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A hill you will die on.

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GreenEyesIsBack · 19/02/2026 15:04

Mine is amongst others that carbonara should only ever be made with long pasta, none of your penne, or fusili nonsense.

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hairyunicorn · 19/02/2026 15:19

Truffle is disgusting 😩

beguilingeyes · 19/02/2026 15:20

ChamonixMountainBum · 19/02/2026 15:10

Chicken Korma is the most pointless dish ever invented.

Chicken Korma is the most pointless dish ever invented.

Fixed it for you. Bland, dull, tastes-of-nothing meat

GreenEyesIsBack · 19/02/2026 15:20

thistimelastweek · 19/02/2026 15:17

Burgers do not belong in brioche.

Yes, would they just stop it.
Brioche is far too sweet and claggy.

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Devilsmommy · 19/02/2026 15:20

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Sishere · 19/02/2026 15:20

40andlovelife · 19/02/2026 15:16

Your aunts and uncles are your blood relatives. Their partners are not your aunts or uncles

Does anyone say differently?

WildLeader · 19/02/2026 15:21

exhaustDAD · 19/02/2026 15:08

Mine - amongst others - is that mint and chocolate do not belong together, it is absolutely vile, and is has 100% the same effect as when we were kids, brushed our teeth and then snuck a cheeky bite of a chocolate in, still.

Terrys chocolate did a mint version of their orange… outstanding 😋

NigelFromAccounts · 19/02/2026 15:21

Pepperoni is shit.

People who obsess over the following topics: UPFs, Hyrox and what trans people call themselves. I don't care whether you're right or wrong; the hill I'll die on is that you're obsessive and boring.

ForFunGoose · 19/02/2026 15:22

Brioche is awful
Your Aunts husband is Dave not uncle.

BBQ food is awful and very bad for you:

NigelFromAccounts · 19/02/2026 15:22

murasaki · 19/02/2026 15:19

Even worse than that, your parents' friends. You're not related!

Another hill I'll die on; people only say this if they don't have any good friends who care about their kids.

murasaki · 19/02/2026 15:23

ForFunGoose · 19/02/2026 15:22

Brioche is awful
Your Aunts husband is Dave not uncle.

BBQ food is awful and very bad for you:

Ah now, bbq food tastes good.

But a gas bbq is not a bbq. It's just kitchen equipment moved outside.

murasaki · 19/02/2026 15:24

NigelFromAccounts · 19/02/2026 15:22

Another hill I'll die on; people only say this if they don't have any good friends who care about their kids.

My parents have a lot of them, many of whom I'm still in touch with. I've always called them by their first names.

gototogo · 19/02/2026 15:25

@Devilsmommy and coffee should not contain milk (or any other hot beverage!)

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 19/02/2026 15:26

Jorvik1978 · 19/02/2026 15:13

A UK-based holiday is NOT a stay-cation. It is a UK-based holiday. A stay-cation involves staying at home and sleeping in your own bed, having days out exploring your local area.

I disagree with most of these and I’ve definitely not just opened a box of After Eights that had been forgotten about before this thread.

But, I wholeheartedly agree with this.

annonymousse · 19/02/2026 15:26

@GreenEyesIsBack. Move up on that hill and make room for me please. Humans cannot change sex.

HoppityBun · 19/02/2026 15:26

Bjorkdidit · 19/02/2026 15:13

Christmas cake must have cheese with it Smile

However pepperoni on pizza is an abomination as are cheeseburgers or anything else that involves meat and melted cheese.

Fruit cake, yes of course. But not when coated in marzipan and icing

Hedjwitch · 19/02/2026 15:26

Joining others on the women's rights Hill first and foremost.

Porridge is a gloopy slop of an abomination and should not be eaten by humans. Ever.

ConstanzeMozart · 19/02/2026 15:27

Devilsmommy · 19/02/2026 15:09

No no no. Mint is great it's fucking orange and chocolate that's an abomination 🤨

Agree. Apart from dark Chocolate Oranges. Although they seem to have become extinct, or at least vanishingly rare.

ConstanzeMozart · 19/02/2026 15:28

It is morally indefensible to buy a dog/puppy when there are so many in shelters desperately needing rehoming.

And, less controversially, carbonara does NOT have cream in it.

HoppityBun · 19/02/2026 15:28

MrsTerryPratchett · 19/02/2026 15:11

It's a fucking paninO.

It's eSpresso.

And Italian food doesn't need any 'new takes' or 'fusion'. Just invent new food if you want it.

And latte should be pronounced with a short “a”. It’s not lartey.

WildLeader · 19/02/2026 15:28

Devilsmommy · 19/02/2026 15:09

No no no. Mint is great it's fucking orange and chocolate that's an abomination 🤨

100% with you! The mint chocolate version is to die for 😋

Stammso · 19/02/2026 15:28

The world keeps turning just fine when someone uses "it's" to mean "belonging to it". No one is confused by it. These days it's usually just an autocorrect-inserted error anyway.

@40andlovelife my aunties and uncles definitely include ones who married in. They're part of my extended family and they have loved me my whole life.

@Jorvik1978 100% with you on staycations.

Bought houmous is still ok to eat, UPF and all.

Sishere · 19/02/2026 15:29

ConstanzeMozart · 19/02/2026 15:28

It is morally indefensible to buy a dog/puppy when there are so many in shelters desperately needing rehoming.

And, less controversially, carbonara does NOT have cream in it.

But dogs breed.
So you expect owners to take on a litter of puppies even if they don’t want more than one dog?

Toeragg · 19/02/2026 15:29

Don't you call your uncle's wife "aunty"?

Our family do but then my hill is that blood is not thicker than water.

TW are blokes. How times have changed - I got banned from MN for saying that a few years ago.

UrbanFan · 19/02/2026 15:29

Human beings cannot change their gender. Ever.

Coriander is the devils leaf and tastes of soap.

101Alsatians · 19/02/2026 15:29

People pretend to like/love Avocado. It's green slime filth.

Also,only salted popcorn is acceptable.

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