• mycodesucks@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Every time I see people in the west mock Japan for being bamboozled by KFC into accepting chicken as part of Christmas tradition, I think of this.

    Turns out people in general are just easily manipulated creatures of habit and custom.

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      3 days ago

      Why would americans mock japanese for eating chicken on a holiday? We do the same with turkey on thanksgiving which isn’t much different than kfc other than who made it. Everyone on this planet is brainwashed a bit by their ancestors.

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        1 day ago

        Eating eggs and bacon for breakfast, breakfast cereals, milk, orange juice, were all the result of ad campaigns.

        People used to eat dinner leftovers for breakfast.

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        3 days ago

        It’s not chicken, it’s KFC specifically. That’s usually the source of derision. Not to say I agree with it (let people have their little things, even if it’s corpo hell paste that they got it from)

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      The problem is that jewelry grade diamonds are still rare, even without DeBeers fucking with the supply.

      Diamonds are super common, but they’re mostly small and garbage quality (relatively).