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Help me—I struggle to see the humour in it. Bourdain (unintentionally or not) painted the dietary choices and the culture of some 700+ million people (about a

Help me—I struggle to see the humour in it. Bourdain (unintentionally or not) painted the dietary choices and the culture of some 700+ million people (about a tenth of the human population then) as 'as enemies of everything that’s good and decent'. It was a rubbish and narrow-minded comment then, it still is one now. I'm willing to bet that for all his pomp and puffery, Bourdain never actually ate Indian food until he went there, did so, and changed his mind. Credit where it is due, but then again, Indian food generally changes everyone's minds about vegetarianism, so not so much. You wouldn't say that about left-handed people, would you?

4gotunameagain 3y ago
Tell me you're indian without telling me you're indian ? Yea that part might be a bit exaggerated, but in general Bourdain has stated in the past his support (or tolerance?) of vegetarianism when it comes to religion and not when it is first world luxury virtue signalling.
tomcam 3y ago
Dude I make fun of everyone. Left-handed people, fat people, white people, nerds, drummers, vegetarians, vegans, meat eaters, comics, inmates, journalists, rich people, laborers, poor people (I’ve been all of these things). Chinese and black moms, Polish people, my half-breed kids, cops—-as with Bourdain in that quote, I often make affectionate fun of people through exaggeration. They almost always get the joke. I don’t give a flying Wallenda about those who don’t. Life’s too short. People love laughing at themselves and their cultures. And they love laughing at others even more.
electroly 3y ago
> You wouldn't say that about left-handed people, would you? One of the most commonly made-fun-of groups in America. You couldn't have picked a worse example. Yes, we would absolutely say that about left-handed people. "Left" and "sinister" are related words in Latin, and right-handed people won't ever let southpaws forget it.

4gotunameagain 3y ago

Tell me you're indian without telling me you're indian ? Yea that part might be a bit exaggerated, but in general Bourdain has stated in the past his support (or tolerance?) of vegetarianism when it comes to religion and not when it is first world luxury virtue signalling.

tomcam 3y ago

Dude I make fun of everyone. Left-handed people, fat people, white people, nerds, drummers, vegetarians, vegans, meat eaters, comics, inmates, journalists, rich people, laborers, poor people (I’ve been all of these things). Chinese and black moms, Polish people, my half-breed kids, cops—-as with Bourdain in that quote, I often make affectionate fun of people through exaggeration. They almost always get the joke. I don’t give a flying Wallenda about those who don’t. Life’s too short. People love laughing at themselves and their cultures. And they love laughing at others even more.

electroly 3y ago

> You wouldn't say that about left-handed people, would you? One of the most commonly made-fun-of groups in America. You couldn't have picked a worse example. Yes, we would absolutely say that about left-handed people. "Left" and "sinister" are related words in Latin, and right-handed people won't ever let southpaws forget it.