Author Topic: Dietary decolonization  (Read 5127 times)

90sRetroFan

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11039
  • WESTERN CIVILIZATION MUST DIE!
    • View Profile
Re: Dietary decolonization
« Reply #75 on: July 07, 2022, 03:21:55 am »
More Western inferiority exposed:

https://us.yahoo.com/news/aussie-tiktoker-explains-why-she-215053499.html

Quote


An Australian TikToker living in Malaysia surprised her Southeast Asian followers when she claimed that people from down under use forks while eating rice dishes.

In her recent video, TikTok user Georgia says that Australians think that using a spoon to eat rice is unusual.
...
Georgia told Malaysian news outlet Says that she only realized people use spoons for rice after living in Singapore and Malaysia. She shared that her friends and colleagues in Singapore would tease her for choosing a fork over a spoon.
...
She noted that knives and forks are often used for most of the dishes in Australia, and spoons are meant for soups and desserts.

And from the comments:

Quote
I had an Indonesian friend who went to Canada and naturally ate rice with a spoon.  Her mother-in-law was so angry, she shouted at her.  "No spoon, no spoon, use fork!"  Sometimes, culture can turn to table manners and turn to rules.

Anyone who thinks it makes more sense to eat rice with a fork than a spoon should be prohibited from reproducing.

While on the subject of spoons, it is also worth nothing the engineering inferiority of Western spoons:





compared to the geometrically/ergonomically optimized:





As a matter of fact, American spoons had the latter structure prior to Western colonization:

http://www.gennisheyotrading.com/Native-American
« Last Edit: July 07, 2022, 03:43:43 am by 90sRetroFan »