Angry Italians on Twitter
Italians are incredibly proud of their culinary traditions. In recipe videos from outlets such as Tasty, they repeatedly see ‘their’ food being ruined. Or at least: not being prepared in the traditional way. And they’re not exactly happy about it. A Twitter account collects the emotional reactions that Italians hurl online in their anger, beneath the videos.
The account, ItalianComments, belongs to Zach Champion. He is a big fan of Tasty, among others, and discovered that their recipe videos featuring Americanized pasta and pizzas regularly attract dozens of extremely angry comments from Italians. To put it mildly, they find them painful to watch. ‘It’s brilliant content, so I thought it deserved its own account,’ he tells Munchies.
— italians mad at food (@ItalianComments) April 19, 2018
the angry italians take on the angry chef. an unstoppable force meets an immovable object… pic.twitter.com/3B16lMMylA
— italians mad at food (@ItalianComments) June 10, 2017
Endless feed
Meanwhile, the account has been around for more than a year. Is the content finally running out? Not at all—screenshots of new dramatic reactions appear online almost daily. From irritated Italians complaining in broken English about fake mozzarella to furious Italians emphasizing in all caps that you should never, ever call pepperoni salami. And that real Italian pasta never contains chicken or corn, and that you’re not supposed to break spaghetti. It just never stops, so scroll through the endless feed of posts yourself. Guaranteed to make you laugh.
