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There are some exotic foods we tend to take for granted exist. Almost every city for example has a Chinese restaurant, a Mexican restaurant, and maybe an Outback Steakhouse. But this isn't universal for some reason. Someone asked me if I wanted to go to an Egyptian restaurant and I was like "wait, they have restaurants?"

A question for all those who would say they consider themselves ethnically fluent. What are all the cultural categories of food you've had?

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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don’t want to inappropriately appropriate so I only eat white food:

  • rice
  • italian bread
  • french bread
  • naan
  • mashed potatoes
  • french fries with albino ketchup
  • sugar
  • splenda (no packet)
  • cocaine
  • egg whites
  • peeled radishes
  • mozzarella cheese
  • feta cheese
  • cheese sticks
  • string cheese
  • cheese powder
  • cheese product
  • popcorn
  • etc
[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Does that exclude water, considering water is blue?

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Isn’t that from the sunlight and absorbing other colours?

When it’s in a glass it’s clear.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's an optical illusion. That's like saying the sky isn't blue just because you can see into the sky.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The sky isn’t blue. It’s the angle of the sun and the blue wavelength of light making it to our eyes.

At a different angle the sky is quite red or orange.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Turns out the color of everything has to do with different angles at which light travels through it.

Apples are red because the other wavelengths get bent into the 6th dimension and become electronic energy.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I churn the water before I drink it

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How does that change its colour?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you didn't have a churner, would you just die of thirst?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but you can't live on milk.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That’s why my list includes bread

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean you can't have milk and just water. Milk has things in it that wouldn't be good for someone in as much excess as someone needs water.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I try to only drink it from white boobs, so it’s got balanced nutrition. It’s my substitute since I cant have chocolate or banana soylent.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can't live on breast milk either, plus it would lead to abnormal growth and you'd need to alternate between women as we don't have an infinite supply of breast milk in our bodies.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That’s why my list includes bread

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You think bread can replace water?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

Bread can contain water, though only briefly