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"Cooked" (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
 

For a while it was "let him cook" which, I think, meant 'give them a chance, they seem to be on to something', but now when something goes bad people say it's "cooked". My question is, was it a mistake to let them cook? Thank you.

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[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We get it - you have an air fryer - let it go.

[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do you wanna heat a tatter tot?

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

I'd rather heat a tot in good condition.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 29 points 2 days ago

It's a cook or get cooked world out there

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sometimes you have too many cooks...

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maaan, I love the internet.

This was uploaded 11 years ago, and it probably older than that. But today was my first time watching it, and I'm choking on dinner laughing at this sketch. (Today's lucky 1 in 10000*)

Mhm

Does that 1 in 10000 apply internationally? Or just in the US. Even though I'm not in the US, I like that statistic of the 1 in 10,000

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Originally aired in October 2014 as part of an incredible series of weird infomercials.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 7 points 2 days ago

“let him cook” which, I think, meant ‘give them a chance

I think "let him cook" generally means "let them do whatever they're planning and make their own mistakes".

"it's cooked" means someone has made some mistakes and now it's just a mess, with no undo.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

Let him cook

that means he is completely wrong and what they are doing will fail, but I am not getting Involved in that mess.

Typically it is said after one tried to correct the issue.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

If I say "that's cold blooded" does that confuse you about the meaning of things that are "cool"?

"Cooked" refers to things that have overheated and thus, broken. "cooking" refers to trying tings out and innovating.

[–] bacon_saber@fedia.io 7 points 2 days ago

It is absolutely a mistake to let certain people cook

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I think “cooked” in the meaning you refer to has actually existed for decades longer than people saying “let him cook”

[–] turkalino@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s good to poop but bad to be pooped. English weird

[–] sniggleboots@europe.pub 2 points 2 days ago

He's washed is bad, but he's clean is good

[–] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

It's good to cook, but bad to be cooked

[–] LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

The way I see it, let gen z handle a steak but don't let them anywhere near chicken

[–] Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago