Why are lefties fighting a new culture war campaign against MSG?

1  2021-01-09 by noPENGSinALASKA

I’ve seen it on Reddit, and social media. For whatever reason they’re all saying the “misinformation about using MSG for flavor is a racist misinformation campaign by white supremacists”

I mean lol BOTTOM TEXT.

14 comments

28  -M-o-X- 2021-01-09

Reddit has particular borderline copypasta tidbits of information it repeats like a goddamn parrot. MSG is one. The threads are very predictable. I'm guilty of it too. If that McDonalds Coffee story comes up I'll start off impulsively about how the average person is a fucking retard google the case etc

5  wizdumb337 2021-01-09

Better yet google the pics of the burns.

3  TaysSecondGussy 2021-01-09

That’s pretty much the basis of default subs. Double points if the tidbit is sophomoric enough that you can remember something from a class or book that mostly disproves it.

17  adminsare55IQ 2021-01-09

This has been around for a long time tbh. There's always been fights over MSG and racist implications thrown around.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-msg-got-a-bad-rap-flawed-science-and-xenophobia/

7  noPENGSinALASKA 2021-01-09

I’m glad you had an article from 2016 cause I was legit losing my mind. I was like how the fuck did this shit just suddenly blow up. Did some lefty on twatter or bread tube fucking bring this up. It’s such a weird niche issue that I’m seeing all over in random fucking places

13  adminsare55IQ 2021-01-09

The history dates back to probably the 1950s.

3  noPENGSinALASKA 2021-01-09

I wonder what happened before then that made them not trust a flavor created by a Japanese guy 🤔

19  adminsare55IQ 2021-01-09

Well it was primarily a victim of the "ewww chemicals" revolution carried out by suburban housewives.

With a bunch of confirmation bias sprinkled in.

4  heretobefriends 2021-01-09

I do think MSG would have been marginally more accepted if it was a product of the 50s "captains of science" thing in America. Maybe not entirely though.

3  double-happiness 2021-01-09

captains of science

Is that something to do with Star Trek?

2  Zozbot 2021-01-09

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2  Zozbot 2021-01-09

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2  Zozbot 2021-01-09

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8  heretobefriends 2021-01-09

I don't think its racism as much as stupid Americans, but it's probably there a little.

MSG is such a glorious invention, it almost makes up for anime.