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Amonimus (Sergeant)
2024-08-17 23:19:21

The phrase is an exaggeration, so claiming it's true or exclusive is absurd. Some people can get ulcers just from KFC if they're not careful.

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WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2024-08-17 23:23:51

It does say "somewhat" true; it isn't saying it's 100% factual or exclusive to Indian food, it's just a way of acknowledging that Indian food can be very spicy and spicy food can wreck a person's digestive (as we already discussed on the Gassy Gastronomy draft)

It's probably not necessary but saying it's "racist" feels like a stretch; it's purposefully written in a way isn't saying the exaggerated stereotype is the full truth. It can probably be cut for not being exclusive to Indian cuisine though

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Forenperser Since: Mar, 2012
2024-08-18 05:59:49

I don't see any problem with that.

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Bisected8 MOD (Primordial Chaos)
2024-08-18 07:14:01

Looking at the page, it does seem a little odd it says that about Indian food in particular (it's spicy, it's true, but it's far from the only country with super spicy cuisine), and it's contradicted by the sentence right after, but it doesn't seem especially malicious.

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DoktorvonEurotrash (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2024-08-18 07:51:50

I don't see anything wrong with the example. Indian food is one of the cuisines that are famous for being very spicy, and the stereotypes and exaggeration of the Hollywood Cuisine trope does the rest.

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Pfff133 Since: Mar, 2016
2024-08-18 09:32:22

Remove the part in parentheses. It's not relevant. Plus, the link to the trope has an elaborated look into the real-life effects of spicy food without any cultural insensitivity dangling from it.

StarSword Since: Sep, 2011
2024-08-19 07:41:47

Speaking as somebody who cooks a lot of Indian food, 1) not all of it in fact is super-spicy (typically it's the coastal and southerly origins like Goa; Delhi-style cuisine is pretty mild by comparison), and 2) Vietnamese, Thai, and Korean goes way hotter.

So yeah, just cut that Truth in Television bit.

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Unicorndance Since: Jul, 2015
2024-08-19 14:44:12

Cut it.

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