Do you too have "that one friend" who ALWAYS recommends terrible products? - Page 1
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author: dryjoints
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 02:55:36 am
content: I have a friend, he's a nice guy and all that, he really is - sincere - but oh BOY, his "recommendations" for things are nearly always appallingly bad, and he behaves like he's "enlightened" and sends me "knowing" winks on WhatsApp, etc, as if to say"Huh... HUH! told you so! Am I good or WHAT!"Uhh, no, your recommendations get the same treatment as spam - I silently trash them, but thank him all the same.I am INCREDIBLY hesitant when I test, try, and then pass on a recommendation of "amazing" or "very good", in case that I might make a total schmuck of myself to people who value my input on products, services/foods etc (many folks have said they do, they are very kind.)> He once recommended"You HAVE to try pizza with BBQ sauce in place of the tomato sauce, it's AMAZINGGGG!"- even his girlfriend rolled her eyes at me and said "he's insane"> He, last night, recommended I buy a Chinese knock-off Cree torch instead of a GENUINE cree (he's not an electronics engineer by any means, FAR from it) because"Cree are too expensive"- (and yet he'll spend £1,200 on an iPhone 8+ -_-)I can't remember more, but I just know this - over the years, his "recommendations" of trivial tat, utter shite and appallingly under-researched impulse-buy products have been historically ABYSMAL.One thing which has always annoyed me, bearing in mind I am far from a dunce, is that when HE wants to sell ME something, it's "the best thing in the world, LOOK: <random 'review' links"and rhetorical explanations of the blindingly obvious, and yet, a year later when I show him the same product, which he likely no longer owns, he will denigrate it, saying it's not so good... or if I have bought it, he'll say that a few weeks later if I offer him it back again for someone else - he's like THE WORST used car salesman EVER... it's SHIT HOT when HE is selling it, but once the car has left the forecourt, it's a "" scenario, as if he has memory loss.Anyone else know someone like this? I like him a lot, but his sense for many products is lacking. Please don't say I am alone, I do not want this post to come across as mean, I just have a good lot of sense, and an acute nose for crap and things that just don't add up.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 04:24:52 am
content: This is an interesting post. No, I do not have a friend like that, but the main point of my response is to yell at you for suggesting that pizza with barbecue sauce in place of tomato sauce isn't amazing. It is truly amazing, and I would have either any day of the week.

author: dryjoints
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 04:33:04 am
content: Quote from: TwoOfFive on January 12, 2018, 04:24:52 amNot from the dump of a shop he gets his food from, some dodgy turkish kebab shop - hardly pizza experts! LOLItalians would cry!

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 05:34:40 am
content: I am not a fan of BBQ sauce myself, but store-bought stuff is crap compared tomaking it yourself. I use home made sauce on everything from pizzas and burgers to basting for ribs and steak. I like things spicy so I add some fresh chilli for some extra spank.

author: JoeN
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 07:08:29 am
content: BBQ sauce for pizza is popular around here for certain types of pizza, say bacon and sausage, etc. That being said, I prefer the marinara sauce myself. Alfredo is used sometimes too and that really is an abomination, it's too rich and takes away too much of the savoriness of the pizza, leaving the pizza both bland and actually even more fattening.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 07:22:24 am
content: Putting a white sauce on a pizza is a true sign of a heartless, mindless psychopath.I'm saying I like it, but I would normally just take regular pizza and not order it exclusively.Now about that square cut round pizza....

author: ogden
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 07:26:37 am
content: Quote from: dryjoints on January 12, 2018, 04:33:04 amSounds familiar to one of my friends who does not even want know what "price/performance" ratio is, who declares that cars which are not manufactured in germany are not even cars and so on[p.s.] I don't give chit that Italians will cry about Indian-made sweet&sour sauce pizza I love so much. The same about BBQ sauce - if it tastes good then who cares.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 07:45:47 am
content: If this friend persistently does this, and you ignore the advice yet have him think you value it, aren't you enabling or feeding the behaviour? A friend is someone who will not only share a laugh, but also tell you unpleasant truths.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 08:17:46 am
content: I wouldn't know, I have none.

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 10:43:40 am
content: I've let go motormouth friendtardsfor less reasons than OPs headache vendorWhen you see them falling into the materialism and self praise abyss without the slightest hesitation,and you can't get a word of common sense and thrift logic inmuch less explain to them you don't need their constant BS recommendation NAGS,nor desire to keep up with the latest money pit devices (£1,200 on an iPhone 8+) and cesspool food suggestionsthen it's time for new friends.. or NO FRIENDS.Quality before quantity

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 10:47:38 am
content: According to the wisdom of the internet the iPhone 8+ in its most expensive form is 949 GBP. Why did your friend pay 251 pounds more?

author: GeorgeOfTheJungle
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 11:01:31 am
content: In Spain "that one friend" has a name: "cuñao"

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 01:50:15 pm
content: Pizza with anything but the standard tomato sauce is not pizza. That said, BBQ sauce, grilled chicken, bacon, and a mix of cheeses makes a great pizza shaped food item. At least at a couple of the independent shops we have around here. They also do an amazing one with ground beef, bacon, cheddar, and BBQ sauce, that one actually puts the ingredients between two pizza crusts, so it's basically a GIANT BBQ bacon cheeseburger. They also have a variation that adds jalapeno peppers and hot sauce. The best thing about all this is they have so many variations that you can have any sort of traditional pizza plus all these other delicious items - never eating the same thing twice.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 01:52:19 pm
content: Quote from: rrinker on January 12, 2018, 01:50:15 pmI'm waiting for the Italian to tell the American about pizza

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 01:57:32 pm
content: Quote from: rrinker on January 12, 2018, 01:50:15 pmAnd let's not get started on macaroni and cheese.Or Toscana vs. California wines.

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 04:01:48 pm
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on January 12, 2018, 01:52:19 pmAs a 2nd Generation Italian American who originally comes from the New York Metropolitan area, BBQ sauce is not pizza nor does it taste good. By the way, I will also make my own BBQ sauce for, wait for it................BBQ. Pizza is proper 3 ingredient dough: no too thin or thick, marinara sauce, extra pepperoni/sausage or both and the grease has to run down your hand and arm while you eat it. Anything else is an impostor.

author: Naguissa
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 04:06:35 pm
content: Quote from: GeorgeOfTheJungle on January 12, 2018, 11:01:31 amBut its not a friend, is your brother/sistet couple or your couple brother/sister...And Christmas is a... funny... date.to be all together...Enviado desde mi Jolla mediante Tapatalk

author: GeorgeOfTheJungle
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 04:11:00 pm
content: Quote from: schmitt trigger on January 12, 2018, 01:57:32 pmThat's rubbish, Rioja or Ribera del Duero

author: GeorgeOfTheJungle
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 04:12:55 pm
content: Quote from: Naguissa on January 12, 2018, 04:06:35 pmNo me seas cuñao :-)

author: Naguissa
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2018, 05:16:54 pm
content: Quote from: GeorgeOfTheJungle on January 12, 2018, 04:12:55 pmNooooooooooooooEnviado desde mi Jolla mediante Tapatalk