• @[email protected]
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    597 hours ago

    In Taiwan, at a hot pot place called Haideilao, if you eat solo, they put a oversize stuffed mascot across from you so you’re not eating alone.

    • @dingus
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      95 hours ago

      I think I might be more comfortable eating with a giant stuffed mascot as opposed to eating alone.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 hours ago

        Lol, I think they ask you if you want to. You be surprised how many people actually take them up for it.

        • @dingus
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          114 hours ago

          Wow…I read back my comment and I noticed I somehow had a stroke and wrote it backwards lmao.

          I meant I’d rather eat alone!!! Dunno wtf happened there!

          • @ByteJunk
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            123 minutes ago

            I looked up what dingus means, and got this:

            nouninformal•North American used to refer to something one cannot or does not wish to name specifically.

            So it’s like Voldemort… takes notes

        • @toynbee
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          13 hours ago

          You’re not even gonna try this?

    • @Lost_My_Mind
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      177 hours ago

      …is there someone inside the stuffed mascot? Because otherwise wouldn’t you still be eating alone?

      • @ByteJunk
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        228 minutes ago

        Of course not, how could you miss the oversized stuffed mascot sitting across from him??

    • @[email protected]
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      7 hours ago

      That’s a thing on mainland China too. Apparently some of them think eating alone with a big stuffed animal in the middle of a restaurant is a thing of nightmares too.