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I'm afraid I'm that monster that enjoys overcooked pasta...
You undercooked the pasta so that it can finish cooking in its own heat after you drain the water...You aren't meant to eat undercooked pasta, OP. >

I like what people call "overcooked" >

Peasant >

lmaoooo read it in Rowan from VLDL's voice >

Perfect! That’s how I said it! >

Undercooked and overcooked pasta are terrible. We need a balance :) >

The reAl Dente 🤓 >

This is one of the few truly unpopular opinions I have read in this sub, congrats!! >

Cause he's misguided. He only cooked half the recipe. >

Al dente is great because the next day, it's still structurally ok to eat and not paste. >

softs are even better the next day >

“Softs” 😅 >

Ferrari be putting on the wrong softs after this >

It depends on what you're making.  (Nuance?!)
Are you making an Eastern European dish?  Kugel?  Stroganoff?  Yeah, make that pasta a bit softer.  Are you making a pasta bake?  Lasagna?  Baked Ziti?  Yeah, the standard is softer because al dente is nearly impossible.
But if you're just doing aglio e olio, and you cremate that pasta, you're fucking dead to me. >

I can see your hands talking on the last sentence. >

overcooked pasta is terrible. >

well, I love it the most >

Pasta cooked to aldente is meant to be finished intnhe sauce. People have misuderstood this italian cooking instruction for generations. >

If only us italians started writing "yo we actually put it in the sauce after cooking it halfway through,we don't have steel teeth" instead of complaining about everything
Idk being informative is way different than being annoying,and talking about food it's easy to slip into the latter >

You are supposed to cook to al dente, reserve some of the cooking water, drain the rest, add sauce and reserved water, and CONTINUE COOKING UNTIL THE SAUCE STICKS TO THE PASTA. 
Al dente is just before perfectly cooked pasta so you can finish cooking it in the sauce so that all the pasta is covered and you don’t have bare pasta >

Italian here.
My parents were born in Italy before coming to Canada later on. I grew up on pasta, and the only time it's ever al dente (and very light on the al dente side, if anyone can audibly crunch their pasta then they're doing al dente wrong) is when it was made with most types of red sauce. Typically pasta arrabiata. >

You are Canadian, not Italian >

Italian Canadian. Sure I was born here, but my ethnic background is Italian. >

So just Canadian really, most Italian people eat pasta al dente not pasta scotta (not pasta e scotta). Al dente has never been able to crunch on the pasta, that is raw, al dente is when it is somewhat more hard than soft but absolutely not crunchy. >

This is one of the few truly unpopular opinions I have read in this sub, >

What is? Saying that someone born in Canada, who doesn't speak Italian or follow Italian culture etc isn't Italian? >

You're making a lot of assumptions. How do you know whether or not they speak Italian or follow Italian culture? Even if they don't, both of their parents are Italian, which makes them first-generation Italian-Canadian. 
It's not like they're claiming to be Italian when their great grandparents were the Italian immigrants. In terms of genetics, assuming both oarents are full blooded Italian, so is their child. Place of birth doesn't change the genetics. >

Because I asked, and they responded. 
And genetics doesn't change ethnicity. >

Their genetics actually match their ethnicity. Definition of ethnicity: "the quality or fact of belonging to a population group or subgroup made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent." 
Genetics don't change nationality. This person is genetically and ethnically Italian. >

That is one definition of ethnicity, and in both my anthropology and sociology classes we did not define it as genetic.
I too can pull different definitions that agree with me such as:
"a social group that shares a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like:"
In some cases, genetics or race can play a part in ethnicity but it is not a necessary or sufficient requirement for ethnicity. Even in your own quote, it says or, meaning that descent can be considered but not necessarily. The person I replied to does not share a cultural background but does share descent. 
Personally, since I have taken a few university classes on this, I lean towards a definition which does not include genetics as that is a very iffy and weak way of definition ethnicity, especially when it is so frequently used by far-right politicians in denying 2nd generation migrants their identity. 
You act like there is one agreed upon definition for this, but there isn't. You are free to use that definition if you like but I personally disagree with it. >

Hard agree.
I hate undercooked pasta. >

So basically you overcook your pasta. >

yes, and it's awesome! >

Not exactly. Feels like a wet noodle to me. >

That's exactly what pasta is >

lol speaking some truth here >

um that last part..... >

what? sauses with creamy texture, based on cream or butter or milk >

Nah but why am I al dente rn >

ya nasty >

Well this belongs here, congrats! >

Not sure how unpopular this actually is considering it's been posted several times. I also know people that love soggy, disgusting shit.
The jury is divided. >

You might not be cooking it properly then. Al dente is supposed to be cooked with a bit of a toothsome bite that will eventually cook with the residual heat once drained. Same way you pull meat out of the oven/pan when it's about 5 degrees below where you want it. 
You could be massively undercooking your pasta, or you could just really be the kind of monster who enjoys overcooked pasta. We may never know haha.