Kids: Today, I had to teach my 13-year-old sister that sugar and salt... - FML

By poormanslucyliu1 - 07/11/2016 02:28

Today, I had to teach my 13-year-old sister that sugar and salt don't, "cancel each other out to make the taste neutral". FML

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By UghDude - 06/09/2014 13:35 - United States - Austin

Today, I found out that my sister licks all the flavoring off Doritos and puts them back in the bag. FML

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By NaCl - 24/05/2014 21:20 - United States - Duluth

Today, my mother-in-law came over for dinner. She decided to salt the food I was preparing without even tasting it first, then complained at dinner that I'd used too much salt. She then lectured me on the proper seasoning of food for the rest of the evening. FML

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By no she wasn't high - 02/12/2013 02:50 - United States - Garland

Today, I had to explain to my daughter that just because it says non-toxic on the crayons, it doesn't mean that you should eat them. She's 16. FML

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By DeepFriedLettuce - 29/04/2016 01:33 - United States - Vashon

Today, I had to explain to my seventeen year-old daughter that deep frying food doesn't "melt the calories." FML

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By aineroo - 05/11/2014 21:25 - Ireland - Galway

Today, I managed to convince my sister that when you press down the diet button on the lid of a McDonald's cup it turns whatever is in there diet. I pressed the button and she started shouting how she hates diet drinks. She's 19. FML

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Today, I had to explain to my 14-year-old sister why one must not wear the same pair of knickers for a week. FML

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Cooking for none

By Mia - 26/01/2019 02:00

Today, I wanted to bake some chocolate chip cookies. As the first load was done, I tasted a cookie and it tasted too salty. Thinking it was because of the pinch of salt, I added more sugar to the batter, only to realize that the sugar I've put into the whole batter was actually salt. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/12/2014 20:53 - United States - Tucson

Today, I got into a fight with my sister. Later on she brought me a bowl of tortilla chips, which I thought was her way of apologizing. I found out too late that she'd licked the flavoring off them and it was really her way of saying "Fuck you." FML

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Just eat it

By salt bomb - 02/03/2023 07:00 - United States

Today, I spent all day carefully preparing a wonderful homemade beef and vegetable stew from scratch. Close to dinner time, I tasted it and it was inedibly salty. Confused, my horrifically bratty stepdaughter then laughed and admitted she poured salt in it because it wasn’t what she wanted for dinner. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/04/2016 09:23 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, my sister called me a moron after I told her that no, healthy foods do not give you "negative calories". She's 21 and goes around telling everyone that she's an expert nutritionist. FML

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RichardPencil 30

Monday 7 November 2016 15:33

Duh! Everyone knows you need pepper to cancel out salt.

Xelabasat 14

Monday 7 November 2016 17:36

Just let her try it. She'll figure it out for herself once she tastes it

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slavka012 11

Wednesday 9 November 2016 1:45

I voted ydi. It is silly to teach things that she can quickly learn by doing an experiment.

GinGin92 18

Wednesday 9 November 2016 7:01

Well, salt and sour make sweet when done properly. like putting salt on grapefruit, so she was close at least.

Bearsmomma 30

Wednesday 9 November 2016 8:32

Interesting situation for sharing, but not really am FML

ccyg8774 1

Wednesday 9 November 2016 20:04

Actually, in some Chinese cuisine, a small amount of sugar IS the way to fix slightly too salty dish. Of course they won't really "cancel" each other. But this do work as a fix within the limit.

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