Eat Like Snake? Sorry, I'm a grammarian ...

After watching this commercial, Shanghaiist began wondering when the internet firestorm of Chinese cultural protectionism would take place, a la "Lebron James in the Chamber of Fear." Then we noticed the Korean writing on the window in the final few seconds of the commercial, which gives Burger King some plausible deniability -- this commercial isn't suggesting that Chinese people have hinged jaws, eat like reptiles, steal the food of others and have poor grammar. No, that's Koreans.

In the end, regardless of who ends up claiming to be the most culturally offended, Shanghaiist is just glad the Triple Whopper is not making its way to China (at least not yet). Obesity and diabetes are already both on the rise here, and we are not sure more meat patties are exactly what the doctor is prescribing.

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