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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChina Bans Videos of People Eating Bananas
http://gizmodo.com/china-bans-videos-of-people-eating-bananas-1775218100According to state outlet CCTVNews, the country has banned people from live-streaming their consumption of the delicious yellow fruit. Its supposedly part of a larger effort to crack down on inappropriate and erotic content online, and the regulations will require live-streaming services to monitor all their output twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, the outlet reported.
Heres what a few random Facebook commenters thought of the move:
As Shanghaiist points out, this not the first time this year China has attempted to cleanse the internet of its ills. The country has also waged battles against a LGBT-themed web series and swearing.
This most recent ban, however, is another thing entirely. What did bananas ever do to you, regulators? Maybe people are just trying to meet their daily fruit requirements. Maybe they really like peeling back fruit casings. Maybe they just want to have some goddamn fun.
And now they cant. Now, excuse me while I go find some alternate weekend plans.
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China Bans Videos of People Eating Bananas (Original Post)
FLPanhandle
May 2016
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cheapdate
(3,811 posts)1. That's pretty funny. Unleash the trolls!
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)2. They must go absolutely batshit over Showry videos.
Not going to link (some might find them sexist, despite them being parody/Korean social satire), but take a look on YouTube...
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)3. I suppose they don't eat corn dogs in China?
They must be an American delicacy.
NickB79
(19,117 posts)4. Depends on who's eating the corn dog for it to be erotic
For example, batshit crazy Michelle Bachman, not so much:
That image should kill every boner in all of SE Asia.