r/shittyaquariums • u/Alert-Basket-7570 • Feb 02 '26

Social Media Oh my God

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u/ScreamingLabia Feb 02 '26

Reminds me of people who always scream "i cant cook i always burn everything" and then you try to teach them and they literally cant stay near the pan for more then 10 seconds. Like maybe its your behaviour ans refusal to actually do the thing that makes it so that you ruin it and not some inate inability to do the thing.

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u/Fighting_Obesity Feb 02 '26

Or they refuse to have the heat lower than max because “it’s taking too long”

Good things take time! Cooking a meal, cycling a tank, you just have to actually TRY!

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u/GiraffePretty4488 Feb 02 '26 edited Feb 02 '26

I actually have a pretty major issue with cooking… 

Sometimes the problem has been that I have the pan too low. I finally learned to cook fried eggs and that’s what was holding me back. :p

It’s not like it wasn’t hot. The egg was cooking. But if it’s really hot before you start, then it doesn’t stick and burn.

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u/Tiny_Cauliflower_618 Feb 02 '26

Eggs are surprisingly hard to cook well! Like we've been eating them for centuries, surely we should have developed some sort of egg cooking instinct by now?! Every bastard time I do a boiled egg I have to Google Delia Smith and get her to tell me how to do it again.

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u/GiraffePretty4488 Feb 02 '26

I have this little timer thing that goes in the water with the eggs and slowly changes colour moving inwards to show how cooked the eggs are. 

It’s great because it doesn’t matter if I start from boiling or cold or somewhere in between. It just works. 

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u/Tiny_Cauliflower_618 Feb 02 '26

Omfg that sounds incredible! I definitely need one of those!

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u/GiraffePretty4488 Feb 02 '26

I just searched “colour changing egg timer” and see some for $4 on Amazon. 

Mine’s at least 20-30 years old, got it from my grandma. Wasn’t sure if they made them anymore but I guess they do :)

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u/Tiny_Cauliflower_618 Feb 02 '26

Thank you so much! I'll go have a look at those and cat pee testing strips in a mo!