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Neurodivergent 8w
“A watched pot never boils” yeah and an unwatched pot always boils over so let me watch this damn pot unless you want pasta water on the stove, bitch
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Anonymous 8w

one of those metaphors that is great advice figuratively but terrible advice literally

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Anonymous 8w

i hate when ppl take metaphors too literally like the point of that one is that staring at it won’t make it boil faster and to not be impatient but YEAH ITS GONNA BOIL OVER I HAVE PATIENCE TRUST ME

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Anonymous 8w

If you put a wooden spoon on top of the pot it won’t boil over

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Anonymous 8w

i always thought this was because if you keep lifting the lid to check if the water is boiling you’ll let the heat out and it’ll take forever

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Anonymous 8w

It also boils out, being the water evaporates out of the pot.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 8w

not at you but my family always said that like what am i gonna do for like 5-10 minutes truly just let me sit by the pot

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 8w

I tried this once and my gas stove was on too high and it caught the spoon on fire 🫠

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 8w

in the same vein as “a watched phone never charges” like if you keep trying to turn it on

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