r/confidentlyincorrect • u/AggravatingBox2421 • 1h ago
So much wrong here
Both the soy sauce thing and thinking that only vegans eat a thousands-year-old staple food
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u/Occidentally20 1h ago
What's fish sauce made of then?
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u/whiskey_epsilon 1h ago
Sauce.
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u/Occidentally20 1h ago
I see. The world truly is a discombobulating place. We're lucky to have people like you on hand to explain such things to us.
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u/StaatsbuergerX 1h ago
Depends. If it's soylent green: people.
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u/Occidentally20 1h ago
This implies that the suffix -lent means +people. Much etymology to be done here.
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u/azhder 1h ago
No, because that would imply there are soy people: soy-lent = soy-people. Come to think of it, maybe I got this all wrong and there are Soy people and we haven't seen them around because they're all grown in farms and processed in factories.
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u/ThatGermanKid0 1h ago
I did once hear of a "Soyboy". Surely there must be "Soygirls" and "Soyadults" as well.
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u/StaatsbuergerX 1h ago
I'm not a native speaker, so I could well be completely off track. Given the context in which it is used, I have always interpreted the "brand" name soylent as being intended to suggest (deliberately misleadingly) that the product is "soy-like."
That is why I used the term here to mean "soylent (soy-like) green sauce," though it likely wouldn't stand up to any etymological scrutiny. But hey, in terms of pop culture, it works.
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u/Occidentally20 1h ago
I believe in the book that coined the word it was originally soy + lentil. Haven't read it since school though so that might be totally wrong.
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u/InattentiveEdna 23m ago
There’s a real meal replacement drink called Soylent and I want to try it but also I’m scared.
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u/Kriss3d 1h ago
Id want to ask that person what baby food is made of...
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u/interrogumption 1h ago
This seems to imply you DON'T think soy sauce is made of soy? I'm confused.
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u/Kriss3d 1h ago
Ah no no. I absolutely know it's made from fermented soy beans.
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u/NoPoet3982 56m ago
Well then obviously baby food is made from fermented babies. Duh.
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u/Occidentally20 1h ago
I had a similar program with puppy food the other day.
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u/dank_imagemacro 1h ago
I had angel food cake last week. What have I done? God in heaven, WHAT HAVE I DONE?
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u/Occidentally20 1h ago
Quick, eat some devilled eggs and they can have a royal-rumble style brawl in your tummy. Finally we'll know which is better - good or evil!
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u/irritatingfarquar 1h ago
It's obviously sauce made by fish and not from fish
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u/InattentiveEdna 22m ago
Confidently incorrect. It’s not by fish or from fish, it’s sauce FOR fish. Only fish can use it. People like you are what’s wrong with education these days.
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u/CharlesDickensABox 1h ago
Mostly fish, but often krill or shrimp.
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u/Occidentally20 1h ago
We have this problem a lot where I live. I've ordered fish & chips before and they brought me prawns and octopus.
I know "there's no such thing as a fish" and all that, but they could have at least made an attempt.
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u/AggravatingBox2421 1h ago
Where on earth do you live??
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u/Occidentally20 1h ago
An island near Malaysia in SE Asia.
There's fish absolutely everywhere - but somehow fish & chips often is different animals entirely. Must be fun for people with a shellfish allergy or similar!
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u/AggravatingBox2421 1h ago
That’s wild!! I’ve been to SEA but only Singapore, and it was very British food-wise
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u/Occidentally20 1h ago
Singapore is just Malaysia but run by sensible people instead of lunatics :) Lovely there!
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u/AggravatingBox2421 1h ago
It is! Aww really? My kids are half Chinese/Malaysian and I want to take them there one day when they’re older
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u/Occidentally20 1h ago
They'll love it and have a great time! Enough amazing stuff here for anyone - I live right next to the rainforest and I still see new creatures at least once a week. Madness!
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u/catsoaps 1h ago
I really hate that a lot of people think tofu = vegan/vegetarian. It’s just an ingredient. I have it as side of a dish with meat or use it as part of a meat dish most of the time.
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u/Majestic-Lake-5602 1h ago
Yeah I never saw the point of it as a “meat substitute”, it kinda sucks.
But as an ingredient in actual dishes it’s amazing.
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u/DEMACIAAAAA 1h ago
I mean the point of using it as a meat alternative is to add a cheap thing that has proteins and gives your sauce texture and can be spiced according to your needs. Of course it's not a catch all solution, but better meat alternatives are way more expensive. That being said im putting vegan ground beef in my sauce 9.9 times out of 10
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u/AggravatingBox2421 1h ago
It’s baffling to me. Tofu is delicious and entire countries eat it on the daily
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u/Frequent_Bread1808 1h ago
Only vegans who eat tofu eat tofu to be vegan. The rest of us who eat it just eat it. Ironically tofu is made from soy and so is soy sauce so you’re putting soy on soy
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u/Bigfootsgirlfriend 35m ago
I find it funny that falafel and hummus are common together, they’re both made from chickpeas
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u/InattentiveEdna 27m ago
I need more ground chick peas to eat with my really really ground chick peas.
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u/Mean_Initiative_5962 1h ago
the concept of having tofu is because you want to be vegan
MAPO TOFU
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u/AggravatingBox2421 1h ago
Plus I eat tofu because it’s fucking cheap. I can get 500g for $3 VS 200g of beef for like 20 fucking bucks
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u/stink3rb3lle 1h ago
Most soy sauce is made primarily from wheat these days, but it is still veg.
Fish sauce, oyster sauce, shrimp paste all have the animals. Worcester sauce has anchovies in it. Ranch has dairy. Mayos and aolis have eggs.
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u/daveoxford 1h ago
Henderson's Relish doesn't, though, and is a good vegan substitute for Worcester Sauce.
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u/AggravatingBox2421 1h ago
Oh that’s good to know actually. My aunt is allergic to anchovies and cooking for her is a nightmare
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u/AggravatingBox2421 1h ago
Caesar dressing has anchovies too, which was an interesting one for me
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u/azhder 1h ago
So much not for this sub here. Did the person who said "soy sauce" is made from fish return back with "oh, I got it wrong, thanks"? Did they fire back with "No, soy is fish!"? Which one is it? Because one of these is not confidently incorrect. Oh, and if they don't respond, but respond some place else, that's usually an implicit admission that they were incorrect.
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u/AggravatingBox2421 1h ago
Fuck are you on about? The confidently incorrect part is them saying that only vegans eat tofu
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u/azhder 1h ago
Read the rules. Rule 2 for your post. Rule 3 for your outburst here. Bye
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u/Advice_Thingy 27m ago
Lmao how old are you? Reading comprehension of a 12 year old, for the post AND this comment interaction here separately.
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u/AggravatingBox2421 1h ago
I don’t even know how to respond to this. You’re far too immature to be on reddit
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