I’ll have to check that out, thank you for the recommendation. I love Margaret Atwood.

I call it being a flexitarian. Was once handed plate of roasted goat in Kenya on Easter. Was not about to refuse.

I used to road manage musicians. They would pull this kind of bullshit at venues all the time. There was always something wrong with catering at the venue, and we bent over backwards routinely to meet everyone’s ever-changing needs. They would complain that there weren’t “enough” gluten free choices, or they wanted…

I once ate pork after 17 years of vegetarianism because I didn’t want to be rude to my hosts. It was fine, nobody died. Obviously the pig died, but that was before.

In my line of work, it’s not uncommon for people to give me food. I almost always say thank you, and then politely chuck it after.

I was having that conversation with my 7 year old the other day. She said she might have dinner at a friend’s house, “depending on what they’re having.” I shut that down immediately, “Nope. You decide if you’re going there or not, it doesn’t matter what they are having. They make it. You eat it. End of story.” She…

Those are the kind of people who, in response to receiving a $700 gold iPhone from somebody close to them, give that “look” and say they wanted a black one. I fucking hate ungracious assholes like that with a fiery passion. I seriously feel terrible now for this random Indian person I have never met, and just want to…

Yeah, fish makes me sick and I’ve been a vegetarian so I’m not unsympathetic to people with dietary restrictions. But there is a polite way to let someone know that you really appreciate the effort they put into something but unfortunately it will make you ill if you eat it. These people’s dietary restrictions were…

Oh, that is very low behavior indeed. They should have their passports temporarily revoked (leaving the US) for that. I am not a well-traveled person by any means, but everybody knows that when someone in a foreign country puts themselves out to cook either a local meal or a meal like one from home for you, you…

That is insanely rude. Clearly you know the person and therefore it is not creepy so her reaction is off the wall. If she didn’t want them, she could take them and throw them away in her house.

Ha, my dad ate three plates of my grandmother’s spaghetti the first time he met her! He loves food though, it was not a chore.

I had the opposite of that encounter a couple weeks ago. I lent some tools to a neighbor and she baked me cookies as a thank you. I asked are these gluten free? She said no and started to say she didn’t know I was gluten free but I cut her off. I was just checking to see if I had to pretend they were delicious before…

“but also if we don’t shut that shit down now or act like it is totally innocuous he will think it is perfectly fine to violate someone’s privacy in the future.”

Every single person except her refused to eat the pizza because they were gluten free/vegan/carb free.

That’s very considerate of you. Most of my reactions have been because of homemade baked goods.

I even avoid putting nuts because you never know is someone is allergic.

I know! How can people be so rude.

A friend of mine did a yoga trip/training in India. One night, their host who was Indian made them all pizza because he knew Westerners loved pizza. Every single person except her refused to eat the pizza because they were gluten free/vegan/carb free. She literally cried telling me the story. People are the worst.

LMAO, that is so fucking rude. Graciously accept the fucking cookies and throw them out if you don’t want ‘em, bitch.

Well, I baked some thank you cookies for my neighbour, I went and knocked her door to deliver the cookies, she opened, I said, “I baked this for you as a thank you”, her response was, “did you put any kind of nuts in these?”, “nope”, I said, “ I do not know if you are allergic”, “I am not, I just dislike nuts, did you…