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American butter is shit tbf

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[โ€“] FireTower@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You misunderstood the situation. Imagine someone flew to Finland had a can of kalakukko then went off for the rest of their life that all of the EU has dog shit food and is a cultural hellhole.

[โ€“] KombatWombat@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Exactly. People aren't taking issue with the idea that their country's product compares poorly to another country's product, it's that some random person's random encounters are enough to make that judgement. Sweeping generalizations very often do more harm than good.