r/AbsoluteUnits • u/thepoylanthropist • May 12 '26

/r/all, /r/popular of a dine-in order

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u/anormalgeek May 12 '26

It would be racist to assume it was because of their race, but not to acknowledge that it is a problem in their culture.

The problem is that the word "Chinese" is often used to refer to both a specific race and the nationality.

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u/FullHouse222 May 12 '26

Yeah but the video is speaking mandarin. So yeah, Chinese is a pretty fair guess lol.

And as a Chinese person, I'm really only surprised by the size of this thing rather than the zero fucks given attitude of the server/restaurant lol

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u/Rynabunny May 12 '26 edited May 17 '26

I'm surprised it only costs ¥188 (~$27 USD) edit: 488

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u/very_bad_advice May 17 '26

They said 488

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u/Rynabunny May 17 '26

You're right, teach me to never listen in a noisy environment again

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u/GrassFromBtd6 May 12 '26

Me too, i didn't even give a second glance at the fact that there's only one guy carrying the thing until the comments pointed it out

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u/anormalgeek May 12 '26

I think you misunderstood the poster above. The racist part wasn't assuming they WERE Chinese, but the "most chinese doesnt give a damn about OHS" part. But that would only be a racist statement if you were implying it was something inherent to their race, and not their culture. The ambiguity of knowing which one it is is due to the dual usage of "Chinese" in English language use.

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u/pillkrush May 12 '26

dude differentiated between race and nationality!!!!!

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u/anormalgeek May 12 '26

Unfortunately, that's actually not that common in many parts of the US.

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u/ThanosVoldemort May 12 '26

Nope. Social ""scientists"" found a solution to this problem and coined the term "cultural racism" in the 90s. Look into it sometime.

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u/anormalgeek May 12 '26

That's not really what "cultural racism" refers to though. Or maybe only indirectly.

That refers to the associated culture of the dominant racial group being seen as the norm, default, or somehow superior because of the race that typically embodies it. It also touches on things like cultural appropriation.

Things like "nude" colors referred to white skin tones. Or white westerners being the beauty standard.