In case anyone was curious what public school lunches often looked like, began an American's post, alongside a foul sampling of processed chicken nuggets, bland white bread, and scoop of plain mashed potatoes that looks a little too reminiscent of ice cream. This was all of it. The juice and water cost extra money and the bread was very hard.
That particular post has since taken off, garnering copycat s and over 6,000 comments from disgusted Chinese netizens. The prison-style food is 'non human treatment' wrote one. 'Your school is suspected of violating the Geneva treaty,' pined another.
The trend is a fascinating look at what happens when insulated societies collide online. Where things will go next is anyone's guess; China has historically been quick to ban foreign web services authorities don't approve of, but the scale of this influx of international visitors to a Chinese social network appears to be unprecedented.
Chinese RedNoters - hailing from a society unabashedly conscious of issues like class, labor, and Western hegemony - aren't afraid to spell it all out for their American guests.
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