#n she laughed bc haha the lies have caught up to the liars!!! but i just felt bad for the people being lied to | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

rubberbandballqueen · 1 year ago

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mother: did you know that mochi was invented in taiwan

sister: i'm pretty sure it was invented in japan

mother: no, it was definitely invented in taiwan. i remember making it when i was little.

me: mother, taiwan was colonized by japan. that was a colonialism.

mother: then it must have been invented in taiwan and since we were considered a part of japan at the time as one of their colonies, it must have been credited to them.

wikipedia: mochi was invented in sixth century japan or perhaps even earlier but it was definitely from japan

me: i am sorry mother. but sometimes there are consequences to being colonized.

#she also told me abt the kind of recent propaganda mainland has been telling their people n how the people caught the gov in a lie #and so the government just gaslit them with 'you guys don't know what you're doing so stop doing it'#n she laughed bc haha the lies have caught up to the liars!!! but i just felt bad for the people being lied to #the colonialisms are the complicated i suppose #she also asked us what we'd like to do in taiwan when we visit in the spring and i was like #'i would like to see the jade cabbage again. and the meat of stone.'#i'm fine with going along with everything else but i Need to see the jade cabbage again. this is imperative for no reason other than whimsy.#the worm speaks

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