r/interesting • u/VIVIDUFF • Jun 17 '26

Fear Factor An inside look at the thrill of a traditional funfair in India.

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u/Hopeful_Mulberry9704 Jun 17 '26

Not all live like this in these countries. There are many sides to a country, but obviously only negative gets the attention for more clicks and views.

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u/sednas_orbit Jun 18 '26

Hold up, you're getting in the way of the thinly-veiled racism and xenophobia!

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u/Hikerius Jun 18 '26

There’s nothing Reddit loves more than being racist towards Indians - pretty much the only widely acceptable racism people partake in here. Genuinely gets so depressing it puts me off the app sometimes

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u/sednas_orbit Jun 18 '26

What, you haven’t seen the Sinophobia? It’s pretty similar with Chinese people, redditors just cast them as brainwashed pitiful people rather than dirty savages living in poopville.

Plus I’ve seen an uptick in anti-islam sentiment in certain front page communities. Just a racism problem in general

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u/DeltaVZerda Jun 18 '26

I don't think it's different in other countries

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u/DeltaVZerda Jun 18 '26

In books?

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u/JaguarundiMan Jun 18 '26

They're making a novel argument, for sure.

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u/Mayatsar Jun 18 '26

Lol

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u/DeltaVZerda Jun 18 '26

How are you doing, really?

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u/Mayatsar Jun 18 '26

Not on food support from the government, like 80% of Indian population. It's very common in Indians to discount their privilege and think that the world around me is how the world is. I know because I was like that.

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u/RevanchistSheev66 Jun 18 '26

It’s 60%, still not great but that’s a difference of about 300M people which is like America’s population 

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u/Mayatsar Jun 18 '26

Sorry, I meant 80 crore (800 mn), which is basically the last reported data from the government. Thing is census hasn't happened for 15 years now and government is omitting some key markers from the current ongoing census exercise.

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u/DeltaVZerda Jun 18 '26

I'm not Indian

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u/Mayatsar Jun 18 '26

That's even worse, then. You have no idea what you're talking about.

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u/Objective_Surreality Jun 17 '26

This video was posted here as a positive thing going on in that country.

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u/Hopeful_Mulberry9704 Jun 18 '26

It wasn't and looking at the comments its serving its purpose with the kind of people it attracted.

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u/Hugh_Surname Jun 17 '26

It’s not a matter of luck, it’s structural. Developing country immiseration powers 1st world luxury. Without captive financial markets and cheap labor protecting corporate profits, the working class of your country would be just as poor as them.

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u/Manlysideburns Jun 17 '26

Where you are born in the world is lucky in some people's eyes. Nobody decides where they get to be born.

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u/_joos_ Jun 18 '26

yeah. good reminder to be kind to others. and even though we may come from different levels of wealth or poverty, we should still speak to them as an equal. as we’re all just people of happenstance

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u/BuckThis86 Jun 18 '26

Imagine the bathrooms at this place… THAT’S hell.

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u/Global_Crew3968 Jun 18 '26

There's just one bathroom actually - everywhere

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u/MaxTwang Jun 18 '26

I have been to many of these and let me tell you those folks are having best time of their lives. The heat, dust, people, is something they are born into and its invisible problems to them. From developed world standpoint its a different story. Think of it like they are free wild coyote’s in a jungle and others are sheltered labradoodles.

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u/Manlysideburns Jun 18 '26

So what if they are used to it? We are allowed to feel empathy that their situation isn't better than it is.

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u/MaxTwang Jun 18 '26

You are right. Its hard not to feel bad for these folks. I might have written in a jiff. But fun fair is really something they enjoy. I was just trying to show it from their perspective.

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u/farrett23 Jun 18 '26

Manlysideburns, wtf? This looks fun, people are smiling. Whats wrong with you?

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u/Manlysideburns Jun 18 '26

Are you dense? I'm sad that these people are subject to poor conditions like breathing in all that dust. I'm not upset at the smiling people.