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[Last one for today] maybe it's just because of my maternal instincts (at least, I think I have those) but I don't understand people who can't cook. Was talking to this guy from one of my classes and he's like "oh I cant cook my mom makes everything for me" and "I'll just eat out when I move out."
I don't really know his economic background, but it just feels very...idk. very something. It does go back to that I said a little while ago about people being incurious.
[Note: the guys a professional rage baiter so he might be joking but I know there are others who genuinely can't cook]
You have to have a certain level of privilege to be able to afford not knowing how to cook. For most working class people, eating out all the time would be prohibitively expensive.
There are exceptions of course. Some people get free lunch at their work for example, but this is not common where i live. I hear it's very common in China though.
Of course the more "traditional" option is you just get married as soon as you move out of your parents' home and have your spouse do the cooking 😂
Depends on what you mean with "cook". Yeah, I can throw pasta in a pot and boil it. I can even throw meat and a sauce packet into the pan and maybe cut a couple veggies.
That's about it. My executive dysfunction forbids me from doing any more elaborate meals.
Honestly, I hate food and the concept of having to cook every day and everything that goes with it like figuring out what to eat/what my brain allows me to eat (sometimes eggs just taste too much like egg and pasta just feels too much like a wet noodle in my mouth, you know?) needing to go to the store, then storing everything in the communal fridge, trying to use it all up before it goes bad (never achieved that one).
If I had a pill that gives me all the nutrition for the day I would never look at food ever again. Even preparing and eating frozen food and pre-made meals are consistently the hardest chore of the day just because I despise food so much. I definitely have never reached proper nutritional value in my average week.
Of course you are not talking about dysfunctional people and you probably know of similar struggles, but people would never guess that I have these problems so maybe the people you have in mind are similar? I of course also know men that have never been taught anything before they were thrown into the world, but I also can't really judge them too harshly.
I definitely can't cook. Something always goes wrong when I try; even if I follow instructions to the letter.
I can barely cook rice and pasta, dawg. I can make ramen and that's it.
Have you tried watching instructional videos? For some people reading instructions is just not their thing and they learn much better by watching someone else.
I think this aptly describes me, yeah. Maybe that's where I'm going wrong?