We’re going broad with this one given the population and the size.

  • Stovetop@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    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.

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    17 days ago

    BREAD DOESN’T NEED TO BE SWEET. Please. Especially not cheese toast.

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    18 days ago

    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.

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      18 days ago

      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.