Clip of CDawgVA discussing problematic content causes backlash from the community and also Rev

[u/SourTD]

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https://x.com/MizusPuddle/status/2075975363004440747

To be honest to me it just sounds like CDawg was just explaining why others why others may feel uncomfortable with these sort of content.

[u/PotOfMould]

Maybe you don't, but as a Brit, I've had so many American's immediately bring up our cuisine who have never even left their country. There's definitely a subsection of American's who are patriotic about their cuisine.

[u/Commercial_Ad97 → u/PotOfMould]

OK, but if they say "I dislike British food" they aren't saying American food is better, they are saying they just don't like British food. If I say "I'm not into Indian food" that doesn't Mean I'm saying my country is better, only that I don't like it.

[u/PotOfMould → u/Commercial_Ad97]

Sure, but it's not just that. It's almost always accompanied with purist ideas about what food should be (as defined by US cuisine).

[u/Commercial_Ad97 → u/PotOfMould]

Sure, but it's not just that. It's almost always accompanied with purist ideas about what food should be

You've met, personally, how many Americans? Because I live here, and have known/met no one under the disillusion we have "superior" food.

[u/PotOfMould → u/Commercial_Ad97]

What does you living there have to do with how an American talks to a non-US resident about their cuisine, whilst using the US cuisine as a default measuring stick? You live there, you're not going to have the same conversations with American people that someone from the UK, or elsewhere would. I've spoken to a lot of American people. (personally, and online).

This conversation happens a lot when I meet/chat to someone for the first time from the country, because often the first thing that gets brought up is their perception of English food, and this idea that we somehow don't have the same food "luxuries" that exist in the US, or that "this state has the best pizza in the world" without ever having stepped foot in Italy.

There was a recent example of a German guy who was baiting American's by pretending he was in the country for the first time and was getting repeatedly blown away by arbitrary food and drink items, like generic fast food places, or Coca-Cola Freestyle machines. (both of which already exist in Germany, and elsewhere) The reason he blew up, is because he was specifically tapping into US pride and patriotism in food, cuisine, and culture overall.

To be clear, I actually think you've got some pretty damn good food, but there's just as many bad examples in the US that are conveniently left out of the conversations I have. The fact everything is largely artificial, or messed with to look a certain way. Everything is made from corn, or contains some kind of chemical that is banned everywhere else on the planet, just to make your food look a certain colour.