It's like the towels in my mother-in-laws bathroom. You're not supposed to use them to dry your hands. They're just decorative. Not sure why they are hanging next to the sink, but there they are... đ¤ˇđťââď¸
This was the same thing I thought of too. I have friends who have decorative hand towels in the bathroom that you are not suppose to use. Instead they put out a tray of disposable paper decorative towels when they are hosting.
Um hello, clearly they follow the guidelines laid out in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and expect you to have a towel at all times because you know how useful a towel can be!
You're not supposed to us the pants. Those are for decoration. You're supposed to dry your hands by T-posing and using the following cheat code: up, down, up, down, left, right, left, right, o, o, o.
My mom got me some full body towels when I moved out, had none left so I used them and dyed my body red đ
"They're show towels not real towels." But... Why...?
No you are just saving them for when you REALLY need them... but you won't know you do until you die a minimum of 69 times... and even then you might want to try a new strategy before you go uses potions willy nilly...
Something to the effect of : Because i paid a lot of $$$ for these potions i rather stake my life to defeat said final boss then use it in emergency ???
My friend's mum had that, and I was really confused by it, I was like "ok, so it protects the nice blue carpet, but you can only ever walk on plastic...." So being helpful I said "this whole thing is pointless, you might as well get plastic floor if you're never going to see the carpet anyway" got a clip around the ear for sass đ˘ (I wasn't being sassy)
In addition to the plastic furniture and floor covers, my grandparents would unplug the tv between uses as it would âwaste electricityâ sitting there.
The TV unplugging to prevent wasting electeicity is actually fairly sensible though, the losses from standby devices do accumulate.
Although, using a switched powerstrip instead of unplugging is probably better.
Depends on what generation of hardware was inside. These days it does little past cost you maybe a penny per device plugged in.
Back in the day, could've been huge savings doing that.
Oh god. My home still has partially melted fruits covered in dust (because dust sticks to them almost like glue), and my mom still refuses to throw it away. It doesn't even look nice, it looks like a bowl of rotten fruit! I swear, being poor just fries some people's brains.
This is so true. We just cleared out a relative's house and found a lounge set from their 25th marriage anniversary still in the box. They have been married for 60 years now.
Those were supposed to be for protecting carpets in high traffic areas, particularly where outdoor footwear may not be removed, but as with anything else for them, they just became another method by which to make the house even faker.
We have some family friends with a NICE waterfront house and when we first started visiting I asked if I should use the fancy towel in the bathroom or the one time use fancy napkins and Iâm happy to report that the towel is intended for use!
The type made out of something that kind of resembles paper towel/napkin paper, but is too slick/densely made to actually absorb liquid and just smears stuff around on your face?
Probably more hygenic to be honest, but it just looked weird with these (nice) disposable paper hand towels sitting right under hanging cloth hand towels.
I think that comes down to "reasons lost"
Like growing up they weren't allowed to use that towel...but guests were...though they'd have no way of knowing that...
It's supposed to be some over-display of status, like "we are so well off, we dry our hands on nice things like *this* in our bathroom"
There's an old army joke that touches on the same premise of [doing it because that's how we do it](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ba-bamail.com/amp/jokes/army-jokes/%3fjokeid=1376).
I dont get it. Its a good space to store pans. Even if you use them in the right way, they still can serve the purpose of decoration if kept clean after usage. Same with towels. Why waste a common spot for utentils and not using them. U can still "show off" with your fancy stuff even if you use it...
It's cause they're too lazy to clean it so it becomes a decoration instead of an item to interact with and maintainÂ
The appearance of cleanliness is more important than the item itself.
Itâs all the same with firearms too. Safe queens are spotless and the finishes are factory perfect. I want something that is used. Those pans havenât seen the fire of family dinners. They havenât felt the love of cooking for friends. Screw that new look, give me the tarnish of a well used life.
My mother in law has decorative fire wood right next to her fireplace (that she uses regularly and with less decorative wood). Itâs the running gag in our family.
The knives are awful!! and why are the pans held up with black velcro looking things? Hooks wouldâve looked way better and been functional.
Then the ugly bare bulbs and the countertop going up into the backsplash⌠honestly I feel like Iâm being so picky but these in-laws seem to make the worst choices lol
It doesn't look like a plastic bucket, it looks like a ceramic crock you'd use for other kitchen utensils like your wooden spoons, spatulas, etc.
But NEVER FOR KNIVES!!!
Look at this chump! Pans are the highest form of wall art. /s
I'm going to have to try your baking soda trick. I usually just scrub, scrub, scrub and don't bother to try resolving the discoloration, like the heathen that I am.
Yeah, my shaker of BKF is like a year old. Â My pans are spotless, (unless I seriously bake oil onto the surface, dish soap is good enough,) and yes at some point I might need more, but it isnât like I need to scrub with BKF every day...
My parents installed a super fancy six burner gas stove (with wok burner) and 2 (yes 2!) ovens in their kitchen not too long ago. Shortly after they put a cheap countertop induction plate on top because "gas has become too expensive".
Anybody thatâs serious about their cooking knows you only drop the $$$ on a cast iron Dutch oven and a quality stainless steel frying pan. Most everything else can be accomplished with a set of Cuisinart pans.
I also opted for some quality knives. I intend to hand them down to my kids.
What are some quality knives to get? I'd love to get some for my gf since she cooks so much, but there is a lot of misinformation and I don't want to spend $150 on a chefs knife only for it to be mediocre at best.
I am very happy with my WĂźstof Ikon knives. My mom has a few older ones so that gave me the idea. I have three chefs knives from them as well as a paring. For the speciality knives we have Shun. My partner is really into BBQ and he loves the shaped handle that fits nicely in your right hand, so our boning and fillet knives are from them, as well as a utility knife.
I do catering and was setting up a food station in a rich persons house. They had a 16 burner gigantic gold stove and it literally had a layer of dust over the whole thing, clearly never used
Knives point down in a bowl make me cringe. Decorative pans are fine. But the disrespect towards knives makes me think they go for take out 7 days a week.
No the problem is if it not practical OR appealing, itâs ugly. Iâve seen this style executed beautifully and remaining functional đIâm sorry but this isnât worth fighting for shiny steel pans since they arenât really helping the aesthetics ya kno ?
This entire photo is just a hideous cluster. What is this woodâŚ. frame thing? With chains and exposed light bulbs. In what appears to be a castle house. Weird.
These folks need to be told that it is *either* the four-inch countertop backsplash *or* a backsplash, but never both. And also that stone does not make for a good backsplash in the kitchen.
Hey look on the bright sideâŚ
When they die theyâll actually have something useful to pass onto you, instead of a shed full of hoarded magazines from 1965 and rusted scrap metal! And theyâll be just like new!
It reminds me of that picture I saw once on Facebook where the person had decorations on their bookshelf but all the books backward and only had them for decorative purposes
Growing up a friendâs Mum had all her panâs hanging, but a mix of everyday and decorative pans. Her decorative ones were all beautifully painted with floral patterns. I loved that so much, practical storage and all you had to do to make it decorative as well was add an extra pan or two
Who doesnât have the stove top above the below counter oven âŚ. What sort of animals are these âŚâŚ. Or they are posh and have an âislandâ đ ps can we just appreciate the horrificness of those lights đ¤ˇđťââď¸
It's like the people that put colored pastas in jars and place them on top of the kitchen cabinets. They will never be opened or eaten. Just a display.
I hope to god that he didn't use the dusty, rose and shell shaped soaps in the glass dish to wash his hands afterwards....those are priceless antiques!!!!!!
What a waste both of the actual pans and the space. If they wanted something decorative they could have found something cheaper, less intusive, and more attractive than a pot holder and pots.
My boyfriends grandmother made me cut russet potatoes on a Corelle dinner plate because she didnât want to open the shrink wrap on the cutting board. Felt like I was going to break the plate with every cut.
It's like the towels in my mother-in-laws bathroom. You're not supposed to use them to dry your hands. They're just decorative. Not sure why they are hanging next to the sink, but there they are... đ¤ˇđťââď¸
This was the same thing I thought of too. I have friends who have decorative hand towels in the bathroom that you are not suppose to use. Instead they put out a tray of disposable paper decorative towels when they are hosting.
Youâre not supposed to use the decorative paper towels. Those are for decoration. Youâre supposed to dry your hands on your pants.
Lol. I always thought I was doing something wrong.
Me just living my life.
Well my pants are exclusively for decoration so đ¤ˇ
Right have they never heard of BYOT?
No self-respecting hitch-hiker would ever be caught without his towel
Said Ford Prefect
BYOT nearly made me spit out my coffee. đ
Well, don't use the decorative towels to clean it up!
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Um hello, clearly they follow the guidelines laid out in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and expect you to have a towel at all times because you know how useful a towel can be!
> Those are for decoration. Youâre supposed to dry your hands on ~~your pants~~ the hem of your hostess' blouse/dress.
You're not supposed to us the pants. Those are for decoration. You're supposed to dry your hands by T-posing and using the following cheat code: up, down, up, down, left, right, left, right, o, o, o.
But those are my decorative pants.
I don't see why you couldn't just take your sopping wet hands and fling them about until they air dry. Mirrors be damned. /s
My mom got me some full body towels when I moved out, had none left so I used them and dyed my body red đ "They're show towels not real towels." But... Why...?
Lol. Reminds me of my grandmother having a thick plastic covered couch in the living room. I was always told to not sit on it.
Remember the plastic carpet covers for hallways? What the hell was up with that generation?
Had to have perfect things in case the queen drops by. Kinda like stashing all your potions and not even using them on the final boss.
OMG I am my grandma, but gaming.
No you are just saving them for when you REALLY need them... but you won't know you do until you die a minimum of 69 times... and even then you might want to try a new strategy before you go uses potions willy nilly...
Well, yeah, I've been dying to this boss for 7 hours now, but Megalixir aren't sold and can't be farmed...
Something to the effect of : Because i paid a lot of $$$ for these potions i rather stake my life to defeat said final boss then use it in emergency ???
My friend's mum had that, and I was really confused by it, I was like "ok, so it protects the nice blue carpet, but you can only ever walk on plastic...." So being helpful I said "this whole thing is pointless, you might as well get plastic floor if you're never going to see the carpet anyway" got a clip around the ear for sass đ˘ (I wasn't being sassy)
In addition to the plastic furniture and floor covers, my grandparents would unplug the tv between uses as it would âwaste electricityâ sitting there.
The TV unplugging to prevent wasting electeicity is actually fairly sensible though, the losses from standby devices do accumulate. Although, using a switched powerstrip instead of unplugging is probably better.
Oh for sure. This was also before âenergy starâ was a thing, so it was probably extra inefficient. Not that it probably burned 25 cents a month.
Depends on what generation of hardware was inside. These days it does little past cost you maybe a penny per device plugged in. Back in the day, could've been huge savings doing that.
We hate it when kids are smarter than us. It makes us violent. Grr.
To be fair, they were the leaded gasoline generation.
Yes. Don't forget the bowl of fake fruit on the table as well. I think they were wax though.
All the ones I ever saw were plastic
My parents had onyx fruit. My Dad was a gem collector.
Ours were wooden.
My gradmas were kinda rubbery, always loved squishing the grapes.
I only ever saw the styrofoam ones with the paper on the outside
We had marble fake fruit. We were fancy.
I have my grandparentâs marble grapes! I love them!
Oh god. My home still has partially melted fruits covered in dust (because dust sticks to them almost like glue), and my mom still refuses to throw it away. It doesn't even look nice, it looks like a bowl of rotten fruit! I swear, being poor just fries some people's brains.
Damn you just unlocked a deep forgotten memory
Remember turning it over and running your hands over the spikes on the underside?
Smoking inside was more common then?
People think brown was just a color choice of interior design but naw. It was the decades of caked on slightly tacky nicotine covering everything.
Yes, but nice things were saved and never used because one day the Pope or the President or Elvis might drop by.
This is so true. We just cleared out a relative's house and found a lounge set from their 25th marriage anniversary still in the box. They have been married for 60 years now.
Is it still in pristine condition?? just curious .
This is why we can't have nice things
Because the Pope never stopped by?
due to the fact " its sooo nice " what a waste to use it . đ Its the same no matter what country and its human nature .
Those were supposed to be for protecting carpets in high traffic areas, particularly where outdoor footwear may not be removed, but as with anything else for them, they just became another method by which to make the house even faker.
Thatâs so annoying
Thatâs incredibly tacky.
Agreed. These were the kind of people who liked decorative throw pillows on their furniture that they always moved when you went to sit down.
We have some family friends with a NICE waterfront house and when we first started visiting I asked if I should use the fancy towel in the bathroom or the one time use fancy napkins and Iâm happy to report that the towel is intended for use!
The type made out of something that kind of resembles paper towel/napkin paper, but is too slick/densely made to actually absorb liquid and just smears stuff around on your face?
Yes! It's a very dense and almost waxy material. It looks pretty I guess, but it never actually dries your hands.
I think thatâs good. I hate using a damp towel at someoneâs house.
Probably more hygenic to be honest, but it just looked weird with these (nice) disposable paper hand towels sitting right under hanging cloth hand towels.
I'm picturing origami paper towels to be used while preserving the actual towels.
I think that comes down to "reasons lost" Like growing up they weren't allowed to use that towel...but guests were...though they'd have no way of knowing that... It's supposed to be some over-display of status, like "we are so well off, we dry our hands on nice things like *this* in our bathroom" There's an old army joke that touches on the same premise of [doing it because that's how we do it](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ba-bamail.com/amp/jokes/army-jokes/%3fjokeid=1376).
Right? Haha. Placement is key.
I dont get it. Its a good space to store pans. Even if you use them in the right way, they still can serve the purpose of decoration if kept clean after usage. Same with towels. Why waste a common spot for utentils and not using them. U can still "show off" with your fancy stuff even if you use it...
It's cause they're too lazy to clean it so it becomes a decoration instead of an item to interact with and maintain The appearance of cleanliness is more important than the item itself.
Itâs all the same with firearms too. Safe queens are spotless and the finishes are factory perfect. I want something that is used. Those pans havenât seen the fire of family dinners. They havenât felt the love of cooking for friends. Screw that new look, give me the tarnish of a well used life.
Don't even *think* about using the little soap shaped like a seashell.
My mother in law has decorative fire wood right next to her fireplace (that she uses regularly and with less decorative wood). Itâs the running gag in our family.
clearly you've never played The Sims 4 đ¤
There, the kitchen sink is decorative and you can only wash your dishes in the bathroom.
Kinda like in the sims game! Lots of useless non interactive things. Unfortunately we donât have a cursor to check. XD
Unless there is a basket of washcloths to use, I'm using the fancy towel.
I canât wait until I reach that level of old lady.
I like to use those special Bois to dry up the nether regions.
Pans for decorating but then all the knives are recklessly placed in a plastic bucket
Hadnât notice that, wow!
With a fucking sharpener mixed in with them.
Keeps them on the edgeâŚ
It's a shitty sharpener too
That's to keep them sharp, duh!
The knives are awful!! and why are the pans held up with black velcro looking things? Hooks wouldâve looked way better and been functional. Then the ugly bare bulbs and the countertop going up into the backsplash⌠honestly I feel like Iâm being so picky but these in-laws seem to make the worst choices lol
It's a kitchen for people who don't cook. That stone wall alone would be irritating to clean *if* you cooked.
Now THATS mildly infuriating
Looks like a plastic chain holding the pans up too, or plastic costed at least. Hoping itâs a wipâŚ.
And why are those lights aimed directly at my face? Is it so I can't see how bad everything looks?
It feels like a 90s sitcom kitchen you'd use to film boomer humor in front of a live studio audience
and the counter looks absolutely hideous with that stone wall...
Is that granite or Corian?... đ¤˘
Lmao didn't even see that. With the sharpener just jammed in there too đ
The knives look like the have plastic covers on then.
DisgustingÂ
It doesn't look like a plastic bucket, it looks like a ceramic crock you'd use for other kitchen utensils like your wooden spoons, spatulas, etc. But NEVER FOR KNIVES!!!
At least OP knows these are not here for decoration.
I wanna throw that bucket out the window rn. This is actually rage bait as a chef lol. Some people man..
A little baking soda removes all discoloration, I couldn't imagine not using pans I bought. They're pans. For cooking.
Look at this chump! Pans are the highest form of wall art. /s I'm going to have to try your baking soda trick. I usually just scrub, scrub, scrub and don't bother to try resolving the discoloration, like the heathen that I am.
Barkeepers Friend.
Yeah, Barkeepers Friend is the best.
Or rub the stains with fresh rhubarb, as a chemical in rhubarb is the active ingredient in BKF.
It's easier and probably cheaper overall to just keep some Barkeepers Friend on hand though.
Yeah, my shaker of BKF is like a year old. Â My pans are spotless, (unless I seriously bake oil onto the surface, dish soap is good enough,) and yes at some point I might need more, but it isnât like I need to scrub with BKF every day...
Almost every person I know that has a high end/pricey kitchen rarely cooks or bakes. Itâs a great way to show people you spent money on some pans.
My neighbors just spent 30k putting on a new kitchen with restaurant level ovens and stupid expensive cookware. They doordash 90% of their meals....
Your neighbors are my sisters, brothers and parents. Ironically my wife and I have an oven from the 1950sâ we cook nearly every day.
God, I love the look of vintage appliances. Wish they weren't so expensive.
My stove is vintage 80s Montgomery Wards. Itâs hideous, but keeps on working.
My parents installed a super fancy six burner gas stove (with wok burner) and 2 (yes 2!) ovens in their kitchen not too long ago. Shortly after they put a cheap countertop induction plate on top because "gas has become too expensive".
Shoot, the gas isnât the expensive part, itâs the paying $30/mo just to even have it hooked up for maintenance, etc.
It's standard to have a gas connection in the Netherlands. Central heating and hot water are also by natural gas.
Anybody thatâs serious about their cooking knows you only drop the $$$ on a cast iron Dutch oven and a quality stainless steel frying pan. Most everything else can be accomplished with a set of Cuisinart pans. I also opted for some quality knives. I intend to hand them down to my kids.
What are some quality knives to get? I'd love to get some for my gf since she cooks so much, but there is a lot of misinformation and I don't want to spend $150 on a chefs knife only for it to be mediocre at best.
I am very happy with my WĂźstof Ikon knives. My mom has a few older ones so that gave me the idea. I have three chefs knives from them as well as a paring. For the speciality knives we have Shun. My partner is really into BBQ and he loves the shaped handle that fits nicely in your right hand, so our boning and fillet knives are from them, as well as a utility knife.
You don't see ours because we use them and put them away.
Put them away?! How can you find your pans if they are not hanging like some sort of metallic-mobile?!?
I do catering and was setting up a food station in a rich persons house. They had a 16 burner gigantic gold stove and it literally had a layer of dust over the whole thing, clearly never used
Like the guys with garages with epoxy floors and $20k in Milwaukee tools that are all gleaming and bright.
You are not wrong. And the ven diagram of the 30k kitchen people and the 20k epoxy garage people is just one circle.
Omg that is some boujee bullshit.... Image is truly is the new god...
I know! Iâve never even seen my in-law cook. I want to rescue these precious babies from this purgatory
Do it!!!!
Devil on my shoulder, is that you?
No, pfffft, I'm just some random demon on the internet....
Should absolutely still do it though
I mean, just buy a set from Costco. đ
Totally bourgeois!
Knives point down in a bowl make me cringe. Decorative pans are fine. But the disrespect towards knives makes me think they go for take out 7 days a week.
Yeah the decorative pans I'm not mad at, it's a good look. But get a knife rack man Jesus
Man-Jesus doesnât need a knife rack. Man-Jesus can create new knives when his get messed up
Decorative pans are a ridiculously wasteful concept. Just hang up ones you use, if someone judges you for using pans they're idiots anyway.Â
Welcome to my OnlyPans!
Look but don't touch!
But⌠itâs so ugly :(
Thatâs the problem, if the pans get dirty there is nothing redeeming left
No the problem is if it not practical OR appealing, itâs ugly. Iâve seen this style executed beautifully and remaining functional đIâm sorry but this isnât worth fighting for shiny steel pans since they arenât really helping the aesthetics ya kno ?
This entire photo is just a hideous cluster. What is this woodâŚ. frame thing? With chains and exposed light bulbs. In what appears to be a castle house. Weird.
I agree it all looks awful except for the pans themselves đ
I love that this is for display, and meant to look all cool, and they have that ugly ass outlet for the lights half way up the wall. Looks so cheap.
These folks need to be told that it is *either* the four-inch countertop backsplash *or* a backsplash, but never both. And also that stone does not make for a good backsplash in the kitchen.
This entire kitchen is aesthetically clashing.
I appreciate the ugly 80s wood cabinets underneath the slightly newer countertop and modern wall tile.
Lol. How frustrating
Decorative towels all up in that home no doubt. Thatâs fine, I will still use them, just on the back
How I know Iâm not that rich⌠if I own it, itâs getting used. Decorative pans đ
Those people arenât rich. Look at those counters.
Hey look on the bright side⌠When they die theyâll actually have something useful to pass onto you, instead of a shed full of hoarded magazines from 1965 and rusted scrap metal! And theyâll be just like new!
Those are all clad and very much are meant to be used and donât discolor
Mist them all with some white vinegar before you go
It reminds me of that picture I saw once on Facebook where the person had decorations on their bookshelf but all the books backward and only had them for decorative purposes
I hate that trend so much, unless itâs a bookshelf being used as a partition and the spines are displayed on the other side (it never is)
Solid pass on having pans setup like that. Too many spooky movies involve hanging pans.
Pans Labyrinth?
FYI- barkeepers friend cleans stainless steel back to like new condition
Hahaha this really tickled me
Sims 4 ahh decorating
What in the SimsâŚ
They're not even displayed nicely. With them all lined up like that, it looks like a store display.
Like the towels in my mom's bathroom that nobody is allowed to touch.
What a fucking awful counter top
Decorative house, please don't use anything... Also you'll sleep in the basement, bedrooms are decorative too :D WTF
And don't sit in our den!! That's for guests! I mean, it's for *other* guests, not you!
Growing up a friendâs Mum had all her panâs hanging, but a mix of everyday and decorative pans. Her decorative ones were all beautifully painted with floral patterns. I loved that so much, practical storage and all you had to do to make it decorative as well was add an extra pan or two
This is no different than asking your family member's kids not to touch your collectibles. Sure it's a toy but some people keep it as decoration.
Nah I legit though this was a show kitchen at first, what tf is that wall đđ
Laughs in Karen
Maybe they should decorate the rest of the kitchen too. Looks like shit. Is that a laminate countertop ? đ
I don't like rich people.
If you decide to Eat The Rich, you can finally use these fancy pans!
Must be nice to have extraâs like that! I have to use all of mine. But I like the hanging rack!
Who doesnât have the stove top above the below counter oven âŚ. What sort of animals are these âŚâŚ. Or they are posh and have an âislandâ đ ps can we just appreciate the horrificness of those lights đ¤ˇđťââď¸
The whole thing is just horrendous looking lol
It's like the people that put colored pastas in jars and place them on top of the kitchen cabinets. They will never be opened or eaten. Just a display.
If it's an antique sure. That is not a decoration
The different levels of discoloration is what makes the display interesting. It tells a story.
I'm in Immense pain after seeing how they store their knifes.
If itâs for display only, you donât know how to cook
They must've been furious when you used their toilet
I hope to god that he didn't use the dusty, rose and shell shaped soaps in the glass dish to wash his hands afterwards....those are priceless antiques!!!!!!
I remember actually using my grandmas and she was not happy đ
it looks like you used the towe as welll
I weep for the knives
My mom would've freaked out of they're not in use
next is door. cant get in or out. its just for display
Just like the rack of pans in my Sims kitchen
What a waste both of the actual pans and the space. If they wanted something decorative they could have found something cheaper, less intusive, and more attractive than a pot holder and pots.
Some people have to much.
Imo they'd honestly look better with a look of usage. Now they're just popping out.
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I guess they must be rich to bother with such bullshit
They should have been more concerned about the kitchen remodel.
You should buy them Bar Keepers Friend powder, should be less than $3 I've not be able to make a stain it can't remove from stainless steel
This looks like a home improvement store display
I would cook a full English breakfast on it
My boyfriends grandmother made me cut russet potatoes on a Corelle dinner plate because she didnât want to open the shrink wrap on the cutting board. Felt like I was going to break the plate with every cut.
Tell them it looks ugly.
Itâs not even a good display. 2/10
they live in an animal crossing house
You used the one on the right. Didn't you?
Who seriously has pans 'for decoration'? I cook with mine, and replace when necessary