Walmart Fail: China Style

[fast4d]

I ate mostly at high end restaurants during the short time I was on the mainland. I tried some mainstream eateries and lost my appetite.

I did feast in HK and macau though.

 

[kevin 714]

Thought I had an iron stomach living off african street food, but damn china sounds gnar gnar

 

[Stormdragon]

A typical horse produced from 15 to 30 pounds of manure (with the average output about 22 pounds) and about a quart of urine a day,

A horse drinks around 10 gallons of water per day. If Freakanomics thinks that results in a mere quart of urine per day, well... Tell 'em to stop by my place and watch a horse actually piss.

Please stop posting the entire content of copyright protected articles and material. A few lines, and the associated link is fine.

Thanks.

I thot if you put the link in, you are acknowledging copyright. But I'll try the first two paragraph approach until somebody complains.

Since these threads DO come around again a year, (or five) later. I personally would like to see a paragraph or two that makes the point being discussed in the thread. It's really annoying to go to whatever site is linked at a later date, and find out that the link is dead.

 

[Eldritch]

I am also wondering why it is so weird to people that somebody would eat donkey or fox. Why is it OK to eat one four legged mammal and not another?

Seriously, especially a fox. Anything people think is cute should be skinned and eaten.

 

[Stormdragon]

Seriously, especially a fox. Anything people think is cute should be skinned and eaten.

You know the problem with small, cute animals?



It takes too many of 'em to make a fur coat.

 

[Eldritch]

You know the problem with small, cute animals?



It takes too many of 'em to make a fur coat.

Wilt Chamberlain does not believe you.

 

[bojangle]

Seriously, especially a fox. Anything people think is cute should be skinned and eaten.

The only reason I go to Panda Express is for the delicious panda.

 

[Eldritch]

The only reason I go to Panda Express is for the delicious panda.

I hate it when I don't know the Secret Menu Items at a place.

 

[jdhu]

A horse drinks around 10 gallons of water per day. If Freakanomics thinks that results in a mere quart of urine per day, well... Tell 'em to stop by my place and watch a horse actually piss.

I thought that figure (quart a day) was low too, but it was from the NYT blog, not Freakonomics 2.

 

[zimi...]

10 Ways Shopping At Wal-Mart In China Is Completely Different From How It Is In The US

1. People pick up raw meat to buy with their bare hands.

 

[Blankpage]

^^ Cant go shopping without your meat cleaver.

 

[m_asim]

McDonalds would be considered nutritious fine dining in China.

It is.

That gutter oil is some serious shit.

For those not in the know, there are people who steal raw sewage and boil it down until it turns into oil, which street vendors then use to cook food.

100% true.

I believe I once ate what must have been a rat from a roadside food stall. I was convinced I was going to die that night.

P.S. Does Donkey meat taste like chicken?

P.P.S. Many cities of Europe had no sewage system. So the denizens would dump their collected feces and urine out in the street. That is why infectious diseases, that killed by hundreds of thousands, were not uncommon before industrial revolution.

Chinese will have to go through a few epidemics before they come to their senses.

I agree that their transport infrastructure is above and beyond what we have in US.