I would agree with everything Moose has said here, but in the first
sentence would substitute 'World' for 'US'.
Charlie
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 4:57 AM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2/20/2013 10:09 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> You guys are too squeamish. Not everything needs to be cooked, if it is
>> fresh. On a related note, the best cheeses are those made with raw milk,
>> something that is frowned upon in the US.
>
> The US has a fear based culture. There are, of course, variations,
> subtleties, tidal movements, etc. But fear of nature,
> various human creations and institutions, other groups of humans, domestic
> and external, and of generalized other
> individual people is part of the pulse of living in the US.
>
> Pretend you are an ethnologist from another planet. Watch a few US 'news'
> programs. It will only take a few before you
> can make an accurate list of the items producers would like in each newscast.
> It will consist of one human interest
> story, sports and a bunch of stories to make you feel various levels of
> anxiety through deep fear. The fear stories lead.
>
> Things that you ingest, or neglect to ingest, that will kill you, slowly or
> quickly, and generally painfully are a
> staple. You might not believe how hard it is to get some otherwise apparently
> sane people to eat sushi. Even if they try
> it, you can tell they are already looking ahead to when they have to be
> wormed.
>
> Raw meat is something like the antideity to many here. Just mention it, and
> they are already off, running around in
> circles in the garden of fear.
>
>> On the other hand, growth hormones, large amounts of antibiotics, and
>> various GM shenanigans are apparently quite OK.
>
> It's a big country, lots of sub-cultures. A huge one is more afraid or what
> their food might do to them without
> additives, another, smaller group is afraid of what all the additives will do
> to them. Then there's the big group that
> eats McDs, and is afraid of things other than food.
>
> On 2/20/2013 10:12 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> I post pictures of lovely Belgian dishes and an animated talking lady, and
>> within a few hours nobody comments on the pictures; instead, the talk is of
>> diarrhea.
>
> Honestly, I didn't see much to comment on. The woman is apparently more
> interesting in person than in this pic. She
> isn't particularly physically attractive to me, and the shot doesn't make me
> imagine other attractive traits. I'll take
> your word for it, but it's not in the pic. Nothing wrong with being ordinary
> looking. I and the vast majority of the
> people I love and like are so. But a pic like this of us wouldn't do much for
> anyone who doesn't know us, either.
>
> As to the food, nice, clear, colorful images of food I don't know, don't
> really call for comment.
>
> R. Fearless Moose
>
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