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I am a european in my 40s and have never, ever, encountered a shit like described here.
Every time i read about it i wander if it’s because i am just not exposed to the specific food causing it, or if americans just eat so much unhealthy stuff that their digestive system is just fucked up for good. And to this day i don’t know the answer.
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.
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.
Usually that’s caused by different water when traveling. Often not even bad water, just different.
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.
Ah true, good point. Maybe that’s where it comes from.
There’s Mexican food and “mexican” food. Taco bell should be illegal it’s a gastrointestinal crime.
I am an American in my 40s and I’ve never encountered it either. I eat a lot of Mexican food and a lot of spicy food from different cultures as well, so maybe I’m just acclimated? I feel like for some of these people the spiciest food they ever eat is taco bell and it just destroys them.
Same. I don’t eat a ton of spicy food but when I do everything’s normal afterward.
I didn’t think it was real, I thought it was just a joke. But then again trump is president so I guess people are eating as smart as they vote
95% of Americans don’t get their recommended daily amount of fiber. So when they finally do have beans, it’s an experience.
I live in the US, I don’t understand this either. I’ve never experienced these purported issues. I’m guessing either I have a stronger than usual stomach or it’s just played up for the memes?
I saw it referenced for example in South Park, and I don’t think South Park would lie about American lore like that.
Maybe you are mistaken, or perhaps just lack a good reference point & don’t know how the rest of the world shits.
(/s)that South Park episode was clowning on a chipotle ecoli incident I’m p sure
Poor Cartman, I can still hear his screams …
Hey, I am a dirty immigrant after all, you might be right 😝
Oh, so you are saying you know how to shit better & therefore you think you are better than the rest of Murikans, do you?!
You have no idea how it is to spend 3 hours evey day continuously powerblasting the toilet & then still muster the strength to again visit the same dirty fast food joint responsible for the jet propulsion formula that can kill you at any moment by spontaneously launching you into orbit!!!
Whoever downvoted this masterpiece of Shakespearean level prose is an absolute monster.
I salute you sir. Godspeed 🫡
Lol, ikr? Do folk think/is it possible ppl read that & thought it 0% sarcastic?
(I’m ofc not even from USA. However I do poop.)But ty for your kind words, I do try my to be the best shitpearian poster my brainhole can manage.
It probably boils down to people not getting enough fiber and beans end up acting like colon blow.
I’m a Canadian in my 40s and a regular once-a-day shitter. I have not experienced a shit so violent that I have destroyed a toilet. However, I have enjoyed Thai food so spicy that my asshole burned.
I have this rule that Americans are always wrong. Works out well 80% of the time I’d say. Good enough to live by it
As an american, I think you’re right…
Spicy food, is my understanding of this.
It’s really because of the beans. Most Americans don’t eat much fiber, so when they suddenly do…
Yeah, i get that. It’s just that we, on the other side of the pond, also sometimes eat rely spicy food without being exposed to it on a regular basis. And still, have yet to hear or read about this from single non american.
Pakistani, Indian, Tamil food fucks me up real good. Every time. So delicious though.
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Skill issue. Literally have never had any problems with Mexican, Indian, or any other non-european food. I think people who have had issues are more likely to speak about it, causing this warped perception. Maybe your stomach isn’t equipped to handle this stuff? If a billion plus people can live with these cuisines, then maybe let’s not blame the cuisines
I’m mexican, I love mexican, indian, thai food. I still have a bad time with them sometimes.
For me, it depends on the spice level. The more adventurous i am at the dinner table the worse off I am in the bathroom the next day. Worth it tho.
It’s either beans, spice, or grease. They get more fiber than normal, they get some exceptionally spicy food, or more grease than normal. And the grease is only if they get taco bell or some other shitty “tex-mex” food.
I used to go to a fantastic Mexican place in Fukuoka in the 2000s whenever I went from Korea to Japan. The owner, who worked in a restaurant in Mexico City for years, had this wall of hot sauces and tequilas behind the bar. All the sauces were free to try and he’d give you a shot of tequila on the house too occasionally.
BS they don’t have Mexican food. They’ve imported a lot of Mexican culture if their media is anything to go by.
The best carnitas I ever had was at a place off Takeshita Street
More like… nvm
Fine… you can take the high road. I’ll take the low.
More like “take a shita street”.
(By the way, Takeshita means “under the bamboo” in Japanese.)
I’d say it’s about as prevalent there as Vietnamese food is here in the US. Mid and large cities will definitely have it but outside there the best you’ll get is maybe they’ll have some tacos or quesadillas at an “American” restaurant, similar to how there’ll be an “asian” restaurant in town that might serve one or two Vietnamese dishes.
And where I’m at, I can think of two pho places.
I pass 3 pho places when I’m walking my dog. Gotta love the Pacific Northwest.
Americans need more fiber and flavor in their daily lives.
I mean some sushi can give you food poisoning if it’s not prepared right, also they do eat lots of raw food so their toilets might’ve seen worse horrors.
I mean some sushi can give you food poisoning if it’s not prepared right
any food can give you food poisoning if it’s not prepared correctly. undercooked hamburgers can kill you just as easily as tuna sashimi.
Sensible chuckle magazine.
TIL taco rice doesn’t count as Mexican…
Taco… rice?
An Okinawan specialty. Imagine taco bell, but better, and instead of taco shells, it’s served over white rice (good white rice by the way, Japan doesn’t fuck around with shitty rice).
Bragging.
They do however have Thai food… I’d argue that Thai food is worse than Mexican food when it comes to “hot shits” because the fiber comes from vegetables and hot sauce instead of beans and hot sauce. Meaning there’s nothing dense to soften the blow that your asshole is about to experience. I also believe this is why all Thai people are so thin! The food literally goes right through them!
Just to note on fiber, there’s a number of thai ingredients such as fragrant leafs that are added for smell and not to eat. Most of us eat around these but literally if you eat these add ins combined with the fantastic amount of bird beak peppers we love, you’re going to have an interesting day. Another example, the number of seeds alone that you can find in some ส้มตำ is almost comparable to a chia flax smoothie. In my opinion the number of fresh plants is not something found in many other cuisines.
Eating like this may not even be possible for every meal, best start your day with a nice fried egg with rice to recover, you know. (Drizzle with chili vinegar fish sauce to survive until your next glorious meal)
Sounds wonderful! My go to us Pad See Ew when I’m eating Thai. I learned how to make it when all of my Thai restaurants closed down during the pandemic and I got pretty good at it! I’m now sort of a snob about the dish knowing when it’s not made correctly…
Hot Thai Kitchen in YT has a wealth of knowledge that she provides to make authentic Thai food and as a bonus she’s gorgeous!
There are some good Mexican, Thai, and Indian places that will gladly give you all the fire your ass can handle.
Better comparison for the second part would be: “What’s the point of having a Ferrari if u don’t live in germany” (cos we got no implicit speed limits on the Autobahn if one isn’t explicitly mentioned)
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Unless you are a girl using a public toilet, then its the worst toilet I’ve ever seen in the world (didnt see it myself but my family told me, its terrible)
EDIT: nice downvotes, like the other guy commented, there are squat toilets there, specially if you go to not so touristy areas.
It depends on if it’s an old style (squat over the hole on the ground) or a European style one. In hotels at least, the European/American style toilets have bidets, seat heaters, some play music, etc.
The squat toilets are fine. Not fancy, but fine.
I lived in Japan and have used many different toilets there. The only problem I ever encountered was a lack of soap in some restrooms.
When were they there and where did they go? IIRC it hasn’t been the norm there in a VERY long time and now the only places you see them are in very old buildings. I did some traveling there 10 years ago and didn’t come across a single squat toilet
I have family there and went to places that are not touristic. One such toilet was in a train station.
