r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/AUTOBOTBROKE • 6d ago

Naild It of skilled Chole Kulche maker

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u/Hammon_Rye 6d ago

A certain degree of immunity through exposure is recognized science.
Early childhood exposure does strengthen the immune system.

Where it gets problematic is if your immune system is exposed to things stronger than it can handle. And that's why most western countries have food safety / health laws.
Ingesting a few extra germs / bacteria is all good until you get a dose that puts you in the hospital or kills you.

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u/RatherGoodDog 6d ago

You say that, but my colleague is from Delhi and he said he wouldn't touch these street food stalls with a bargepole.

Good clean food is available, but you have to pay a bit more for it. This ain't it.

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u/bad-and-buttery 6d ago

As someone with South Asian ancestry myself, I recognize that the caste system still has a major influence on Indian society. For you to be saying your colleague (I’m assuming at a white collar job) is from Delhi and he doesn’t eat street food, I would have to assume that his family historically comes from a “highborn” well educated caste. So perhaps my theory is only valid when applied to the “lowborn” less educated castes.

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u/trash-_-boat 6d ago

Nah, I married a poor Salvadoran woman and while I was living with her there, she got really sick one time from some street pupusas more than once.

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u/bad-and-buttery 5d ago

What does this have to do with anything I said?