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Bruce[_28_]
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Fruit snack! Cherries and a peach!
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> I don't consider my views to be doom and gloom. People in the future
will consider us wasteful in food consumption and inefficient in
production. They may stand in awe of our extravagances but they'll know
that the our foods and eating practices should stay firmly rooted in the
past. Well, except for Spam, which from a tactical and logistical POV
makes a lot of sense.
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> Food will still serve it's primary function - sustaining life. Modern Americans might consider food to be a symbol of their status and wealth and discriminating tastes but that's just the conditions as it is in this place and time.
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> A guy from a hundred years or more ago would probably plotz if he could get his hands on a Happy Meal or a Hot Pocket. The reality is that foods in the era before refrigeration, preservatives, and modern processing, were more dangerous - the Jews and Muslims knew this and made certain foods and practices taboo.
Too much information is dangerous for you because you connect the wrong
things and draw the wrong conclusions.
On topic: I suggest you be put on a low information diet.
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