Terrible. They should be getting freedom fries and hamburgers.
:some-controversy: Wapo coming in hot with a "but at what cost????":
The approach comes at a cost, however, especially given the specter of more-transmissible variants. All nonessential production has been suspended in Xi’an, according to state media, and U.S. chipmaker Micron and Korean electronics giant Samsung have warned of disruptions as their facilities in the area have been affected.
Won't anyone think of the nonessential production?
Go back to work and cough right now, america needs its chips, they have mining rigs to build
"They stopped making the treats, you hogs hate when there's less treats!"
there's definitely a cultural element, I was legit confused when I first had spinach as an adult (lol) because it's portrayed as the worst food ever in so much media here
Ive heard that the most common "gross veggie" stuff like spinach or brussel sprouts are literally just either bad cooking or cooked in the fastest simplest way possible cause the parents dont have the time or energy for it.
I think a lot of boomers and gen-x's grew up eating canned spinach which was probably pretty gross, or at least according to my dad it was. Fresh spinach in a salad or sandwich is fucking bomb.
But yeah, I think it's also that macho Jordan Peterson shit of "I only eat meat because I'm a MAN." I have to wonder if that's just a biproduct of American "rugged individualist" culture, or if the powers that be had some reason to push that narrative.
:citations-needed: <- click em
Also yeah canned/frozen spinach are pretty gnarly on their own, but they can be used as an ingredient in a larger dish just fine.
I think a lot of boomers and gen-x’s grew up eating canned spinach which was probably pretty gross
I think there's a further trend of people just not knowing how to cook and so just making really mediocre-to-bad food and dealing with it. Like neither of my grandparents were good cooks apart from a small handful of dishes they actually understood how to make well, and the same goes for my mother. I grew up eating stuff like unseasoned, unwashed rice that was overcooked alongside rubbery ham, and anything involving vegetables was done even worse to the point that the smell alone was enough to turn your stomach. I had to learn on my own how to actually cook good food and even that would have been impossible without the internet and easy access to people sharing even just things like basic best practices.
or if the powers that be had some reason to push that narrative.
the citations needed episode covers this
it's literally a ploy by Big Meat
I honestly sometimes think Big Meat colludes with Big Sugar which then collude with Big Insurance to rob people
"Hey Ecoleo, I got some dinner for you!" Holds out a fistfull of grass
And other classics.
I liked them, and was always confused when 99% of my classmates hated them and preferred candy and dessert.
caliper time
there is an allele which gives you a sweet tooth, it's present in 75% of euros but only 50% of other races (and totally absent in East Asians)
https://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs838133
My kid likes chocolate, but honestly we'll put a plate in front of him with a variety of foods on it and he'll eat just the broccoli
Mostly cultural, but a lot of the vegetables we seem to prefer for some reason (like broccoli, asparagus, spinach, Brussels sprouts) are a bit on the "funky" side (not necessarily bad, but stronger), and children tend to have stronger senses of smell and taste than adults. I think that might have something to do with it. What's just more flavorful to us might be overpowering to kids. Like with "supertasters". Compare with something like bok choy.
Apparently also Brussels specifically have been continually bred to be tastier, so the ones my parents hated in the 60s were objectively less palatable than current ones. Eggplant is another one, about 100 years ago you had to soak them in salt to remove bitter flavor before cooking but now they're ready to rock and roll
same I was like the only kid in my friend circle who enjoyed eating veggies.
Partially a masculinity thing - not necessarily anti vegetable, but pro meat. Le epic bacon is an example of it, but you also get the vegan hate crowd by dudes who just love steak cos it's manly.
WaPo "journalists" are some of the first in gulag when the revolution comes.
The number of coronavirus infections in Xi’an — an ancient Silk Road city known for the terra cotta warriors
Is this really the best you can come up with to describe the city? You really don't need any qualifications besides being able to read a wikipedia page to write articles characterizing whole foreign cities huh.
Still though, you're writing an article explicitly about the economy and manufacturing and shit and thats the best they come up with?
If you were writing about lockdowns in Paris or something you'd get laughed at for writing some essay filler stuff like "Paris, home of the famous iron eiffel tower", unless it was specifically about tourism.
most :lmayo: wouldnt know that xi'an is where the terracotta warriors are unless you mention it. then they feel smart for knowing what terracotta warriors are
“Subsist on vegetables”
Holy fuck Amerikans are carnist monsters.
:amerikkka-clap:
Oh noooo. Evil red fash authoritarian CCP feeding its citizens veggies.
JFC this is like a parody of anti China propaganda, love to see people calling out the bullshit en masse tho
