Chili cook removes beans from recipe after cousin convinces him they're 'woke', rages when he realizes he's been pranked: 'He dumped his chili in the sink and told everyone to go home'

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Feb 13, 2025 6:00 PM EST

An issue that pretty much everyone will face with certain family members at some point is dealing with those who have different political views. A lot of people become pretty obstinate when they are talking about the politics they believe in, and things can become heated very easily. It is a topic where many are unwilling to admit the times they got things wrong, especially when they are speaking to somebody who doesn't believe the same stuff that they do. 

It almost goes without saying that this can have some pretty serious ramifications for family relationships. People have been known to go no-contact over such things, and even when they simply disagree the effects can be explosive. Few enjoy having the fundamental aspects of their worldview challenged, not least when it comes from somebody they love. It means that people can fall out over the dumbest of subjects if they are somehow made political.

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  • This is exactly what one man had the misfortune of finding out after a prank on his cousin became a much larger issue than he anticipated. His relative was both famous for his chili-cooking skills and a staunch believer in being anti ‘woke’ after becoming increasingly polarized on the topic over the past couple of years. 

    When the man was invited over for some of this chili, he told his cousin, as a joke, that adding kidney beans to the recipe was woke. This led to the chef removing them from the recipe the next time he cooked it for him, leading him to admit that he hadn't been serious.

    While the pair had always played pranks on one another, this admission led to a massive breakdown on the part of the anti-woke cousin. He accused the man of taking things too far, and he wondered if he was right.

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    AITA for pretending to think beans in chili are 'woke', to prank my Cousin who is obsessed with being 'anti-woke' and who loves chili?

    My cousin is known for making chili. And he's good at it. He makes his own chili flakes from his "secret combination" of various dried chilies, it has a very nice kick. It's like the perfect amount of spice, it's hot but not too hot. He also always adds kidney beans. Not canned beans either. Anyways for the past 2 or 3 years by Cousin has become obsessed with all this bulls about what is or isn't "woke" and how "woke" things are the end of the world. He's always been a good dude so I don't know
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    So the other weekend I was at his place and he was making his famous chili. So I got the idea for a little prank. I was like "I'm surprised you still put beans in your chili." He was like "What? Why?" I was like "Beans in chili are so woke. Everyone is saying so." He was like "What do you mean?" And he was like genuinely concerned. As if this was something serious. I said something like "Yeah beans in chili are woke, the original conservative Texans who made chili only used meat and chili. San F
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    I kind of just assumed he'd know I was with him and get the joke... We have always f ed around with each other and jokes about and all. But he was quiet all dinner. Just yesterday I was back again at his place and he was making his chili again. There were no beans. It was a totally different chili. This guy has been making his chili with beans for like 15 years. I was like, whats up? "Where's the beans?"
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    He was like "I don't f with that woke sh." I was like "What?" He was like "Beans in chili are woke. Even you know that." Everyone else was like what? Because....what? I was like dude I was just with you. He got REALLY angry. He dumped his chili in the sink and told everyone to go home. I thought he was pranking me back or something but he was serious. The dude totally lost it.
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    He texted me later and said this exact thing: "I researched this online and it turns out u really were lying to me, beans r not woke. How could u do this?" We went back and forth for a bit. His position is even though we have historically pranked each other I went "too far", that I "betrayed him", that I "made him question his chili". I tried to ask him if this at all made him think he cared too much about "woke", like what if beans in chili WAS woke, so what? He ignored that and demanded I apol
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    The internet fully supported his prank.

    mittenknittin That's hilarious. He's so damned fixated on what other people say is woke or not woke that he'll sabotage his own cooking. He handed you that material to prank him with on a silver platter and he needs to get over it.
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    WayOfIntegrity Next say reacting badly to a joke is "woke." Demanding an apology is "woke." If he reacts, say reacting is "woke."
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    Successful-Topic8874 NTA You made him question his beliefs in a smart way, and he got upset. All you did was show him how sensitive he really is.
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    Shmeeglez Sadly, he only questioned his belief in chili, not his knee-j reaction to reject anything supposedly woke.
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    Chroniclyironic 1986 I dunno, it seems like he got so mad because it forced him to question how gullible he really is about anything anybody says is woke. It clearly didn't wake the guy all the way up (ha), but it was a small step in the right direction.
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    Cautious_Clue_7861 NTA. He went full snowflake over the woke chili, nice.
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    Mean-Impress2103 Nta double down Bro did you know that knowing what's woke is actually super woke. Like you have to know all about wokeness to avoid being woke so really if you think about it avoiding wokeness is the most woke thing you can do. I would be clowning him nonstop.
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    adlittle Ohh I yeah, being woke is like The Game. You're woke because you worried enough to care, just like You Lost The Game.
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    MasterGas9570 NTA: Oh my gosh - this needs to happen a LOT more so that people eventually see the idiocy of their anti-woke sentiments. I think I'm going to make Cilantro woke, cause...soap. Can we also make any non stretch clothes woke, cause...comfort. And Makeups, can we make makeup woke, cause....lazy.
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    endor-pancakes My new year's resolution is now going to be to use "You made me question my chili!" at least 7 different times. And no I don't care whether it's February already. Other than that, NTA, but you're a hilarious dude I'd love to buy a beer if I could.
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    Tough_Tangerine7278 LOL that's hilarious. NTA. You didn't know he took you seriously. Poor dude is brainwashed. Hopefully it can be some wake up call - oh wait. "Wake up". Haha. Maybe not.
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    Antiherowriting That is hilarious. I'm impressed you were able to improv that story on the spot. I am chuckling as I read. "Turns out u really were lying to me, beans r not woke" with the single letters, is the funniest thing I've read all day. NTA He was an AH to himself by going so far down this rabbit hole. I do feel bad for him though. I wish I could advise you on how to help him
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    ftjlster OP I reckon you should tell your cousin that now that he knows beans in chili aren't woke how many other things has he been told is woke isn't. Maybe he should do his own research with independent verified sources that aren't just podcasters and talking heads and see what's up. Who knows, maybe he'll stop with the woke/anti-woke bulls and just be a good person.
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    Impossible-Cattle504 Bigger issue here, than beans, if this couldn't get him to laugh at himself.
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    Daisyflickerr NTA. It's a silly prank, and he overreacted massively. He's way too invested in this "woke" stuff if a beanless chili sends him into a rage.
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    Wayward Princess Aside from the fact that he would even believe that beans in chili were woke in the first place, why would he do the research only AFTER you told him it was a joke???? Why am I even questioning his line of reasoning? Anyone who constantly goes on about how "wokeness" is bringing the world to its end doesn't need logic to do anything that they do. Forget I said anything. This was hilarious though.
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    EatingAllTheLatex4U OMG. I'm gonna ruin my uncle's chilli. That's awesome.
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    cachalker Ok, this is freaking hysterical. My husband is Texan through and through. And you were right about one thing...Texans don't typically put beans in their chili. Except...when you're poor. Because beans make the chili cheaper as you don't need as much meat. Protein without the price. We called it Poor Man's Chili. But seriously...dude abandoned an element of his recipe because he was afraid of being thought of as "woke"? And he actually bought that beans in chili was some devious vegetar
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    Tipsy-boo NTA Tell him that wasting food is woke and cite the stop the oil activists throwing food as your source. He will be scooping that chilli out of the sink.
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