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Originating from French, the 1st was clergy, 2nd was nobles, 3rd was peasants.
Appropriated by the West during the Cold War, 1st was themselves, 2nd was the communists, 3rd was the rest who were available for exploitation by the other two.
General usage now is 1st world rich, educated and civilised, 3rd everyone else. 2nd is not in use.
I'd have to agree about the food though. It's the other way up.
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@kewpie said
Originating from French, the 1st was clergy, 2nd was nobles, 3rd was peasants.
Appropriated by the West during the Cold War, 1st was themselves, 2nd was the communists, 3rd was the rest who were available for exploitation by the other two.
General usage now is 1st world rich, educated and civilised, 3rd everyone else. 2nd is not in use.
I'd have to agree about the food though. It's the other way up.
Originating from French, the 1st was clergy, 2nd was nobles, 3rd was peasants.
Those are “estates” not “worlds”
@athousandyoung saidTotally disagree. Well, the bats part is spot on…
It’s no secret that Chinese food is better than Anglo food. Asian food in general is usually better than white people food. Those spices are why our ancestors wanted access to Asia!
But at least we don’t eat diseased bats!
French reduction sauces and Italian cooking are far better than Asian cooking.
I’m obviously excluding on the one hand (upper hand) Sushi and on the other hand (lower hand) pizza.
But an authentic carbonara is so much more subtle than 90% of Asian dishes.
In fact, Asian cooking is all about spices.
A lobster reduction sauce with saffron and tarragon beats it any day of the week. Also spices and herbs, but the infusion of lobster, onion and garlic add a dimension which oyster sauce just can’t approach.
As for raw vegetables on sandwiches… yeah… that sounds like the stuff of nightmares.
@athousandyoung saidSpot on.
I believe 1st World was the West, 2nd World was the Communists and 3rd World were the neutrals.
@athousandyoung saidYes, you are correct
I believe 1st World was the West, 2nd World was the Communists and 3rd World were the neutrals.
@mott-the-hoople saidSome parts of Africa, some of the time yes.
just have to contend with starvation
Most countries produce enough local foodstuff.
@soothfast saidYes, I experienced some of that. What happens is most of that food is wasted. Lot of factory made foods that tastes like garbage.
I'll try to keep my ranting focused on one thing: American "workplace meeting" food. It afflicts many other social functions outside the workplace, but the workplace scene is harder to avoid. Some salient features:
1) Disgusting iceberg lettuce "salads" with gross cherry tomatoes that are like biting into an eyeball. Available dressings are always some gloppy opaque ...[text shortened]... n some salty smegma that I can only assume is melted Velveeta "cheese."
The Chinese have a point.
