tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post6846393794004444768..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: Food Doomblakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-77029217702493208752008-04-29T12:42:00.000-07:002008-04-29T12:42:00.000-07:00Yeah, while I sympathize with a lot of the premise...Yeah, while I sympathize with a lot of the premise, it's hard to argue the stats.<BR/><BR/>Our consumption of bad food has gone through the roof in the past 35 years, as our life expectancy has gone up about a decade.<BR/><BR/>I'm probably less of a foodie now simply because I can't afford it, in terms of time and money and pitching to the kids. My kids all seem to have narrow comfort zones. I mean, they'll <I>try</I> anything, but they seem to like very few things.<BR/><BR/>I suppose I was the same.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-38305008996445014582008-04-29T04:25:00.000-07:002008-04-29T04:25:00.000-07:00The very first speaker made me bark with laughter ...The very first speaker made me bark with laughter (oops! Bad cubicle etiquette). Not a good sign. He said, "all the terrorists have to do is wait and we'll be dead in a hundred years." Ummm...yeah. I reckon all of us will be dead by then, alright. Of course, we'll be making new people in the meantime. <BR/><BR/>I get his point, but it was a goofy construct -- and clearly wrong...the more Westernized a society, the longer the <I>general</I> life expectancy of the population.<BR/><BR/>How well we live as individuals is a different discussion. I'm getting to be MUCH more of a foodie in my old age. Buying locally and (soon) growing our own; paying what I have to pay to get the very best ingredients, and always buying ingredients, not prepared foods. But I look on that as largely an aesthetic choice.S. Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081301454448509736noreply@blogger.com