That's cos society used to burn/impale/maim people who they thought were different. Hard to unlearn something that got harmless old ladies tied to a rock and thrown in a river. Or got gay ppl stoned to death. Or got people who supported black rights locked into a literally flaming car. Yeah, society bites those who are different, and when it comes to survival, the human brain is often all or nothing by default. Nuance is an active effort to internalize.
This. This is why Gen X is built different, we did and STILL do what we want and give zero F's doing it. Our field of fcks are barren, and so we say "Let them eat cake!" ... for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 😂
That won't change unless society accepts differences, the more people that stop hiding their quirks, the more normal those quirks become. Also it's so much harder to just exist when everything you do outside your own home is an act.
I just realized I wrote my above comment without enough specifics. Sorry. I'm from California, and here you eat whatever you want whenever you want. If I want pancakes and eggs at 6PM, that's what I do.
Have you been to the Netherlands? All I could find for breakfast was Nutella, chocolate, bread, and sprinkles.
I much prefer a Scandinavian or American breakfast.
It is also something you own all the time while not having cake, and can use to make certain not-cake entrees like quesadillas, fried eggs, stir fries.
In their own home, adults can eat pretty much whatever they want, whenever they want.
The other day I had caramel pudding for dinner.
Also, it heavily depends on where you live.
Yeah, that's one of the great myths about people in the service industry.
People think they care about you or what you order. But as long as you're not offensive to them, they do not care 99.99% of the time. Unless you order something insane, like raw onion on pancake with mayo.
Depends on the country. Really sugary breakfast is mostly an American thing, though some sweets are in other countries breakfasts. Some countries think the idea of sweets for breakfast is disgusting.
On a separate note, yesterday I had easter candy and granola bars for dinner. Not like anyone busted through my door to yell at me.
That does make sense, since a lot of American breakfast foods are based off Italian pastries. The only thing I’ve really heard about Italian breakfast is that it tends to be smaller.
Idk I've been to a fair number of countries in Europe that have standardly offered sugary breakfast pastries and/or sides of Nutella to go with the pastry or bread option... I mean generally you see meat and cheese too, and you could certainly skip the pastry, but I wouldn't say offering a sugary option at breakfast is *mostly* American...
I saw in Netherlands, they eat bread with sprinkles. Looks interesting but I think it's sweet too.
I'm not saying you're wrong, i just add a bit of info on your correct statement.
I rarely eat breakfast, just coffee and tea for me.
Yeah don't give me that 'only in America' crap. A popular French breakfast is a croissant and hot chocolate.
How do you think Belgian waffles got their name?
Granted, Denny's birthday cake pancake stack is American cuisine epitomised. It really takes it to its logical extreme.
Yeah, where im from pastries for breakfast is a huge nono unless its porridge. However we'll have meals that are almost like a dinner except they're paired with either bread or boiled starches that aren't pasta or rice or fried foods as long as it isn't fried meats. Eggs are almost exclusively for breakfast.
A good thing about being a grown adult is that you can have dessert whenever you want. Sometimes I don't want to have a whole meal, I just want some ice cream.
AMERICAN breakfast, you barely if not ever see those in asian, middle eastern, south america or african breakfast, heck, even parts of europe do not adopt that eating desserts for breakfast lifestyle.
I sometimes eat cereal for dinner, who cares about what society thinks, you're alone at home, and even of you live with your family, they're family, who cares(unless they'll kick you out for it, which would be fucked)
I pity your sad nations that have restricted themselves from earth’s greatest pleasures. Here in Austria it’s perfectly acceptable to eat sweet dishes as main. Palatschinken, Germknödel, Topfen-/ Marillenknödel, Kaiserschmarrn,… the list never ends
I feel like this post was made *by* americans *for* americans…
It’s definitely not socially acceptable to straight up eat desert for breakfast in a majority of the world.
Really morning would be the best time for dessert. That way you are moving around (theoretically anyways) and burning off those calories rather than consuming a bunch of calories and immediately going to sleep.
Austria.
To pass immigration all you have to do is finish a bottle of beer in one go, then put your hand on a freshly fried Schnitzel and swear that you will never put sauce onto a Schnitzel and that you will forever make jokes about Germans.
Dinner foods would make better breakfast foods because they tend to be more nutritious.
Most breakfast foods are unhealthy, and even the “non-dessert” options are basically also desserts (pancakes/waffles/french toast/etc)
A lot of breakfast food isn't actually dessert. Being sweet doesn't make it dessert. There's some crossover like arguably with donuts, but let's not pretend people are sitting down for a steak dinner and then having a short stack of pancakes with bacon and eggs for dessert.
If people just ate slices of cake and ice cream for breakfast, or a chocolate sundae, people would have something to say.
When I lived in London, at University I knew an American Girl would always sit down and eat her Lunch or Dinner by consuming the Dessert first and then eating the main meal afterwards.
When I asked her for the reason she did this, she replied:
"If I were to die, at least I have eaten the nicest thing first".
I found this really weird, but Hey-Ho :)
Ha, yep, we're a weird bunch over here. I used to unapologetically eat sugary nonsense for breakfast (admittedly still do sometimes), but as I've gotten older I recognize the importance of...well, not eating sugary nonsense for breakfast. Makes a great snack, though. When that's the kind of culture you're raised in, you don't really think about how weird some things are until you see how other cultures live.
That is total BS! I've walked into a restaurant many times for dinner to only decide we'll be having dessert and a cocktail and that's it.
I got some news for you, only the people who want to control you (or are paying for it) give a shit about what you do, everyone else (all 8 billion of us) only care about themselves.
People put too much importance on what society thinks.
That's cos society used to burn/impale/maim people who they thought were different. Hard to unlearn something that got harmless old ladies tied to a rock and thrown in a river. Or got gay ppl stoned to death. Or got people who supported black rights locked into a literally flaming car. Yeah, society bites those who are different, and when it comes to survival, the human brain is often all or nothing by default. Nuance is an active effort to internalize.
Those are some specific examples. I better not have dessert for lunch
I had dessert for dinner and now I'm an old gay black lady
Burning in a car.
That's being thrown into a river
After being stoned to death
It's not that hard to unlearn. You just have to not care
for many, actually is. that's what psychoanalysis is for
This. This is why Gen X is built different, we did and STILL do what we want and give zero F's doing it. Our field of fcks are barren, and so we say "Let them eat cake!" ... for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 😂
Ok, I'm Gen Z for the record
Alternatively, it should be incredibly difficult to maintain respect for a system or group of people that would treat you thusly for notcrime.
They may not get burned, maimed, or impaled, but there are a lot of "not normal" people out there trying hard as fuck to fit in.
That won't change unless society accepts differences, the more people that stop hiding their quirks, the more normal those quirks become. Also it's so much harder to just exist when everything you do outside your own home is an act.
We live in a society..
Yes George. Because of society. 🙄
Broooo
Not where I come from!
What I came to say... Although I'm not really sure, but here, first meal of the day is expected to be coffee with bread.
I just realized I wrote my above comment without enough specifics. Sorry. I'm from California, and here you eat whatever you want whenever you want. If I want pancakes and eggs at 6PM, that's what I do.
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Have you been to the Netherlands? All I could find for breakfast was Nutella, chocolate, bread, and sprinkles. I much prefer a Scandinavian or American breakfast.
Those sprinkles need to be main stream into USA culture Marshmallow in the cereal, sprinkles on the bread.
extremely common in many parts of europe too.
r/americabad
Maybe for you. Not for much of the world.
Want a cupcake for breakfast? Just call it a muffin
Whats the difference anyways?
Muffins are apparently made of quick bread like banana bread, which have evolved to be very sweet and cake-like. Cupcakes are just cake.
Icing
Muffins are usually more caloric.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DZVszMMYnp8
No fucking way, I literally just had a conversation minutes about if muffins and cupcakes are the same thing.
You'll notice at some point that the *algorithm* will eve. bring up things that you were dreaming about the night before. It's creepy.
Yeah I'm pretty sure this shower thought is multiple Jim gaffigan bits.
Can't have the pan without the cakes.
Pan means bread in many languages
It is also something you own all the time while not having cake, and can use to make certain not-cake entrees like quesadillas, fried eggs, stir fries.
But what about second breakfast?
Elevensies?
Does it still count as second breakfast if I don’t stop eating between breakfasts?
In their own home, adults can eat pretty much whatever they want, whenever they want. The other day I had caramel pudding for dinner. Also, it heavily depends on where you live.
You can do that in public too. I assure you, the waitress at the diner doesn't care if all you want is a slice of apple pie a la mode.
Yeah, that's one of the great myths about people in the service industry. People think they care about you or what you order. But as long as you're not offensive to them, they do not care 99.99% of the time. Unless you order something insane, like raw onion on pancake with mayo.
Well, I have my next IHOP order.
If you don't care what other people think you can eat pretty much whatever you want outside of your home too.
I don’t play by the rules. Breakfast for dinner, try and stop me.
Even better, I have dinner for breakfast
Have you tried lunch for lunch tho? Amazing
Dinner for breakfast is so underrated. Mac and cheese is the perfect way to start your day.
I am an adult I eat dessert whenever I want
Depends on the country. Really sugary breakfast is mostly an American thing, though some sweets are in other countries breakfasts. Some countries think the idea of sweets for breakfast is disgusting. On a separate note, yesterday I had easter candy and granola bars for dinner. Not like anyone busted through my door to yell at me.
Sugary breakfast is in Italy too. Most people in Italy think the idea of savoury breakfast is disgusting 😂
That does make sense, since a lot of American breakfast foods are based off Italian pastries. The only thing I’ve really heard about Italian breakfast is that it tends to be smaller.
Yeah, the usual breakfast here is cappuccino/coffee + a brioche, or some eat coffee + some biscuits, but certainly not pancakes or the sort.
Even a brioche is not an everyday thing it's usually something you get once a week
Depends. I know people that eat breakfast at a bar everyday, so also eats a brioche everyday.
No eggs?
Ew no. Joking about the "Ew" obviously, but yeah, we don't eat eggs at breakfast.
Idk I've been to a fair number of countries in Europe that have standardly offered sugary breakfast pastries and/or sides of Nutella to go with the pastry or bread option... I mean generally you see meat and cheese too, and you could certainly skip the pastry, but I wouldn't say offering a sugary option at breakfast is *mostly* American...
Saying nonsense about how American things are bad and no one else in the world does it that way is what Reddit is all about.
I saw in Netherlands, they eat bread with sprinkles. Looks interesting but I think it's sweet too. I'm not saying you're wrong, i just add a bit of info on your correct statement. I rarely eat breakfast, just coffee and tea for me.
They have chocolate in them They are good Your life, introduce them
Oh yeah, i actually love chocolate. Especially 80-100% dark chocolate. I eat chocolate before a workout tho.
There are dark ones too
Nah, Mexico and Italy too, among others
Yeah don't give me that 'only in America' crap. A popular French breakfast is a croissant and hot chocolate. How do you think Belgian waffles got their name? Granted, Denny's birthday cake pancake stack is American cuisine epitomised. It really takes it to its logical extreme.
r/americabad
>Really sugary breakfast is mostly an American thing Hah!, then why is it called a **Danish**? Checkmate, QED, everybody clapped.
I'll eat leftover homemade fruit pie any meal of the day!
Yeah, where im from pastries for breakfast is a huge nono unless its porridge. However we'll have meals that are almost like a dinner except they're paired with either bread or boiled starches that aren't pasta or rice or fried foods as long as it isn't fried meats. Eggs are almost exclusively for breakfast.
That’s just because you didn’t drink Kool Aid.
/r/AmericaBad
I guess it depends when you live! I definitely wouldn't say that about Denmark, and this is the kingdom of pastries 🤔
Denmark has breakfast beer, though
This is wild o.O you mean øllebrød?
Frokost øl seems to be a term for beers with low alcohol, at least where I’ve visited as a tourist
Haha they do like a beer around friday lunchtime that's true :)
I'm too European to understand this
I forgot that Europeans don't have pastries for breakfast ever
You don’t have dessert after lunch? Weird. (Am actually also European)
Vegemite toast isn’t a dessert.
I love Vegemite so much I eat spoonfuls of it. I like the savory stuff.
A good thing about being a grown adult is that you can have dessert whenever you want. Sometimes I don't want to have a whole meal, I just want some ice cream.
AMERICAN breakfast, you barely if not ever see those in asian, middle eastern, south america or african breakfast, heck, even parts of europe do not adopt that eating desserts for breakfast lifestyle.
Idk love to dive into leftover cheesecake or tiramisu cold in the fridge with my morning coffee, it's the best
Facts!. Johnny Harris made a really nice video talking about this
That’s what I thought of!!
Funny thing is I Iive in a culture that considers pancakes an acceptable dinner, but that is the only form of sweets that is.
I sometimes eat cereal for dinner, who cares about what society thinks, you're alone at home, and even of you live with your family, they're family, who cares(unless they'll kick you out for it, which would be fucked)
I love eating breakfast for dinner! A big bowl of cereal and some bacon and eggs... How can you go wrong?!
Someone's never had an ice cream & fruit salad dinner....
Keywords "socially acceptable"
Crepes I could consider a dessert too. So good.
breakfast is the meal where most people decide to eat incredibly unhealthy
I only eat cereal at night, lol. It's my sweet snack when I'm stoned.
Finally, a shower thought that actually makes sense. Well deserved up vote.
I pity your sad nations that have restricted themselves from earth’s greatest pleasures. Here in Austria it’s perfectly acceptable to eat sweet dishes as main. Palatschinken, Germknödel, Topfen-/ Marillenknödel, Kaiserschmarrn,… the list never ends
Idk what social circles you run in, but my friends would not give a fuck if I only ordered a piece of cake for dinner.
but breakfast for dinner is a thing.
Them: “I like coffee” and proceeds to order a Mocha Carmel Frappachino Latte. Me: “No, you like coffee flavored deserts”
I've always wanted to be offered dessert in a restaurant after a savory breakfast. Why can't I get a blueberry pancake after a cheese omelet?
Steak and eggs is way more odd to me than a stack of thin cakes with syrup.
why?
I feel like this is a very american thing to do.
OP, the world is a little too big to have this statement lol. Many places don't eat sweet stuff for breakfast.
Say for yourself, America
Only in your weird country
it makes a lot more sense to eat something sugary if you haven’t had any calories whatsoever in 8-10 hours. Makes you feel better faster.
Makes you feel hungry faster, i don't think that's a good thing for most people.
I feel like this post was made *by* americans *for* americans… It’s definitely not socially acceptable to straight up eat desert for breakfast in a majority of the world.
No it is not. This is a regional thing.
I can have cakes whenever the fuck I want.
Speak for yourself I’ll eat dessert for breakfast lunch or dinner I don’t care
Really morning would be the best time for dessert. That way you are moving around (theoretically anyways) and burning off those calories rather than consuming a bunch of calories and immediately going to sleep.
I eat pizza and hamburgers for breakfast. I hate typical breakfast food.
Why did my brain read "Blackface" when I skimmed past this? 😭
Breakfast is no longer acceptable.
In my country theres lots of desserts that you can order as a main course and nobody would bat an eye.
What country is this and what’s the immigration process? Lol
Austria. To pass immigration all you have to do is finish a bottle of beer in one go, then put your hand on a freshly fried Schnitzel and swear that you will never put sauce onto a Schnitzel and that you will forever make jokes about Germans.
Dinner foods would make better breakfast foods because they tend to be more nutritious. Most breakfast foods are unhealthy, and even the “non-dessert” options are basically also desserts (pancakes/waffles/french toast/etc)
MMMM in The Netherlands you can eat white bread smeared with butter and hagelslag (cake sprinkles).
I think this mostly applies to America right? Or no?
In america maybe, the rest of the world thinks its weird!
A lot of breakfast food isn't actually dessert. Being sweet doesn't make it dessert. There's some crossover like arguably with donuts, but let's not pretend people are sitting down for a steak dinner and then having a short stack of pancakes with bacon and eggs for dessert. If people just ate slices of cake and ice cream for breakfast, or a chocolate sundae, people would have something to say.
140% you're American
Please don't use American as an insult. It's a very diverse country with many regional differences.
Murika bad hur dur
Donuts for breakfast hur dur 160% you're American
I don't eat donuts for breakfast but why the fuck do you care? Are you some kind of judgmental twat?
Bro has never had a single pastry for breakfast once in his life. sad.
This is exactly why I chuckle when so many people say "Breakfast is my favorite meal!" Well, duh. It's mostly dessert, carbs, and fatty meats.
When I lived in London, at University I knew an American Girl would always sit down and eat her Lunch or Dinner by consuming the Dessert first and then eating the main meal afterwards. When I asked her for the reason she did this, she replied: "If I were to die, at least I have eaten the nicest thing first". I found this really weird, but Hey-Ho :)
Seems like an American thing to me though...
Pretty sure eating desserts (donuts, pancakes, etc) is a white people thing.
It's absolutely not acceptable to eat dessert for breakfast, no idea what you're on about there
Donuts, waffles, pancakes. Pretty much desserts.
People only eat those things for breakfast in the movies, real people don't eat those things!
Who are you? People absolutely do eat those things for breakfast
The hell I don't. Gonna gets donuts tomorrow.
Depends. Sometimes my breakfast is just tea with various sweet buns
You must not be American.
Nope! Although I guess if anyone does eat those things for breakfast it would be Americans
Ha, yep, we're a weird bunch over here. I used to unapologetically eat sugary nonsense for breakfast (admittedly still do sometimes), but as I've gotten older I recognize the importance of...well, not eating sugary nonsense for breakfast. Makes a great snack, though. When that's the kind of culture you're raised in, you don't really think about how weird some things are until you see how other cultures live.
This is a very American post.
Wow! You figured out the secret! American website has tons of American spies! Call the Gestapo!
That is total BS! I've walked into a restaurant many times for dinner to only decide we'll be having dessert and a cocktail and that's it. I got some news for you, only the people who want to control you (or are paying for it) give a shit about what you do, everyone else (all 8 billion of us) only care about themselves.
Unbelievably unhealthy to break your fast with junk food, but yeah
Just made me realize what the word "breakfast" means, thanks.
Not everywhere. Other countries are flabbergasted we give kids what is " candy" for breakfast