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minus-squareBigBlackCockroach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 year agoDoes your face also need to be visible to the water, for this to work?
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up46·1 year agoYes, it’s mostly an intimidation thing
minus-squarekamenLady.@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAh - The CarTalk method, but with staring down instead of talking.
minus-squarenetburnr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoActually makes it worse. The watch pot never boils.
minus-squareM137@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s “a watched pot never boils.” How did you fuck that up so badly?
minus-squarenetburnr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoAmerican education and a mother who was poor and never heard that originally saying on her farm
Does your face also need to be visible to the water, for this to work?
Yes, it’s mostly an intimidation thing
lol
Ah - The CarTalk method, but with staring down instead of talking.
Actually makes it worse. The watch pot never boils.
It’s “a watched pot never boils.”
How did you fuck that up so badly?
Budget cuts.
American education and a mother who was poor and never heard that originally saying on her farm
Nah, it’s « A watched boil never pops. »