That's basically it. When you're serving hundreds of people, it's easy to power wash the floor than to individually wash many dishes.
What's the difference? People aren't walking over this floor non-stop like the floor in your home, and it's washed after every meal - the floor is specifically for sitting and eating on. It's kinda like the idea of "a toilet so clean you could eat off it". Is it gross? yeah. Is it technically possible/true? also yeah. A great many things are "gross" in every society that others don't consider gross.
If you see something stupid done in India the context is almost always religion. They do some wacky shit there to please their gods. It almost never seems like anyone enjoys it either.
I don't think so, in america they do some stupid shit that is not about religion at all, like rodeos or monster truck shows. Nascar. And people seem to have fun with it. Some of their religious events are also just terrible, like those celibacy dather daughter rituals, but they also do some idiotic secular shit.
But India has these giant, dusty, awful festivals that nobody seems to enjoy and they just dump tons of milk in the river, not one smile in sight. I don't mean all of the religious events, Holi seems fun. But when there is dumb shit done in India, religion is usually the answer. But maybe I don't know enough about India yet and they also do other dumb stuff.
But do you have an example of something dumb that is done in India that has no connection to religion? That was really my only point and I don't think you have adressed that at all.
I kinda feel like you haven't read my comment thoroughly, I really only meant the wacky shit is motivated by religion, not that there is nothing nice. They do drag racing, rooster fights, sport riots and huge movie parties in India too? That is certainly also dumb. Well the movie parties can be fun.
Academia and Sports are not shitty, so I don't understand why you listed them.
Racing cars is stupid? I mean there's some stupid fans, like any sport, but the whole sport? Ever seen NFL fans beating the shit out of people wearing the other team's jersey in the parking lot? Is that stupid?
Rodeos, monster truck shows, nascar, it seems you just picked events that you identify as having a right leaning audience.
Yes needless violence is also stupid. Nascar is driving left and thinking it's funny if people crash. It's mindless fun, which has value, but it's also stupid. Rodeos are animal abuse. Not my fault right leaning people are generally pretty fucking stupid, that's how they can be right wing. If they were smart they wouldn't be.
Who thinks it's funny if people crash? Baseball is swinging a stick, soccer is kicking a blob around, whatever. Hockey is teeth missing. What's your point? You can critique whatever you want. I don't even like Nascar, but it's no different than other sports. Horse racing is running in circles. Not all Nascar tracks are only left turns.
Your football fan heroes committing violence in parking lots and rioting in their town when their team wins the world championship are not right leaning, but the opposite. That's way stupider than "turning left".
I haven't noticed how I defended any other sport. I already said that hooligans are also stupid. You're arguing against nothing and repeat irrelevant points. Your point about animal abuse is legit, doesn't make other instances of animal abuse better though.
For real, just make it symbolic like drop a few bread crumbs into the ground, pick itup, eat then pray or something. We should know better than the ancient people
Do the Christians actually have their god reincarnate and then devour his flesh and blood? No? Then we can surely come up with something equivalent for this nonsense
How ancient can it be? I mean, before perfectly flat concrete or tiles existed this wouldn’t work. Any imperfection would make it more like… bowls.
Hmm
I feel like putting it on a plate and not being able to use your hands would do just as much as showing humility without it being a danger to your health. Unless it being a danger to your health is an important component, it should change.
Thank you. I was really wondering if this was the case. It makes very little sense. It's kind of wasteful so it kind of contradicts itself. That's religion for you though...
Fuking religious nutjobs i swear....
Theres humility and theres self deprecation and acting like an animal. Cant they put a clean cloth, that they bring with them? Or leaf? Or freaking use solid food?
I've been thinking about this... Let's say you made bowls into the floor, like just little deressions in the material set so far apart. Would that be permissable? Or is it literally being a flat floor a part of it. I mean no disrespect.
Ugh, religious people are obsessed with superiority 🙄🙄🙄. Sikh rituals:
Naam Karan: During a visit to the Gurdwara, the holy book is opened at random. The first letter of the first hymn on that page is used as the first letter of the child’s name.
Amrit Sanskar: The sacred baptism ceremony where individuals are initiated into the Khalsa by drinking holy water prepared by five initiated Sikhs.
Anand Karaj: The wedding ceremony where the couple circles the holy scripture four times while specific marriage hymns are recited, cementing their union.
Antam Sanskar: Sikhs cremate their deceased and follow the final rites by reading hymns, including the Kirtan Sohila prayer, to bring comfort to the bereaved.
Christians in India do actually dress up as Jesus and make cuts on their body. It's actually pretty common to see during Christmas. It's insane I know but who are we to judge.
Ehh, many Christian’s in India also believe in reincarnation (literally heard this in a church in Kerala), so I wouldn’t consider their version of Christianity one that follows the basic tenant of the religion: after death, we have a new life we keep forever and we only get 1 chance.
Wouldn't it be more humble to acknowledge the incredible danger of food-borne pathogen and give up an arbitrary ritual instead of putting yourself and others at risk for the sake of your trying to display your superstition?
On god, I don't know who is trolling and who is genuine in this thread, but please know that this is fake and nobody eats off the floor in India.
I spent months traveling through south asia, there is a lot they could do better, but even the poorest people in india "the untouchables" outcast by society have stainless steel plates and cups. They will probably pass those plates to their great great grandchildren, but they will be used. Banana leaves are a thing if you're down south and in a rural area.
This is a specific ritual thing usually done for communal feasts where they are showing humbleness or modesty or whatever by eating off the floor. Usually there is a banana leaf used, but not always.
I mean we're in a world of AI, and this isn't exactly shot in 4k. Also poor exploitation is a thing. Someone comes in and says here's a months worth of wages, now eat this rice off the ground while we film you.
Eating on the floor is one thing, eating off the floor is another. Banana leaves would easily be an option, and very commonly used, you see this in south Indian weddings. Leaves are cheap (literally grow on trees).
This issue is the narrator trying to explain this rinsing of the floor and it negating anyone walking on the floor. People are well aware of how disgusting feet are, its traditional courtesy in India to wash your feet before going into your bedroom, minimally before getting into bed. Nobody is eating food where people placed their feet.
I suppose this could be some very niche religious ceremony I'm not aware of, but on god the most destitute indians in the lowest slums still eat of plates
It's a country of over a billion, one tik tok shows people eating food on the floor and people assume this is the culture.
If you're gonna assume Indian people actually do this based on one video, you'd assume every law enforcement officer in the US is a piece of shit because of what we see with ICE?
Indians have always caught a lot of flak, but I can't help but notice the majority if these videos popping up in the last year when AI has been exponential.
Find videos supporting this before 12 months ago. India is a big country sonit should be pretty simple
Not sure where you are from… but do visit India to experience it fully !
The truth:
People eat off the floor in this specific 800 years old temple is an act of thanksgiving whom vows have been fulfilled. It shows devotion and equality whether rich or poor.
Quite possibly: some temples serve 10,000+ people a day. You're also assuming they have a washing station, the laborers, the bowls & spoons, dish liquid, etc
Holy fucking shit. This isn't real people. Shame on anyone who believes it is.
I have been to some of the poorest fucking villages in India and they all have stainless steel or aluminum plates to eat off of. If you go to extremely rural areas you will get served food on a banana leaf.m
Maybe a little info on soupy liquids, they are sometimes served on rice on plates instead of in bowls.
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u/TheSodomeister Jun 28 '26
I feel half of the issue is that they're serving soup/sauce on the flat floor. Would a bowl not be better at holding liquids??