I baked most things on a baking sheet or just a sheet of aluminum foil.
Except pizza. Pizza I just put right on the rack because that's the only way to get the crust crispy. But even this horrified my wife.
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2026
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There are pizza trays you can use for the oven. They're pretty cheap too.
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My sister once decided to make chocolate mousse by melting several bars of chocolate in the microwave and then putting all the molten chocolate in the fridge. Thus creating one gigantic piece of bowl-shaped chocolate block. Apparently recipes have more than one ingredient, who knew?
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At least he recognized that he should clean the blood and grease every time. I’ve seen plenty of ovens that suggest that their owner would not be as diligent.
If it's carbonized then is sterile!!!
If you don't, it's going to smell really bad in a few days. I suspect that's what led him to start cleaning it regularly. That's not something a 20 year old is prone to do without motivation. A nasty smell is good motivation.
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One of my former coworkers was like this. I was warming up my lunch in the break room microwave, and he comes in with basically a whole styrofoam take out container of spaghetti and meat sauce.
He just starts dumping it all down the garbage disposal. I'm just standing there, stunned. Another coworker comes in, sees him, and asks him something in German. I can only assume it was something like "Hey, what are you doing?" First coworker replies in German, in a cheerful manner that told me he felt it was perfectly normal. Second coworker turns to me, eyes wide, shrugs, and walks away. First coworker finishes shoving two people's worth of noodles down the sink, and throws the Styrofoam in the trash as he walks away.
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I think we've all been there when it comes to doing something or other at home in a way which turns out to be obvious stupid when pointed out, especially at the beginning.
Many of us were taught how to be a functional human being by our parents and/or guardians.
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Is this going never looked inside an oven before? I've never understood people be that useless at life, like how cuddled were they?
When I moved into my house the things that trip me up was apparently I don't own a corkscrew or I don't actually know what wattage my microwave is. Not how do you use this extremely common piece of technology that was invented in 1834 (invention of gas stove) and is commonly depicted in media with proper use.
Definitely could be different for OP but I grew up in a place where almost no one had an oven in the kitchen so I did have to learn how (admittedly not difficult to learn)
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Gotta give it a nice sear.
Uni halls with international students who have zero real world skills, and are used to the staff/maid cooking for them. They started 3 fires and ruined so much food before giving up on using the kitchen altogether.
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Let's put a positive spin on this, since people in the comments are dogging on him enough.
Guy's 20, living on his own, clearly inexperienced in the ways of living on his own, and he had the courage to do what so many fail to: ask for help. If he keeps that going, he'll be fine.
He a 20 yr old loving on his own. He already beat 80% of the other kids living with their parents.
I knew how to use an oven at 20, so I'm guessing he it's probably from the class that doesn't really ever go into the kitchen.
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He clearly didn't get the guidance he needed when he was younger, but he is trying and asking questions. He is on the right path.
People like to blame men for the failure/neglect of society, parents, teachers, etc., to teach them the things they'll need to know as an adult. Generally regarding stuff that was conventionally ascribed as "women's duties": cooking, cleaning, decorating, etc.
People blame the individuals as if they're supporting the patriarchy by not knowing the things that they were never taught. That's missing the point, because these men were harmed by the patriarchy which neglected to teach them these important things.
It's really hard to enter your twenties and become moderately independent and suddenly have to learn a hundred different things that are absolutely critical to a well-ordered life, that already come so naturally to people who have been doing it their entire lives that they hardly even think about it and look down on you for not just intuitively grasping everything you need to know.
But no, they see a young guy struggling with basic tasks like washing the bed sheets or hanging curtains or choosing a tasteful rug or not burning dinner or whatever, and they jump straight to "NOBODY IS GOING TO MOMMY YOU, GROW TF UP!!!!!" Because it's sooo cool to attack a man who you find in a position of weakness because he's struggling with tasks you deem basic.
If we could just break that stigma and make it okay for men to ask for help, they'd be able to learn what they need to a lot easier. At least the ones who try. Clearly the ones who don't try and have no interest in trying are the problem, so why focus the ire on the ones who do try? Asking for help kinda skylines yourself and makes you vulnerable to attack, so I'm not surprised few people do it.
That would at least ease the transition for a generation or two until people who learn basic things as boys grow up and become men who don't need to catch up on the things that the average 20yo woman has already been doing for over a decade...
Also of note, some of that can just be pure crippling ADHD too,
washing the bed sheets
Thanks for reminding me.
hanging curtains
Bought 'em 2y ago and they're still in the box in a seldom used closet, keep forgetting about them until I see them but then I'm doing something and will have to get to it later, by "later" I've forgotten again. I'll get to them later...
choosing a tasteful rug
This one might not be ADHD I just hate shopping for things, I get in and get out.
not burning dinner
OH SHIT MY PIZZA!
Many, many years ago I did one of these. I made sure to take pictures, because at least some of the shots looked good enough to make up for the sadness of not eating it.
The worst part about burning food is it stinks the kitchen out for days. The last time I burnt some pasta (straight up forgot about it and went to bed) I seriously started looking at buying a ozone machine. But I would 100% definitely kill myself with that so in the end I just left all the windows open for a few days.
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He also didn't get the guidance here. Who says "I'm tweeting this".
You help him, and then you tweet it privately...
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I once shared an apartment with a guy who just moved out of home and had literally zero life skills. One day he almost burnt down the kitchen by heating about 500ml of oil in a frypan till it was smoking and then proceeded to drop in a kilo of fully frozen chicken pieces.
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