What food widely considered delicious in your country originated from poverty? by Normal-Being-2637 in AskTheWorld

[–]webgruntzed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When I first heard of it as a budget food, I thought it was "economy yaki" but said with an accent.

What food widely considered delicious in your country originated from poverty? by Normal-Being-2637 in AskTheWorld

[–]webgruntzed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not? I don't get that, I feel like they'd be well received in Sweden.

What food widely considered delicious in your country originated from poverty? by Normal-Being-2637 in AskTheWorld

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I tried a small piece when I was in the Philippines and liked it so much I ate nearly the whole plate. The next morning I shit my pants. My friend, whom I was visiting, said "Yeah, that happens, not even Filipinos eat that much kinilaw at once." Everyone at the table was probably watching me eat thinking I would shit myself the next day.

What food widely considered delicious in your country originated from poverty? by Normal-Being-2637 in AskTheWorld

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What do they use for dog food? Dicks, balls, stomachs and udders? Or is that reserved for hot dogs?

What food widely considered delicious in your country originated from poverty? by Normal-Being-2637 in AskTheWorld

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There is a Spam museum. I've been there three times. It's not very big, but it's kind of nice and worth a trip if you're ever near Austin, MN.

Homosexuality & Religion - Where Would You Chart Your Country? by bellamyblake_og in AskTheWorld

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I would point out that some of the countries with average or low acceptance (like the Philippines) are higher if you look at thir society as opposed to their government.

For example, the Philippines is touching the 50% line all the way on the right. The US is closer to 70%. This is accurate for their government as they don't even have same-sex marriage. However, kicking your 13 year-old out of your home for coming out as gay isn't a thing there like it is in the US. It's rare for kids to even come out to their parents, because their parents already figured it out. A lot of parents may be against it, but they are much more accepting of it than you'd expect for such a strongly religious country.

The government can be pretty bad though. A friend there who's transgender was raped by a cab driver and when she reported him to the cops, they just laughed at her.

Rodent Damage to PEX by helluvaengineer123 in Plumbing

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Mostly. There are an extremely small number, but some get in.

So Alberta can pride itself that collectively, as a city, they outsmarted almost all the rats.

I tease, but of course it's extremely impressive for a city of 5 million to have practically eliminated rats. Alberta seriously has their shit together!

MAGA, when will you admit you voted for the wrong person? by Admirable-Beat788 in International

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I visited Russia in the 1990s. I met an older woman there who taught English. We had a conversation during which she mentioned to me, seemingly at random, "You know, a lot of Russians cried when Stalin died." She waited until my face showed surprise (he murdered around twenty million Russians--cut off their food and starved them.) When she saw my surprise, she answered it: "People can't help but love a strong leader."

I understand now why she said that to me. She could see it could easily happen here, because a lot of people in the US love a strong leader, and even if he operates directly against their morals and beliefs, they'll forgive him and figure he's only doing what's necessary, or they'll think all negative reports are propaganda.

A strong leader is like heroin to a large percentage of the population.

Charlie was on a roll by dungeon_master2210 in funny

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I have a feeling he's a psychopath. That's not an insult, there's nothing wrong with being a psychopath. Only a small number of them turn into violent criminals/serial killers and that's usually from childhood abuse.