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Every time I see this, I lose my appetite. Just to clarify, this was commonly used to hold phlegm and saliva in the past
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Every time I see this, I lose my appetite. Just to clarify, this was commonly used to hold phlegm and saliva in the past


Now there are many stores using these as containers for food, which is really disgusting! I just can't stand it!

by Plus-Antelope6921

21 Comments

  1. roastedchickn_

    It’s fine. I’ll have your portion.

  2. Straight-Traffic-937

    Haha I imagine it’s similar to being served a delicious meal in a bedpan.

  3. LB3PTMAN

    Bud these ones weren’t used to hold saliva not sure if you’re aware.

  4. HubblePie

    Wow, today I learned the chinese used spittoons in their history too.

  5. AngryTrucker

    Thats a bowl. You grossed out because people might have spit in to bowls?

  6. dungalot

    I think these are the piss jars… that they also spit into

  7. SaintGalentine

    It’s the equivalent of eating out of a chamber pot. The double happiness/ducks mean that it was meant to be used on the wedding night

  9. crowchan114514

    I don’t really understand. Is there a cultural context to this?

  11. TheEscapedGoat

    Some really obtuse people in the comments. Yes, it’s a bowl. But it was used for a specific thing, which OP is disgusted by. I mean, a trough is something you could technically eat food from, but you probably wouldn’t want to because of what you associate it with

  12. random_avocado

    As someone who has Chinese ancestry.

    What the fuck 🤮

  13. 64590949354397548569

    Noon bata kami…. diyan kami nag dumi….

  14. Dizzy-Case-3453

    It’s just a shape 🤷‍♀️ not like these are ACTUALLY ones that got used for that

  15. frould

    Make sense if the restaurant doesn’t have toilets

  16. Straight_Derpin

    Honestly super interesting, did not know these were historically used by Chinese people as spitoons/troughs. The more you know

    Dun ⭐ DOON ⭐ DIN⭐

  17. Glittering_Airport_3

    we’re Chinese spitoons ceramic? cuz I only know if metal ones, which is why they make noise and have the name given to them. idt a ceramic spitoon would make any noise, and thus make it just a jar… that people happen to spit in

  18. barrhavenite

    I feel the same way when I see people using lab glassware (beakers, test tubes) for cocktails. Even if I know it’s clean, and only ever been used in a restaurant.

  20. Stunning_Pen_8332

    Where was the photo taken? It won’t be in China I suppose?