I have nothing against vegetarians. They’re an OK bunch in my book, and some of them smell pretty good. But what I do loathe are self-righteous bigots who go out of their way to make sure I know that my status as an omnivore is equivalent to that of a baby raping cannibal. I met one of these virulent zealots at a Pedestrian Sunday at Kensington, and I had the foresight to leave before I demonstrated how much sharper my canines were than his. But anyway, I came across these videos through a post on the now-famous blog Stuff White People Like on how much white people like Veganism and Vegetarianism and I had to share it.
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And about that blog – Stuff White People Like – I was listening to a reading by Christian Lander, the creator, where he says that one of the underlying ideas behind the site was that of competition, about how much the social strata is created now not by wealth or class, but by taste and aesthetics. You can effectively be poor and socially upscale at the same time if you espouse the right political views (ultra-liberal or libertine), the right socio-economic policies (progressive, eco-conscious, grass-roots initiatives), the right language (racially aware, appropriation-free) and of course, the right clothes, shoes, scarves, belts, music-tastes, film-makers and so on. Of course, on some level we are all aware of this, but one of the reasons the site became so popular was that it – humorously – pointed out that these systems of thought were just that – systems. They were not the only way of thinking but simply represented the new ideological elite. They are ‘reality tunnels’ as well, closed realms of thinking that seek to justify only their contents. It’s good to be aware of this as you’re talking about how awesome the food is at the farmer’s market close to your home…
I like farmer’s markets. The green-beans are unbeatable.
