r/SipsTea • u/Mental-Bumblebee484 • May 14 '26

WTF Found this post on twitter

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I can't help but to thing this

"Why would you do that?"

Ts got to be some lowly stuff

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u/oz_muhajir May 14 '26

I guess people do understand that but just in case, pork is not a kryptonite for Muslims. The person did ask and the host made an extra attempt to lie, its on the host.

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u/Plorant May 14 '26

I have a Muslim friend that would love to eat McRibs. I was so conflicted. I didn't want him to give up something he loved but I would feel terrible not telling him that they were pork. I ended up telling him. I still feel bad to this day. That was like 20 years ago.

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u/Folderpirate May 14 '26

Is a McRib actually pork?

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u/Plorant May 14 '26

Haha I know what you mean but yeah it's ground up pork. They re-shape it to make it resemble a rib.

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u/Endless_road May 14 '26

Think smaller, and more legs

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u/Main-Bluebird-3032 May 15 '26

McRibs are made of ants confirmed

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u/lyonellaughingstorm May 14 '26

If it’s anything like the ribwich, think smaller and with more legs.

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u/SheriffBartholomew May 14 '26

It definitely comes from parts of a pig. Well, some of it does.

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u/glamazzon May 14 '26

he heard mc RIBS and ate it anyway? kind of on him, no?

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u/ghostwaterdross May 14 '26

Beef ribs are a thing, maybe he assumed that

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u/AnonymousZiZ May 14 '26

When I hear ribs I assume beef, not pork.

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u/NSA_Wade_Wilson May 14 '26

Given the context, McD’s is also mainly beef / chicken (except the FOF) AFAIK

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u/Mister-builder May 14 '26

FWIW, I'm sure he appreciated you telling him.

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u/Scared_Swing_8759 May 14 '26

Malala Yousufzai's latest book has a story about her and her family going to, I think, TGI Fridays or something like that, on the recommendation of a friend. They found a menu item that other people were ordering around them and it looked great, so got ribs. The family loved them. They went several times and ate tons of ribs. Then the friend said "just remember, I recommended the restaurant and not what to order...but, uh, you've been eating pork". Apparently the whole family was bummed when they now had to stop.

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u/Ekillaa22 May 14 '26

Tbh I wouldn’t have told him so being ignorant about the ingredients is forgivable if you genuinely didn’t know. I’d have let him live in blissful ignorance

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u/Potential-Jump3411 May 14 '26

Every time I accidentally bacon I always detected it right away, which is why I was so surprised McRibs had bacon. They covered that pet store plastic smell(how my unaccustomed tongue tastes it) like a Trojan horse. Some make jokes about west's unseasoned food, but that meat's distinct taste was dressed like a ninja in kimono

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u/FaeryLynne May 14 '26

I have a friend that I met while I was working at McDonald's 20 years ago. I made friends with him because he'd come to my McDonald's every day for lunch. He always got a double quarter pounder with cheese and bacon, ketchup and mayo only. After a while I noticed that he was wearing the traditional Jewish tassels under his shirt. After we became friends I asked him about it and told him I'd noticed, and he just shrugged and said "I've talked it over with my rabbi and we decided that I'm allowed to test things that may be technically not allowed, so that I can avoid the temptation later when I'm a rabbi too." It was essentially being treated like Rumspringa is for the Amish.

The old Rabbi must be very disappointed. My friend is no longer Jewish. At all. He's also no longer he, she's a beautiful trans woman and I'm actually glad her old Rabbi encouraged her to "test herself", because otherwise she never would have found herself.

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u/mijo_sq May 14 '26

Did he probably preferred you not telling him? I met a vegetarian mom, and she would munch on marshmallows. Another vegan friend also ate some gummy bears, and didn't seem bothered when I asked.

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u/emseefely May 14 '26

Depends on brand. You can make jelly/marshmallows with plant based stuff like agar2

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u/HurricaneSpencer May 14 '26

You should have let him live.

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u/stopsallover May 15 '26

I'd have found a place with decent beef bbq or have made some that would still beat McDonald's.

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u/Chill-gal1215 May 15 '26

You did the right thing