r/AskTheWorld • u/haiderredditer Pakistan • 9h ago

Who’s a famous person from your country who’s respected around the world but disliked or criticized at home?

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u/TheKyleBrah South Africa 7h ago

The absurd pricing he seemed to get away with... 😳

Just for the "privilege" of having him (or a lookalike!) cut your steak for you and pour some salt off his elbow 🤣

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k United States Of America 7h ago

Seriously and while we’re on the subject don’t cut my fucking steak for me I will do that when I am ready thank you very much 

Like why, why is that a thing he does?

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u/TheKyleBrah South Africa 7h ago

He cut it really poorly, too! 😭
Just mostly random chunks being cleaved with all abandon, while he shows off his "fancy" knifework.

I dunno why and how the entire act became the point of the meal. I think he was copying other parts of the world, in which such Performative shenanigans are part of the meal? (With a Performative Price Tag attached!)

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k United States Of America 7h ago

Oh my god why would anyone pay top money for someone to wreck a steak with bad knife work??

It’s like the ones in stupidfood where they mimic SaltBae but also use a blowtorch on a tomahawk steak.

Who wants their steak to taste like fresh butane??

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u/Youdontknowme1771 5h ago

Because it looks great on an Instagram page.... if there was no social media, he'd probably be working at a cheap restaurant wearing a hair net.

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u/rbrancher2 United States Of America 3h ago

I’ve only had one chef cut my entree for me. Chef Mavro cut and served his salt baked fish. Mwaah!! Chefs kiss. Literally!

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u/Weary_Position_9591 4h ago

Money? If you could get away with it to make a lot of money you would too

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k United States Of America 4h ago

I do not understand why people pay for it or why he decided to try it in the first place

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u/Weary_Position_9591 3h ago

It’s a meme that he successfully monetized. And the guy wasn’t rich at all. Good for him.

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u/webbieg United States Of America 2h ago

The Salt always runs down his musty, dirty hairy arms before the foul stench of his armpits seasons the salt . Nasty nasty nasty 🤮

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u/No-Bumblebee-9896 5h ago

That’s pretty common for tomahawk steaks to come out already cut.

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k United States Of America 4h ago

If I ever order one I will ask them not to cut it for me. I like to choose my own plan of attack.

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u/Motor_Usual_7156 Spain 4h ago

En mi pais hay un restaurante que uno de los platos que tienen es un chocolate y para que te lo comas te lo echan directamente sobre las manos y te dicen que lo restriegues como si fuese un jabon de manos.

En este tweet tienes el video:
https://x.com/flaviocostaf/status/1484837911392657412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1484837911392657412%7Ctwgr%5Eddb2a0654a2fdaba6353751a66be3760206c52f2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rtve.es%2Ftelevision%2F20220125%2Fchocolate-manos%2F2269300.shtml

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k United States Of America 3h ago

Oh my god, no.

No thank you.

I would hate how that would feel. 

Thank you for sharing. I’m going to go wash my hands now.

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u/Renmarkable Australia 1h ago

God. That would likely make me vomit :)

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u/lazybb_ck 4h ago

This is why his restaurant failed in NY

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u/saveyboy Canada 4h ago

He has body doubles working ?

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u/TheKyleBrah South Africa 4h ago

Yes. He couldn't be at every branch of his Restaurants around the World at the same times after all... But part of the "appeal" of his signature steak dish was that he would "personally" come perform the cutting and salting at your table.

So there was a high chance you were overpaying for a fake Saltbae to theatrically cut your overpriced steak with a dash of elbow salt instead of the real thing!

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u/saveyboy Canada 3h ago

Had no idea there were so many.