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The headline is misleading, but the sudden trendiness of a previously-unknown food is pretty devastating to everyone but the few who manage to cash in on the tr
by AlbertCory 3y ago
The headline is misleading, but the sudden trendiness of a previously-unknown food is pretty devastating to everyone but the few who manage to cash in on the trend.
Witness: Korean food. I love it as much as anyone and have a container of gochujang in the fridge, but I read once about some poor Korean who, when told that Westerners were suddenly very interested in their culture, just said, "Why?"
- elcritch 3y agoPerhaps because South Korea started marketing their food and culture? https://blog.hubspot.com/the-hustle/the-40m-bet-that-made-south-korea-a-food-and-cultural-power?hs_amp=true https://blog.hubspot.com/the-hustle/the-40m-bet-that-made-so...
- smogcutter 3y agoI suppose the “why” is that the Korean media industry has gone to great lengths to market Korean culture abroad.
- Almondsetat 3y agoThe Korean government explicitly set up kpop for export, just like Thailand did with its food. If koreans feel that way then it’s a self inflicted wound
- AlbertCory 3y agoI've been to Thailand, not to Korea. Somehow, the Thais don't seem to resent the tourists. Of course, that's just my perception as a Westerner.
- anigbrowl 3y agoWhere is the devastating part in this anecdote? Not disputing your thesis, there just seems to be a bit missing.
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- jvanderbot 3y agoWhen my wife and I backpacked Peru, we stayed with some local farmers. They refused to tell us what they were serving us, because after quinoa took off, nobody locally could afford it, and they feared that we would start another such trend.
- mock-possum 3y agoWhy not? Why can’t people just be curious about other people, and enjoy trying new things?
- watwut 3y agoThere is nothing devastating about the anecdote? There exists a guy in Korea who does not care about Westeners liking Korean food. And? That makes sense ... some people would be happy, others simply don't care because it has zero impact on them... and yet otherwise find their own food boring so they genuinely don't get the appeal.