For a while it was "let him cook" which, I think, meant 'give them a chance, they seem to be on to something', but now when something goes bad people say it's "cooked". My question is, was it a mistake to let them cook? Thank you.

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[–] 40 points 9 months ago (3 children)

We get it - you have an air fryer - let it go.

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  • [–] 30 points 9 months ago

    It's a cook or get cooked world out there

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Sometimes you have too many cooks...

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Maaan, I love the internet.

    This was uploaded 11 years ago, and it probably older than that. But today was my first time watching it, and I'm choking on dinner laughing at this sketch. (Today's lucky 1 in 10000*)

    Mhm

    Does that 1 in 10000 apply internationally? Or just in the US. Even though I'm not in the US, I like that statistic of the 1 in 10,000

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago

    If I say "that's cold blooded" does that confuse you about the meaning of things that are "cool"?

    "Cooked" refers to things that have overheated and thus, broken. "cooking" refers to trying tings out and innovating.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    “let him cook” which, I think, meant ‘give them a chance

    I think "let him cook" generally means "let them do whatever they're planning and make their own mistakes".

    "it's cooked" means someone has made some mistakes and now it's just a mess, with no undo.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    I think “cooked” in the meaning you refer to has actually existed for decades longer than people saying “let him cook”

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    It is absolutely a mistake to let certain people cook

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    It's good to cook, but bad to be cooked

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    It’s good to poop but bad to be pooped. English weird

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Let him cook

    that means he is completely wrong and what they are doing will fail, but I am not getting Involved in that mess.

    Typically it is said after one tried to correct the issue.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    The way I see it, let gen z handle a steak but don't let them anywhere near chicken

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Active form of "cook" is positive while the passive form is negative.

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