Comment by CarlitosHighway

20 days ago

- "Sorry, but I'm on a low-carb diet, no carbs and especially not after 3pm"

- "Do you use gluten-free pasta? I think I have a gluten allergy."

- "Why always ethnic food like pasta? What's wrong with white people food, like Cheeseburgers?"

People have become too complicated.

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impure-aqua  20 days ago

Alternatively, one could hold a social interaction not centered around some form of consumption, and then you don't have to worry about satisfying people's consumptive preferences

gcanyon  20 days ago

I used to make a vegetarian option without the sausage if people asked. It's so long ago gluten-free wasn't really a thing.

Pasta sauce was my thing. I used to boast that I made the best there was. It was good, but I know better now what really great sauce is, and mine was very good, not great. It did have the advantage of being different every time, since I did everything without measuring.

Klonoar  20 days ago

> - "Why always ethnic food like pasta? What's wrong with white people food, like Cheeseburgers?"

You respond with "that's what I'm making, you're welcome to bring anything yourself to add to it".

Covers dietary issues along with a decent dose of "STFU and show up". People are complicated but you also give too much of a shit.

fl4regun  20 days ago

there's lots of people out there who will be more than happy to eat free food at a friend's house. You are overthinking it.

__MatrixMan__  20 days ago

I think figuring out how to make everybody happy is fun. You end up exploring options you never otherwise would.

  • CarlitosHighway  20 days ago

    "Eh" (the Larry David "eh")

    • domh  20 days ago

      Ironically Larry David always seems to be at dinner parties in Curb. Maybe it's a wealthy person activity or maybe it's just comedy gold coming up with a new reason why he pisses off the host and gets kicked out again.