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I hate to say it, but I was never a big fan of Ethiopian food, even well before the virus situation. All my friends reaching in, grabbing, and getting their fi
by supernova87a 7y ago
I hate to say it, but I was never a big fan of Ethiopian food, even well before the virus situation. All my friends reaching in, grabbing, and getting their fingers in the communal bread/stew was a real turnoff. Flavors were not that different from other spicy types of food, and it really was the fingers-in-bowls thing that I could never get over.
ps. I know there are ways of individually serving it.
- titanomachy 7y agoThe restaurants that I've been to had serving spoons, I guess as a compromise to Western norms. The flavours were subtly different from other things I've tried.
- starpilot 7y agoYet you let your dog lick your mouth. Why is this?
- roel_v 7y agoWho lets their dog lick their mouth? That's absolutely filthy.
- chris1993 7y agoI have friends who believe that dog saliva is very healthy and helps your immune system, and they encourage dogs to lick their faces. Given what I''ve seen my dog eating and licking I do my very best to avoid her spittle.
- starpilot 7y agoAre you fucking serious? I was semi-joking with my comment (wypipo thing), but dog licks can cause life-threatening illness: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/02/health/amputation-dog-lick-ohio-woman/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/02/health/amputation-dog-lick-oh...
- susejesus 7y ago*liberal wypipo. mostly Biden supporters in fact. and also that doesn't change that the food custom is unhygienic.
- roel_v 7y agoFriendS? As in, multiple? I mean we all know one or two crazy people, but if people in your social circles believing that dog saliva is healthy is a common thing, or even the norm, I'm wondering what the cultural context around those circles are. I haven't like, properly studied it, but I'm quite confident stating that the overwhelming social norm in at least Western cultures is that letting a dog lick your face is very unsanitary and that there is quite a large amount of social stigma attached to it (this is my stunted attempt at saying, in an as non-judgmental way as possible, that it's a very low social status thing to do, to let a dog do that, let alone encourage it).
- tomhoward 7y agoHow on Earth is this a relevant or appropriate comment?