this post was submitted on 02 May 2025
451 points (96.5% liked)

Comic Strips

17086 readers
1259 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

Web of links

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] manmachine@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I’m sorry what’s wrong with kimchi, it’s not surströmming.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 24 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Some folks are really sensitive to strong odours, like from kimchi. So it's common courtesy to avoid spreading these smells around where there are lots of people in tight quarters.

Probably varies by place and region, but this has been the case everywhere I've been. Except for homes and very cool workplaces ofc.

[–] manmachine@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Understandable, but I never thought of kimchi as having that much of a smell, like, they serve food on airplanes, and food does smell too, and nobody minds?

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

People mind, I'm sure. But some things are hard to get people to part with, like coffee. I think there's just some cultural inertia, and probably at least a bit of xenophobia at play.

load more comments (3 replies)
load more comments (5 replies)