These pics will leave you with a lot of questions, but...that's kind of the point.
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The U.S. is pretty well known for its bastardization of other cuisines. We gobble down crab rangoon, California rolls and rainbow bagels with sheer delight. The debate over whether or not pineapples belong on pizza exists solely because some demented genius decided to place the fruit on a classic Italian dish. We see the backlash all over social media. so it should come as no surprise that there's an entire Twitter account dedicated to the infuriated Italians eager to reject these crimes against their cuisine.
Italians Mad At Food is basically an aggregator of enraged Italian commenters bemoaning the culinary abilities of anyone who, well, isn't Italian. The comments are hilarious, lofty, and oftentimes hard to decipher - which arguably makes them even funnier. While we do believe an apology is in order for Olive Garden and Chef Boyardee, the existence of this Twitter account and its heated comments has left us grateful for our criminal takes on Italian cuisine.
March had us talking with our hands and singing "That's Amore" after Italian-inspired memes saw a huge surge in popularity. The memes playfully mock Italian hand gestures and other stereotypes - many involving Italian food. Here were our top contenders of the year.
We've been seeing a lot of photos transformed into piles of spaghetti, and now we know why. Ostagram, a web application that was introduced in 2015, allows users to process their photos with other images, ranging from fine art (Van Gogh) to...the aforementioned pile of spaghetti. The spaghetti filter has been really popular within the meme community, transforming everyone from Pepe to Donald Trump into a carb-laden feast. Here is a selection of our favorite pasta-filtered memes and images.
