• blattrules
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    7 days ago

    I’m American and have never had an issue eating Mexican food and I eat it like three times per week. It’s just a bullshit, hack joke rooted in racism that somehow still proliferates.

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      6 days ago

      Yeah, the only time it makes sense is when you go to Mexico and get Montezuma’s revenge because I guess my American digestive tract is weak af. My brother lived in Mexico City for a few years. First time I thought it was a bad hangover. Second time thought I ate something funny. Third time I accepted it. And that was it, so apparently you just gotta accept it.

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        6 days ago

        Usually that’s caused by different water when traveling. Often not even bad water, just different.

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          6 days ago

          Right, just different amoebas and whatnot, if I can put on my science hat. I either eventually got used to it or successfully avoided the water, but we will unfortunately never know for sure.

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        6 days ago

        Ah true, good point. Maybe that’s where it comes from.