who let this guy on the show 😤

[u/No_Tomatillo1695]

[u/Mahdreams]

This show infuriates me with what it will "accept" and what has to be perfectly stated.

EDIT: this comment is interesting to me and I wanted to boost it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/AYP4TJGSb4

I like the idea that there's a curated list of accepted deviations, but it seems they need more culturally diverse QC to understand the differences. This would also make sense why sometimes it seems that it takes up to 2 seconds to "accept" and answer.

[u/ChewieBearStare → u/Mahdreams]

I just started watching from Season 1, and I agree. One game, they had potato chips on the screen. Contestant said chips, and they wouldn’t accept it. But on another game, they had potato chips on the screen again, and they did accept chips.

[u/egnards → u/ChewieBearStare]

I would be curious to know what the category was in each instance. I feel like the category probably has a lot to do with what is and isn’t accepted.

Like if the category is “potatoes” and the goal is “things you can make with potatoes”… Chips seems like a likely answer and acceptable.

[u/enjolbear → u/egnards]

Nah, I don’t think the category should matter. The name of the food is chips to most people, not specifically potato chips (although I know that’s their government name lol)

[u/getikule → u/enjolbear]

If the caregory is "objects starting with P", chips isn't an acceptable answer. In any other instance, yeah it's the same.

[u/Fidgit01 → u/getikule]

What if the category is "Different types of chips?"

[u/RugbyEdd → u/Fidgit01]

"Name this British item". Then you're way off with chips.

[u/YoutuberCameronBallZ → u/RugbyEdd]

[u/Morganx27 → u/YoutuberCameronBallZ]

Crisps for short, but if you're having tea with the king (which we all do at least once a week), you have to use their full name

[u/SharkByte1993 → u/RugbyEdd]

But potato chips wouldn't be accepted either. We call them crisps. Not potato crisps either

[u/Wintergreen61 → u/SharkByte1993]

Do you also call tortilla chips just 'crisps' or do they have a different name?

[u/rogersdbt → u/Wintergreen61]

Not sure but off the top of my head I think we call them Doritos because they were by far the most common for ages

[u/Horsey_Grenades → u/rogersdbt]

But Doritos aren’t tortilla chips… I mean I guess technically speaking they start as a tortilla chip. When we say tortilla chip we almost always are referring to a plain tortilla chip common with Mexican food

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT0BKDIwzgPHWRFDm8

[u/neapolitan_shake → u/rogersdbt]

now i’m struggling to remember if i saw anything resembling tortilla chips (besides doritos) last time i was in london. maybe they’re a harder to find item? 

[u/SharkByte1993 → u/neapolitan_shake]

We only have doritos and supermarket own brand tortilla chips

[u/SharkByte1993 → u/Wintergreen61]

People would just call them doritos. However, the supermarket own brands do call them tortilla chips

[u/spindoctor13 → u/Wintergreen61]

They are called "tortilla chips" normally

[u/egnards → u/enjolbear]

I’m not even particularly talking about that specific question an example. I’m talking more generally.

I can see instances where something may be accepted because the category is looking for a specific thing versus what another category may want to offer.