Food is Gross

[drenrin2120]

=P I don't think I was nearly that pessimistic. About the eternity of "Suck", that is.

[Zerlina]

I actually wish the world could be like 1984's. As long as I am a member of the party! Well, the higher party, not the regulars. Or thought, police, yeah, definitely.

But no, the world sucks and will always suck. Why? Humans...

You actually wish we were perpetually at war, constantly being missiled by our own government, brainwashed into thinking sex is for the good of the party, prevented from having independent thought, and constantly monitored, or tortured if we deviate?

[Cerebus]

As I said, I would, but only if I am a member of the higher party! Be part of those throwing missiles, brainwashing, preventing independent thought, constantly monitoring and torturing. Why not?

[SaiKar]

Hey, sounds better than another 4 years of a W. Bush presidency.

[RPG LORD]

So what about 8 years of Robotnik instead?
Somebody we'd love seeing beaten over and over again by mutated animals.

[Obvious Sock Account]

As I said, I would, but only if I am a member of the higher party! Be part of those throwing missiles, brainwashing, preventing independent thought, constantly monitoring and torturing. Why not?

Hey, sounds better than another 4 years of a W. Bush presidency.

YOUR PRIORITIES WORRY ME.

[drenrin2120]

Hey, at least dubya was comical. It was like watching a sitcom show for 8 years where dubya was the main character. The only thing missing was the canned laughter.

[Phayre]

Is that... ****ing strawberry ice cream? 0_0

Believe it or not, here in western Massachusetts, especially around areas north of where I live in more rural cities, buying local is a HUGE thing. It's even quite trendy and hipster of one to do so.

Someone made a comment about organic not tasting very good. Eh, I think that's very much personal preference. Organic really doesn't taste that bad to me, and plus, non-organic but non-processed foods taste great and is kind of in the middle and is most certainly a hell of a lot better food choice for you then processed food. I mean, where I like I can get a pound of apples for 1.39. That's like, 2 apples for a little more than a dollar. That's not bad.

This.
I, oddly enough, am also in Western MA. Even though I'm in a wicked low income area, we have farmer's markets and stuff all over.
I just wish it were better promoted-- most people here just hit up Market Basket, rather than go down the road to the farms and such.
I was actually at a huge local food festival (garlic festival-- protip: don't eat garlic ice cream) and it was just amazing.
That's the kind of thing I'd really like to see promoted, more. I'm just not sure how to do it.

(And yeah, I know that is a bit off topic now. Sorry  )

[Ben]

You know, I've been reading 1984, and I ****ing love our world. I love our food, I love our people, I love our politicians. Because I know that given the right chances to happen everything in that book could've been true. But it isn't. And dear man I'm happy for that.

Im late here....but the irony of your statement is...

LOL NEWSPEAK




That book is true, and we pull of INGSOC far more effectivly and sublimely then in the book, and on a global scale. The book was not actually a critique on socialism as much as it was a satire of capitalism. Orwell was a socialist.





Seriously, Im glad you love our world, but the book is relavent today because its all true and currently happening.

[drenrin2120]

This.
I, oddly enough, am also in Western MA. Even though I'm in a wicked low income area, we have farmer's markets and stuff all over.
I just wish it were better promoted-- most people here just hit up Market Basket, rather than go down the road to the farms and such.
I was actually at a huge local food festival (garlic festival-- protip: don't eat garlic ice cream) and it was just amazing.
That's the kind of thing I'd really like to see promoted, more. I'm just not sure how to do it.

(And yeah, I know that is a bit off topic now. Sorry  )

Creeeeeepy...
And, I'm assuming the only place, or one of the few places, where you could find something as... odd... as garlic ice cream in wmass is Northampton? Maybs? Really weird someone lives in the same area as me. I never would've assumed.


@gem: what book is that?

[Phayre]

Not quite that west-- it was in Orange, if I remember correctly.

Gem-- According to Orwell's own letters, it was a critique of executed communism.
While I can absolutely see elements in place in modern American society, that wasn't Orwell's stated intent.

[Zerlina]

I thought it was about fascism? As in, it was an alternate timeline where the fascists won WWII?