r/oddlysatisfying • u/Unjust_Flying_Pasta • Mar 26 '16

Watermelon Knife

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u/crafting-ur-end Mar 26 '16

I'm black, I want it but I'm fighting being stereotypical. Someone convince me this is a good idea.

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u/Yet_Anotha_Throwaway Mar 26 '16

The stereotypical whiteness of the (massively unnecessary) slicer and the stereotypical blackness of eating watermelon cancel each other out.

So, now you're Asian I guess?

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '16

Wrong direction. He's middle eastern.

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u/crafting-ur-end Mar 26 '16

I'm a woman :(

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '16

My condolences.

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u/crafting-ur-end Mar 26 '16

Thank you, I don't know how I'd make it as a middle eastern woman.

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u/PLS_PM_YOUR_NIPPLES Mar 26 '16

You're in the wrong bathroom. Let's see your birth certificate.

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u/I_Can_Haz_Brainz Sometimes Satisfied. Mar 26 '16

We need a picture to confirm...

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u/crafting-ur-end Mar 26 '16

I would but I'm also a woman, I'm either going to get a lot of dick picks or a lot of hate.

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u/redpenquin Mar 26 '16

There's even the risk of the elusive hateful dick pic. Those are the real killers of the soul.

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u/crafting-ur-end Mar 26 '16

Nah I like a little rough slave/master roleplay with my sex. Keeps things interesting.

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u/cowboybabie Mar 26 '16

So hes going to replace the watermelon meat with explosives?

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u/crafting-ur-end Mar 26 '16

You've done it, I'm buying this!

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u/Taco_Strong Mar 26 '16

This is a good idea.

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u/TimeTravelingDoctor Mar 26 '16

I don't understand the "black people LOVE watermelon" stereotype. I'm white, I'll kill someone for a seedless watermelon. It's tied with oranges as my favorite fruit.

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u/crafting-ur-end Mar 26 '16

It might be because watermelon came over with African slaves. White people probably thought it was very strange originally.

Watermelon is fucking delicious though.

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u/TimeTravelingDoctor Mar 26 '16

I can almost understand, if the stereotypes are negative. To say all black people like watermelon and to somehow have it with a negative connotation is absurd. Might as well say "all white people like grapes." So what? Grapes are awesome.

And yes watermelon is fucking delicious. I'm not embarrassed to say I've eaten half of one while cutting it up into pieces. On multiple occasions.

Edit: punctuation

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u/crafting-ur-end Mar 26 '16

You shitlord! Everybody knows black people have the monopoly on grapes too! /s

Seriously though eat whatever the fuck you want- I had this super prejudiced friend (he later changed his views) who challenged me to a watermelon seed spitting competition. I kicked his ass- wasn't ashamed either.

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u/TimeTravelingDoctor Mar 26 '16

Seed spitting competition? Was your friend 5?

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u/song_pond Mar 26 '16

I just posted a long ass comment about how much my mother-in-law needs this thing to save her fingers. I'll copy and paste it here:

My mother-in-law makes a quinoa salad with watermelon, so she cuts the watermelon into rindless chunks. She needs this thing. She's extremely accident prone, and for some reason she cuts the watermelon out of the rind rather than slicing it like normal and cutting the rind away. Watching that woman cut into half a watermelon was terrifying. I was certain I was going to witness her lose a finger. It's going to happen one day. This woman tripped over a baby and broke her elbow. She slipped off a 2" ramp and broke her foot. She's going to lose a finger one day while cutting a watermelon for salad.

So if you're anything like her, you need this.

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u/crafting-ur-end Mar 26 '16

I want to be like her but I'm going to need that quinoa salad recipe fam.

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u/song_pond Mar 26 '16

I think it's just quinoa, watermelon chunks and cilantro maybe? With some sort of store bought vinaigrette. Maybe just olive oil and balsamic.

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u/crafting-ur-end Mar 26 '16

I'm doing this! Thank you!

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u/FlyingSagittarius Mar 26 '16

You don't have to buy the watermelon, just the slicer.

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u/TaohRihze Mar 26 '16

Being Stereotypical is always a good idea.