We’re going broad with this one given the population and the size.
It’s OK to run a fan at night
My hot take: saving face and thinking that winning by cheating is the same as winning are toxic culture traits
You folks are just as racist, sexist, and bigoted as Oklahoma.
I wonder how the rates of violent crimes suffered by asians in Americas/Europe compare to violent crimes suffered by white people in China, Korea, or Japan…
remember when covid happened and asians were gettin jumped every week? when’s the last time we heard about a white guy getting beat up in Asia? maybe getting scammed/pick-pocketed in southeast asia or getting caned in Singapore during the Clinton era?
I’m not saying asian people don’t have bigotry or ignorance, but it plays out very differently
You’re not wrong, but that doesn’t mean racism doesn’t exist in Asia. When it comes to racism, two Wongs clearly don’t make a white.
You work too much. Your work quality suffers because of it. Studies have shown the optimum amount of time to do serious mental work in a day is less than half of how much you all work since childhood cram schools.
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/10/surprising-benefits-four-day-week/
In a world where we think of climate change and national debt as Western worries, Asia’s dirtiness is enough of an absolute eco-hazard to warrant its own kind of debt if the rest of us thought the same way.
The same rivers Rama and Krishna bathed in could today kill you, and China has enough air pollution that the smog from Los Angeles blows over from there, more or less the same way sand from the Sahara fertilizes the Amazon.
China has enough air pollution that the smog from Los Angeles blows over from there
I think you meant to say:
“China has enough air pollution that the smog from there blows over to Los Angeles”Yes, sorry. Said that in reverse.
Well. In some way classes exist. People in some of them don’t bother the smog around them, they’ll just walk in masks. They also get paid less. People in other ones do. They want cleaner air, good wages, plenty of affordable goods produced by the former group for its smaller wages with all the pollution.
When I talk things about how computers of 1999 were good enough, I mean that among other things.
Flash-news.
Plastic is not biodegradable.
I have never met someone raised outside of Asia that has ordered a glass of hot water to drink as-is. I have no idea why this habit is so wide spread among people raised in Asia and it baffles me.
Hold on for some Jared Diamond-ass reasoning.
Before sanitation rules, very broadly: Europe made alcohol to make potable water whereas Asia boiled it and made tea. When there’s no tea available or fitting your tastes, the water still needs to be purified, so drinking hot water was still a common practice which has stayed around as an aspect of culture.
Minor addition:
In Europe, to make drinks like beer you had to boil the mash, which unknown to them sterilized the water, which made beer generally safe to drink.
In east asia, as you mentioned tea was a common drink. But before that there were numerous herbal remedies that had to be boiled and served hot as well. People who drank the herbal remedies got better (mainly because hydration and clean drinking water are important factors for well being). Other than attributing the recovery to just the herbs, they also attributed it to the temperature.
So lacking tea or herbal drinks, the ancient chinese believed drinking hot water was somehow beneficial to the body. Add that to the fact that many who drank cold untreated water fell sick, you can easily see how the myth developed.
Another side note. Hot water is expensive (fuel wise) so drinking hot water was a sign your family was comparatively well to do and something a lot of villagers emulated in an attempt to show that the family was well off.
Can anyone name me a display of wealth, real or attempted, that isn’t just wasting resources?
In this case it inadvertently kept people alive
I think it’s rooted in a belief that consuming something so cold is bad for the body somehow. Meanwhile I’m sure they eat frozen desserts.
Yes, body dampness. It’s old Chinese medicine and it’s believed cupping helps draw out body dampness. Among other things.
I know of two ways it can be. You know how the body fights infection with a fever - well I have some chronic inflammation in the gut that is exacerbated by cold exposure, and the gut becomes more leaky after going out in the winter. Tyramine from aged foods leaks into the bloodstream, causing various symptoms. I drink hot water now.
The other is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_cold_hemagglutinin_syndrome
Some people who like to drink tea after a meal are fine with just sipping hot water if tea isn’t available.
Some of ya’ll are the most racist people and China is, like, the Texas of Asia. I think of people living in China the same way I think of people living in North Korea: How horrific, I wish them luck.
Also, WTF South Korea. All I hear is how sexist and fucked up you are. I don’t hear anything good about living there, and the fact that some of those cheabols haven’t been assassinated yet is beyond me.
About South Korea and bigotry - is it really worse than Japan?
China: Stop trying to make the mandate of heaven happen. It’s not going to happen.
Japan: If you’re worried about population decline, maybe you should be less shitty to foreigners who want to live there.
Korea: Your music industry is uncomfortably close to slavery. And despite America’s best efforts, you still have the closest thing to a government owned by corporations.
Southeast Asia in general: I am sorry you are stuck being the Middle East of the Far East.
Addition to the above, since someone pointed out that my Korea comment appears to assume a South Korean default:
Best Korea: Your
musicindustry is uncomfortably close to slavery. And despite America’s best efforts, you still havethe closest thing toa governmentowned by corporations.
Improving your driving license quality would save so much money by reducing worker deaths.
Mod Comment: Fair’s fair. The Americans copped it sweet, so it seems like it’s someone else’s turn. Just keep it within the rules, especially rule 1.
Did someone report this? Figured since we did Americans and Europeans, Asians were fair game too.
Yep
Why is any of it necessary tho? Reddit is over that way —>
Same shit I’d tell Americans: Germany is more than beer, lederhosen und nazi history
I agree, it’s unacceptable to forget Bavarian dresses.
corn does NOT belong on pizza
and corn isn’t street food
fuck corn
It is when it’s elote.
Average penis size in Ecuador 🍆
Announcer: Red starts off the match with a savage low blow. Will the ref do anything about it?
Translation: Post stuff you hate about Asians, but it’s not prejudice.
