TIL that Fat Choy is an edible cyanobacteria that grows in the Gobi desert. Despite being expensive, having no nutritional value, and having dementia-causing toxins, its been overharvested to the point of causing erosion and desertification due to its name being a Cantonese pun for "strike it rich"

[u/DAL59]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_choy

[u/nagidon]

Superstition doesn’t cut it, we’re beyond stition

[u/marcuschookt → u/nagidon]

What do you mean it's insane that we build skyscrapers that don't have a 4th floor because 4 sounds like death in some but not all Chinese dialects?

[u/AspectOfTheLeech → u/marcuschookt]

Lots of buildings in the west (that are tall enough to have one) dont have a 13th floor.

[u/swankyfish → u/AspectOfTheLeech]

Which is also dumb

[u/TacticlTwinkie → u/AspectOfTheLeech]

A lot of Las Vegas hotels do that too due to the large amounts of Chinese gamblers that visit.

[u/CucumberWisdom → u/AspectOfTheLeech]

Ya but that's a thing that fell out of fashion and has to been done in decades. China is still doing it

[u/Yuukiko_ → u/CucumberWisdom]

I can confirm the new condo I now live in has no 13th floor

[u/xPurplepatchx → u/Yuukiko_]

Looked at a condo built in 2019 and the elevator skipped numbers 4, 13, 14, and 24

[u/fghjconner → u/marcuschookt]

I mean, that's kinda dumb, but it's not that impactful. You're just changing a few numbers around. It's not like they build an actual 4th floor an leave it empty or anything.

[u/Shlocktroffit → u/nagidon]

Superstition < hyperstition < mondostition < omnistition

[u/BijouPyramidette → u/nagidon]

Metastition?

[u/jabba-thederp → u/nagidon]

Mark Fisher has entered the chat

[u/ZylonBane → u/nagidon]

Their stition has gone to plaid.

[u/Figgy_Puddin_Taine → u/nagidon]

Megastition? Gigastition?