McD always mentioned as reference for USA's fast food culture, but growing up abroad i noticed KFC was the first one to show up, and in some places decades ahead
It's one of the few places I can get fast food from when I'm in a calorie deficit, which is insane because it's still chicken covered in carbs and fried in oil lol
Taiwan (officially the Republic of China) definitely does think of itself as Chinese. The part they disagree with is the "People's Republic" part, not the "China" part.
Well, the government does. The young generation of Taiwan doesn't really, they don't wanna fuck with this whole "who's the real china" ordeal and just be Taiwan
Real colonizer energy. One of the benefits of central planning and long terms in power is that influence that takes time, becomes viable, like cultural erasure, rewriting of history and the generational impact of intentional cultural narratives.
China is a collection of conquered people's with their own languages, traditions and history that stretch far beyond even the first colonialist Qin unification, a unification accomplished at the tip of a sword, with blood and violence. None of those conquered people ever chose to be labeled Chinese by their conquerors. They were forced into servitude.
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TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 65 pts · 4d
America must be returned to its rightful owners: the Italians.
sulgoth@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 4d
Thought it was the Spanish.
Erusset@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 4d
It's 50/50
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 4d
"Italy took the fucking kids!"
mkwt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 4d
Italy was not a country for the first 90ish years of the United States.
zarkanian@sh.itjust.works · 61 pts · 4d
I kept reading that as "Pilates don't cheat" and I was so confused.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 4d
Wait….
Palates… oh, sense of taste. Goddamnit. 😂resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 4d
I cheat at pilates.
And so did Pilate.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 4d
To the tune of Papa Don't Preach 😁
RobotToaster@mander.xyz · 41 pts · 4d
Trotsky's secret plan for a permanent revolution coming to fruition.
expatriado@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 4d
McD always mentioned as reference for USA's fast food culture, but growing up abroad i noticed KFC was the first one to show up, and in some places decades ahead
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 4d
It helps that KFC is actually good outside the US.
Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 4d
If it good inside the US? I haven't been to one since I was a small child
CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone · 19 pts · 4d
It hasn't been good inside the US for over a decade at least.
Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 4d
Rip, good to know lol
adarza@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3d
probably closer to 3.. decades, that is.
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 7 pts · 4d
It’s a simple process and it depends on the store tbh.
A good cook means good fried chicken.
yuri@pawb.social · 1 pts · 4d
it’s so easy to do right, but it’s even easier to fuck it up.
0ops@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 4d
I've had it twice ever. Tasted ok-ish, but I had the shits the next morning both times, don't really want to try again.
sober_monk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 4d
It's one of the few places I can get fast food from when I'm in a calorie deficit, which is insane because it's still chicken covered in carbs and fried in oil lol
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 4d
Taiwan (officially the Republic of China) definitely does think of itself as Chinese. The part they disagree with is the "People's Republic" part, not the "China" part.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 4d
Not so much "Part of China" but "The only real China"
Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 4d
Well, the government does. The young generation of Taiwan doesn't really, they don't wanna fuck with this whole "who's the real china" ordeal and just be Taiwan
StillAlive@piefed.world · 22 pts · 4d
Hmmm
PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 4d
But how many British restaurants are there in India?
No_Eponym@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 4d
I think the word you're looking for here is "pub."
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 4d
Or anywhere really
UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 4d
About 2600 in the US alone
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 4d
India has always been part of Britannia, one day the faithful will be brought back into the fold.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 3d
Uk Indian food tho
django@discuss.tchncs.de · 22 pts · 4d
Countries around Italy noticing the amount of pizza places they have: 👀
abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 4d
There are several KFCs in my city.
Welp, I guess Scotland support of Kentucky now. Good luck Kentucky, we are your problem and the republicans are not going to like us.
minorkeys@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 4d
Real colonizer energy. One of the benefits of central planning and long terms in power is that influence that takes time, becomes viable, like cultural erasure, rewriting of history and the generational impact of intentional cultural narratives.
China is a collection of conquered people's with their own languages, traditions and history that stretch far beyond even the first colonialist Qin unification, a unification accomplished at the tip of a sword, with blood and violence. None of those conquered people ever chose to be labeled Chinese by their conquerors. They were forced into servitude.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 6 pts · 4d
Same as any state. States can only be created and perpetuated through violence.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 4d
Oh, come on...
It's not JUST violence. You also need nationalistic brainwashing and cultural erasure.
minorkeys@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 4d
And none of us got a say in any of it. Only democracies even have the illusion of choice.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 4d
That's how most countries were built, even England. #WessexIndependence
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 4d
It would probably be hilarious if Mainland China was part of Kentucky, specifically.
Like if it was California that would be lame.
wieson@feddit.org · 1 pts · 4d
But in a situation like the old kingdoms X modern states in Europe have it today.
China is a semi-autonomous community of the crown/colonel hat of Kentucky but not a part of the republic of USA.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 7 pts · 4d
every place is America except for LA, which is Mexikorea.
darthsundhaft@piefed.social · 6 pts · 4d
Conquistador lineage be conquistadoring.
artichokecustard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 4d
did anyone else see that thing abt how the Colonel was actually an asian man? i can't stop thinking about it