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This American Life did a great podcast on the origins of this myth; I strongly recommend listening to it. Here's the transcript: https://www.thisamericanlife.o
by radicalbyte 6y ago
This American Life did a great podcast on the origins of this myth; I strongly recommend listening to it.
Here's the transcript: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/668/transcript https://www.thisamericanlife.org/668/transcript
TLDR: it started as a bet/prank and became an accepted truth thanks to racism and people being simple.
EDIT: this article is literally based on the podcast. Just listen go it, it's a good one :)
- justicz 6y agoYou should listen to the whole thing — the story about it being a prank was itself a prank!
- selimthegrim 6y agoThe TAL podcast makes it clear it didn't start that way
- dotancohen 6y agoIt seems clearer that the phenomenon was linked with racism as a method of discrediting those few who do suffer MSG sensitivity. MSG is an inexpensive, very effective flavour enhancer and much of the American food industry depends upon it to be profitable.
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- Thorrez 6y ago>EDIT: this article is literally based on the podcast. The article was from Feb 6, 2019. The podcast was from Feb 15, 2019.