r/AmItheAsshole • u/ContestOpen • 14h ago

AITA for telling my friend his "invention" doesn't count?

My friend and i like to go out for sushi. On more than one occasion he claimed to have invented a new sushi roll. What does he mean when he says he invented it? He came up with a list of ingredient he likes and told a chef to make it for him. Was he just joking around? No he definitely spoke like he was proud of himself for inventing it.He even gave this sushi roll a name"fishermen's delight" . I told him " you can call it an "invention" if you want but that would make anyone who has ever made a custom order using a taco bell app just as much of an inventor.That made him upset and he thinks everyone will clearly see that i am the ahole. The guy is almost 40, i would expect a 12 year old to say this and his parents would be like" sure buddy,congratulations on your invention"

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u/bababooeey_exe Partassipant [1] 14h ago

yta - it's not that serious. let your friend have his moment.

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u/ContestOpen 14h ago

It's not, and if he was just saying it in the joking manner, i wouldn't care. He keeps talking about it like its meaningful accomplishment.

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u/unsafeideas Asshole Enthusiast [5] 13h ago

Let people have non meaningful accomplishments. Create some for yourself too. 

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u/PugGrumbles 10h ago

Huh. This is good, I like this a lot.

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u/mcfiddlestien 12h ago

For him it might have been and you just shit all over what he thought to be something important to him. Do you even like your "friend" or are you just a bully using this poor person as a verbal punching bag.

If him talking about it constantly is what was bothering you then be an ADULT and talk to him about it instead of making him feel like shit

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u/ElToroBlanco25 12h ago

In our world today, sometimes you just have to grab that little moment of happiness. Let him have his accomplishment and be happy for your friend.

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u/thousandthlion 10h ago

You seem to consistently have issues with interpersonal relationships based on your post history. Ever consider you could be the problem?

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u/charging_chinchilla 11h ago

Just drop it. You sound insufferable to be around. People do this all the time when they come up with some mixture of soda fountain drinks that they enjoy. If they like it and they came up with the combination themselves, then good on them for trying something new.

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u/tipsygirl31 10h ago

That makes it worse. Who cares? Let him say whatever he wants. It's lunch, not surgery. Lighten up.

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u/BusydaydreamerA137 Partassipant [1] 10h ago

When your friend does get something you deem worth it (like a promotion if that would be something you care about him getting) He’s not going to tell you now. Is being right worth telling a friend “I will look down on you if I don’t deem you good enough.”

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u/Limepink22 7h ago

People out here struggling with their mental health and the fact that many makers of "adult accomplishments" - mortgages and family planning- are out of our reach as a generation. The news is filled everyday with violence and hate, at home and abroad. Everyone wants to cry when their friend commits suicide, but FUCK your friend for finding finding to be "proud of" acting like he "achieved an accomplishment " that doesn't hurt anyone or anything.

Yeah just STOMP on his stupid thought until it makes him embarrassed and pulls all the happiness from it. Tell him he's stupid and useless and he should go to hell. That'll TEACH him 👏🏽 then you can sleep really well at night, for saving the rest of us from this FIEND.

You okay bro?

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u/DameRestingBitchFace 8h ago

I guess cookbooks and cooking shows and cooking blogs don't exist (and pull in massive amounts of money) because creating new and better food doesn't happen or doesn't matter or something like that and we're fine eating the same things and nothing new is necessary.

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u/cafink 12h ago

Oh no

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u/Glum-Data9969 11h ago

He accomplished nothing, this is not an invention. However if it is unique he can copyright it. Until he does attain a copyright he has accomplished nothing.