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Drusas ,

A couple of years ago. Jell-O is useful when you have to go on a liquid diet.

wrinkletip ,

I don’t know what jello is. Is it just plain jelly? Regards, the non-american world (I assume)

surewhynotlem ,

Sweet fruit flavored gelatin.

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@quokk.au avatar

Yeah it’s just a brand of jelly.

To make it more confusing they call jam jelly.

maryjayjay ,

No, we call jam jam. Jelly is made purely of the juice of a fruit or berry, thickened with pectin and with added sugar. If you use the whole fruit smooshed up but with chunks we call it preserves. We also call marmalade marmalade. It’s made primarily of the skin of citrus fruit, but you probably know that

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    tigeruppercut ,

    Tl;dr: you’re on the Internet. Before authoritatively and incorrectly correcting someone, consider using it to verify that you’re actually correct first.

    They responded to “US people say this” with “no, US people actually say this”. Then you said “Hey, there are places other than the US”.

    Maybe before you correct someone you should check the thread you’re responding to.

    JadenSmith ,

    Despite all that effort, he’s wrong as well. I’m born and raised in London, UK and we most certainly have differentiations. The description of preserves having elements of the real fruit is the same in the UK: I can go to the local supermarket right now and the shelf will have different sections for jams, preserves, and marmalades (which the person they were replying to were also correct in their description).
    The thing I haven’t seen is American Jelly, as Jelly here is the same as Jell-O in the US.

    StupidBrotherInLaw ,

    When someone correctly says in the context of UK English “the yanks call (UK English A) (US English B)!” and they respond “no, we call (US English B) (US English B)” and proceeds to provide a US centric lecture of nomenclature, they tend to be contradicting them. On their own geographically correct usage of the word.

    Corollary example also appropriate for the US. MtF person recently transitions and word is spreading.

    Person 1: They even call Roy Martha.
    Person 2: No, I call Roy Roy.

    The only thing better than getting lectured on reading comprehension is being lectured by someone who didn’t comprehend the reading.

    tigeruppercut ,

    Man, that’s a lot of words to still be wrong.

    StupidBrotherInLaw ,

    All that time and the best response you had is “nuh uh!”. When I counter an argument and the response is pure cope, like you here, it’s a pretty clear admission that you actually can’t respond.

    tigeruppercut ,

    I don’t know how your reading comprehension is this bad. The OP of this thread said they didn’t know what jello was because they lived outside the US. Deceptichum said “they” call jam jelly, with the “they” being US people. Then maryjayjay corrected that comment, saying “we” (meaning US people) call jam jam and jelly jelly, meaning they’re 2 different things. That’s when your comment came in saying “nuh uh, the world isn’t the US!”

    I’m not sure how it can be much clearer. If you’re still having trouble please point out where you don’t understand.

    StupidBrotherInLaw , (edited )

    Your response thread so far is

    1. "Nuh uh, you’re wrong!"
    2. "Your reading comprehension sucks!"
    3. Reiterating your previous response as you apparently can’t address my follow-up

    I was wrong previously: the only thing funnier than being lectured on reading comprehension by someone with poor reading comprehension is being corrected by someone who is adamant you’re wrong but can’t actually tell you why. Yet I’m the idiot here. 🙄

    Edit: I’m done responding to you as this is a colossal waste of my time and may be actively making me stupider, so feel free to have the last word.

    tigeruppercut ,

    Ah, I see, so you were wrong from the start. Maybe you shouldn’t have responded at all, which was the point of my initial comment.

    Agrivar ,

    Thanks for at least being a consistently arrogant douche - I like to be sure before I block someone.

    StupidBrotherInLaw ,

    Please do, it’ll be no great loss for me. You responded with the wrong alt, though. Please be sure to block me on ALL of your alts.

    Agrivar ,

    Bro, this ain’t Reddit. I have one account, I browse maybe twice a day, and I calls 'em like I sees 'em.

    StupidBrotherInLaw ,

    Fucking block me already, you’re already intolerable.

    meekah ,
    @meekah@lemmy.world avatar

    Its kinda funny how much effort you put into this comment, despite the context pretty clearly being about US English

    StupidBrotherInLaw ,

    The literal first comment in the thread mentions a confusion of the non-American vs American “world” in reference to naming.

    The next highlights a difference in US English versus English elsewhere.

    I’d long to hear how the context is solely US English.

    meekah ,
    @meekah@lemmy.world avatar

    How convenient to leave out the third comment, the one you replied to.

    The second comment was not just “higlighting a difference in US English versus English elsewhere”, it was claiming that US English calls jam jelly, and the third one corrected that claim.

    Of course there are other English speaking countries besides the US, but the third comment was absolutely justified in correcting what the second comment claimed. It’s not like there was some person from the US who said that all English is like that, making your comment pretty unnecessary.

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    meekah ,
    @meekah@lemmy.world avatar

    Yes, obviously the second comment was written by a non-US person. Nobody is trying to say otherwise.

    Your original comment starts with pointing out that there isn’t just US English, and quite rudely so. Again, nobody is trying to say otherwise. The third comment was just a US person clearing up the non-US person’s conception about the usage of words in the US. So you pointing out that there are people outside of the US, who use words differently than people inside the US was entirely unnecessary. That’s what most people are taking issue with, I think.

    Again, it’s kinda funny how much effort you’re putting into this. It feels a lot like you’re just trying to be correct in some way, instead of just admitting that your first comment was out of line. Welcome to my block list, and goodbye.

    Asclepiaz ,

    Today. I love jello + canned fruit.

    Kit ,

    Do you mixed the canned fruit into the jello so it’s suspended in there when it solidifies? My mum always made that when I was growing up. She topped it with mini marshmallows.

    tamal3 ,

    Giving me Rugrats flashbacks. Remember the housewarming jello molds?

    Asclepiaz ,

    Yup that’s the way! Pineapple and pear is my fav. My mom always added marshmallows too, I’ll have to do that next time for nostalgia purposes lol

    FeelzGoodMan420 ,

    Never because it’s gross and tastes like shit.

    HeyThisIsntTheYMCA ,
    @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

    I keep some in the medicine cabinet. Gelatin can make a nice throat coating when you have a bad cough.

    RememberTheApollo_ ,

    Do you eat it dry?!

    bear ,

    Never. Pudding, custard, and mousse, occasionally.

    KingThrillgore ,
    @KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

    It’s been a while tbh now if it’s pudding…

    bionicjoey ,

    Probably not since I was less than 10. I’m almost 30 now. I should really make some Jell-O

    jerkface , (edited )
    @jerkface@lemmy.ca avatar

    Unfortunately, jello requires violence and cruelty towards animals, and this is not acceptable to me.

    jerkface ,
    @jerkface@lemmy.ca avatar

    Downvoters: “Violence and cruelty are acceptable when jello is involved.”

    rbesfe ,

    Violence and cruelty towards farm animals is always acceptable

    jerkface ,
    @jerkface@lemmy.ca avatar

    “Always acceptable” can only be interpreted to mean in any amount, for any reason. That’s clearly sadistic and disturbed were it to reflect your true feelings. It’s the sort of nonsense a person says to themself when they refuse to allow themself to think rationally about a subject and actually reflect on their true feelings.

    The animals we create are morally equivalent to our own children and are owed the exact same unconditional love and protection.

    rbesfe ,

    Animals are not morally equivalent to humans in my opinion, and morality is not rational.

    You choose to draw the line around a select group of animals, I choose to draw it around humans only. Both are valid worldviews.

    Hikermick ,

    I make dog treats out of jello by adding chicken stock regularly. The stock comes from boiling rotisserie chicken leftovers. It costs about a dollar per batch. My dogs love it and it’s good for them

    spacemanspiffy ,

    I dig your jam

    Kit ,

    That’s an amazing idea that I’m going to steal

    Hikermick ,

    Help yourself, your pets will love you for it. A couple of tips if you don’t mind: I boil the rotisserie chicken carcass (or any kind of meat and bones) for 10 hours on very low heat and covered. It takes that long to extract nutrients. You can use canned stuff but it’s full of salt. I pour the whole thing into a pie tin (with gelatin) and sprinkle molasses yeast flakes on top. You can find this at health food stores. It’s got lots of nutritional benefits and if your pet ever suffers from a lack of appetite a little on top of their food may help. A little bit goes a long way. Bon appetit!

    SpaghettiYeti ,

    Like a month ago. I made a jello chocolate fudge pudding pie with graham cracker crust and whipped cream. It was delicious.

    Soku ,

    Chocolate fudge pudding pie… that’s a dessert that just keeps on giving, I’d be so over that

    tamal3 ,

    Over it, or all over it? Those mean opposite things bc English is wack.

    Soku ,

    All over it, non native English speaker who loves chocolate

    ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

    semi-regularly in summer. It’s fairly refreshing.

    I briefly added fruit, ala 1950s, but I prefer without. Occasionally with wHipped cream, but that takes effort since I don’t like the garbage that the spray cans create. (whipped cream, sugar and an electric mixer).

    1 box makes ~750ml / “one fifth”, which is enough for 3 snacks, imo.

    The issue is the amount of sugar in them (and the whipped cream). Using sugar-free versions is good.

    Using a whipped cream maker, with NO2 canisters for some calorie-free sweetness, is nice.

    Lost_My_Mind ,

    I’m 40, and made it for the first time a month ago. It made 4 tiny cups. I still have one cup in the fridge.

    dQw4w9WgXcQ ,

    I never really liked that stuff, so I believe I never actually made any jello by myself. I really don’t get why it’s popular. It looks unedible and it tastes nothing but sweet. It’s usually accompanied with pusdings or cakes which I would much rather waste some of my calorie budget on.

    loomi ,

    My last colonoscopy so like 2 years old.

    Which begs the question, why haven’t you had your colonoscopy? You are too old to not have had one and jello in an acceptable color is on the okay foods list.

    Also barf

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