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FLPanhandle

(7,107 posts)
Sat May 7, 2016, 10:54 AM May 2016

China Bans Videos of People Eating Bananas

http://gizmodo.com/china-bans-videos-of-people-eating-bananas-1775218100



According to state outlet CCTVNews, the country has banned people from live-streaming their consumption of the delicious yellow fruit. It’s 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.

Here’s 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 can’t. 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 OP
That's pretty funny. Unleash the trolls! cheapdate May 2016 #1
They must go absolutely batshit over Showry videos. Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #2
I suppose they don't eat corn dogs in China? femmocrat May 2016 #3
Depends on who's eating the corn dog for it to be erotic NickB79 May 2016 #4
 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
2. They must go absolutely batshit over Showry videos.
Sat May 7, 2016, 11:04 AM
May 2016

Not going to link (some might find them sexist, despite them being parody/Korean social satire), but take a look on YouTube...

NickB79

(19,117 posts)
4. Depends on who's eating the corn dog for it to be erotic
Sat May 7, 2016, 12:32 PM
May 2016

For example, batshit crazy Michelle Bachman, not so much:



That image should kill every boner in all of SE Asia.

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