At international meetings, does any diplomat actually eat those sweets that are always on the table ? I would, I would stuff my face like a motherfucker, wouldn't care if they filmed me.

>>508111471 (OP)
this is like the 2000s family movies where the kid bites one piece of toast and leaves for school but the mom made like a breakfast for 20 people. shit makes me so mad.

>>508111471 (OP)
enjoy the laxatives, and welcome to politics

>>508111754
Fucking exactly. So annoying

>>508111471 (OP)
Yeah, it's pretty standard actually. It comes with the job really, since most countries want to promote their food and create a more friendly environment during meeting.

>>t.worked with a bunch of diplomats during my graduate years.

>>508111829
do they actually put laxatives in them? why? so you have to shit and you basically forfeit the negotiations or something?

>>508112063
Sounds nice. Did you get to eat or the "help" wasn't allowed ?

>>508111471 (OP)
DESU if i was putin, id put my feet on the table and taste those sweets.
Maybe snap my finger at the Garcon over there.
>Hey boi, Garcon. Bring me some more.

What would they have to say about it?

>>508112240
My boss (he was a third grade diplomat) would occasionally give me some sweets that he stole during the meetings.

Honestly, most of the stuff was pretty garbage, but it's probably because we used to negotiate with a bunch of negros from Africa. The stuff from middle east was nice though.

If it was a high ranking meeting (aka the minister of foreign affairs or first ranking diplomat) we weren't allowed to touch that stuff, mostly for our own safety.

>>508111471 (OP)
The only good thread on /Pol/
Congratulations op you were not s faggot today

>>508112619
So the treats were usually locally made? What was the most memorable and worst?

>Eating stuff from your foes
Big mistake, you don't even drink their water unless they try it first in front of you

>>508112619
Kek, that's cool. Middle eastern sweets (and they really are sweet as fuck) are very good. I don't even think I ever heard of sub saharan sweets. I ate african food, but never sweets. Have you ever met anyone from Romania ?

>>508112619
>not allowed to touch food
>sit ass on chair
>touch table
Supreme bro moment.

The food is probably and generally the safest thing there since it’s so conspicuous and obvious.

>>508111829
As if poisoning makes any sense. If the other diplomats are heading towards the toilet you won’t be able to negotiate and have negative associations with the other people present there. In other words any remotely favorable deal would be flushed down the toilet. If you distrust the other side the negotiations will basically always be held on the territory and the supervision of a neutral third party.
>>508114708
Mostly wrong for the reasons stated previously. The food served is tested before even, if there is a possible dislike for the other side, since it’s just delivering a casus belli free house.

>>508114839
If you distrust the other side you wouldn’t be able to set a foot in the country. Since there are more than enough methods which don’t require eating anything. It’s not just about touching either. But about much more like stuff in the air

>>508114708

What if they dipped their balls in it before the meeting though, so they didn't really care because it's their balls, but you're drinking their ball sweat?

>>508114803
>I don't even think I ever heard of sub saharan sweets.
I lived in Ghana when I was a kid.
There were no sweets whatsoever.
As Dutch people we imported some cookies sometimes and when we gave them to the locals they were amazed at how incredibly sweet they tasted (they really weren't that sweet at all).

I guess the sweetest thing they had was mango.

>>508114560
There is this weird candy that one of the Iranian diplomats gave it us, but I can't fucking recall it's name to this day, this was ins 2013/2014. It looks like pic related, but it's a lot smaller and kinda smoochy, but it tastes so freaking good. When I asked my boss what it was called he just said "it's Iranian candy, that's what it's called" and then ordered me to get some of his stuff at his office.
But, I don't think most of them are locally made, I know for certain that some member from our staff would just buy a random Brigadeiro from the local store and just give it to the next diplomat that just happened to come by.
>>508114803
Nah, never dealt with Romanians. I think the only Europeans I actually talked to were Portuguese.
If you are on the low ranks in the Ministry of foreign affairs you generally work with third worlders.

They usually put there there because a lot of these geezers are diabetic

>>508111471 (OP)
>does any diplomat actually eat those sweets that are always on the table ?
It's a power move to see, if you eat it you show yourself as weak and needy
The proper way is to eat it only if it's being offered to you as a serf would offer their liege food.

>>508117789
Orechki?
https://www.osharak.com/popoque-walnut-waffle-cookies/

>>508117789
had to be candied dates

>>508111754
yea it looks like the bitch is an alcoholic who has little grasp of her child's everyday but this is her one lucid morning and she tries to overcompensate

>>508111471 (OP)
Basically wealthy tea service.
Every time you sit for a meeting you have refreshments and snacks to graze as you see fit.
Its just always present with them if they spend time in any room.
I've seen it on C level all the time, standard higher class stuff.

>>508118270
Maybe not

>>508111471 (OP)
it's there only to justify the catering bill

STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE!!!!

>>508111471 (OP)
They're color coded drugs.
Red = Uppers.
White = Downers.

>>508116501
Kek. Nice. Did you beat the little negros at Ludo ? Also, what did they think of Nigerians ? I know about the whole Ghana go home bag incident

>>508118212
The power move is to eat all of them right away and ask for more

>>508118472
Thats looks similar to something we make here but i dont remeber the name....buttery and yummy.
Ours its made out of somekind of sweet dough and a filling, i cannot quite remeber the taste.

>>508118472
>>508117789
>>508118270
We make those too

>>508118571
Kek

>>508111471 (OP)
You'd be dead. That's poison.

>>508116196
Why is it always an American to post something like this?

>>508111471 (OP)
OK John Kasich.

>>508120237
>why not give it to israel instead?

>>508111471 (OP)
no you wouldent, there likely poisonsed