How A Chinese Glycine Manufacturer Went Viral ft. Louise Matsakis and Tianyu Fang
Better Offline
Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In the last few weeks TikTok and other social networks have been flooded with memes about a chinese glycine manufacturer called Donghua Jinlong, all thanks to one innocent promotional video. Ed Zitron is joined by journalist Louise Matsakis and writer/researcher Tianyu Fang to talk about why young people are talking about glycine. Read more of Louise's work at https://youmayalsolike.beehiiv.com/ and you can find Tianyu at https://twitter.com/tianyuf
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.6 | CoolZone Media. |
| 0:09.8 | Hello and welcome to Bear Offline. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm your host at Zittron. |
| 0:25.6 | I need a saga. What's the saga? |
| 0:27.6 | It's glycine. |
| 0:28.6 | Industrial food-grade glycine and its associated memes. |
| 0:33.6 | In the last few weeks, TikTok and other social networks have been flooded with memes like this. |
| 0:38.8 | Then she gave me some glycine and I was like, this ain't no Donghua G-Long. |
| 0:44.4 | If you call this industrial strength glycine, then this glycine's got to hit the gym. |
| 0:50.7 | You know what I'm saying? |
| 0:51.9 | And this. |
| 0:52.8 | Are you tired of being cucked by inferior industrial and food-grade glycine suppliers |
| 0:57.0 | who don't adhere to FCC, E-640 USBBPP and JSFA production standards? |
| 1:02.0 | Fear not glycine girlies. |
| 1:04.0 | Edge yourself down to Dongwa Jin Long. |
| 1:06.0 | All inspired by an innocent promotional video created by Donghua Jinlong, a manufacturer of |
| 1:12.2 | food-grade glycine used to improve the taste of things like soy sauce and juices. |
| 1:16.9 | Introducing Dong Hua Jin Long's food-grade glycine. |
| 1:20.1 | Unlocked Dong Hua Jean-Long's food-grade glycine in 2024. |
| 1:24.4 | Based on my research and talking to people smarter than me, Dongwa Jin Long and the wider Chinese society doesn't really seem to understand why this is happening, nor why it's funny. |
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