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Asian governments roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis caused by war

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Re: Asian governments roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis caused by war

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Post by tosapple »

jghn wrote: post #84
neaden wrote: post #34

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The thing I feel like is really important to remember whenever thinking about the world and demographics is that most people are Asian. As in more people live in Asia then outside of it. Conversely when a headline or something mentions Asia, it is rare they actually mean the majority of the continent or people living there.

My favorite is when people say they like "asian cuisine" or "asian food". China alone has several distinct cuisines. Why do we act like this is a monolithic concept?

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Re: Asian governments roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis caused by war

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Post by wing-_-nuts »

ragazzina wrote: post #175
Obscurity4340 wrote: post #160

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How is their commute relevant? If they are WFH, theres less people needing to commute. Thats less fuel or more efficient fuel economy for public transport to use

Yes but we are offsetting their lack of commute (being public transport, a small impact anyway) with having to heat many more houses.

I would hazard a guess that (x houses @ minimal heating + x amount of petrol burned during a commute + emissions from heating an office) > whatever amount of emissions x houses would generate going from minimal heating to comfortable heating.

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Post by ricksunny »

neonstatic wrote: post #206
niek_pas wrote: post #2

"Asia" didn't roll out anything. Thailand, Vietnam, The Philippines, and Pakistan rolled out independent measures.

And Korea. And Japan. And Bangladesh. At least according to the article. Sure it would be more precise if they said "some countries in South, South East, and East Asia".

either the business press is very US-bound or parochial, or more likely, it believes its readership is.

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Post by jimnotgym »

miki123211 wrote: post #237
0x457 wrote: post #99

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Because there was a lot of cultural cross-contamination between these countries, there is a huge overlap in ingredients due to climate similarities and trade between neighboring countries. I group European & American food into their respective groups as well. > Asia rolls out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel cris... Makes no sense, same with "I'm in a mood for asian food"

What would you consider the major differences between European and American? I feel like as Europeans, we're as good at importing American food as America is about importing European.

American food is things like beef jerky, pemmican, maize breads.

European food is things like hamburgers, French fries, hotdogs, and apple pie.

This is getting silly

Edit: added a missing comma

Re: Asian governments roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis caused by war

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Post by whaleofatw2022 »

jghn wrote: post #84
neaden wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The thing I feel like is really important to remember whenever thinking about the world and demographics is that most people are Asian. As in more people live in Asia then outside of it. Conversely when a headline or something mentions Asia, it is rare they actually mean the majority of the continent or people living there.

My favorite is when people say they like "asian cuisine" or "asian food". China alone has several distinct cuisines. Why do we act like this is a monolithic concept?

I feel shame because I once thought a restaurant's sign said "Asian Place" when it actually said "A Siam Place"

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Post by jimnotgym »

hrimfaxi wrote: post #131
jghn wrote: post #84

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My favorite is when people say they like "asian cuisine" or "asian food". China alone has several distinct cuisines. Why do we act like this is a monolithic concept?

Isn't there a concept of regional cuisine like "Mediterranean cuisine"?

Mediterranean cuisine = contains olive

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Post by rkomorn »

jimnotgym wrote: post #245
miki123211 wrote: post #237

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What would you consider the major differences between European and American? I feel like as Europeans, we're as good at importing American food as America is about importing European.

American food is things like beef jerky, pemmican, maize breads. European food is things like hamburgers, French fries, hotdogs, and apple pie. This is getting silly Edit: added a missing comma

As European as American apple pie or as American as European apple pie?

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Post by watwut »

wolvoleo wrote: post #137
Hamuko wrote: post #94

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It's not really that different from "Europe", especially when you listen to Americans talk about "Europe".

Yes though Europe is a lot more culturally similar and has a shared government for the most part. Asia has very distinct countries and in some cases is even at war even if it's a cold one. Like India vs Pakistan, India vs China, North vs South Korea, China vs Taiwan. And customs, languages and (where applicable) religions are more radically different than within Europe too. It makes less sense calling it "Asia" than…

Europe does not have "shared goverment". They have union and some harmonization, but nothing remotely close to a "shared goverment".

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Post by fullstop »

hrimfaxi wrote: post #131
jghn wrote: post #84

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My favorite is when people say they like "asian cuisine" or "asian food". China alone has several distinct cuisines. Why do we act like this is a monolithic concept?

Isn't there a concept of regional cuisine like "Mediterranean cuisine"?

I was watching some travel show on PBS, which I can't recall the name of. They were going through Egypt and met up with a guy from the area who walked them through getting the local food.

So much of what they had looked the same as the food that you could find in Greece, but they were fiercely adamant that it was both different and better.

Anyway, it's Mediterranean food in my mind. :-)

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