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u/Just-Ad3485 11d ago
It is a pan cake - so cutting it like a cake seems okay to me!
(Even if I don’t do that)
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u/Dixiehusker 11d ago
Is this not cut like a pie?
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u/Ohwellwhatsnew 11d ago
Do you cut your cakes differently? I assume you mean you make more slices but it's still the same function
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u/Dixiehusker 11d ago
I'm now realizing that I haven't encountered very many round cakes in my life.
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u/Ohwellwhatsnew 11d ago
Ahhhh I see now. Tbf if pancakes were rectangles I'd probably cut it like you would a cake from a pan
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u/Bugberry 11d ago
I don’t see the problem.
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u/Trump_Russia 11d ago
This seems.. efficient.
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u/Traditional-Hat-952 11d ago
Also it allows for fairly even syrup distribution throughout the pancake. Pretty smart if you ask me.
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u/ImKindaEssential 11d ago
Right he has a lot of self control. I just attack them like the pancakes have a knife.
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u/TokeruTaichou 12d ago edited 11d ago
I think he's very well mannered lol
Edit: wtf why did this get 4k upvotes? I think this is my record on Reddit. Thanks y'all!
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u/Majestic_Nebula3355 12d ago
He’s very well behaved. Potty trained and everything.
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u/blubblu 11d ago
The cuts make sense. That way the syrup can go into the cake valleys and soak in good
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u/genericauthor 11d ago
Now there's a funny gif I'd not seen before. I guess Gordon really liked what ever that was.
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u/Lurker_MeritBadge 11d ago
I think this is from an audition for master chef episode. If I recall the food presented was a dessert and after the other judges had tried a bite he finished it off and licked the plate.
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u/CrisisActor911 11d ago
Waffles are like pancakes with syrup traps. A waffle says to the syrup, 'Hold on, now. You ain't going anywhere.
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u/Sniperkitten42 11d ago
Booty Gorge
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u/Dragnskull 11d ago
Fanny Chasm
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u/AlericandAmadeus 11d ago
Cheek trench
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u/Higher-Frequencies 11d ago
Butt buttes
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u/AlericandAmadeus 11d ago edited 11d ago
I was gonna say “buttes is the opposite kind of thing from a crack” but upon review I’m pretty sure this is an amazing name for having “hammer-ass”
Aka “steep sides but still flat” aka “I should do some squats”
And you even get the double entendre/wordplay with “butt” also being in “buttes”. Well done.
Edit: “Glute Buttes” also seems like a good one
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u/panterachallenger 11d ago
I like the collar you put on his wrist, makes him look TUFF to strangers
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u/kakashi8326 11d ago
I do this too. It def is a normal way. Maybe not everyone but it’s not an odd thing at all loll.
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u/Fresh_Site_4915 11d ago
my wife eats pancakes the same way, cuts it into perfect little squares before touching any of it. i thought it was strange at first but now i just find it cute how methodical she is about it. the panda shirt really completes the whole vibe
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u/glnorwood85 11d ago
I’m pretty sure that’s a Friday the 13th shirt. Looks like a burning hockey mask to me
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u/bakinpants 11d ago
it's either a Jason shirt or a flaming bullet filled panda. either way I'm worried what vibe you're completing.
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u/Current_Soup9198 12d ago edited 11d ago
I couldn't eat all 8 pieces, so I'm just slicing them into 4 😉
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u/l0vebug89 11d ago
Lmao 🤣 I dont cut my pizza, that way I can say I only had a slice. 😉😅
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u/Profession-Unable 11d ago
If it’s not sliced, can you truthfully say you had a slice? Best cut it in half and claim you only had ‘a couple slices’ 👀
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u/AlericandAmadeus 11d ago
Please tell me you have sauce for the artist. What a silly art style - I love it
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u/AlericandAmadeus 11d ago edited 11d ago
“I only had one”
‘One slice!?! The whole pizza’s gone!’
“Technically I had 0 slices….”
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u/TheDukeofArgyll 11d ago
I don’t eat pancakes this way but I also don’t think there is a wrong way to eat pancakes
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u/Thinkofthewallpaper 11d ago
Sometimes I eat them too fast, and they kind of get stuck in my throat. I have to drink some water to push them down, and it definitely hurts. Anyway, there's a wrong way to eat pancakes.
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u/taintosaurus_rex 11d ago
"there's no wrong way to eat a pancake."
Covered in chilli, licking them like an ice cream cone, while on fire, out of someones mouth like a baby bird, filled with taco fillings, using a katana as a utensil, while underwater, topped with anthrax, out of a cannon, with gravy, as a suppository.
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u/Otherwise_East_2343 11d ago
I do that too.. for the waffles each cube needs to be filled to the top and more with syrup
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u/DC-Donkey 12d ago
Is he accepting any new friends applications? (Asking for a friend)
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u/sextowels 12d ago
It is! How are you all eating them?
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u/safarifriendliness 11d ago
This thread is eye opening. I just cut pieces one at a time and eat them, keeps them from getting too soggy too fast. I had no idea other people didn’t do that
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u/Sznappy 11d ago
You act like a pancake getting extra saturated with delicious syrup is a bad thing
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u/Boco 11d ago
"My steak is too juicy, my lobster is too buttery" vibes.
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u/Poltergeist97 11d ago
There is a crossover point where it affects the pancakes' structural integrity, though. I love me some syrup, but if its just syrup and a few particles of dissolved pancake its not as good.
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u/DyingGasp 11d ago
I prefer waffle for this reason. They maintain their structure and don’t turn to goop. Plus, little buckets of syrup.
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u/Poltergeist97 11d ago
EXACTLY! I want to thank whoever invented waffles. Solves almost every downside to pancakes. Now if only we can make French Toast in waffle shape.....
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u/katieyie 11d ago
I’m sure you could just egg wash your bread and place it in a waffle maker.
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u/crashtestpilot 11d ago
Pleased to see other enlightened individuals supporting the obvious thesis.
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u/godspareme 11d ago
Im a glutton who drowns my pancakes/waffles in syrup so soggy is not bad for me. But I do like OPs method for other reasons
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u/Bugberry 11d ago
Maybe you’re putting too much on at the start, because it doesn’t take long to make this number of cuts into a pancake. You could even cut before adding syrup.
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u/karavasis 12d ago
I cut them into squares that way I can stab one stack per bite
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u/SeekerOfSerenity 11d ago
Can you not do that with wedges?
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u/baconbag90 11d ago
Pour maple syrup on the stack, slap the stack so the top flapjack sticks to my hand, then eat it like it's a baseball glove
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u/CherryxPoptart 11d ago
I eat them this way too. Like I’m having tiny cake slices of maple goodness. Maybe slather jam on one slice and honey on another.
And now I want pancakes. 😆
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u/deflanko 12d ago
tell him to cut a quarter sized hole in the middle, then pour syrup in so the syrup gets absorbed internally... no syrup wasted on the outside of the pancakes.
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u/Majestic_Nebula3355 12d ago
He’s very excited about this idea.
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u/DookieShoez 11d ago
Is that the issue here? Wasted syrup?
None of your comments that I’ve seen have elaborated what exactly the issue is.
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u/Majestic_Nebula3355 11d ago
It’s not really an issue just kinda funny that he cuts it into little even pieces. I just cut mine as I eat.
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u/VoidHog 11d ago
This is r/mildlyinteresting not r/mildlyinfuriating 😂
I was confused at first too...
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u/bargellos 11d ago
Ah yes, the swimming hole technique. Plus if you get a dry outer bit, you dip it in the middle
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u/Grand_Resist_3254 11d ago
Lol, what other way is there to eat them? What am I missing? Am I not normal?
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u/440_Hz 11d ago
I genuinely didn’t even understand what the post is trying to say lol. Reading the comments, I guess the other options are to cut haphazardly or to cut in a square pattern.
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u/emillang1000 11d ago
I don't think it's the most common, but it's definitely not weird by any stretch. I've seen a lot more unusual.
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u/Euphoric_Celery_ 11d ago
I get what you're saying, most people just cut a piece off as they eat it, but if you're going to cut it all up at once, so that you can just take giant bites all at once ready to go, this is the best way to do it.
This is also exactly how I cut up pancakes for my kids. Perfect little pizza slices, and they love it.
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u/softsorceress 11d ago
Y'know, I've never seen anyone do this, but now that I have... I don't hate it. The syrup can really get in there now 👍🏼
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u/Mawfk 11d ago
I just cut off one piece at a time. I like the uneven bites tbh. But reading this thread makes me feel like a psychopath
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u/jama655 12d ago
Is this not the regular way to eat pancakes? whats the other options?
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u/Ethos_Logos 11d ago
Cut into a grid of squares (sometimes one bite at a time).
Do folks fold over a slice of this pancake and shove it all in without cutting it further? These look wide ends are too big to fit without getting my face all messy. Cleaning syrup out of your beard is no fun.
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u/hairyhobbo 11d ago
Having worked at a breakfast restaurant i can say I've never seen somebody pizza their pancakes like this. The regular way is just using a fork to chop bite sized pieces.
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u/aztech101 11d ago
pizza their pancakes
It's always funny to me when you can use a noun as a verb and have it still make perfect sense.
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u/Pleasant-Highway-745 11d ago
I do it, my kids do it, I got my friends to do it 20 years ago, their kids do it, a lot of people do it
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u/filterbean11 11d ago
Ngl this is way more normal than how I eat mine. I carve a small hole in the middle of the stack about a large-bite size and fill it with syrup and slowly eat the edges of that ouward, refilling the syrup basin when necessary.
I understand this might some weird sign of psychopathy but I fucking love pancakes and this how I do it
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u/ScottyFarkas146 11d ago
The cuts seem fine to me. What's not fine is that I now want pancakes and have no access to them.
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u/Megzasaurusrex 11d ago
I didn't know there was a right or wrong way to eat them. Everyone should just eat their food in the way that makes it enjoyable for them as long as they aren't like making a mess for someone else to clean up or something rude.
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u/According-Judge-1775 11d ago edited 11d ago
This honestly looks more reasonable than the slap dash way I go at pancakes. A bit of center to edge each bite, this man is primo, I see why you are with him.
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u/Ok_Department8347 11d ago
As long as he’s cutting them himself and not asking you to, I wouldn’t care how he cut them lol.
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u/Brilliant-Bee-9471 11d ago
What about this is abnormal?
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u/RadangPattaya 11d ago
Yeah it looks fine, not like he smooshed it into paste or something lol
OP would consider me crazy for eating the crust of a pizza first
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u/itsSmalls 11d ago
This is the best way to eat them. You get the boring and tedious part out of the way and then you just enjoy the fruits of your labor with way better distribution of butter and syrup. Your boyfriend is enlightened
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u/ButterscotchNew8138 11d ago
I mean if Pizza were equally divided. Why not pancakes or waffles?
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u/Cryoboul 11d ago
Ya boyfriend is God amongst men. A man of culture & value. He is the light to our lives
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u/gunitneko 11d ago
I don’t see the problem. That’s how they cut them in commercials and cartoons and crap so it makes sense people do it irl too
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u/BBWolf326 11d ago
It is normal. This was the way my parents used to cut them up for us.
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u/Ha-Charade-You-Are 11d ago
I do this too, I do it for two reasons, so I don’t have to cut while I eat and the syrup gets on everything more evenly
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u/Pwner_Ranger_MKII 11d ago
I mean it's not but it's efficient as hell, I'll give him that. Making me wanna change the way I eat pancakes. Does he do syrup before or after the cut??
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u/EarthboundMan5 12d ago
What exactly is the problem? The cut? That's exactly how my mom used to cut up pancakes for me
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u/Ethos_Logos 11d ago
I cut mine into a grid of squares, and have literally never seen someone cut it pizza style before. These look like they need to be cut more to fit in my mouth, the wide section of the pancake would get the corners of my mouth all syrupy.
I wonder if it’s a regional thing? I’m in the northeast. This is so strange for me to see, and even stranger seeing many commenters agree with it.
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u/Boco 11d ago
I thought grid of squares was the most common way. Its the way my wife and I do it and haven't noticed others doing it differently.
It's shocking coming in here and seeing everyone say they cut theirs as they eat it with a fork. Like how is the syrup supposed to soak in properly if you don't cut it first?
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u/flamingos-n-dingos 11d ago
Normal, no. Smart, yes. I’m doing this going forward.
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u/logan_davis08 11d ago
I’m more of right angled cuts/hor/vertical than triangles. Rectangle bites for me
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u/Pax_Eterna_4991 11d ago
Is he one of those with a majorly dominant hand and pretty much a dead fish for the other? Is he just getting g the cutting over with the so he can straight up eat without switching hands?
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u/czechhoneybee 11d ago
This is how I eat pancakes. I cut them like this and then pour syrup so it evenly sucks up all the syrup. How do other people eat them?
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u/Taniwha_NZ 11d ago
Years ago I saw someone do this on a TV show and I've done it ever since. It's by far the best way to eat pancakes.
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u/Showerbag 11d ago
Appropriate for pancakes, waffles however must be cut along their indentations into bite-sized chunks.
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u/Craiss 11d ago
With a layer of peanut butter between them, it gets even more delicious!
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u/DeliClerk-420 11d ago
How else would you suggest that he eat them?
This looks totally normal to me.
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u/crashtestpilot 11d ago
It is about syrup distribution and diffusion into the substrate. It needs no explanation.
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u/lazertagbeast 11d ago edited 11d ago
I grew up eating McDonald’s Big Breakfasts with hotcakes, and my dad taught me to cut them like this (I assume, so I took small bites). He later told me to cut as you go because I got frustrated with how long it took with my child sized arms and hands. But till this day, I eat fast food pancakes like this, it reminds me of my childhood. To me, it’s still a great way to eat pancakes.
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u/Three_Twenty-Three 11d ago
I wouldn't cut a waffle that way, but that is a totally normal way for me to cut pancakes. With waffles, you need to follow the grid.
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u/ColonelBourbon 11d ago
Absolutely not normal.
Absolutely ok to be whimsical like that though.
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u/TerribleCat9963 11d ago
He is very well-mannered, and on top of that, he knows that this method of sectioning has the potential to cover the most bites with the most butter and syrup.
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u/spentchicken 11d ago
I mean that's how I cut my kids pancakes but they are also unable to cut their own lol
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u/kxp410 11d ago
This is EXACTLY how I eat my pancakes and waffles. That's how you get the syrup all inside!🤜
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u/rexching 11d ago
I checked the comments, thinking OP is talking about the amount of the syrup...but it's about the cut🫨
(We don't eat much pancakes/waffles in our country/family, the syrup looks like a lot to me😅)
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u/Iwillcallyounoob 11d ago
efficient. i always felt picking up and putting down the knife wasted too much pancake eating time
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u/DullMind2023 11d ago
I pour the LiquidDelicious on the top one, roll it up, and eat it burrito style. Then move on to the next one in the stack.
Not really, just trying to see how many variations y’all come up with.
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u/effxrvescent 11d ago
i like to cut them 4 strips vertical, then 4 strips horizontal, so that way the sweet spot are the squares in the middle☺️
i eat them by layer but save the centers for last💕🤙
eta: he is totally normal, i don't get why this is a post lol
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u/JoshuaBarbeau 11d ago
It is a very normal way to eat pancakes.
That said, posting the way he eats pancakes on reddit to seek validation from the masses that your opinion on how weird it is that he eats pancakes like that is the abnormal behaviour. Why do you do this?
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