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When ordering at the local Indian restaurant (Indian? They're all Bangladeshi. ...Anyway~), it helps to say "Bangladeshi strength", to prevent them serving the bland stuff.

I like that cultures that make spicy food, usually have a "mild" for their fellow countrymen, and a special "mild" for white people.

The white person mild.

I think that's hilarious.

For the record, I'm white and I appreciate having white person mild as an option.

I saw a post once along the lines of: Only certain groups of white people don't do spicy, other groups eat hot sauces with names like The Asshole Scorcher. Personally, I love certain kinds of spicy. Like Korean food spicy is soooo fucking good. Eat a spicy noodle soup and be drenched in sweat at the end.

Those chili spice ratings on food packets and menus are always bullshit as well

This is mild racism.

So, I went into Chipotle the other day, and approached the young black dude who was taking the order, and asked for a bowl. Then he asked which rice, and said "Let me guess: White?"

I don't know if he was being racist or what, but I've got a thick (white) skin, and can see the humor in anything, so I was laughing when I said "What the fuck is THAT supposed to mean?...but, yeah, I want white rice, but still, what the fuck, dude?"

He got really nervous at that point, thinking he offended me, and of course I took advantage and guilted him into extra steak and guac.

It's taco bell, it's all mild sauce

A guy I work with once went with his two black friends to their local chip shop, owned by a big Jamaican guy.

He was the only white person in there, and when he placed his order, the owner went "Dja want gravy wit dat? White people always want graavyy".

He did want gravy.

At a Indian restaurant, the waiter said, "We have regular and spicy... And Indian spicy." Then he goes, "I usually don't offer Indian spicy to everybody". I'm brown, and I was given special treatment. But honestly I think I broke his heart when I asked for regular because he thought I could hang.

Sorry man! 😭

I get a lot of 'are you sure?' When I ask for hot sauce

That podcast is hilarious for all the wrong reasons. They are not only race reductionists but they basically boil everything down to individual attitudes and beliefs.

One of the most egregious ones was when they told people not to practice speaking people’s native languages with them and to hire a tutor! Dumbest fucking people, they are equally as smart as MAGA.

I moved recently and tried a Thai place down the street. The guy asked if I wanted mild, medium, or spicy, and I said spicy. He said :No, I think mild." I didn't know what to say and he added "...but you can have it however you want." I decided to try medium.

He came by after and asked how the spiciness was, and I said it was just a little spicier than I like it (I ate it without issue), and he said "I told you!"

I'm a white man, I enjoy very spicy food. My partner is a southeastern Asian woman, who enjoys a bit less spicy food. I find it easier if we just order for each other and swap plates when the food comes. Because the servers assume that I can't handle spice, and my partner can. Which is incorrect. Also, my partner isn't very happy about it.

I feel like the stereotype has trended binary recently: white dudes are either the "black pepper is too spicy" type, or they're the chili heads who mainline reapers

NGL, getting profiled as a tender tongue is pretty fucking annoying. The only thing worse than no spice is mild spice.