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irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago

What's a weird compliment you got?

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What's a weird compliment you got?

irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago
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  • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    “You eat rice like Chinese person”

    From the lady behind the counter as I was watching some bullshit on my phone and eating mapo tofu

    • corroded@lemmy.world
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      I’m not even sure what that could mean. Maybe using chopsticks instead of a fork? I’ve always just eaten food with whatever utensil is typically used for that type of cuisine. I think most people, Chinese or otherwise, eat Chinese food with chopsticks, don’t they?

      • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        I think it was that I had picked up the takeout container close to my face and was using the chopsticks to shovel rice into my maw as I watched some video.

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          That’s just how you eat rice with chopsticks? How else are you supposed to do it without making a giant mess?

          • USSMojave@startrek.website
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            Western folks don’t usually hold the bowl and utensils so close to the face

  • whaleross@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    That I have a nice phone number.

    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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      9 days ago

      I have an evil one. It ends 666 👿

      • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        My old work number used to have a 404 area code. I work in tech. It was a fun inside joke.

        • Stovetop@lemmy.world
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          Makes me wonder if someone out there has a phone number of 404-746-8363 (404-PG-NT-FND)

          • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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            7 days ago

            Well, you’ve just unlocked a new goal of mine: move to Atlanta…

      • SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        0666 here

        • snooggums@lemmy.world
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          9 days ago

          Now kiss.

          • SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world
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            9 days ago

  • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    “You like like a modern interpretation of some Greek god of spice” I had a spig of rosemary tucked behind my ear and a shirt that reads “why so salty”

  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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    Just last week, someone left a note for me saying I’m a “goddess among mortals” for making a carrot cake without raisins.

    I’m an overweight 40-year-old man with a beard. She hadn’t seen who made the cake, so she was just making a guess that the baker was a woman, but still. Funny experience.

    • dustycups@aussie.zone
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      Who the fuck puts raisins in a carrot cake?
      I have honestly never experienced an abomination. Not that there is anything wrong with raisins, but in carrot cake?

      • ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz
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        This is standard in US-style carrot cakes

      • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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        Raisins in cinnamon rolls is the true crime

      • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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        The recipe I used actually suggested raisins in the cake and walnuts in the frosting. While I don’t mind either on their own or in other things, carrot cake is supposed to be creamy and smooth. If I wanted crunch or chew, I’d choose…I dunno, german chocolate or something.

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          Walnuts on the frosting is fine with me but a lot of the ones from the shops used to put them in the cake - not so good.

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            I did also leave the walnuts out because my son is allergic, so there’s that. But left to my own devices, I’d rather have the walnuts on the side.

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    Nurses tend to like the veins in my left arm so I’ve had a few comments on that.

    • Gerudo@lemm.ee
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      Oh I get this one. It’s usually along the lines of “the blood bank would love to have you” or even “I could find your veins blindfolded”

      • RBWells@lemmy.world
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        Yeah I got “wow, I could hit that by throwing a dart from across the room!” I am a favorite of phlebotomists, and I guess could be a successful junkie.

  • silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
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    My female colleague told me the other day I’d make a great dad because my tattoos are all black and white and that would be great for kids because they could color them.

    • Kualdir@feddit.nl
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      7 days ago

      What 😭

  • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    As I was sitting at my desk with some tea and a stroopwaffel, one of my coworkers commented that I “really knew how to live.”

    • Kualdir@feddit.nl
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      Average dutch person

  • The Giant Korean@lemmy.world
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    Several nurses have commented on my veins. Like to the point where I felt like I was getting hit on.

    • Schlemmy@lemmy.ml
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      I had a teacher once that got turned on by veins. I found out after graduating because I met her at a bar and she was horny as hell from seeing my forearms. I use to climb a lot so veiny arms are part of the deal. So, a compliment about my veiny forearms was… special.

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    From my ENT: You’ve got a very well maintained nose.

    Uhm, thanks?

  • PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works
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    I was once told that I ‘look like I’m going to ask someone to the Sadie Hopkins dance’. I assume they just meant I looked nice/dressed up, but it just struck me as interesting phrasing. Random people just tend to talk to me; a couple weeks ago I was at the gas station and an older guy struck up a conversation and commented that it was nice to see someone smile ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • elfin8er@lemmy.world
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      Sounds like they may have been referring to the “Sadie Hawkins dance” which is a middle school highschool dance where the girls ask the guys to be their date. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadie_Hawkins_dance

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    First girl I ever kissed complimented me on my nice looking hands at the teenybopper bar. Weird at the time, took me a couple of decades to realize women look at our hands, think of us touching them.

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    “You have a beautiful brain” while looking at MRI pictures of my head.

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    “Whoever did your circumcision did a really good job.” :/

    • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works
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      I need more context 😭

    • TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world
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      Yeah. Let’s see the model cock, sir

  • Jerb322@lemmy.world
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    I “chew sexy”…was eating pizza at a girlfriend’s house.

    • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social
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      What a weird thing for her dad to say.

  • harmony@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    “You have the most beautiful intestines!” And several other similar things as I was checked for cancer.

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      It’s like the saying goes: true beauty is on the inside.

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