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PaperclipPerfector  3mo ago (text post)   3219 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for June 12, 2026

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Found an enticing Yemeni restaurant in Oslo, but then I checked their Yelp page and saw a massive Palestinian flag hanging on the wall, and they're selling some crappy coke knockoff that raises funds for charity in Gaza. What's the sentiment here? Do I look elsewhere, or do I separate the art from the artist? Whenever I'm in the mood for Somali or Pakistani food, I manage to find places that don't put up any pro-Palestinian virtue signaling. I'm sure their proprietors still harbor some problematic views, but if it's not pervasively advertised, I can at least grant them some plausible deniability. It just doesn't sit right with me to eat from an establishment that could very well chase a Jewish individual out of it.

I think you might be confusing Yemen Zaad with GazaKjøkken (Gaza Kitchen), just looking at Oslo Middle Eastern restaurants.

Haha no, the former hung a Palestinian flag inside their establishment and is selling "Palestine Cola" in lieu of Coke, as do many Muslim-owned non-Palestinian businesses in the city.

That's odd; I thought all carbonated beverages were supportive of Palestine due to the gazafication step inherent in the process.

It's very difficult to tell a Jew cola from a Muslim cola, though. That's why I prefer Gentile drinks, and you can easily tell which is which- if there's another seal you have to remove before exposing the cap (which may itself have a hole in it), it's definitely a Gentile drink, where the Jew and Muslim drinks never add that. Powerade and those marble sodas are the two best examples.

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