LogFAQs > #936981308

Even before all of this started, it's been a while since I got takeout from anywhere. The closest I've done since the lockdown is take home leftover pastries from work at the end of my last shift there (protip: if you ever find yourself with some stale chocolate croissants, turn them into bread pudding. **** was delicious), which I'm not sure really counts. We've just been cooking everything we've eaten.

Zeus posted...

generally speaking, Chinese places in general aren't very active right now.

And what conclusions do you think you can draw from a subset of commercial establishments being disproportionately less active than other, similar establishments? Because in my experience, when stores close despite not being legally required to, it's usually because business is down to such an extent that they can't afford to keep running. If other restaurants are able to stay open despite schools and offices being closed, that suggests that there are enough people looking for takeout to sustain restaurants, which in turn suggests that fewer takeout-seekers than normal are interested in Chinese food for some reason.

Is that reason racism? Maybe. Maybe not. There are enough other potential factors that could cause such an effect that jumping straight to the simplest explanation isn't necessarily accurate. But I can tell you with complete certainty that "all the Chinese restaurants just happen to be closed for some reason" does not in any way suggest that racism isn't at play.

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