Men are crying on TV like never before

Washington Compost ^ | March 30, 2018 | Elahe Izadi

[bgill]

Can’t stand that commercial. Lil’ Princess runs the household.

[AppyPappy]

When the Holy Spirit reveals your sins, the tears are gonna fall. I don’t cry as a rule but I am an empathetic crier. If you cry, I cry. I’ve cried at every Emmaus Walk because some man faced his sin that weekend.

[rlmorel]

I understand that completely.

[miss marmelstein]

Chopped continually violates hygiene rules. In culinary school, you remove fake nails and all jewelry is taken off and hair is controlled. Chopped contestants swig out of wine and whiskey bottles, sip off of spoons and then dip them back into the food and continually try to put stuff they drop on the floor back on the plate. Only once in a while are they castigated for it. Gives you a hint as to what goes on in most kitchens around the country.

And don’t get me started on the horrible tats!

[EdnaMode]

Absolutely. It’s all over TV shows and movies.

[dfwgator]

[EdnaMode]

Wow that commercial sounds pathetic. Can’t believe that one could even get made.

[EdnaMode]

Indeed.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Jesus wept, David wept, Peter wept.

All of them wept with good cause.

I have no problem with either men or women crying with good cause.

I DO find it uncomfortable but that is my problem not yours I guess.

If they are crying to manipulate or out of temper they are going to be told to dry up or go make noise somewhere else.

My sensitivity only goes so far.

[bgill]

Gives you a hint as to what goes on in most kitchens around the country.

Which is why I don't like going out to eat. I've seen diapers being changed on the counter, waitstaff with black dirt under their nails, coughing into their hands, the restrooms backed up forever, hands digging down deep in the back of their pants and straws pulled out of their back pockets. YUK!!!!!!!

The foodnetwork has way more than it's share of tats and piercings. All that beard hair falling into the food. They all mess with their greasy hair. There's no hair nets or gloves. Rachel Ray and Anne Burrell are the only ones who wash their hands.

Guy Fieri makes a point to ever so carefully dip his little finger in to sample a dish as if little fingers are more sanitary than thumbs.

Bobby Flay keeps serving spoons in his back pocket.

Paula Deen always made dough with her big wedding ring on.

Mine isn't the cleanest kitchen in the world but it's my germs. However, when I'm cooking for others, I make darned sure the kitchen is clean, my hands are clean, my hair is up and I'm not putting a dirty spoon back into the dish.

[miss marmelstein]

Your descriptions are hilarious! I’ve seen all of that on Chopped and more. Unfortunately, I’m addicted to the Food Network so spend a great deal of time feeling nauseous. The Worst Cooks in America do stress hygiene but then you have to put up with the failed stand-up comedians who pass for bad cooks. The only good episode is the finale!

I don’t eat out much myself. I enjoy cooking at home and my husband is a superb Italian cook! His pasta is to die for.

[JudyinCanada]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziZi7FMnlbk

Enjoy. He needs to just lop them off and hand in his man card.

[vpintheak]

Yeah. I’ve noticed at how much the guys on “Swamp People” and “Forged in Fire” cry. Like babies I tell you.

[Gingersnap]

I'm a woman and I do (rarely) cry. It's not something I enjoy and it doesn't reduce my stress or make me feel "closer" to anybody.

It makes my eyes swell up and my face turn red.

Yeah, that's how I want to communicate distress, anger, or empathy. Not.

In my experience, tears are distressing or manipulative or both. My mother was a huge crier and she got her way, ended every argument, or leveraged her position on any topic by bursting into snotty tears. It worked.

Not a fan.