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Re: True Left breakthrough: anti-relativism
By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 9, 2023, 9:10 pm
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Not to be confused with:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/ice/
False Leftists complain about:
HTML https://us.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ice-one-rudest-dining-habits-164602701.html
[quote]"ICE" Is One Of The Rudest Dining Habits Ever, And You
Might Be Doing It[/quote]
I, as a True Leftist and thus an anti-relativist, do it proudly!
[quote]The scene: It’s an hour into a dinner party you’re
hosting for “friends.” (Note the quotes.) Most of your guests
are on their second (or third) round of adult beverages and are
tucking into the main course — sumptuous grilled shrimp paired
with grits, the latter of which you made yourself according to
an old family recipe. Shouts of approval echo from around the
table, but then you hear a very audible murmur: “These grits are
good. However, you know, when I make them I use real cream, not
milk.”[/quote]
I do the vegan version, of course.
[quote]If this situation sounds familiar, you’re one of millions
of estimated Americans who has borne witness to what could be
called “invidious comparison eating,” or ICE.
Potentially the most passive-aggressive bad-dining habit, ICE is
when a person indirectly asserts a dish they’re consuming is
lesser by listing the “superior” merits of another version
(usually their own). ICE can play out in any sort of group meal
setting (e.g., restaurants or coffee shops), but it’s
particularly offensive when it transpires in a domestic space,
right in front of the home cook.[/quote]
I do precisely this as often as possible in order to insert
veganism into the conversation.
[quote]invidious comparison as “a process of valuation of
persons in respect of worth,”[/quote]
Yes!
[quote]it’s not enough that your dinner party “friend” can
afford to purchase and deploy real cream when they make grits;
this fact must also be broadcast to the masses to establish
their superiority.[/quote]
Yes! In my case, soy milk. This establishes my quantifiable
superiority over dairy consumers:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/dietary-decolonization/msg6987/#msg6987
[quote]
HTML https://www.lockhart.co.uk/medias/lockhart/blog-feature-images/dairy-environment.jpg[/quote]
Unlike cream, soy milk is cheaper too:
HTML https://www.quora.com/Which-is-cheaper-to-produce-soy-milk-or-dairy
[quote]Soy milk is generally cheaper to produce than dairy milk.
Soybeans are less expensive to grow and process than the feed,
labor, and other costs associated with dairy cows.[/quote]
Next, I will practice invidious comparison physiognomy:
[quote][img]
HTML https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/ZIKuuHEmMNvxtiXA8t4klg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNjAwO2NmPXdlYnA-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/buzzfeed_articles_778/d438f8a4161fdcec1ccd62d97d2c369a[/img]
She's about to tell you how she makes her own (better)
version.[/quote]
That is fine. But I would have chosen a model with a narrower
FWHR. ;D
I am also a supporter of invidious comparison music:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/counterculture-era/recommended-music-to-listen-to/msg20974/#msg20974
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