• CloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    5 days ago

    Telling my family here in China of what the western diet is is always fun.

    “So the working class would often go to a petrol station, known as a “servo” to the locals, and purchase something called a “sausage roll”, which is sausage mince wrapped in high fat pastry.”

    “As the whole lunch? There are no other dishes?”

    “No, it’s basically entirely unseasoned except for a small amount of salt. It is often paired with a miniscule amount of tomato sauce, though. They would then also drink a sweetened iced coffee or a soda. The Anglo Australian has meat consumption rates rivaling that of a Mongol, but with a fraction of the exercise or excuse”

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    5 days ago

    Oh god I watched a few of these and they were kinda sad and depressing. Like this old bloke in a threadbare jumper scraping margarine onto a digestive and calling it a meal

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      4 days ago

      That’s just how the older generation of Englishmen feed themselves. That’s how my Geordie grandpa was after my gran died. Cup of nescafe, a small little sandwich, and maybe a bag of crisps. He was part of the last generation of English sailors. He wasn’t much of a a father, but he was one hell of a grandpa. Unfortunately he’s deep in the throes if Alzheimer’s coupled with a brain tumor.

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        Sorry to hear that. My friend’s mum just passed away with both a brain tumour and Alzheimer’s too and it was painful for everyone. I hope you have support and your grandfather is as comfortable as he can be meow-hug

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    I really hope we get reliably good ubiquitous translation, because I really want to lurk Chinese social media.