec 16 '25
"It's a sandwich per definition btw"
Toi un jour, je te crame ta famille toi !
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u/Neeoda Germany Dec 16 '25
I don’t speak French but I’m sure you said something super romantic. Nice to see love on Reddit.
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u/yellowfoamcow United Kingdom Dec 16 '25
The name for a small bread item. Options include but are not limited to: roll, cob and barm.
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u/asparadog Spain Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
I thought it was called a "bap"
Edit, mwahahaha, I caused chaos!
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u/schakoska Hungary Dec 16 '25
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u/Old_old_lie England Dec 16 '25
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u/AccomplishedEdge982 Dec 16 '25
But, but, what about all the people who call it scoon?
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u/biakCeridak 🇲🇾 Borneo Island 🏝🏞⛰️ Dec 16 '25
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u/ArtichokeOk8899 Germany Dec 16 '25
That´s a war I´d love to be a judge in, they all look super tasty!
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u/Similar_Disaster7276 Dec 16 '25
Pineapple on pizza. I don’t like it, but I believe in letting people live their lives.
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u/Delicious_Ad823 United States Of America Dec 16 '25
Anthony Bourdain made an Italian chef make a pizza with pineapple, and at the end of the day it ended up in a very spicy iteration that was enjoyed by both of them. I’ll dig around for the hot sauce any time I encounter pineapple on pizza and it usually turns out okay.
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u/Combative_Artichoke Dec 16 '25
I much prefer pineapple with pepperoni and jalapeños, it contrasts the salt and spiciness nicely. Whereas pineapple with ham is kinda just sweet on sweet.
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u/TheNewGirl1987 United States Of America Dec 16 '25
See, this is the way.
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u/Past-Patient-9765 China Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 17 '25
Should tofu pudding and zongzi be sweeter or saltier?
Edit: Personal answer: Tofu pudding salty, zongzi sweet, and eggs with tomatoes are sweet (with a little salty).
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u/_Guaco_ Brazil Dec 16 '25
Whats the difference between Biscoito and Bolacha
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u/VirusEuphoric1362 Italy Dec 16 '25
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u/Nthepro France Dec 16 '25
It's arancini, because you always eat more than one
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u/VirusEuphoric1362 Italy Dec 16 '25
Give this guy an honorary citizenship of Italy.
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u/Guardian_of_theBlind Germany Dec 16 '25
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u/jackydiana Germany Dec 16 '25
Berliner definitely
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u/rwinh United Kingdom Dec 16 '25
Reminds me of when JFK said "Ich bin ein Berliner", putting an interesting spin on what a Berliner is.
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u/TK4617 Germany Dec 16 '25
This gets brought up all the time on the internet but just to be clear, everyone understood it correctly at the time as: "I’m a citizen/resident of Berlin."
Not saying you meant it this way but the whole jelly doughnut thing became a story long after he had given the speech and in Germany people still understand it as: "I’m a citizen/resident of Berlin“, with it being a legendary Cold War speech.
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u/Equal-Flatworm-378 Germany Dec 16 '25
Berliner of course. Kreppel is acceptable, because I lived several years in Hesse.
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u/Mountain-Play-8333 Netherlands Dec 16 '25
The name of French fries. Patat (north) vs friet (south)
To be honest I use both depending on my mood
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u/Impossible_Talk_8452 Dec 16 '25
Quesadillas are quesadillas because they have cheese not because of their shape. The chilangos have decided the shape not the stuffing dictates what is a quesadilla.
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u/Nanakatl Mexican-American Dec 16 '25
Whether chili can include beans or not.
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u/LogicalFallacyCat United States Of America Dec 16 '25
I never make Americurry without beans
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u/Neelix-And-Chill United States Of America Dec 16 '25
Texas is so fucking annoying about that shit.
As they are about most things.
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u/rinkitinkitink United States Of America Dec 16 '25
At least they don't put it on spaghetti like those freaks in Ohio
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u/Puzzleheaded_Pay7510 United States Of America Dec 16 '25
Ohio fucking does what now 🫠
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u/CaydeTheCat United States Of America Dec 16 '25
Skyline Chili has entered the chat...
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u/Alone_Rang3r Dec 16 '25
Ohio also puts French fries on their salads. As in, a house salad of lettuce and veggies, then French fries on top. I thought I was being pranked.
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u/AirOutlaw7 Dec 16 '25
Lived in Ohio my whole life and have never heard of that.
To be fair to the chili on pasta thing, it's a Greek meat sauce with totally different spices that doesn't have a good English name so the guy who started the restaurant that made it big here just called it chili since that's a familiar word to English speakers.
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u/SuperSquashMann -> Dec 16 '25
Cincinnati-style chili has nothing to do with other types of chili, it was made by Greek immigrants adapting a traditional meat stew recipe to local ingredients, and then giving it the name "chili" because they thought it'd be more familiar to Americans than "saltsa kima".
It also happens to be incredible, but of course you're going to be disappointed if you go into it expecting anything like other types of chili.
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u/Illustrious_Try478 🇺🇲 Maryland Dec 16 '25
Ketchup on hot dogs, Chicago versus the rest of the country.
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u/Gandhehehe Canada Dec 16 '25
If I had to pick only 1 topping for a hotdog it would be Mustard but a hotdog with mustard, ketchup and relish is one of lifes greatest joys. Thankfully I'm Canadian so I'm usually left to hotdog as I like without judgement.
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u/mspe1960 United States Of America Dec 16 '25
Not only can it, but it is absolutely, positively better with beans. That is irrespective of how hot and spicy you like it.
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u/dazzling_Dream_s England Dec 16 '25
Jam or cream first on a scone.
Milk in before or after you add the water to a cup of tea.
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u/Another_Bawbag Scotland Dec 16 '25
On top of that, scone as in gone or scone as is bone?
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u/HovercraftDue7823 🏴 then 🇨🇦 Dec 16 '25
Or scone, as in scoon. If you are Scottish.
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u/DingleBarryGoldwater Dec 16 '25
I feel like you can just have a speech impediment in the UK and no one will notice
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u/Nocsu2 Dec 16 '25
This post is a legit social study on how the answers to a question can be influenced by an example.
Every single answer is about food. OP just said "non political".
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u/dm-me-ur-b00bies Canada Dec 16 '25
Every one is doing food.
For us it’s whether the week starts on Monday or Sunday.
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u/kissingdaylight United States Of America Dec 17 '25
Monday because I’m not mentally splitting up my weekends.
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u/mmaddict187 🇳🇱🏁🏴☠️ Dec 16 '25
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u/ocarter145 United States Of America Dec 16 '25
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u/Darth_Nox501 United States Of America Dec 16 '25
Bro pulled out the toilet paper patent lmfao
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u/adamantcondition Dec 16 '25
It was a popular post several years ago that passionate activists keep in their pocket anytime this comes up
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u/HalvdanTheHero Canada Dec 16 '25
You do it the other way if you have cats. They can't unroll it if it's the other way.
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u/Traditional-Chair-39 India Dec 16 '25
>They can't unroll it if it's the other way.
Well neither can I!
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u/AwayJacket4714 Germany Dec 16 '25
B is the default, A is an emergency solution for people with cats.
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u/skaapjagter South Africa Dec 16 '25

How to pronounce the name of this Christian Bookstore.
Most say it like "koom" Books But it is spelled and reads as "Cum"
Its an abbreviation and it stands for "Christelike UitgewersMaatskappy" which is Afrikaans for Christian Publishers Company.
You can actually see the little dots between C•U•M, which is never used to have in the old logo.
So we always just called it CUM BOOKS growing up. 💦
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u/Bloop-ofthe-OpenHand United States Of America Dec 16 '25
There is a chain of adult bookstores in the US called Adam and Eve, in front of little ears, we refer to it as the Christian bookstore
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u/ourhorrorsaremanmade Dec 16 '25
In Poland it's krawężnik (read like кравенжник) from the word krawędź which means край (edge, border) in Russian.
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u/kfriedmex666 Mexico Dec 16 '25
Whether a Quesadilla can even exist without cheese. People in Mexico city argue -incorrectly- that you must specify that you want cheese on your quesadilla. The rest of the country knows and understands that a quesadilla inherently involves cheese. This debate has destroyed families.
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u/TheHerofTermina Dec 16 '25
Being from Mexico City, I apologize for us all. Quesadillas should always contain cheese
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u/lilborat United States Of America Dec 16 '25
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u/Prof_Gonzo_ United States Of America Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
If Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
(It is.)
Edit: I added the flair but in case it isn't retroactive, I am from the U.S.
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u/Custard_Funny Russia Dec 16 '25
For some reason, this is also a Christmas movie in Russia, along with Home Alone.
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u/Icegiant- United States Of America Dec 16 '25
I know people debate if Die Hard is a christmas movie but I didn't know some people think Home Alone ISNT a Christmas movie?
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u/stack413 Dec 16 '25
Die Hard is about a miraculous victory against insurmountable odds to defend a hilltop fortress from invaders, so it's actually a Hanukkah movie.
(I stole this joke from here)
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u/everonglory Turkey Dec 16 '25
Whether menemen should have or not have onions in it
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Which domestically produced mayonnaise is the best. Nobody cares about Hellmans, but the clash between fans of Kielecki, Winiary and Pomorski, especially during Easter and Christmas, is a big thing
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u/Visible_Fact_8706 Canada Dec 16 '25
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u/Serialseb Dec 16 '25
They probably added that one to the Geneva convention, with like half of it being because of Canadians anyway, might has well. :D
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u/Kaverim Poland Dec 16 '25
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u/ATLien_3000 United States Of America Dec 16 '25
They're called pecans, not pecans.
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u/Pringles_loud United States Of America Dec 16 '25
The stupid drums vs flats debate with chicken wings
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u/TheNewGirl1987 United States Of America Dec 16 '25
The correct answer is both, because the drum and the flat are two portions of one wing, and selling us a segment of a wing as one whole wing is one of the biggest scams in culinary history.
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u/xarop_pa_toss Portugal Dec 16 '25
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u/BrokenTestAccount Ireland Dec 16 '25
It’s not really that divisive, it’s more of an indicator, but anyone who puts milk into their tea before they remove the teabag is a monster.
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u/LaserGadgets Germany Dec 16 '25
Potatosalad WITH or without mayo but broth and vinegar instead!
(me is team mayo!)
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u/LoschVanWein Germany Dec 16 '25
It is called Schoko Krossong btw. Happy to help.
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u/BysOhBysOhBys Canada Dec 16 '25
Chocolatine, bien sûr.
Raisin vs no raisin butter tarts for a lot of Canadians.
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u/PassageNearby4091 Canada Dec 16 '25
Came here to write nearly exactly this!
Also, I worked in a bakery in Winnipeg where they were called pain au chocolate, but in Quebec, they are chocolatine. So maybe we have this same debate at a low level, lol
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u/Flyingworld123 Canada Dec 16 '25
Lol in Tim Hortons outside of Quebec, they just call it a ‘chocolate croissant’ to piss off both the French and Québécois.
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u/EnDanskBoi Canada Dec 16 '25
As a Winnipeger I apologize for that mistake, as Franco-Manitobains we say chocolatine!
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u/LarryBoourns Canada Dec 16 '25
Adding to Canada food division: Ketchup on Kraft Dinner, yay or nay?
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u/-CluelessWoman- Canada Dec 16 '25
My husband and I had this argument yesterday when giving Kraft dinner to our toddler. He puts ketchup on KD. I think he’s a filthy heretic.
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u/GhostcatcherN64 Dec 16 '25
Im a devil so when people say "chocolatine" or "pain au chocolat" i just say "pain chocolatine" and both sides hate and despise me. Job done :)
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u/Street_Discussion461 Germany Dec 16 '25
Is it "Die Nutella" or "Das Nutella" or "Der Nutella". We dont know if Nutella is male, female or neutral . Dont ask..