Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoDisregarding current event, why was it always said if you eat Taco Bell your going to have the burning shits or something? I've eaten it for years and nothing even happened.message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down13
arrow-up124arrow-down1message-squareDisregarding current event, why was it always said if you eat Taco Bell your going to have the burning shits or something? I've eaten it for years and nothing even happened.Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 days agoBecause joking about Mexican food causing the shits is a common practice, and so is trying to get cheap laughs in online forums.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoSeeing as it’s so similar to “Montezuma’s Revenge” I’m betting that you’re right, and it’s all just racism.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoNo dude it’s about having the shits, not fucking racism.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agoMy bad, I thought you were making an insightful observation. I’ll be sure not to assume that from you in the future.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoYour personal fixation != insight.
minus-squareTheWilliamist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day agoNo, that’s travelers’ diarrhea aka don’t drink the water.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 hours agoRight. I think the “Mexican Food gives you the shits” probably started from people originally saying they got sick (drinking the water) in Mexico, and it stayed the rumor that Mexican food made in the US does the same.
Because joking about Mexican food causing the shits is a common practice, and so is trying to get cheap laughs in online forums.
Seeing as it’s so similar to “Montezuma’s Revenge” I’m betting that you’re right, and it’s all just racism.
No dude it’s about having the shits, not fucking racism.
My bad, I thought you were making an insightful observation. I’ll be sure not to assume that from you in the future.
Your personal fixation != insight.
No, that’s travelers’ diarrhea aka don’t drink the water.
Right. I think the “Mexican Food gives you the shits” probably started from people originally saying they got sick (drinking the water) in Mexico, and it stayed the rumor that Mexican food made in the US does the same.