Red Mosquito

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

washing machine wrote:

Michael Pollan before Michael Pollan became Michael Pollan.

Relaxing audiobook to have on while I start to reinvigorate my own garden and lawn for the springtime.

This is where he first introduces his idea that plants and people have an evolutionary agreement. Something he explores further in The Botany of Desire.

Read a couple essays from this in college. The Idea of a Garden was foundational for me. Please report back on the rest!

Sloppy Dupree wrote:Michael Pollan is an important voice in the food ethics realm. Haven’t read his earlier stuff but I should check it out.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

washing machine wrote:

Sloppy Dupree wrote:Michael Pollan is an important voice in the food ethics realm. Haven’t read his earlier stuff but I should check it out.

I used to think this too, but now far removed from the moment, it's clear that the systemic issues he raised in Omnivore's Dilemma and the privileged solutions offered in In Defense of Food aren't going to reinvent the western diet.

I actually feel kind of hopeless when I think of his view of food nowadays.

Mark Bittman is the safe space

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

washing machine wrote:

Sloppy Dupree wrote:Michael Pollan is an important voice in the food ethics realm. Haven’t read his earlier stuff but I should check it out.

I used to think this too, but now far removed from the moment, it's clear that the systemic issues he raised in Omnivore's Dilemma and the privileged solutions offered in In Defense of Food aren't going to reinvent the western diet.

I actually feel kind of hopeless when I think of his view of food nowadays.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

washing machine wrote:Yeah, I guess you're right. But where actually is that turn against processed foods for the everyday eater? There's a lot of hard-working folks that are priced out of that market.

Consider eggs. I've heard theories recently that some of the high egg prices are thanks to states with cage-free regulations.

It’s all the DEI initiatives in the coop.