China's Revolting Spit Oil and Gutter Oil and Why it Will Never go Away

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[@fs5775]

I had lots of crazy intestinal issues in China. I never ate street food. I went to the Chinese doctor and explained that I had never experienced anything like this in my body my whole life and I have lived all over the world even in some of the poorest countries. Chinese doctor told me that the problem was with ME and MY body rather then telling me the truth of what I was dealing with in China (gutter oil). Protecting Chinese face in front of western foreigner was more important than delivering honest medical care. Every day, I'm grateful to be out of China.

[@Sadude13]

its a truly nasty place. truly scary that some people dont know the truth. so sad

[@iwiffitthitotonacc4673]

​@@Andreas-gh6isHow do you know that the oil in the gutter wasn't reused gutter oil before it went into the gutter again? Also there's the fact that everyday people use oil as well, but that could also be gutter oil they bought cheaply!

[@cultofpersonalit1888]

​@@Andreas-gh6is Don't worry about the taste this people know exactly what they're doing they add some chemicals to enhance the flavors of the food I saw that in one episode of china insights.

[@KA-vs7nl]

You cant build functioning societies so you invade ours. The whole world does.

[@MikoYotsuya292]

bing chilling

[@rickywinthrop]

Im a plumber in Canada. Every commercial resteraunt sink has a grease interceptor installed under it that collects this oil to be properly disposed of. The stench that is released when we open them up to clean them out haunts my dreams....I can't even imagine the thought, of having this recycled oil used to prepare food that a human will consume. The rancidity of the oil and the concentrated metals and carcinogens from the frying process mean this stuff is probably more toxic to cook with than turpentine. unreal!

[@fionnbelieveable]

I was a pastry chef in BC. The smell when buddy came to clean the grease trap was horrendous. We would leave the building during the process. I can smell it right now just thinking about it.

[@prestontable]

A grease trap is easily one of the most disgusting and vile things i have ever smelled. It is always accommodated with a horde of cockroaches

[@donpadre1641]

And now imagine that that oil isn't taken out of this tank but out of the sewer or the garbage can. DISGUSTING!

[@customsongmaker]

What's wrong with turpentine?

[@DragonDreamVNY]

Yup we have them "Grease Traps" in Ireland as well. Disgusting containers under the sink and near the large Wok stations. A disposal company comes and disposed them now and again and the stench makes me wanna hurl. From a website: "Stainless steel grease traps are essential components for managing and removing fats, oils, and grease (FOG) from wastewater in commercial kitchens. Located under or next to the sink, these traps capture FOG before they can enter the plumbing system and cause blockages and backups. Stainless steel is an ideal material for grease traps because of its durability, corrosion resistance, and ease of maintenance. Stainless steel grease traps are long-lasting, hygienic, and can withstand high temperatures and harsh chemicals."

[@perfectblue8443]

When I lived in China, my colleagues told me about "gutter oil" or 地沟油 used in restaurants. They urged me not to buy take outs and prefer cook myself

[@oglescod5556]

Imagine how polluted the ground water must be.

[@Mrdestiny17]

There is almost no ground water in china that isn't polluted. Even in rural areas coal plants dump waste into the rivers. China doesnt have large gas reserves so instead of importing it they mine and burn coal with no care for environmental impacts including poisoning ground water. It's why bottled water is so popular in China

[@SwishaMane420]

It's black.

[@stanpines9011]

It might be more pollutants than water at this point

[@Fabian-jw5ih]

Doesn't make an sense

[@ToadyElite]

I never planned on going to China within my lifetime, but seeing this has sealed the deal entirely. Nope, no sir!

[@majermike]

used to live over there, wouldnt recommend it, kind of a shithole

[@robbiekop7]

Nothing wrong with a bit of bread & butter from the gutter

[@shengdayang3504]

Fake news The real situation now is that the government cracks down very hard Most of the waste oil is used to make biodiesel These videos are staged and taken out of context

[@Rig0r_M0rtis]

@@robbiekop7 lol

[@andycollins1080]

Gross

[@temporary_error_3264]

It’s impressive how China manages to present itself worse and worse everyday.

[@RecK1312]

Have you seen the U.S ? It's much worse lol

[@damianpharaoh161]

Even with all their censorship and strict surveillance they are still exposed as being the filthiest, ugliest, soulless, dirtiest, robotic, npc, money hungry, godless gremlins they are

[@kenhqn]

They treat their own people like animals

[@vitocorleone8323]

When Elton John called them Vile Pigs he was being kind.

[@henwahchin3063]

@@kenhqn but this serpent giant treat you reader like stupid

[@PlatonicPurplePanda]

I am Chinese and this is sooooo disgusting. I am glad you made a video about this, especially for foreigners.

[@AdenXftFTH]

Teach and spread some morals to your fellow countrymen

[@spoopyidk]

@@AdenXftFTH mainland chinese people have no morals when it comes to hygiene and not boiling dogs alive

[@finn3872]

​@@AdenXftFTHhonestly though it sounds easy to do, but it's hard to really execute

[@idoltrash2353]

​@@AdenXftFTH yeah because one person is responsible for their whole country.

[@AdenXftFTH]

@@idoltrash2353 Yes, change starts from one person taking the lead.

[@michelangeloco8173]

I’m a grown ass 30 y/o man. I’ve lived through war, college, and the public school system and have consumed some very questionable things in that time. It’s been a long time since a video made me physically gag. Thanks for proving to me that I’m not completely dead inside. I’m going to go drink dawn dish soap until I feel clean again, and then sob myself to sleep. Cheers 🧼

[@Josie-6]

I went to China for a college course. The meat market we were given a tour of still keeps me up some nights. It’s been 8 years…. By the time we came home to the US, all we wanted was salad and Mexican food. I was literally craving lettuce. The amount of grease we consumed compiled with the fact that we couldn’t drink water from a tap, and beer was cheaper than bottled water did a number on everyone.

[@jamesfarley9707]

Thinking the exact same thing as I cross your comment. I thought I had a strong stomach. The Chinese have broken me. Chinah numbah 1

[@lynnkesh254]

What war?

[@DanMorgan-bh5fv]

@@jamesfarley9707 lol

[@Irisicaaa]

War?

[@achatsgpr3294]

My son worked for years in a well known sushi restaurant here in Québec. He was the manager and everything with food handling was done to the health code (this was in Québec) and the norms are severe with regular inspections. The French Canadian couple finally retired and sold their business to new Chinese immigrants and my son told me that as per the norms, all unused rice and fish from that day prepared in the early morning hours had to be disposed off. Well, he had the new owners tell him that he was not allowed to do that anymore, that all the fish and rice had to be reused for the following day. My son told them about the strict procincial norms, but they would not listen and he eventually quit. Since then, they were shut down by the health inspectors and finally sold the buisness back to a local person who reopened it and this time, everything is sanitary and healthy.

[@caesarsalad1170]

[@raybloodypurchase1941]

Be very grateful that the country and council actually have proper regulation and more importantly are enforced when not complied with. All it takes is a few standards to slip and illigal and harmful activity infects a whole city.

[@davidswanson5669]

Glad to hear this story, because it helps debunk this KZbinr’s claim that the reason behind the practice is due to poor economy. Sounds to me like it’s a cultural phenomenon. I assume, just from stereotypes, that they have a higher tolerance for poor quality food, or they just don’t find it barbaric to eat like pigs do. I’m sure if we time traveled to medieval Europe we’d be equally grossed out by the food practices of the average people. I guess China just hasn’t shaken off the 13th century yet.

[@iamthe1234567890]

You can really tell your native language is French when you say "severe (sévère)" instead of "strict" 😂

[@user-zs3hy1hs7i]

@@davidswanson5669 It does not debunk anything. Much of china is poor, and been so for a very long time, it becomes a part of the regional culture to be cheap because the region is poor. Doesn't matter if you start earning more money, if you keep being cheap you increased the margin. The "youtuber" claimed it has become even more common because the economy has worsen.

[@R2debo_]

I’m Chinese Australian and everyone time I go to China my mum tells me not to eat the street food because it is “dirty” I honestly thought she was being overly paranoid but now that I’ve seen this I’m glad I listened to her concerns

[@Good_Horsey]

So the "finer" establishments aren't doing this?

[@bhaktapeter3501]

alot of food in india is also not safe to eat

[@michellebarnhill5130]

One of the first videos I saw of Serpentza was his gutter oil video years ago. That was the same time I began to seriously learn authentic Chinese food cooking!! That is NOT a coincidence 😅

[@JewKiller]

​@@jdn42y11How much does the CCP pay you?

[@dylan-2169]

@@jdn42y11 I’ve been told not eat street food in certain places in the US, absolutely nothing is suprising about someone saying that in a country like china.

[@FeuerblutRM]

I don't get why putting the oil in the gutter anyway. As a restaurant, just empty any used frying oil straight into containers and resell them to the refinery. Why having additional work by getting it out of the gutter?

[@robertrosser9975]

I doubt it is an actual gutter. That is probably a grease trap they are collecting from. I was maintenance for a large commercial kitchen and I had to contract with a company to come vacuum out our trap twice a year and it amounted to 400 gal. each time.

[@thamle5425]

How do you resell them?

[@katsumoto9143]

Free oil

[@Gazanol]

@@thamle5425 used frying oil get funneled in containers before being sold to designated collectors, and this is common practice. i dont know the details but these oil collectors send them to establishments where they process and refine the used oils, which then get sold again to the market or consumers. its a safe process really

[@thinkie12]

The gutter oil are from the customers plates and bowl of soups that they throw or wash and the oil will flow to the top in the gutter.

[@simhthmss]

I was expecting this to be a problem like the sewers are blocked up or overflowing on to the street. I wasn't expecting that people were cooking it up in factories and re-selling it! I couldn't imagine serving this to anyone. I would feel terrible.

[@allocated_capital]

It’s mind boggling to me that Chinese society at large is very scared of viral diseases and has a strong mask culture yet they seem to be completely ignorant when it comes to food-borne illnesses

[@blarfroer8066]

A lot of Chinese are so poor that they have no other choice. The better off folks import their food. China is the largest importer of European-made baby food, for example.

[@johnhoward5954]

The pandemic began in China. What do you expect?

[@chadbear8759]

Masks don’t do anything and the manufactures even tell you, weird how people get convinced anyways

[@rhyswong8976]

Insane isn't it? It's propaganda worked well. If the gov has use the news media to open speak about these problems, this would wake up the minds of the public... but of course its a shame to the country so they kept it quiet. Gov is really stupid there.

[@mikemiller659]

truth hidden purposly

[@kellieknox9915]

This is so incredibly dangerous. When you modify the state of fat molecules over and over, you end up with something that is going to cause major health issues.

[@miryamamar9471]

CANCER.

[@himynameis3138]

There’s an 100 year old soup that’s been only added to. Where it’s being collected is the bigger problem but recycling oil is probably hard.

[@steffimaier7297]

This and the way how animals are treated. Shouldn't be a surprise why dangerous diseases keep coming from there.

[@robbobbrah8953]

The Chinese are beyond opportunistic and self-hating. This is what happens when you live under communism, everyone hates eachother.

[@uncertaintytoworldpeace3650]

Vegetable oil makes us sick enough man. Just watching this is disgusting and terrifying

[@FlawlessRevelation]

Oil is the cheapest part of every single dish. Imagine how the actual food conditions must be.

[@christianhays2238]

The China Observer channel has some videos on the fake food in China 🤢🤮 I'll keep my fat American food 🤣

[@a.s.l711]

bro, not all countries. in where I stay, a small bottle of 200ml oil is USD $4..., a 1kg oil is almost 20 USD depending on the store.

[@jonathanLToronto]

Chinese cuisine use lots of oil. I mean lots. They figured they can save money if they cut corners with the most used ingredient.

[@Kunfucious577]

That’s what I was about to say. How much oil do they use?

[@Cloudz3468]

Oil by me is 250$ for a 4 gallon of oil

[@CantStopGazza]

Seeing the thumbnail alone made my entire body shiver

[@jaspalmer1730]

It took me weeks to build up the courage to watch this one xD

[@DanMorgan-bh5fv]

I started gagging 20 seconds in I can't watch this.

[@dancingpig4954]

I remember a Chinese restaurant in Vancouver, Canada had been shut down by the government because the chefs were using other customer’s leftovers as ingredients for fried rice. If this happened in a foreign country 10 years ago, I can’t imagine how severe the hygienic issue is in mainland China.

[@A.G.P.115]

Yet the Chinese are somehow still alive!😂

[@ronnie5329]

​@@A.G.P.115doesnt mean they are healthy. You can also live in radiation, humans adapt.

[@iamthe1234567890]

Technically speaking, if it's cooked again thoroughly, all germs will have been killed. Doesn't mean it's not disgusting though.

[@juliagreen423]

@@iamthe1234567890you cant cook out heavy metals and carcinogens

[@ffwast]

​@@A.G.P.115 It's a real shame.

[@destiny9056]

Being a food safety officer, this video sends shivers down my spine !!

[@sanjayshorey4225]

Being a spine expert I can feel the shivers in your spine.

[@redread4414]

I felt like puking immediately

[@dalecross4543]

Not for you then? 😂

[@copsuicide]

officer lmfao

[@slinkerdeer]

​@@sanjayshorey4225being a shivers expert I can feel the exact distant between each shiver vibration

[@blackychan8570]

At least in the states, its reused to make diesel fuels and other thinner oil products. However, using this oil tainted with compounds from sewage or the street will put you at risk for a mixed bag of diseases. Therefore making it near impossible to trace back as there's no consistent symptoms

[@Josie-6]

I went to China for a college course. The meat market we were given a tour of still keeps me up some nights. It’s been 8 years…. By the time we came home to the US, all we wanted was salad and Mexican food. I was literally craving lettuce. The amount of grease we consumed compiled with the fact that we couldn’t drink water from a tap, and beer was cheaper than bottled water did a number on everyone.

[@ItsJustJayla]

😮

[@elpretender1357]

Was it fake beer by any chance?

[@ShadowRyzen21]

If this is what they're willing to do to their own people, imagine what they do to travellers and tourists. I don't think I'll ever visit China.

[@patnarciso35]

You won’t have to visit China. With this administration in office, China will come to us!

[@ZileLi-bz6li]

The author is just making people panic. CAN you comprehend that china is one of the most populous COUNTRY in the world, ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID SOME "malicious" people. SOME DOESNT MEAN ALL, this is just a complete to chinese pleple. the 99% food you eat in china is healthy. these cases happened like last DECADES, chinas food supervision has IMPROVED a lot as well. you cannot defame a country with only a no evidence video,, just THINK before commenting

[@necromax13]

@@ZileLi-bz6li Hence why the ccp has been trying to illegally silence serpentza for years lol, instead of taking down his content through legal means, which are put in place in sites like... KZbin loooool

[@TheWalf999]

@@ZileLi-bz6lishut up ccp puppet

[@iris7301]

@@ZileLi-bz6liyawnnn

[@wavion2]

It blows my mind that hundreds of people are just walking by those collecting the sewer oil and nobody is confronting them.

[@mrhobs]

I get you but they have no authority to appeal to. So they either have to enforce common decency with their own fists, or ignore it. (Idk, maybe they police or health inspectors occasionally make a show of enforcing the law, but… I doubt it. Probably all paid off, or just lied to, etc.)

[@Kylirr]

What would you do big man

[@insertnamehere001]

There's nothing illegal about collecting the gutter oil per se. Using it in food... well maybe even that isn't illegal in China.

[@Wasted-Vessel-Sloth]

@@Kylirrkill

[@dragonapple222]

@@insertnamehere001it is

[@persona2grata]

My god this is vile. I used to regret that I never got over to visit China when they were more open to foreign travel, but now I'm so grateful I never did.

[@melaniesmith1313]

This is absolutely horrifying! I would never go there. I'd be afraid of my hotel collapsing from tofu building materials, or being poisoned by the food. No thank you.

[@TisBoiGoTSkiLLz]

I remember hearing about gutter oil over a decade ago. It is single-handedly one of the most revolting things I've ever seen or heard of in my life and I've seen it all being on the internet for the past 20 years.

[@shahriarmoazzem]

Google pagpag

[@TheRealityWarper08]

Eh, I've seen worse

[@VVVY777]

Oh you haven\t seen how they treat animals? And humans? i.e. their concentration camp?

[@MickeyDee420]

bro what about the years of unchecked live leak videos

[@cabovermike]

The chinese wet markets are things of nightmares for me,.

[@AlexChangYuan]

My father told me about this in the 90s. He was so disgusted by it that even after 30 years I still remember.

[@madero-jb5ri]

I'd be disgusted, too, if I had to eat diarrhea oil.

[@fleivor5359]

The fucking 90's? Jesus how long they have been using gutter oil? Disgusting

[@Teuwufel]

​@JackSmith-mk1ruyou're everywhere

[@sebassanchezc-1379]

It's traumatic😅

[@st20332]

​​@TheImmilky he's paid to be, so of course

[@myatfayroe7975]

There was a Chinese restaurant back in the late 80s early 90s in our old neighborhood. We didn't go there cos it always looked dirty but glad we didnt cos they were shut down when the health department found out they were cooking cats and dogs. I notice we never had any strays.

[@stevemchadd]

Not only was this so revolting it turned my stomach, old reused oil is very toxic.

[@FUCKTHEBBC]

Imagine they collect also the oily foods u shit out

[@sinenomine9093]

It's not just in China, here in America I collect waste cooking oil (fryer oil) from local restaurants to make into biodiesel to power my farm tractors. I learned long ago not to bother with waste cooking oil from Chinese restaurants. The oil from Chinese restaurants is so over used (burned) that you can't even make decent biodiesel from it. I don't even eat at Chinese restaurants here in America anymore.

[@3bSneaky_]

Facts!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TTime685]

The difference is it's used for fuel here and not food dummy!

[@domedsky]

they should call it chicken fried mice

[@alexanderthegreatoz5945]

Can you make a video on how you do biodiesel. Please.

[@harikyoki]

​@@pa_2600you actually believe those reports? xD

[@thomcowley7332]

Got a near-lethal case of food poisoning in China back in 2019, been wondering what on earth could have made me this sick ever since. Well, I wonder no more.

[@serpentza]

It’s a big cause of diarrhea

[@sexygeek8996]

I have been to China several times and I had diarrhea every time.

[@CommanderGeorgeLincolnRockwell]

​@@sexygeek8996you're a slow learner eh?

[@wolfu597]

@@sexygeek8996 Well, I guess now you know why!

[@harixav]

@@serpentza that diarrhea causes more collection of such oil. So it's a very profitable buisness for these oil collectors.

[@DonavanBLK]

I was contracted by a Chinese couple to help them in their restaurant. My first day I cleaned the entire kitchen. Top to bottom. I cleaned the grease trap in the floor and unclogged the grease collector. I scraped grease off gas’s lines like it was cheese. I swept up flower that was yellow and cheese clumps. Oh yes they had mice. My job was to prepare pizza. But I saw the need to clean up everything before I could do anything. They told me that if I wanted to come back I could and they would pay me as an employee. They liked that I washed my hands every time I left out from behind the work station. As well as how detailed my cleaning was. I worked for them for over 5 years. I got rid of the mice as best as I could. I fired all the lazy people when they made me the manager. I would only hire neat freaks who liked being in the restaurant business. I got a regular exterminator and got them up to proper code. They were old and being taken advantage of by Americans who wanted to get over on them. They are like my aunt an uncle now. I learned then that you should be cleaning a kitchen top to bottom daily. No excuses.

[@Kristenm28]

I worked at a Chinese restaurant in the U.S when i was a teenager. Owned by Chinese. They would have me "wash" the carrot flower garnish off of the dirty plates to be used on fresh ones.

[@RumpledStillSkin]

Just imagine that mentality applied to everything 😮

[@LarryWater]

“Model minority”

[@jonathanLToronto]

I hope you didn't work for them long.

[@vencibushy]

I used to work in a fast food restaurant as a young student. We had huge kitchen sinks and they all drained into a large grease collecting reservoir. The smell that this thing was releasing during cleaning was horrendous. The look of what was inside this thing cold induce an instant vomiting. The content of the tank and all of the used oil form the fryers was collected by a local manufacturer of wood impregnation products. Reusing this stuff for cooking is beyond belief.

[@LordofPainValak]

You impregnate woods?

[@mrm8818]

@@LordofPainValakand that is how babies are born… ya plank lol😂

[@vencibushy]

@@LordofPainValak One can do lots of wonders with a quality wood and a proper liquid LOL...🤣

[@eddielvis98]

I used to clean out the filter in the restaurant where i used to work. The smell and consistency of that stuff made my stomach turn for the rest of the day. The smell of moldy baby diapers and runny poop... I will never forget the smell, can not imagine the flavor!

[@ElJulioso]

I used to work for a boating company that would collect that sort of grease and put it into a machine that converted it to diesel fuel. We then mixed it with new diesel fuel in a 1:9 ratio (1 part grease diesel, 1 part new diesel). Our boats smelled faintly of french fries when the wind blew a certain way. I could not imagine using that garbage in food -- that's beyond disgusting, serving that to unwitting customers is downright barbaric!

[@woahhbro2906]

My dad worked in a Chinese restaurant when he was a teenager, and he told me the owner always tried to reuse rice off of unfinished dishes. So gross. That was in the US, but the owner was Chinese, so maybe its a cultural thing

[@hulamei3117]

Yuck!

[@infinitestare]

somebody else's rice is your rice comrade

[@amicableenmity9820]

Well that settles it, if I need Chinese food I'm only eating stuff from the supermarket or Panda Express.

[@Kousaburo]

I've heard Chinese eating habits have been informed by Communist famines.

[@KatyYau-nq5hq]

Yes I can tell you is a cultural thing, cuz I am a Chinese American

[@barbaracampbell8751]

OMG I was in China in 1987 and I avoided eating with the tour group because I saw the kitchens when I went to the bathrooms. I was the only one that didn't get sck. Now I know why.

[@FransceneJK98]

What? You saw kitchens in the bathroom? What do you mean

[@thenonexistinghero]

@@FransceneJK98 Obviously he got to peek into the kitchens on his way to the bathroom.

[@Kunfucious577]

My mom did the same thing. She saw people take a bite of food in a buffet line and put it back. She said she ate chips for most of the trip and said she’ll never go back.

[@pipsuki]

as a 18 year old 29 year old who works in food service this isnt normal by ANY standard

[@patrickt49]

The man who said "you're right, I'll be on my way" probably came back when nobody was looking and continued to scoop the shit out (no pun intended). Also, if these restaurants know they're not going to use the oil, why don't they just keep the used oil and recycle it? Why throw it down the sewer to be harvested by random people to be sold and processed with all that added shit? Literally? Disgusting!

[@serpentza]

For sure

[@drd0114]

This raises good questions. There is a resource opportunity in used oil. How has nobody, including the CCP, stepped up to create a business in collecting it and selling it to chemical plants to turn it into lubricants, plastics, chemicals, and non-edible products?

[@patrickt49]

@@drd0114 "They have steadfastly resisted the introduction of other standards developed elsewhere and which, though far from ideal in practice, are of proven superiority to their own in enabling the average of mankind to derive the most from his environment in competition with his fellows." - "Ways that are dark: The truth about China" by Ralph Townsend (Former US Consul who lived in 1930s China)

[@tdeo2141]

@@patrickt49 well put. It doesn't help my stomach from turning, but this is a good summary.

[@joshuab.3887]

I'd like to know what makes people feel the need to do this in the first place. I would suspect the absolutely dogshit (and yes, I am using that term formally) environmental standards in China would be the most to blame, but I wonder if there's any other factors.

[@AlwaysReason]

I've now seen this like a dozen times and it's still unbelievable. This is like a post-apocalyptic environment level of drone-like behavior. How can this possibly pay off? People must be dying of this stuff.

[@Rig0r_M0rtis]

They have people to spare...

[@TrickOrRetreat]

"post-apocalyptic environment" is so spot on

[@ShooberTimber]

You'd think so, but they've got almost 1.5 billion of the total world's population in just their small country alone. So they really don't care unfortunately.

[@tdeo2141]

Good for you… I couldn’t finish watching. I have no interest in travelling to China now.

[@sideaccount6198]

Theres over a billion of them, 1 dies 2 more replace them

[@heinzletzte.6385]

Imagine driving a Diesel in china, you have free fuel everywhere.

[@DustinKeating-yk3vq]

Your not supposed to put used cooking oil in a gutter drain anyway if they want to use used cooking oil wny dont they just keep using it instead of throwing it away and going back to get it out the drain go use it again

[@dontcare7086]

I love when vloggers show off Chinese street food they are eating and I share these videos in their comments. Keep sharing these stories because tourists still don't know.

[@zombbae]

This is literally the first time I’ve ever heard of this

[@BestPropTutorials]

How common is stuff like this in countries outside of China?

[@peterpeterson3385]

@@BestPropTutorials Probably non existent in Europe. It has a lot to do with people being poor, high competition with cheap prices, high population and regulation. It has very little to do with people being evil though, just in a tough spot.

[@BestPropTutorials]

@@peterpeterson3385 What about in other parts of Asia like Vietnam, Or Thailand for example?

[@defaultset]

@@BestPropTutorialsIn the Philippines, ice water or water inside plastic bags you can either drink or freeze for your beverages have water that comes from tap water in a cauldron or basins and are filled individually. That same water is also used for juice stalls or gulaman stalls. Bad ones have distilled or purified runaway water/rain water. But I lived on that water for decades and it’s a miracle that people still live to 90 while drinking that kind of water. Our gut flora must be insane.

[@justyourfriendlyneighborho903]

I read the title and I was like, "No, it can't be that, it's probably talking about pollution in gutters or something" but it was literally the worst thing I could have imagined

[@flipppeh9426]

wait till you learn about pagpag

[@liselottehildegarde5367]

@@flipppeh9426 Pagpag is the trash food that the poorest population (typically the ones living near dumpsites) of the Philippines had to scavenge to survive because they literally can't afford to spend money for food. This is different from China's case though because it's the last resort of the unfortunately starving populations of the Philippines so you won't encounter this if you have even a small amount of money to pay for food. Whereas gutter oil collectors do this to squeeze as much money as possible from unsuspecting customers without any concern for their own customer's health.

[@flipppeh9426]

@@liselottehildegarde5367 i understand this, but wanted to shed some light on some of the other unethical food isues going on in east asia, especially because some vendors will go above and beyond to hide the fact they use pagpag meat

[@gmylap7344]

😂😂😂

[@gmylap7344]

@@flipppeh9426whats pagpag meat?

[@Helfirehydra]

The crazy thing is when I tell people this is happening they don’t believe me because of how gross it is

[@Brett593]

I’m never eating Chinese food again

[@jonathanLToronto]

I'm never eating ALL cuisines cooked by Chinese.

[@TheGodpharma]

As disgusting as this undoubtedly is, I'd be interested to see a chemical analysis of gutter oil to see what impurities are actually in it.

[@SomeSperg]

me: it's disgusting also me: technically......

[@kwaker88]

Poop

[@ihswap]

Poop

[@michie2x2mia]

Poop

[@skie6282]

Tbh i bet as long as its heated to high temp again its probably no worse then kfc and mcdonalds. Or at least comparable.

[@SD-fk8bt]

A traveller to China once told me that the most peculiar thing about China is that you never find anyone smiling. Every person rich or poor looks stressed and surrendered to their fate.

[@YungQueef]

Lol they are a desperate and unhappy race lol

[@terrenceroll3848]

Dead inside due to CCP society.

[@gampie13]

@@terrenceroll3848 while i hate the ccp, that's not the only soul crushing factor, scamming others and skimming profits has been the modus operandi in china for thousands of years

[@Big_Abomination]

Yeah cool, lets make children. The misery loop

[@XBloodyBaneX]

Smiling is a rebellious act, and is a -1000 Social Credit Score per second,

[@AerynKDesigns]

This is the kind of thing I think of whenever I see people getting mad at cops shutting down food stands in California. Like, yes, YOU might never hurt people, might never poison people, might *always* use quality ingredients and no one would ever get sick... but can you be sure everyone will? Can you really? Would you trust your family's life to it?

[@haramsaddam238]

I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I was a restauranteur and I fed my customers this. Feeding people gutter runoff and sewage is vile

[@theviolator1703]

That is vile. I never knew I could feel more disgusted about China but here we are.

[@FuuzBeeen]

First their bad choices of animals to eat, now the gutter oil, and how horrific they even treat their own people, and even violating many rights of people too. It all keeps adding up.

[@Joao-CE.U-1M]

Don't forget that they throw still alive dogs into hot oil and then eat because it "tastes better" by doing this way.

[@billceleven]

look at what they do to dogs

[@quackgarage9551]

"how horrific they even treat their own people, and even violating many rights of people too". Well, you can pretty much say the same about the US. Tons of shitty food too.

[@George-pl7eu]

​@@FuuzBeeen there building are literally falling apart too

[@eve_squared]

The messed up part is that the oil could be used responsibly as a biofuel or something but they used it in food.

[@7kingjames33]

Its expensive to convert it to bio oil so take your western ideology else where people are trying ro feed family u judge

[@SeedlingNL]

But then the coal power plants wouldn't need to run, which means no coal is needed... can't have that!

[@jamesbaker3153]

Thats like saying the worst part about Bill Cosby was the hypocrisy. The messed up part is feeding people oil from sewers and trash cans. Not recycling properly is not even on the radar.

[@Ansatsunin]

Oh yes, surely **that** is the messed up part... /s

[@eve_squared]

@@Ansatsunin bruh I was off the wildest edible at the time I dont even remember writing this

[@catwrangler7907]

Disgusting. I went to a Chinese work do and they served the food up in washing bowls. I stopped eating Chinese food and produce

[@stevelauda5435]

Far worse than street food in India. I will never go there even for a free trip.

[@RamanandSinghRajput]

Food in India is very good I don't how many ugly shit videos surfacing nowdays I'm an Indian & have never seen anything. That's just to defame India & we even don't kill animals for food

[@NinjaMan47]

I do sympathise with the average Chinese person. They have been so desensitized to deceit that many just have stopped caring. You can't trust so many products, so many people and definingly not the authorities. It's a quiet despair of just resigning one's self to being scammed and poisoned.

[@se7enthsoul]

And then to be a country with such a rich history and legacy to be destroyed in such a terrible disgusting way in the modern day. It's such a tragedy to see happen. The people suffer as a result of the governments' very way of doing things

[@leadgindairy3709]

You are literally describing America today! @@se7enthsoul

[@smusky4643]

Corona virus speedrun: Eat food in China.

[@monmky]

@@smusky4643 LOL covid would be the least of your worries

[@manbearpig8731]

it's quite shocking that there are still people in china able to afford a plane ticket and not left.

[@Nikolai973]

How disgusting does someone have to be as a person to exchange cheap seedoils for literally waste.

[@TrillShatner]

Communism.

[@mmm2233]

Don't buy china made products too who knows what they do to them 🫣

[@Cbd_7ohm]

So basically waste for waste lol.

[@pingpongdonkeykongkong]

As disgusting as a Chinese person...

[@pz_faust6866]

​​@@TrillShatnerits capitalism boi. You use and do everything for maximum profits just how your average joe complainning about corporates yet unable to admit pure capitalism is that bad

[@tsf637]

I’m never visiting China again! How revolting!

[@mattwernecke2342]

Humanity never ceases to disappoint.

[@borky1987]

Trust me, there is no humanity there 😬

[@HT-ww3zg]

My first job at 14 was in a restaurant as a dishwasher, and a couple times I had to clean out the grease trap. Worst experience of my life. The boss gave me a rag soaked in cheap cologne to put over my face, but even so the stench got through. One time I threw up into the mask, because the stench was so bad. Just thinking about it now, 50 years later, almost makes me wretch.

[@Rig0r_M0rtis]

I'd recommend YT channel Drain Cleaning AUSTRALIA, it's great fun!

[@ayemane2828]

As the cook a mcds at 18 years old I had to empty the grease trap everyday lol

[@deborahdean8867]

I dont understand why a grease trap on a grill would smell bad unless there's something going on with the type of oil they use.

[@websherpa]

Then deborahdean8... has never smelled rancid oil!

[@DuckcuD]

@@deborahdean8867 if it is left for too long, oil goes rancid and even if it isnt rancid the very nature of it means that there is burnt and spoiled oil/grease, which smells pretty bad

[@_blanck2642]

for once I agree, a death penalty for reusing spit and gutter oil

[@user-hl3qv8qg2s]

thats impossible to do... because probably a million people do it. including restaurants? probably 5-10 million. you can't kill 10 million people nowdays. so, the problem had no solution.

[@copsuicide]

thank god people like you aren't in charge or jaywalking would carry the death penalty

[@Dad-lu1oi]

But no death penalty for shooting a bunch of people ok

[@user-hl3qv8qg2s]

@@Dad-lu1oi just in liberal states criminals dont get death penalty xd there is death penalty for shooting people in republican states.

[@HelioV1]

@@Dad-lu1oi can i offer the middleground of death penalty for both of those and child sex crime - sex offenders

[@86daniel]

informing people planning a trip to china should be govt mandated. absolutely crazy

[@frederickjackson]

Powerful report.

[@Plan73]

The world: "We need a secret and high tech lab to create bio weapons, virus and shit" China: "We open a restaurant".

[@peterdarr383]

I'm sure they were very careful handling the 14,000 Bat Specimens and all the "Humanized Mice" during the gain-of-function research they were doing. No chance of a dropped vial or an ill-fitted bunny-suit or mask over the course of months.

[@kathym6603]

Very funny! But the gutter oil is probably safer than the bio-weapon!

[@ArtisChronicles]

​@@peterdarr383 Not only are those labs (no matter the location) known as Extreme high risk, but there's a possibility that its release wasn't an accident as well.

[@Father_Of_The_Machines]

The Covid virus came out of that restaurant! 😂😂😂

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

This statement was meant to be funny. It wasn't. It wasn't because IT'S TRUE.

[@richardrochefort2375]

I spent 3 years in China and I really felt my body was deteriorating at an unusual rate when I was in China, I was getting a lot of allergies, my skin was bad, I would get sore throats because of allergy reaction. I’m glad I’m out and having fresh healthy food in my home country. I feel healthier now.

[@americanpatriot3710]

Literally threw up. Disgusting to say the least.

[@fs5775]

When you look at the long term western expats who live in China, they are not a healthy looking bunch, that's for sure.

[@dddd-zj7sy]

Allergy and disease are two diffrent things mate. You can't recieve allergic reactions from eating unealthy food. An allergy occurs when a person reacts to substances in the environment that he or she cannot tolerate.

[@therealswagmaster666]

@@dddd-zj7sy you are completely wrong on the subject, why do you bother typing?

[@alexanderchenf1]

@@dddd-zj7sychemical and pollution

[@kwynrhys]

Do these people have no integrity or scruples??? Seriously, when have we stopped caring for others in such a demeaning way?

[@VoiceofReason707]

Gutter oil and bin food, yum just needs msg😬

[@1andTheOnlyy]

This is unfathomably disgusting and they should be jailed and banned from every selling food again . Even the people that knows/ works for em

[@Adventure_fuel]

Chinas corrupt

[@sugmagaming7665]

One woman claimed that she was authorized to collect gutter oil 🤢

[@mickeystime2873]

In chinese jail on deathrow Prisoner: hey why you in i was a trial leader? Prisoner2: i was selling gutter oil Prisoner3: im a child molester and i have a 3 year sentence

[@sugmagaming7665]

@@surinamesurname sterlie my ass, it's even more cancerous now.

[@vanitas4841]

​@@surinamesurname That's stupid. Heat can ONLY kill microorganisms, it CAN'T purge certain chemicals, which these gutter oil/spit oil do contain.

[@Cre9000]

I’m a plumber and I know just how vile that stuff is, those people belong in hell 🤮

[@daphne1065]

what is in those gutters?!!

[@NateTh23]

@@daphne1065It’s sewage

[@holarndius]

Theyre in hell, its called CHINA! or Commiefornia depending on where you live i suppose.

[@Antifag1977]

Yeah, I'm sure they are rolling in cash and do such a disgusting shameful thing just for shitz and giggles. There's no way they are just trying to make ends meet by any means available....they should burn in hell for being poor in a lagging economy. . Ya just gotta love elitist sanctimonious unsympathetic internet asshats doncha?

[@altronetic9965]

​@@daphne1065Shit, Piss, Drugs, Sperm, Bacteria, etc, probably even blood.

[@user-cv7kf2fg1z]

It depends on how its processed. Oil can be distilled. When done properly and tested it could be very safe. But without oversight many will cut corners.

[@Brokeniphonechris]

I love how they all have the same “I’m gonna continue as soon as you stop recording” attitude 😂

[@WHITELIONNYC]

My first time hearing about this...truly disgusting. 🤢🤮

[@akshaykumer194]

not first it happing many many year CCP do control Facebook and KZbin these video's were removed so man times to cover it up CCP don't like criticism they do not tolerate those kind things

[@YungQueef]

I had the same reaction the first time I heard about chinese culture in general 🤮

[@unnaturaldodo]

And the food there somehow still taste better than 90% of the world

[@anirudh425]

@@unnaturaldodo tounge cannot detect cancer

[@MrRAAN1]

Do you live under a rock?

[@gargoyle7863]

Love how much China is in sustainability and recycling today. 👌

[@Paulo37580]

😅

[@safffff1000]

The 2 biggest polluting country's are china and india

[@Boution]

🤣🤣🤣🤣eco friendly oil

[@infinitestare]

oh it's "making strides" as I've heard someone say recently. lol

[@drd0114]

"cleansing oil"

[@notwagwan5013]

Interesting format for video

[@NavNil272]

Food is my first priority, that has stopped me from visiting China

[@beplanking]

Having worked in fast food here in the States, and been present when they come to pump/empty the grease trap outside, that is one of the most vile stenches you will ever experience. It smells like they're pumping a septic tank. Never heard about this issue before but now I definitely don't think I'll be traveling to China

[@Vincent-ui5op]

After seeing this video, I think I will be deleting “visit China” from my bucket list.

[@MikeZ8709]

I worked at McDonalds as a teenager 20 years ago and STILL remember that trap-emptying smell as THE WORST thing I've ever smelled - and I was standing 10+ meters away with all the doors open and a breeze blowing through.

[@xXJLNINJAXx]

​​@@MikeZ8709i remember it being a really nasty smell, but I guess I've smelt worse because i really didn't think it was that bad compared to other smells I've encountered. Or maybe i have suppressed memories. That or I'm conflating it with something else.

[@SandaBoxing]

American fast food chains have strict regulations & serious fines imposed if they're violated; so that oil is probably pretty decent in comparison. While in China, their oil was probably reused a few extra time before it got dumped by the factories and/or larger restaurants...so it should smell way, way worse; then those people fishes it out to reuse in their small restaurants or street trucks!

[@vincentwolf1456]

I'll be honest: I'd be very interested in visiting China, but THIS is precisely the reason why I won't ever will. Even if (perhaps) Serpentza exagerrates the issue, I'd still rather not risk it.

[@narkosfera1421]

I am amazed by even the possibility of oil being dropped into the gutter. I am from Germany and it is forbidden to empty your oil in the gutter. This whole concept is just alien to us. Not sure what's more disgusting though, oil from the gutter or from the trashbin. Especially in the cities where it's even hotter.

[@dsweet5859]

Probably the sewers but both are equally disgusting to me

[@bumboclat]

yeah, it's even forbidden to wash your car in the driveway because some residual oil may end up in the gutter. and the chinese just straight up dump everything in the next drain or river. indians too.

[@carlholland3819]

some of the oil may have been illegally disposed of, but im guessing most of it is from human waste or washing dishes at home. since the oil separates from water and floats, when you have millions of people using a sewer system you end up with a lot of oil in the sewers

[@carlholland3819]

@@bumboclat i live in west lafayette, indiana, usa and our wabash river has signs posted everywhere not to enter the water due to the presence of sewage. there is also agricultural runoff, industrial pollutants, and radioactive heavy metals in the river and im guessing we are not unique

[@NvrchFotia]

It might be grease traps being called gutters but still disgusting.

[@EfrainAmezcua-ir5go]

Why do the night thieves were light goggles like it’s pitch black in well lit streets?

[@Jacs.1638]

This needs to go viral

[@Renvaar1989]

After many many years in China, I just totally stopped eating out or ordering out and only cooking at home. There's countless horror stories, and not just about the oil.

[@UniqueGeekFreak]

Smart choice, would definitely be a vegetarian if i lived there, u dont know what meat u eat o.O

[@AkhenatenTheRedeemed]

I understand,I wanted to go there,untill I've seen the fake spam meat the fake eggs the fake ice cream,the red dye on fish to make it look new,plus what I've seen in this vid,has cured me to go there,even India seems clean compared to China

[@MusicismoreImportant]

Obviously means which part of china

[@Ahumaan]

@@MusicismoreImportant All of China. It starting to become part of the culture if it hasn’t been already. Did hear him say it’s a nationwide problem.

[@ckkrzuwwhotchi1465]

But you still needed to be careful, Who know that the ingredients that you brought are maybe made out of plastic, car tire or maybe from a sewer? Stay safe overthere m8.

[@penzman5385]

I've worked in commercial kitchen cleaning and repair, and the worst restaurants by far were Chinese restaurants. Equipment and pipes were covered in what looks like yellowish rubbery silicone, a nightmare to scrape off, pick up caked rice by the shovel from under counters and stoves, chicken balls shrunk to the size of a nickel, garlic ribs in an open bucket overnight by the back door, ventilation systems so impossible to clean or clogged they collapsed or were ordered replaced completely by inspectors. I make my own Chinese food now.

[@Crowski]

My bf did hood cleaning for restaurants for YEARS. He said the same thing.

[@UncrownedGlobe3]

Guess the Chinese aren’t as advanced as we thought 😂

[@auroraborealis6671]

Thank you for this. I will never go to a Chinese restaurant again. lol

[@23_Beans]

My cousin managed property and one was a Chinese restaurant. When they closed they found dead cats in their dumpster. I still eat at Chinese restaurants

[@Periwinkle0666]

​@23_Beans If they were dead dogs or human waste, would you still be eating at Chinese restaurants?

[@gastUCR]

Every time I complain about government regulation, I'm reminded that this is supposed to be the reason why.

[@serenitynow288]

Thank you, this was so informative.

[@orange58729]

I got food poisoned in China several times when I was working there. The last time before I moved back home was pretty serious, I had to stay in a hospital for 5 or 6 hours taking medication after severe headaches and vomits. I wish I never had to go back there but I have a Chinese wife and a son, later on when I have to go back there for sure I will take some bottles of olive oil and cook my own food at home.

[@hamsterm5998]

Oh dear get them out of there quick

[@intention21]

Tell them to eat boiled food that don’t require oil. For every time I see workers eating in a Chinese restaurant, they never eat what they sell to the people. Their food is always in water like a soup

[@MoleculeXmolecule]

Now you just gotta worry about buying *fake* ingredients. Yay. Seriously, kill a live chicken if you need to, because Chinese market will sell you plastic

[@xzerox2112]

As a Chinese i fear for the food safety issues all the time.😣

[@admiralrng6506]

nice Hoshino profile pic

[@bummyhoboman]

It's not your fault and I'm so sorry you have to live with that kind of insecurty :(

[@Kingsombra21]

Its literally not youre fault it’s the corrupted country itself

[@EnnTomi1]

it wasnt until one is awared of the issue and do nothing about it. @@Kingsombra21 i am not saying one should go out of his way to report, coz that might get himself in trouble. all i am saying it, do anything other than stay silent. maybe he already did something. we need to start fight back the gov, anything, anything is helping. even just pass along the message quietly between each other

[@kratodd]

No one should have to live like that.

[@MrFatcatscott]

Just so disgusting. How low can they go?

[@master6435]

I wonder if filtering using a centrifuge to separate the pure clean oil from dirt and water just have to pump ozone in to kill bacteria at the end

[@gregmuon]

I've heard about this, but to actually see it being collected is just disgusting.... I'm feeling ill just watching this.

[@aquarius5719]

China streets are super safe. Street crime is severely punished. So you would say "let us move there". But seeing this and knowing you would literally eat crap is a whole different level.

[@romanpolanski4928]

I feel ill thinking about the gutter oil I must have eaten in China.

[@bkondrk]

Yeah, that was a rough video to watch, but it's also absolutely necessary. Please keep honestly reporting on China, Serpentza...since both China and the world as a whole need to know the truth.

[@stendaalcartography3436]

@@aquarius5719 No I would never say let's move there. Communism always devours its own citizens.

[@athulfgeirsson]

beautiful eyes bro

[@sickenedwired1934]

This is an atrocious issue. Honestly, I don't think it will change in any time soon with the way China handles their products.

[@icecoldpolitics8890]

@skyeyemedia5299Mf you want to provide some proof that this isn’t happening when they are using video proof and these guys lived in China.

[@m-71tx26]

The Chinese Communist Party doesn’t value human life and it’s obvious that they don’t care about food safety either.😨😟😖

[@benharrison1019]

@@icecoldpolitics8890 those videos are over 10 years old. You are so gullible

[@benharrison1019]

Can't believe people believe these two muppets. It's scary

[@sickenedwired1934]

@surinamesurname so what? Is living well-being life over the age of 50 not okay anymore, and people are just supposed to forget the fact that this kind of stuff is an everyday basis? You and the comment above you sound so radical and straight idiotic.

[@lobo2367]

There's a reason why even fancy restaurants have their workers step outside to gather gutter oil... Why don't they just keep the gutter oil indoors and secret? Because Chinese laws are often extremely literal and misguided... You're not allowed to PRODUCE gutter oil or create a gutter oil factory. The laws doesn't state that you can't *collect it*.... So it's okay to gather gutter oil from garbage cans to feed your costumers, as long as you don't hide it in the restaurant.

[@RodrigoPalma700]

Wow... Thanks for sharing.

[@sgtdanny69148]

I know a person who talks so highly about travelling to China, I tell them about the things that go on in China especially about gutter oil, they straight up refute it as being a very small 1 in a million problem in China and still continues to promote the idea that travelling to China is very safe. I tell them, you go, it’s your funeral.

[@NomadWalker-io3ne]

it is safe as long as you go to the nice restaurants

[@h.s.6269]

​@NomadWalker-io3ne it's not though. Even high end restaurants can cut corners like this, all depending on the owner or chef.

[@TheHamburgler123]

I'm still in it to win it. You best believe I know what I'm getting myself into hitting the street food scene in India or China. Still gonna do it. Worth it.

[@teederify]

China is still safer than Germany. I'm from Germany, by the way.

[@aboutraore6754]

That's typical stupid rednecks world view😂😂😂

[@vonsopas]

It also happens in Chinese restaurants outside of China. I live in Mexico and I’d rather go for some tacos or garnachas than that greasy yucky Chinese crap they sell at fast food

[@verucasalt9182]

You might end up eating cat or dog too.

[@davidradtke160]

@@verucasalt9182that happened a few times in the East coast of the US when I lived there.

[@vonsopas]

@@verucasalt9182 Good grief xD

[@shortythepresident3913]

My friend visited China a few year ago. He was sick the whole time he was there. When he came back he looked like he had lost 10-15 lbs.

[@fish_R_stinky69]

Lol, no ship.

[@hans1783]

I applaud that man who comfronts the guy... Many would simply walk past it since it's not really their problem. How rare can a person like that be.

[@soulsharts]

How much do you want to bet the guy walked away just to get away from a confrontation, and came back after the guy left to finish what he started?

[@demissio7037]

@@soulsharts Absolutely he did!

[@Killbayne]

​@@soulsharts "you're right, I'll be on my way" returns minutes later when the guy leaves to pick up more oil

[@GaMeRfReAkLIVE]

In china very rare. Just like with train molestation "its not my problem, mind my own business" seems to let shit like this persist

[@cirina3]

@@GaMeRfReAkLIVEsurprisingly, someone actually helped me from getting molested by a fellow foreigner on a bus 😂😂

[@Jack908r]

Years and years ago I met a Welsh couple travelling. Funny people. They had just come from China. Back when it was still pretty communist, so rare for a foreigner to travel there. He was a bigger guy and said he'd lost a lot of weight travelling through China. I ask, "Was it because the food was healthier?" He says, "No, no. No one spoke English so you had to go into the kitchen and point at what you wanted to eat. But after seeing the kitchens the only thing I wanted was rice."

[@sleeperboi8701]

"bigger guy" just say fat

[@steveoATL6]

@@sleeperboi8701he could have meant muscular.

[@-_--__---___----]

​@@steveoATL6He said he lost a lot of weight through travelling, then in the 2nd comment said he thought the fat guy ate healthier in china

[@philliptran228]

WHAT THE FUNK, I always heard my Chinese friends talk about "gutter oil" , sure I thought it was some super cheap, unhealthy oil reused from used cooking oil or something, but HOLY CRUD, IT LITERALLY IS GUTTER OIL. Its super rare to be dealing with an accurate non-exaggerated colloquism. but I think SEWER OIL would have been more accurate.

[@desudesu5806]

The Chinese believe that if you let yourself become tricked in the process of a transaction that it is not their problem and is instead actually your fault for being fooled.

[@jonathanLToronto]

I could believe this. They should just stay in their own country if they are going to continue to think in that manner. They don't belong anywhere else even as tourists.

[@alixnonitengu]

Every time i tell people about this disgusting stuff, they don't believe me, because it's so crazy.

[@laurensa.1803]

Most people don't think it is even consider it possible that people do stuff like this. And this isn't even the worse thing that happens in China...

[@matthewmosier8439]

​@@laurensa.1803The media in the States covers for c Hina. They don't talk about the stuff that goes on there and actively report on any little thing that goes wrong in the U.S. The rest of the world's media seems to be the same. Two weeks of reporting on the implosion of the "Titan" at the bottom of the ocean, and 10 seconds on the death of a volleyball team from tofu dreg construction

[@themissinfowar6629]

The next level is straining the grease from rat fur and using it in the pan 😂

[@yooneunhyesarang9245]

As someone born & live in Malaysia, the 2nd world largest producer of cooking oil, this is really sickening. 1kg of cooking oil subsidised priced at rm2.50 (around 50cent usd) , so we don't even think how lucky we are here.

[@TheOz91]

And even when oil is expensive, nobody here would do this kind of thing.

[@garethwest9069]

Being ruled by pagan islam is not lucky.

[@macunion1225]

yes but malaysia is a majority of honest people and its more developed than most of the world realise

[@elmehdinafia1237]

You mean 1L?

[@TheOz91]

@@elmehdinafia1237 No it is sold by weight

[@angrycatowner]

Gutter oil, spittle oil, and trash can slop are the special ingredients that make the Hot Pot so deliciuos.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

The gutter oil could be collected, then used in a spicy hotpot, going on to become spit oil...delicious.

[@eric_a_]

The mentality of the people who do this ...the mindset involved .... a person can't care about anything but themselves

[@GodKitty677]

You mean profit maximisation? See climate change and posioned drinking water in the USA. This is what you get in a free market with light/no government regulation.

[@terry_willis]

@@geosradiomusicalstuff3124 Yes, I was going to make the same comment.

[@3bSneaky_]

@@GodKitty677weird

[@GodKitty677]

@@geosradiomusicalstuff3124 Regulatory capture.

[@Cau_No]

​@@geosradiomusicalstuff3124 Not in this case. If you let the market run wild without restrictions, this will happen in your place too. What we see in China IS the government not giving a sh*t while doing the exact opposite in other affairs. Those are the two extremes of total free and total control - I've seen them both now and none of them work. But both sides have been tricked into thinking the other side is evil, but the own side is not …