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[–] modernangel@sh.itjust.works 46 points 3 days ago (5 children)

When I was a kid I was low-key obsessed with Friendly's, but I refused to say "Fribble"

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

When I was a kid we had to stop eating at Friendly's cause our server was gay, I mean it's not like he told us this but my mom had an inkling. I want a cone head :(

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

That's the worst reason 💀. My mom would do the exact same thing

[–] felsiq@piefed.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is your mom still a piece of shit to this day, or have her beliefs changed with the times?

Either way I’m sorry you had to grow up around bigotry like that

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago
[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For those of us not familiar with the region you’re from: what’s Friendly’s and what’s a “Fribble”?

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

It's a thick milkshake, Friendly's is a chain of sit down restaurants, they serve food but most people know them for their ice cream.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

My first job was at friendlys, and in case you still miss them sometimes, a fribble is just a regular milkshake made with soft serve (so just soft serve, syrup, and milk).

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What connotations does that word have? Asking as a non-native speaker.

[–] modernangel@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

In my family, "dribble" was an oft-used cutesy synonym for "drool". It reminds me of babies with food and saliva oozing down their chin. That wasn't explicitly my resistance to saying "Fribble" though; it just felt awkard and childish. We didn't have "cringey" as an adjective then - but in retrospect, cringey is how it felt.