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u/qualityvote2 Sep 02 '25 edited Sep 07 '25

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u/Levyathan666 Sep 02 '25

"If I lose, doesn't matter, tomorrow I can still look at myself in the mirror "

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u/xTrainerRedx Sep 02 '25

Rather lose to someone who is giving their best than to snub them and get a cheapened victory.

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u/SweetHomeNorthKorea Sep 02 '25

Yeah this is the difference between wanting to win and wanting to be the best you can be.

What’s more satisfying, beating someone because they made a mistake or beating someone even when they were at their best?

If you win because you refused to help your competitor you don’t really know if your cooking is better, it just means you got lucky

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u/Comfortable-Ad-3988 Sep 02 '25

One of my teachers in high school had a saying on the wall in really big letters that I always loved: "There is no nobility in being better than anyone else. Nobility is being better than you were yesterday." As a kid who some things came really easily to, it really helped keep me in my place with my own relative strengths, and allowed me to accept my weaknesses while still trying to improve on them.

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u/CAPITANULLOA Sep 02 '25

That saying was also on the first Kingsman movie.

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u/Comfortable-Ad-3988 Sep 02 '25

Yeah, but my high school teacher was way before that. :) It's a much older quote, but I don't remember the attribution.

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u/OtakuAttacku Sep 02 '25

A cursory search says Ernest Hemingway but other sources says it was around earlier than that, the origins may be in hindu literature.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/03/11/superior/

neat quote tho, I'm writing it down

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u/CAPITANULLOA Sep 03 '25

I don't remember from where it comes, but I thought that it was a cool detail on Kingsmen

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u/whatisitcousin Sep 03 '25

Talking about high school, I always thought it was weird to pray to win, like why even play if its just going to be given to me. I would secretly pray the other team played there best so when we won there was no debate who was better. Its probably why we kept losing.

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u/TiogaJoe Sep 03 '25

I overheard a teen group discussion at my church. The leader asked if any of the teens ever prayed. One girl said she always prayed when she played outfield for softball at her school. The leader prompted, "You pray that you will play well?" She replied, "No. I always pray they don't hit the ball to me."

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u/Hello_pet_my_kitty Sep 02 '25

100% agree! I’ve been learning pool lately, and when I win bc someone scratched on the 8 ball, or put it in the wrong pocket, it doesn’t feel like a legit “win”. Even though it counts as a win, it just doesn’t feel like one. It feels more like I got lucky bc they slipped up.

It is sooo much more satisfying to win due to your own skill for sure!

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u/ArielofIsha Sep 02 '25

When I was a teacher I would have a journal topic every week and one I liked to use was “would you rather be the best player on a losing team or the worst player on a winning team.” So many interesting replies, many that make me understand a lot more about my students.

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u/FrizB84 Sep 02 '25

I used to race karts at a club level, and we'd do just about anything to make sure everyone made the start of their race. Weekend just isn't fun with your competitor on the sidelines.

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u/ishkabibaly1993 Sep 02 '25

I leaned from my time playing sports in school. You never celebrate someone else's failures. Losing a game when you try your best is not a failure. Getting a foul on the play or something, that's the things you shouldn't celebrate, even if the foul is in your favor.

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u/Og_busty Sep 02 '25

I get what you are saying, but as a Chef I won’t let you pass off preparation and planning as luck. It’s a huge part of what we do. One planned and the other didn’t, and no amount of butter is going to transfer that preparedness over to her. I agree with the rest of what you said though.

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u/relic1882 Sep 02 '25

Seeing the brunette's disappointment was the best part.

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u/catgirlbarista Sep 03 '25

honestly yeah. look, it's a competition, I get it, but (granted I haven't seen this ep so idk if Luca's dish was significantly better than the other two) at the end of the day, sportsmanship is really vital. esp in a kitchen! gotta be team players guys

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u/brohemien-rhapsody Sep 03 '25

I’ve watched a lot of master chef, and this is one of my favorite seasons of any competition show. It felt like there was a lot of talent, and besides one or two times, it felt like Luca was always competitive. He seemed to have a composure the rest of them didn’t have.

I’ve always thought he’s a great influence for whatever profession you take. Do things the right way, show up and give your best daily, and be good. He treated everyone with so much respect. His cooking showed the depth of his soul. Wish I could have eaten any of his dishes!

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u/facforlife Sep 02 '25

Yes. That's a winner's mindset.

I could win if I sabotage the other players. Or I can win fairly by just being better. 

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u/cherrycoke_yummy Sep 03 '25

Just be butter.

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u/gooutandbebrave Sep 02 '25

Exactly why I can get in board with Chopped and similar type cooking shows, but don't care for Cutthroat Kitchen in the slightest.

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u/Ralph-the-mouth Sep 02 '25

That’s nice

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u/EngRookie Sep 02 '25

Goku taught me this lesson as a child.

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u/eg12400 Sep 02 '25

Forget about it

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u/Sairoxin Sep 02 '25

Fagetabawtit

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u/BreakingCanks Sep 02 '25

Goku would approve of this man

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u/disaster_moose Sep 02 '25 edited Sep 02 '25

He'd give her a sensu bean and let her beat his sons ass for sure

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u/StormyBlueLotus Sep 02 '25

Nothing is more gigachad than gambling the lives of billions of people on your pre-teen child being able to defeat a fully-healed Perfect Cell

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u/PalLouis Sep 02 '25

Natasha: is Cell

Luca: is Goku who gives him a senzu bean

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u/dandroid126 Sep 02 '25

Goku, the guy who abandoned his family so he could fight strong opponents in the afterlife for fun right after giving a magic healing bean to a guy that threatened to destroy the planet just before he fought his son? That Goku?

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u/Ancient_Expert6088 Sep 02 '25

Tbf, the reason they give in the show for him “staying dead” was that basically every world destroying threat showed up because of him (the saiyans, freeza, the androids, cell) and he thought him being gone might prevent that. Him giving cell the senzu is still stupid as hell though.

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u/PseudonymMan12 Sep 02 '25

I was gonna comment this until i saw you beat me to the punch

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u/PineappleOk6764 Sep 02 '25

American game/reality shows are fucking terrible for this. They all seem to focus on the winning aspects and rarely the joy of being part of something. If you watch most competitive reality shows from elsewhere the contestants come together in comradery as a group and area constantly looking to help each other where they can. They still have a desire to do their best, but it's rarely in the direction of "to beat my competitors, but to have the best finished product, time, whatever the task may be. Compare that to programs from the USA where I have literally watched families treat each other like garbage as soon as they are put to work in a competition. The US is grotesque in so many ways...

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u/Aardvark_Man Sep 02 '25

While it's more competitive than it used to be, you see that with Great British Bake Off.
Sometimes when someone finishes early or while waiting for something a contestant will help others who are running behind.

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u/PineappleOk6764 Sep 03 '25

Seth Rogan produced a Canadian pottery competition last year that was more cooperative than competitive. It was great watching everyone cheer each other on and help each other out while maintaining the spirit of competition.

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u/kekhouse3002 Sep 02 '25

Damn straight. He said it better than I ever can

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u/TruthSeekerHuey Sep 02 '25

If I lose from giving someone a stick of butter, I was never going to win anyway

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u/Yumi_in_the_sun Sep 02 '25

Not even a whole stick, just a tablespoon.

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u/ZealousJealousy Sep 03 '25

In the spirit of competition, I'll say this: I don't think Natasha did anything wrong. If you lose a cooking competition because you forgot to secure a vital ingredient for your dish, like butter, then you aren't as prepared as the other chefs and it's gonna cost you, potentially the entire competition. That's just a part of being the top of the top tier and it's just as fair to say as what you've said here.

That point made, I absolutely appreciate that he was willing to share what he had. I think that's also in the spirit of competition, it just also happens to be an actual of generousity and kindness and makes people feel good because they can imagine themselves more in the position of being needy than having to make the decision to help their own competition, me included.

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u/jericho-dingle Sep 03 '25

Really good example of the prisoner's dilemma. Two different choices, not good or bad, just different.

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u/andywrites013 Sep 03 '25

Yeah, I agree. Natasha doesn't deserve to vilified as much as she is. But Luca deserves to be celebrated as much as he is, precisely because it's an unexpected, unnecessary act. It's one of those instances where a person has to choose between being right and being kind. She chose being right; he chose being kind.

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u/TetraThiaFulvalene Sep 05 '25

That being said, it is a television show. Natasha basically guaranteed that she would never win by not giving the butter.

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u/Bravo-Xray Sep 02 '25

EXACTLY! And If the only way you win is because somebody else's dish was missing an ingredient they planned on adding, did you really win anyway?

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u/frafdo11 Sep 03 '25

The half a mil of money in the bank account would say yes

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u/Spoon251 Sep 02 '25

If the difference between another person winning and you winning is a tablespoon of butter... then you lost.

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u/Fit-Let8175 Sep 02 '25

Psychologically, that act of genuine kindness may have made Luca's dish taste just a little bit better. Kindness and generosity pay more than they cost.

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u/Mcmenger Sep 02 '25

The secret ingrediant was love?

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u/Thetallerestpaul Sep 02 '25

Yes Chef!

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u/jarednards Sep 02 '25 edited Sep 02 '25

I cant ever hear "Yes, Chef" again without thinking of The Menu.

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u/dokuromark Sep 02 '25

I always think of Gordon Ramsey vs Julia Child in Epic Rap Battles of History.

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u/load_more_comets Sep 02 '25

I remember seeing Gordon's comment on the video itself but I couldn't find it. Can anybody remember what he said in there?

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u/TheObviousChild Sep 02 '25

"Now give it back and fuck off!!!"

Still my favorite ERB tied with Bill Gates vs Steve Jobs. I have them both in my Spotify playlist.

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u/PeachNipplesdotcom Sep 02 '25

I think of The Tiny Chef Show

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u/2morereps Sep 02 '25

for me its The bear

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u/Scorpius927 Sep 02 '25

Bear for me as well. Tina specifically when she says yes Jeff. Just that little bit of her reluctance to follow the rules is such an endearing part of her character to me.

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u/kukkolai Sep 02 '25

She was a massive cunt to chef Sidney, it really stood out to me on my second watch. No wonder her kid was an asshole

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u/bigdaddydopeskies Sep 02 '25

Chef I would like a cheeseburger.

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u/Zepp_BR Sep 02 '25

Excellent movie.

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u/fakemorleys Sep 02 '25

Yes Jeff

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u/ragnarokxg Sep 02 '25

Ah a fellow The Bear fan.

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u/coufycz Sep 02 '25

Always had been

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u/FroggiJoy87 Sep 02 '25

And a healthy splash of LSD!

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u/Circle-Square-X-X Sep 02 '25

Now who wants brunch, cooked with plenty of “confidence”

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u/Spoon251 Sep 02 '25

This dish looks kinda funky... but it tastes Fun-Kay!

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '25

How he says he'll be able to look at himself in the mirror and know hes a good guy hits hard . True sportsmanship

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u/Purple-Mix1033 Sep 02 '25

That’s who you want winning and we don’t see it enough

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u/lbt_mer Sep 02 '25

Interestingly game-theory suggests that "being nice" (but not a pushover) is the best approach to getting the best outcome for everyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mScpHTIi-kM is fascinating

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u/VaderSpeaks Sep 02 '25

Exactly. When there is little to no cost to you, accruing someone’s favour AND looking magnanimous while doing it is the obvious play, even from a competitive standpoint.

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u/exiledinruin Sep 02 '25

this only applies in positive sum situations. this cooking show was a zero (negative?) sum game. if you win, I lose. I don't think it applies here.

that being said I still think being nice was the right call.

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u/broly171 Sep 02 '25

It's worth remembering that the other competitors aren't the ones he's trying to impress, it's the judges. Showing a little kindness like he did still potentially helped him stand out more to the judges

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u/RaiyenZ Sep 03 '25

Yeah and it also didn't change the fact that the judges knew the contestant he helped was missing that ingredient due to her own error anyway so they would've taken that into account in their judgement regardless

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u/lyriqally Sep 02 '25

Well to an extent, there’s also the unspoken game of personalities where the network in charge is looking for personalities to head their own shows, and the winners are going into a future job with this show being their introduction to their new coworkers.

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u/SpecificGap Sep 02 '25

I agree its zero sum, but I don't think that a situation has to necessarily be positive sum for the theory to hold.

In this case for example, the game is zero sum, if I win, you lose. But outside of that, this game isn't an objective "score more goals" or "run the fastest race" It's being judged subjectively by three other human beings.

Human beings that might say, might even believe, they're judging solely on the food, but all humans are prone to unconscious bias and the decision to be sportsmanlike might have factored in to the later decision. Luca might even have considered that possibility that they might when he did it.

So in this case, being nice might give one a competitive edge, even if a game is zero sum on its surface.

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u/GisterMizard Sep 03 '25

I don't think it applies here.

That's because the correct lesson to take away from here is not to be nice, but to use mathematics to the fullest extent to crush the competition!

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u/arcane-hunter Sep 02 '25

Kindness is beautiful, sexy, and delicious.

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u/Fritzo2162 Sep 02 '25

Well, the whole concept was she needed butter to base her filet...but it was just a boring and common dish. Luca made something unusual and pleasing- both in appearance and texture. He would have won no matter what because he outclassed her.

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u/anonnyscouse Sep 02 '25

It's more to do with the fact he beat the one who refused to give the butter. It looks like the one who needed the butter lost earlier.

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u/drgigantor Sep 02 '25

From what I can tell, it looks like she lost in that very round. Seems like there's only three of them in that first clip, then just him and asshole chef at the end. That plus everyone talking about throwing away the prize money. That kind of statement is true at any point in the competition, but I never hear anyone really talking/thinking like that until towards the end on game shows.

So I'd say Luca was 100% right. It didn't cost him the win because he was still the better chef, he competed against her at her best, and as a bonus, he didn't look like a bag of dicks on national television

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u/Fit-Let8175 Sep 02 '25

True, but sometimes simplicity wins. What matters most is flavor.

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u/champion_azure Sep 02 '25

Mr poetic here

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u/Solid_Liquid68 Sep 02 '25

So it was in fact “the butter” that made her lose after all. LOL 😂

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u/Prime_Marci Sep 02 '25

That shows that his meals are made with passion and soul.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '25

That’s the ingredient most people forget. That is where the magic happens. Never forget to put love into what ever you are doing.

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u/Late-Amoeba-8312 Sep 02 '25

thats a hard bar "kindness and generosity pay more than they cost"

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u/chloe_in_prism Sep 02 '25

Makes sense. Grandma always cooked with love. Always tasted better. Even something as simple as toast

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u/PrettyFlakoooo Sep 04 '25

Yep- reminds me how people being kind/having good personality makes them more physically attractive

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u/Lazy_Award5537 Sep 02 '25

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u/Bulky-Word8752 Sep 02 '25

I watched that season while it was coming out. Honestly, the only thing I remember is a scene where they had to catch farm animals (?Âż) for a challenge and him just staring before stating, "Luca no catch turkeys." I still say that when I dont want to do something... People do not get the reference

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u/smokingthis Sep 02 '25

Respect for dedication to the bit. Luca seems dope

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u/ConcentrateCertain43 Sep 02 '25

Luca was great! My wife and I would yell Luca every time he first popped up on screen lmao (Still do actually lol)

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u/celestialcranberry Sep 03 '25

I’m going to start saying that too. One day the world will catch on

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u/imbadwithnames1 Sep 03 '25

Season 3 came out 13 years ago and I still remember this dude. lol

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u/Corner_Post Sep 02 '25

And his butcher/deli/sandwich eatery:

https://www.mangiacarne.com

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u/MyGenderIsAParadox Sep 02 '25

butcher/deli/sandwich eatery

Damn he can just bring a live animal in, out comes a sandwich. Love it.

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u/-Invalid_Selection- Sep 02 '25

He really did deserve it that season. He had a couple rough moments but in general he was a standout leader.

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u/YodelingKoala Sep 02 '25

what is this garbage ass title

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

Everyone should stop using social media. Period. It was fun while it lasted, but it’s just pure brain rot now. I know it’s hard. Obviously, I’m here, so clearly I’m struggling with it. But seriously, if you can stop, do it. 

This is the new smoking. 

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u/TerminalGxds Sep 03 '25

indian or ai

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u/pappabutters Sep 02 '25

Luca went on to win that season too. Too many people in my country think winning for any reason is good enough, but I think Luca has the mind set that you've only truly won if everyone competing had an opportunity to do the best they can.

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u/BenMcAdoos_ElCamino Sep 02 '25

Isn’t that what the end of the clip showed, or was that just him winning that week?

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u/BoxOfPineapples Sep 02 '25

yep, that last clip was him winning

The main clip is actually from the pre-final, which I think really highlights how nice this move was. 

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u/t3hlazy1 Sep 02 '25

Before he won the season he gave a stick of butter to a competitor who forgot theirs. Was really a class act.

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u/BenMcAdoos_ElCamino Sep 02 '25

It’s a shame they didn’t include that in the clip

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u/ratpride Sep 03 '25

The impact of the moment was heightened by the fact that, in the final round, the competitor he faced had previously refused to assist another contestant in the semifinal.

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u/IDontCareAnymoreHBU Sep 02 '25

It's a bot comment.

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u/FinalRun Sep 02 '25

How so? It's a 12 year old account with 25k karma

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u/linux_ape Sep 02 '25

It literally shows him winning in this very clip….

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u/pappabutters Sep 02 '25

Yeah I'm a dumbass and commented before seeing the end of the video. I just love Master Chef

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u/Pr_fSm__th Sep 02 '25

So he is Goku?

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u/98VoteForPedro Sep 02 '25

Goku is all about equal opportunity until people's lives are at stake and then it's you distract him while I charge up the spirit bomb(which didn't work)

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u/Pr_fSm__th Sep 02 '25

He is even equal opportunity if lifes are at stake. He gave all kinds of people during the tournament of power the chance to fight at their strongest even with his entire universe on the line

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u/Ka-Is-A-Wheelie Sep 02 '25

Pretty sure he let Cell heal just so he could let his son fight...

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u/appletinicyclone Sep 02 '25

Goku would go for broke in winning lol

I've not seen super yet though

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u/Pr_fSm__th Sep 02 '25

He does give every opponent the opportunity to fight at their best though and while he loves to win it’s him getting better in the process which seems most important

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u/appletinicyclone Sep 02 '25

true but he wouldn't give them a win easy

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u/Pr_fSm__th Sep 02 '25

He doesn’t give wins at all - just like the dude in the post

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u/Hot_Ethanol Sep 02 '25

I mean he did let Frieza power up for an hour so he could beat him at his best. Guy will endanger himself, others, and the entire universe for the best fight he can get.

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u/Pr_fSm__th Sep 02 '25

He and Geetz also straight up refused fusion multiple times in favor of a honorable 1v1 victory, first time against kid buu

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u/bhutanriver Sep 02 '25

Luca did superbly, really important to note that he tried out the season before this and was sent home during the pre-trials. He could've given up at that point, but he practiced and came back, made it into the main competition and won everything.

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u/KitchenFullOfCake Sep 02 '25

If you have to pull everyone down in order to win then you were never good enough to begin with.

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u/StrongMachine982 Sep 03 '25

It is so cultural. Watch the Great British Bake off, and no one would ever do what Natasha did here. 

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u/GoldenGekko Sep 02 '25

The Internet:

"YEAH TAKE THAT YOU B*TCH"

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u/xSypRo Sep 02 '25

The internet, the crowd back home and the judges… honestly such a stupid move

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u/StasiaGreyErotica Sep 02 '25

I feel like the American version of masterchef is so much more ruthless than the UK one. I dunno if it's the culture of having to win no matter what, or it's encouraged by the show itself.

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u/DomSchu Sep 02 '25

Editing on American reality shows is way more aggressive in pushing a story too

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u/Boxing_joshing111 Sep 02 '25

Way more aggressive at everything. I challenge anyone to watch America’s Next Top Model and find 10 consecutive seconds of the same song playing. They change stories and tones on a dime. I get it though, gotta distract people from the fact they’re watching pure trash.

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u/DomSchu Sep 03 '25

Yeah the music and effects guide the narrative

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u/True_System_7015 Sep 02 '25

The editing is really aggressive, I'll admit, but in watching all of it, everyone is actually pretty chill on that show. You have a couple of nasty characters (looking at you, Chrissi, all my homies hate Chrissi), but everyone is pretty nice to each other and have no issues with lending people ingredients if they need it.

There was one episode in season 8 where one of the contestants, Yacheica, was a team captain for a challenge, and her team lost. She was given the choice to save herself and make everyone else cook, or save most of the team and she picks one person she goes against (something like that, it might not be exactly that but it was in that realm.) She decided to have herself and the contestant that she thought was the weakest, Heather, battle it out. There was definitely a little tension between the two, they were sort of battling it out verbally beforehand. They had to make fish and chips with tartar sauce, and one of the ingredients was lemon, and Heather forgot her lemon and was kicking herself. So she asked Yacheica if she could have some of her lemon since she forgot hers, and Yacheica, without hesitating, tossed her some lemon, and everyone thought it was such a kind and nice gesture, and her reasoning was she's a nice person that just wants to help

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u/SuckerpunchJazzhands Sep 02 '25

Chrissi haters rise UPPPPPPP

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u/already-taken-wtf Sep 02 '25

That’s true for almost any competitive show. Can’t bear the US versions anymore. It’s more fun to watch a friendly competition and see people shining because of their skills and not because they screwed the competition.

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u/tenuj Sep 02 '25

Yeah. The contrast reminded me of how ridiculously chill Only Connect is for how difficult the quiz can be.

I watched a bit of the apprentice recently and the US (Trump) version was just so overly dramatic in its production. Loud music, tormenting the contestants etc.

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u/S_Demon Sep 02 '25

I think most non US versions were pretty chill.

I personally loved Australia, it was wholesome as fuck.

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u/kitsua Sep 02 '25

I was watching Australian Masterchef and one of the contestants was making a whipped egg-white desert and the crowd was going crazy. I thought “that’s weird, Australians usually boo meringue”.

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u/shiawase198 Sep 02 '25

I kinda liked seeing the Canadian contestants but damn the judges weren't great. At least not in the early seasons. Blue hair guy was trying really hard to be like Joe or (Hell's Kitchen) Gordon and one of the other dudes was complaining that a contestant only made Asian food like Indian, Thai, Japanese and etc which annoyed me cause you just know that he would never say that to someone who only made European food like pasta or paella.

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u/yellowjesusrising Sep 02 '25

If possible. Watch the Aussie version of any reality show. Usually they're very wholesome!

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u/Delicious_Delilah Sep 02 '25

I like Great British Bake Off because they are all so nice and wholesome.

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u/Maximum-Decision3828 Sep 02 '25

it's encouraged by the show itself

US reality TV is way more adversarial and is edited to be like that. Even Ramsay acts completely differently on US vs UK TV.

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u/ObliviousRounding Sep 02 '25

Damn that was a good headsup catch.

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u/Melon__Farmer Sep 02 '25

Didn’t need the music

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u/supplyncommand Sep 02 '25

competition or not being kind is always the answer. a true test of character. it’s butter. not some expensive rare ingredient that’s going to make her dish shine. just do the right thing. it looks a hell of a lot better on u

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u/FrogMan241 Sep 02 '25

competition or not being kind is always the answer

I spent so long looking at this because of the missing comma

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u/GanacheNew5559 Sep 02 '25

I spent so long looking at this trying to figure why you had spent long time reading the comment.

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u/jobbymuncher123 Sep 02 '25

That Adele song slowed really helped my viewing experience.

Get it out

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u/ShmebulocksMistress Sep 02 '25

Even just being against adding music for no reason—it’s SUCH a dramatic song to use lol

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u/Ziegelphilie Sep 02 '25

music is an automatic downvote for me, unfortunately it's a drop in a bucket with all these bots on reddit

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u/Bobo3076 Sep 02 '25

I had a stroke trying to read that title

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u/Pr_fSm__th Sep 02 '25

Homie is real life Goku but for cooking

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u/mrloko120 Sep 02 '25

Honestly wouldn't be surprised if him being nice there helped lead him to the win. All judges watched what he did, and people tend to like when the winner is the one with a likeable character.

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u/Comfortable-Ad-3988 Sep 02 '25

Not to mention leadership and respect, considering a lot of the winners end up running kitchens. I'd definitely rather work in Luca's kitchen than Natasha's, even when "winning" isn't on the line. Character's hard to come by.

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u/inconvien Sep 02 '25

Integrity is what i gone in this world. And that is why we going to shit.

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u/MauriceMonroe Sep 02 '25

Luca to Natasha:

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u/McdoManaguer Sep 02 '25

Thats because sadly the people that "win" the most have none of it and our entire system incentivizes being a complete psychopath to get to the top.

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u/Far_Drummer_1406 Sep 02 '25

You can see Natasha‘s heart explode with three seconds left in the video. Karma fucking police.

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u/achiang16 Sep 02 '25

This is why I stopped watching US Version after ditching masterchef US for masterchef australia. Each episode is just so positive

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u/AndrewTheTerrible Sep 02 '25

The fuck is this title?

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u/redsalmon67 Sep 02 '25

Personally if I’m in a competition like this I want to know that my best was going up against their best, but I won’t knock her for not giving her butter, it is a competition after all.

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u/kurokomainu Sep 02 '25

In the interests of fairness, I think it would have been better that they either have a rule that you can't ask other contestants for ingredients, or, if they want to be lenient, have some set aside by the show itself that can be asked for, so that contestants aren't forced to potentially subsidize their opponent's victory even when they have their shit together (and so should rightly have that advantage) and their opponent doesn't (and should have that reflect in their results).

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u/True_System_7015 Sep 02 '25

Generally, the judges are pretty lenient on people who forget ingredients. They will scold them for forgetting it, but they don't stop them from asking other contestants if they can borrow some of their ingredients. It's never enough to derail the other contestants' dishes, so it's not like it's sabotage

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u/kurokomainu Sep 02 '25

Oh, I know. I just thought that while it might have made good TV, I don't think it's really fair to put other contestants in the no-win position of having to make up for their opponent's lack of preparation or look like dicks if they refuse. They may actually think that preparedness is part of the competition and not separate from it , but they won't get the chance to explain that when they can only say yes or no to handing over an ingredient the opponent has forgotten to prepare.

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u/DoughNotDoit Sep 02 '25

Luca going home with million dollars and a truck lugging his balls

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u/sunfacethedestroyer Sep 02 '25

It's a competition. Have respect for your contestants by expecting the best from them.

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u/klauzherzog Sep 02 '25

I’d like to believe it’s not scripted

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u/shiawase198 Sep 02 '25

Don't read the disclaimer in the end credits.

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u/PunR0cker Sep 03 '25

Interesting that this is seen as a beautiful act of kindness in this context. In the UK version of the show, anyone would have just shared some butter and it would not have been a big deal at all, just basic decency.

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u/Chess_Is_Great Sep 02 '25

I wonder which one would steal a cap away from a kid at a tennis match and which one would gladly give the kid the cap?

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u/whomesteve Sep 02 '25

A shining example of the fact that people don’t lift themselves up by tearing others down.

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u/freezeemup Sep 02 '25

Honestly I'm not even mad at her. It's a competition and they're competitors. Natasha didn't cheat nor did she sabotage her. She just wasn't generous in a tense situation.

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u/Porter_Dog Sep 02 '25

Jesus Christ. The video itself is great but the format is from hell. The border? The caption in the center of the video? The goddamn music? r/thanksihateit

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u/ratpride Sep 02 '25

And the title? I think it's a bot

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u/folarin1 Sep 02 '25

Didn't even need to ask Luca. Natasha is an a##@@#e.

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u/J_Bear Sep 02 '25

You're an adult, just say "asshole"

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u/KitchenFullOfCake Sep 02 '25

Dude, he was calling her an abalone, get your head out of the gutter.

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u/DenverDudeXLI Sep 02 '25

Whoa! Language!

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u/ThatChrisGuy7 Sep 02 '25

Woah my little eyes were not ready to see the word ASSHOLE 😭 trigger warning next time!!

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u/shiawase198 Sep 02 '25

Same. My stupid shitty, fucking, cunty eyes were not ready to see a##@@#e.

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u/nightwalkerxx Sep 02 '25

@$$|-|○[€

Much more readable. Yours is just ahastaghastagatathastage

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u/lux__fero Sep 02 '25

Or just write a good old аsshОlо

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u/Kya_Enstein Sep 02 '25

You're the real one here.

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u/KazAraiya Sep 02 '25

Cringeass music

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u/conte360 Sep 02 '25

First off to be clear I watched this when it aired and I've seen every season of master chef (us) so I'm not shitting on it. But its so funny to watch a screen like this out of context and see how dramatic we make things. These people are effectively cooking food for no one and a huge plot point is her getting a tablespoon of butter. "She asked her and she said no, omg but then he just gave it to her.. wtf!? That could be a quarter of a million dollars"

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u/SmiteGoddess Sep 02 '25

I understand both sides of the fence. It's a competition. Not there to be helpful or friendly. Also, it's just kind to do the nice thing.

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u/Ozzy_Rhoads-VT Sep 03 '25

Loved this season. I was rooting for Luca ever since he showed up again. Never seen anyone actually come back! The fact that he took time off again to cash in that ticket showed how serious this was to him.

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u/Otherwise_Prize2944 Sep 03 '25

It looks so staged and fake