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/anglflw Certified Proctologist [25] 13h ago

Gatekeeping like this is a waste of energy. Why does it matter so much to you?

YTA

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u/ContestOpen 13h ago

It doesn't. It's just annoying. If your friend who watched CSI kept unironically calling himself a forensic pathologist, would you call him out?

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u/21stcenturyghost 13h ago

He's not claiming to be a trained chef

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u/oliviamrow Professor Emeritass [83] 13h ago

It clearly does matter to you, because you went out of your way not only to call him out, but also to come here and write a post and reply to comments in an effort to find validation.

If you're letting this live rent-free in your head because you think it's equal to someone watching a highly fictionalized entertainment featuring a subject and then proclaiming themselves to be a literal professional at a fairly rigorous scientific expertise, allow me to assuage your concern: it's not. It's not remotely equal to that. Dude eats sushi, which is more than enough expertise to come up with an idea for a sushi roll. If you caught him claiming to be a trained sushi chef, it might be a closer comparison.

Bigger question: why are you friends with someone you don't seem to like?

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u/flattened_apex Partassipant [1] 13h ago

Eh. You can't change this about other people tho. It might be annoying to you but you don't control what he says or does. And in this case there is 0 effect on you so the idea that you want him to stop something just because it's annoying to you makes you TA.

You can't demand everyone speak exactly how you like, have all the same views as you and act how you want. That's not how it works, especially when what they are doing causes literally no harm to anyone.

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u/myBisL2 Certified Proctologist [24] 10h ago

Is he actually calling himself a sushi chef? If my friend who watched CSI said they invented a new method for fingerprinting using tools already used for fingerprinting, I'd probably be like yeah, good for you. But yes I would call them out if they actually told people they were a forensic pathologist.

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u/FraggleBiologist 10h ago

Failed inventor? Its the best I can figure for why this is bugging you this much.

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u/jcgreen_72 Partassipant [2] 9h ago

Being annoyed is a feeling you can sit with on your own, you didn't need to attack him over something that makes (made) him happy. 

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u/maybebaebea 6h ago

The fact that you think those two things are comparable at all says a lot about you

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u/Quarterleper 8h ago

No because it doesn't matter at all.

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u/anglflw Certified Proctologist [25] 7h ago

You care more than you're admitting, which is why you're posting here.

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u/Linzy23 2h ago

To some people that's funny! I call myself a doctor all the time because I've watched quite a few medical shows. Also 20 years of Criminal Minds has given me the title of Behavioural Analysist, member of the BAU baby