• SexUnderSocialism [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    Funnily enough, the cities that come closest to that are all in China. To most Westerners, setting foot in Shenzhen would feel like stepping into the future.

    • LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name, any]@hexbear.net
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      We know, we’re all jealous chomsky-yes-honey

      Too bad my only marketable skill is i can cook pretty adequately. American food has such a shit reputation i feel like even if I were declared Best Chef in Country (when i’m not even the best chef on this site) China still wouldn’t want me bawllin-sad

      I can cook all kinds of other cuisine… but it’ll all be americanized ooooooooooooooh

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        I guarantee you that there’s a booming business in China for burgers because the USA is still romanticized by the previous decades of soft power propaganda, and also there’s a fuckton of American immigrants, travelling workers, and so forth

        • I’d shoot myself if I had to just cook burgers though. That’s one of the worst menus at my job lol I’m so glad I don’t have to do it anymore running the vegan station. Grilling the burgers themselves isn’t so bad but they insist we serve a tray of plain burgers AND a tray of pre-cheesed, partially melted cheese burgers, and that’s a pain in the fucking ASS