| Author | Message | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 33 Registered: 9-2011 |
A few days ago I did something that utterly horrified a group of elderly people who saw me. However, what I did in no way violated local cultural/ethical norms, and I can confidently guess that everyone who was so horrified had themselves done this thing many times in their life. What happened? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4480 Registered: 9-2009 |
Would all elderly people be horrified? Would any non-elderly people be horrified? Did they misunderstand something? Did you expect them to be horrified? Were you surprised that they were horrified? Relevant where you did it? Did they see you? Hear you? Size of the group relevant? Profession? (Or in case of pensioners: former profession)? Is your profession relevant? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2116 Registered: 2-2011 |
did you do this thing just once? indoors? outdoors? a public place? a park? did you pick the flowers? | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 35 Registered: 9-2011 |
Would all elderly people be horrified? not necessarily, but likely in my area Would any non-elderly people be horrified? let's say 60+ probably would be, any younger probably not Did they misunderstand something? yes Did you expect them to be horrified? no Were you surprised that they were horrified? no Relevant where you did it? the country this happened in is very relevant, otherwise just that it was in public Did they see you? this Hear you? Size of the group relevant? no Profession? (Or in case of pensioners: former profession) no? Is your profession relevant? not really did you do this thing just once? I've done it before but it only had to be once indoors? outdoors? this a public place? yes a park? no did you pick the flowers? the title is only very laterally relevant | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4485 Registered: 9-2009 |
Were they horrified because of something that happened earlier in their lifetime? Or before they were born? Would younger people not be horrified, because they were born too late to experience something? Or were too young to be affected by an event that happened during their lifetime? Current events relevant? Technology? Computers? Cellphones? Is a war relevant? Did they think you were being: rude? Disrespectful? Trespassing? Vandalizing? Destroying something? Doing something criminal? | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 39 Registered: 9-2011 |
Were they horrified because of something that happened earlier in their lifetime? this Or before they were born? Would younger people not be horrified, because they were born too late to experience something? Or were too young to be affected by an event that happened during their lifetime? it's sort of both of those Current events relevant? Technology? Computers? Cellphones? Is a war relevant? none of those Did they think you were being: rude? Disrespectful? Trespassing? Vandalizing? Destroying something? Doing something criminal? none of these | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4487 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you say something relevant? Make a gesture? Is an object involved? More than one? National pride relevant? Or shame? Ethnicity relevant? If so: yours? Their? Someone else's? Traditions relevant? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 3537 Registered: 1-2001 |
Did they interpret your actions as wasteful? Harmful? Illegal? Unethical? Breach of etiquette? | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 41 Registered: 9-2011 |
Did you say something relevant? no Make a gesture? not that i'm aware of Is an object involved? More than one? more than one of the same object, yes National pride relevant? Or shame? Ethnicity relevant? If so: yours? Their? Someone else's? Traditions relevant? none of these Did they interpret your actions as wasteful? Harmful? Illegal? Unethical? Breach of etiquette? none of these | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2121 Registered: 2-2011 |
did your action remind them of something they used to do? they used never to do? some atrocity? a war? | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 248 Registered: 8-2011 |
Any of the following relevant- politics religion sports food world history national history regional history family romantic relationships personal appearance/hygiene the arts language health children recreation/ games (other than sports) entertainment famous people | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 43 Registered: 9-2011 |
did your action remind them of something they used to do? this they used never to do? some atrocity? you could call it that a war? but not this Any of the following relevant- politics DOYD of politics religion sports food this world history national history and this regional history this too family romantic relationships personal appearance/hygiene the arts language health children recreation/ games (other than sports) entertainment famous people Hm... this may be a quick one | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4538 Registered: 9-2010 |
is China relevant? | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 45 Registered: 9-2011 |
is China relevant? very | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4551 Registered: 9-2010 |
Beijing? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2128 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it giving food to someone? eating food? retrieving food from a bin? from the floor? a certain type of food? rice? | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 47 Registered: 9-2011 |
Beijing? quite a ways away from there was it giving food to someone? eating food? retrieving food from a bin? from the floor? none of these- remember this happened outdoors a certain type of food? yes rice? but not this | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2137 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it to do with growing food? harvesting food? transporting food? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4559 Registered: 9-2010 |
hmm... Hong Kong? Taiwan? (do those even count?) | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 50 Registered: 9-2011 |
was it to do with growing food? harvesting food? this transporting food? Hong Kong? Taiwan? neither (do those even count?) depends on who you ask | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4563 Registered: 9-2010 |
Macau? Shanghai? | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 52 Registered: 9-2011 |
Macau? Shanghai? neither- all that's important is that it's not one of the big eastern cities. This happened in Gansu province, if you're curious | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4506 Registered: 9-2009 |
Food: grain? Seed? Fruit? Berry? Vegetable? Root vegetable? Spice? Animal? | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 53 Registered: 9-2011 |
Food: grain? Seed? Fruit? Berry? Vegetable? this Root vegetable? Spice? Animal? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2157 Registered: 2-2011 |
did you remind the people of a natural disaster? were you digging? picking? were you wasting food? leaving stuff in the ground? on the plant? | ||
| Alicefrosting (Alicefrosting)
New member Username: Alicefrosting Post Number: 30 Registered: 10-2011 |
Were you eating food raw? right off the plant? out of the ground? not washing it first? not offering them any? | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 54 Registered: 9-2011 |
did you remind the people of a natural disaster? i wouldn't call it that, no were you digging? picking? this were you wasting food? no- in some ways just the opposite leaving stuff in the ground? on the plant? yes but that wasn't the issue Were you eating food raw? right off the plant? out of the ground? not washing it first? not offering them any? none of these- I wasn't eating it there and they didn't want what I had It would be pretty unreasonable to make you nail down what exactly I was picking, so I'll just tell you it was purslane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portulaca_oleracea) growing in a vacant lot. Now we just need to find what the perceived issue was. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 334 Registered: 8-2011 |
Did they consider your actions- criminal? morally wrong? disgusting/ yucky? frightening? in poor taste? disrespectful? dangerous? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2174 Registered: 2-2011 |
did you remind them of a time when they had had to harvest this because of famine? | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 55 Registered: 9-2011 |
Did they consider your actions- criminal? morally wrong? disgusting/ yucky? frightening? in poor taste? disrespectful? dangerous? none of these did you remind them of a time when they had had to harvest this because of famine? Yes! Therefore... | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2189 Registered: 2-2011 |
did they think you were so poor that you had to eat this plant which they had only turned to when they were desperate? | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 56 Registered: 9-2011 |
did they think you were so poor that you had to eat this plant which they had only turned to when they were desperate? That they did, and so... SUPER HAPPY FUN SPOILER TIME During the Great Leap Forward in the late 1950s, disastrous food distribution policies combined with incompetence at every level of government led to a protracted famine in rural areas all over China, leaving tens of millions dead. Many people survived by eating whatever they could get their hands on without being noticed, including wild grasses and the aforementioned purslane. Anyone old enough to remember that time would have a strong aversion to these famine foods and assume anyone eating them would do so because they had no other choice. Funny thing about purslane, though- it's absolutely delicious. I went to pick some for a stir-fry and overheard a group of elderly folks talking and fussing about me, assuming I couldn't speak Chinese. Since if I told them I just like the taste they might assume I was trying to save face, I just said I used it as chicken feed and all was well again. (also the title refers to the slogan of the Hundred Flowers Campaign which directly preceded the Great Leap Forward) | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 371 Registered: 8-2011 |
Wow. Good puzzle | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2211 Registered: 2-2011 |
excellent! thanks | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15483 Registered: 4-2010 |
"Super Happy Fun Spoyler Time"? Reference (to the ending)? |
