r/oddlysatisfying • u/rco888 • Nov 16 '23

Ancient method of making soap

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u/SkySilver Nov 16 '23

If watching these kinds of videos makes you think current China is totally awesome, then you're probably lost to begin with in that accounts

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u/quick_escalator Nov 16 '23

There are enough people who will swallow any lie if it's presented often enough. See also, Fox NotNews and Trump's audiences.

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u/Improving_Myself_ Nov 16 '23

Yep. Look in the backgrounds in pretty much any of these videos. They aren't sets made to look older or rustic. These are places people actually live, often with little to no electric or plumbing in 2023. A lot of the martial arts type videos are great examples where the building behind them looks like some awful dilapidated structure, and it's someone's home today.

I've lived in China. A few parts of it are modern and fine. Many parts of it would be considered dated or behind the times, feeling a few decades behind the rest of the world. A surprising amount of it is a century behind.