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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a friend/acquaintance who does cut things into adorable shapes and whatnot pretty much every day. While a very cool person, she annoys me on many other levels (LOL)... but not this one.

1) It's cute.

2) I am not threatened in any way by it.

3) It actually doesn't take significantly more time for most things. I bought a set of the specially-shaped cutters on Amazon for $8 for a party theme, and found that it doesn't take more than an extra 30 seconds, total, to cut melon in cute shapes vs chopping or whatever. There's theoretically some food waste (scraps) but not if you eat it yourself. So this friend is spending ~a minute more per day to make something cute for her kid. I don't do it every day (although we also have those egg molds for hard boiled eggs, which I occasionally use-- takes two seconds).

4) For some kids, this really does seem to help them enjoy more foods than they normally would. Just like having something nicely plated in a restaurant affects our own tastes, this can help a lot of kids enjoy their food on the margins. As someone else pointed out, it can also have the effect of competing with/beating packaged crappy foods with Minnie Mouse or Paw Patrol logos on them, so that's a plus, even if mildly dystopian on some level.

5) My friend is an artist who mostly stays at home, so she enjoys it tremendously. It's therapeutic for her.

6) I'm not worried about something like this "spoiling" kids, nor am I worried about this unfairly raising standards for other parents. See #2 above.
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I love that you dress this all up as your "friend" but then accidentally admit that you bought the specially shaped cutters in point #3. Hint: People do not make 6 point lists defending the actions of their friends, just their "friends."[/quote]

You're right. She's really more of a friendly-ish, online acquaintance.

I'm actually not a huge fan of hers, but I guess I empathize a little because while I don't do *this* specific thing, I do similar things, like go all out with birthday party themes. I guess you could use a little help with reading comprehension, because that's why I did end up buying one of those food cutter sets. For a birthday party. And I haven't used them since. *shrug*

I guess I do find it confusing/irritating when there's backlash for anyone choosing-- for their own family and/or because they enjoy it-- to do something that most people wouldn't want to do. I find it oddly defensive that some people assume bad faith (and online sock-puppeting, apparently?) when they see anyone doing more than they have to. It really says a lot about a person that she assumes anyone doing anything "extra" is only doing it for (as the kids say), "clout" or worse-- in order to feel superior to others. Yikes. [/quote]

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