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[–] Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Can we just learn to communicate and realize that both are valid and I would join this group of noodly soup lovers?

We can, I just like goofing

[–] EmmiLime@lemmy.ml 20 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

I love both insta and properly made ramen.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

the instant stuff that they have sushi & steak houses is REALLY good -- it's completely indiscernible from the "real" stuff sometimes.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 10 points 16 hours ago

noodles are good, folks!

[–] dektep@lemmy.world 17 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

took me a long time to realise what Americans meant by ramen. Especially when they considered it low budget food. Instant noodles are not really ramen

[–] besbin@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 9 hours ago

Do you call frozen pizza? Or is it instant pepperoni pie? Why do you have to gate keep word?

[–] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 31 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Says ramen right on the package bro

[–] dektep@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

yeah that’s the weird part

[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 4 points 15 hours ago

I assume it’s a regional thing. “Instant ramen” are noodles or 2 minute noodles here. It’s rarely labelled as ramen and never called it.

From childhood I knew about ramen from anime and I knew about instant ramen from American media but I didn’t learn until later that they aren’t the same thing and instant reman is just 2 minute noodles.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 22 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (6 children)

Isn't this meme the wrong way round?

Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character is the philistine who would be on the instant noodle pot

Unless OP is saying instant noodle pots are the superior form, which I can't agree with, but I guess someone out there is gonna

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 hours ago

I did an experiment once where i used the format "correctly" the way you and i understand it, and so many lemmings were confused. People on here tend to assume the woman is wrong.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 hours ago

I didn't realize the meme format implied judgment. I thought it just communicated the disconnect.

[–] Yakuza_Wolf_ReRise@thelemmy.club 3 points 13 hours ago

Honestly, it's just how I see most people using the meme

[–] DillDough@lemmy.zip 3 points 14 hours ago

Maybe OP is Korean lol

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

Depends on my mood. 95% of the time the ramen on the left is superior, but once in a while you get a hunger which only instant ramen can satisfy.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

You're right, but at first I thought the OP was trying to pull a fast one on us and the right was a picture of that super expensive restaurant ramen that serves in a shitty ramen cup.

[–] KnightOfOldEmpire@lemmy.ml 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

I dream of eating good ramen, same with pizza and Miso soup, I'm sure they exists somewhere.

[–] Schemen110676@lemmy.ml 5 points 16 hours ago

Ramen isnt difficult to make from the ground up...just takes ages