Sometimes, innocent things get accused of being plastic:

And the most recent victim appears to be the fish crackers sold at a Geylang Ramadan bazaar stall, according to a Facebook video uploaded on May 22:

In case you can''t see the video:

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Here's the caption that accompanied the post:

Translation: "It's sad to see our own people bringing down others. If it was indeed plastic, it would have melted, uncle... What are your thoughts?"

A quick rundown of the events that transpired in the video:

• A man, who was with (we presume) his wife and daughter, purchased a pack of fish crackers, better known as keropok lekor, from the stall.
• Multiple passers-by block the camera's view, but the next thing we know, the man was trying to set the cracker on fire with a lighter.
• After positioning himself right in front of the stall owner, he set another part of the cracker on fire again.
• Another voice could be heard saying something like, "Eh, if it's not plastic it won't burn until then right?" [muffled audio] "We just bought this."
• The man then talks to the stall owner in Malay, saying, "Please do not sell this. This is plastic. Are fish crackers meant to be this inflammable? Fish crackers won't burn this way. Just from the smell, I can tell that it's plastic. Please do not sell this for health's sake."
• A child's voice nearer to the camera said, "I'm so sad that I just ate something that is plastic. I can't believe that I just ate plastic!"
• An adult, presumably the one filming, responded, "I know, I know, I know."

It is worth noting that the camera was filming and pointing in the direction even before anything happened. The camera man was also careful to include the stall number within the first few seconds of the clip.

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Singaporeans question man's logic

By Wednesday afternoon — less than 24 hours since the video was uploaded — it had garnered over 4,700 shares and 2,100 comments.

But most of the comments disagreed with him and even questioned his logic.

"How far can his stupidity go?"

"Why lah? Aiyooo... which school did he go to?"

"As if it was plastic. It was fried in oil, of course it is inflammable."

Sympathised with stall owner

Others, on the other hand, sympathised with the berated stall owner.

"I pity the stall owner, she must have been embarrassed."

"Poor thing... This is a test for her during the fasting month."

 Keropok is actually quite inflammable

Singaporean deejay Dzar Ismail wrote his own response (it's in Malay, though) to the viral video and shared that some food is indeed highly inflammable.

And by "inflammable", we mean it catches fire easily. Just so we're clear.

Keropok lekor is primarily made from fish, tapioca starch and deep-fried in cooking oil — of which two ingredients are inflammable.

Tapioca starch consists of fine particles, which can catch fire if placed in a hot pan or onto a direct flame.

And in case this doesn't come across as common sense, most cooking oils are inflammable too.

Ah well.

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