On 9/10/2015 12:26 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
> On 9/10/2015 4:39 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> Shoving the entire sushi down their gullets and nosily slurping their
>> noodles down are a couple of nasty practices of the Japanese. I don't
>> feel any obligation to eat the way they do in that respect. Cramming
>> and shooting food into/down your pie hole is simply not cool - no
>> matter what anybody says.
>>
>
> It's a cultural thing. Who are non-Japanese to say it's wrong? It's
> just different.
>

That's a pretty gracious and accepting way at looking at it. You're not
fully living up to the potential of your name. You're gonna need to work
on that!

My point is that Americans should not feel any obligation to eat in this
manner because it's just not our cultural thing. The reality is that
most Americans would cringe at the way they slurp their noodles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upm444PAxyo