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ELI5 How come it seems now the old wise tale of Vietnamese eating pets and now its immigrants into the USA? (self.explainlikeimfive)
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[โ€“] dual_sport_dork 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Chinese immigrants

I used to work at a Chinese restaurant an the number of people who came in there blithely asking me if we "really" cooked and served cats was astounding.

I got tired of answering the question so often that towards the end I gave up and my standard response was, "No, we only cook and serve idiots who go around saying we cook cats."

I think the very low percentage of lost business was worth it. And this only because my boss told me that this kind of thing did not meet the criteria wherein I was allowed to roundhouse kick patrons in the teeth. If you're going to be a dumbass, at least try to be original.

[โ€“] Plopp 4 points 3 months ago

Should have just put up a sign for cat soup and silently point at it for anyone who still ask.