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Sick (Score:1)
by leko (leko@netscape.net) on Sunday February 20, @03:36PM EST (#1)
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it sounds sick... and ramen smells. I like candy much better.
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did you see those pictures? (Score:1)
by Bad_CRC on Sunday February 20, @05:15PM EST (#166)
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| I almost urped just looking at them. I suppose they might be ok to taste, but ick, those are the nastiest looking foodstuffs I've seen in a long time. thanks, but I'll stick to pizza, beer, and flintstones chewable vitamins to get all my required vitamins and minerals.
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Re:did you see those pictures? (Score:1)
by gwalla (gwalla@__planetall.com) on Sunday February 20, @10:27PM EST (#418)
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The fillings look like baby puke.
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Cap'n Crunch! 25% of daily nutr. So eat 4x as much (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @05:39PM EST (#206)
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Now you're geting 100% of some vitamins and minerals. Complete balanced nutrition. And the extra sugar for those late night kernel tweakings. (Finally got 2.2.13 with the intl patch and all crypto going!).
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Re:Cap'n Crunch? How about King Vitamin! (Score:1)
by JDax on Sunday February 20, @06:38PM EST (#287)
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Now you're geting 100% of some vitamins and minerals. Complete balanced nutrition. And the extra sugar for those late night kernel tweakings.
Awww man... You just hit my soft spot! Cap'n Crunch has ALWAYS been my favorite cereal since I was little (and we're talking early 60s)!
But if you want to talk about 100% of your daily vitamins, there was a cereal back in the 70s called "King Vitamin" ("breakfast for a king"), which was supposed to be one of those sugary sweet (ie., bad for you) cereals that tried to counter the sugar with like a rock-load (literally) of vitamins. You could actually smell and taste the damn iron and whatever else they put in it (like drinking the 'ole "beef, iron, and wine" Geritol). I mean, you'd crunch that stuff and hit metal!
Those were the days...
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Re:Cap'n Crunch? How about King Vitamin! (Score:2)
by Pascal Q. Porcupine (p a s c a l @ t r i k u a r e . c x) on Sunday February 20, @06:41PM EST (#290)
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Actually, the cereal you're thinking of was called "King Vitaman." I vaguely remember that being available when I was a kid, but I never had the pleasure(?) of trying it.
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Re:Cap'n Crunch? How about King Vitamin! (Score:1)
by JDax on Sunday February 20, @07:31PM EST (#335)
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Actually, the cereal you're thinking of was called "King Vitaman."
Yeah, I think you're right. Too much flying around in my brain to recall it accurately. I still remember that song on the commercial though... How hokey.
I never had the pleasure(?) of trying it.
Count your blessings. At least you don't have to walk around wondering why pieces of metal are flying through the air attaching to your body and compasses go haywire when you go near them... ;-)
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Re:Cap'n Crunch? How about King Vitamin! (Score:2)
by generic-man (jweill@andrew.cmu.edu) on Sunday February 20, @08:56PM EST (#383)
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Dude.
A couple of weeks ago I saw a box of King Vitaman at Giant Eagle here in Pittsburgh. I didn't think anything of it -- it looked like one of those generic store brand cereals like "Crisped Rice" and "Fruit Rings."
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Re:Cap'n Crunch? How about King Vitamin! (Score:2)
by Windigo The Feral (N (afn23950@pop3.afn.org.donteventhinkofspammingme) on Monday February 21, @01:49PM EST (#586)
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Generic-man dun said: Dude. A couple of weeks ago I saw a box of King Vitaman at Giant Eagle here in Pittsburgh. I didn't think anything of it -- it looked like one of those generic store brand cereals like "Crisped Rice" and "Fruit Rings." Yup, they still sell King Vitaman (it's actually fairly easy to find here in Kentucky--I know I've seen it at Kroger's, Winn Dixie, AND Meijer's (the three big stores in Louisville) and odds are they also carry it at Food Lion, Foodland, and Piggly Wiggly (the other three big stores here in Kentucky, just not in Louisville); I can prolly find out for sure in the case of Foodland in about a month or so). I am all too familiar with the stuff, having been fed it by parents who seemed to have an outright paranoia about iron-deficiency anemia. :P Oddly, the stuff isn't generic like Malt-O-Meal; it's actually made by Quaker (you know, the oats folks) which explains much on why they were promoting the healthy aspects of it... King Vitaman doesn't quite count as a blast-from-the-past for me, though. A REAL blast-from-the-past would be, oh, Count Chocula or Frankenberry or (gods help me) QUISP (yes, so help me Cthulhu, they sell all three here, though the latter usually only in the big hypermarkets or at Sam's and super-Wal-Marts). And, again, I see how I was deprived as a kid...I never had Captain Crunch till I was over drinking age, because my parents never bought it (it was "too expensive", so we'd get tons of Apple Jacks and Cheerios and King Vitaman and (if money was REALLY tight) the Malt-O-Meal knockoffs of Apple Jacks and Fruit-Loops). I am probably one of three people who has been born and lived all their life in the United States who has never, ever, not ONCE had Tang (I am not joking, either; my parents were somehow convinced that if we had ANY drinks with real sugar in them, we would become instantly diabetic, so Tang was right out; Kool-Aid wasn't because you could make it with saccharine or Nutrasweet [gee, folks, thanks; replace my (minimal) risk of diabetes with a greater chance of cancer and PMS, not to mention that thanks to all the Nutrasweet I won't have to worry about embalming my body thanks to all the formaldehyde...]). I still don't know exactly what the stuff tastes like. :) I also never had Cream of Wheat till this year (my folks always having gotten either good old oatmeal or grits). Oddly (tying in with the prize thing), though, I was all too familiar with Ovaltine in my youth (another fun drink of which the "healthy" virtues have been promoted to death). Yes, they still did the crap with the cap lids for prizes. Yes, I sympathised with Ralphie all too much in "A Christmas Story" because, likewise, I'd drunk gallons of Ovaltine as a kid. And most folks have never SEEN Ovaltine. Hmph. :)
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Re:Cap'n Crunch? How about King Vitamin! (Score:1)
by Arctic Fox (charyna at ellipsys dot com) on Sunday February 20, @06:55PM EST (#304)
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Dude, no way.
By far the best cereal was "Halfsies". In the early 80s (83) I actually won something out of the box. A fullsize Sega Star Trek arcade machine.
It came with a vector graphics monitor, and digitized spock voice. It was shipped to us broken, my dad managed to get it working again. Man, that was really a hit at my 8th birthday party!!!!
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Re:Cap'n Crunch? How about King Vitamin! (Score:1)
by JDax on Sunday February 20, @07:24PM EST (#330)
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Dude, no way. By far the best cereal was "Halfsies".
But Cap'n Crunch had/has all those spin-offs - like my MOST favorite - Peanut Butter Crunch!
Hell... any of those cereals are the ultimate geek food - just munch 'em right out the box!
In the early 80s (83) I actually won something out of the box. A fullsize Sega Star Trek arcade machine. It came with a vector graphics monitor, and digitized spock voice. It was shipped to us broken, my dad managed to get it working again. Man, that was really a hit at my 8th birthday party!!!!
Now that IS cool! I'm jealous. If you still had that thing, it'd be worth a pretty penny on the collector's market.
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Re:Cap'n Crunch? How about King Vitamin! (Score:1)
by Arctic Fox (charyna at ellipsys dot com) on Sunday February 20, @08:40PM EST (#375)
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| I still do have it..(actually it's at my parent's house). I've gotten offers of $5K without even asking. Damn thing weighs a TON.
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Sardines! (Score:1)
by JDax on Monday February 21, @12:45PM EST (#574)
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How could we forget sardines? (just had some myself). You get your zinc and calcium! No muss, no fuss, no zapping in the microwave. Just pop open a can and enjoy!
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THIS IS OLD NEWS, IT WAS POSTED *LAST* APRIL. (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @05:46PM EST (#214)
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Of course, I can't prove that because the slashdot search now only goes back to October. Why is this? That seems pretty broken to me, what if I want to look up an older article. (Which I did today to prove that this article has been on slashdot before.) The food sounded horrible a year ago, and I think a year of non-sales prove it did suck. Can we please fix the search engine though, I thought slashdot was going to archive a little, hard drive space is cheap when you're working for a company like Andover....
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Re:Sick (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @06:09PM EST (#251)
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Why does it seem that nobody is getting the point here? The point isn't that it's a great food, the point is that it's nutritious. I've wanted stuff like this for years...the equivalent of Purina Human Chow[tm]. Think about it...if they can make a single food for dogs to eat their entire lives and make it contain all the nutrients that they'll ever need, why can't they make one for humans? I don't really care what my food tastes like, I view hunger as an annoyance and an expense. If I could just take a food pill three times a day, and only eat real food on special occasions, I'd do it. Taco Bell is nasty, they use hot dog quality meat in their food. Ramen is nice but it's the nutritional equivalent of sand. If you're having a hard time gettting the idea, think of this like iodized salt, or vitamin D milk. Both were invented to cure deficiencies in the population at large, and they've succeeded dramatically, just ask the CDC. The only real problem I have with this is the Dilburritos will probably be a bit pricey, I'd say $2.39 to $2.99 each, and they have a gay cartoon logo on them. But other than that, I'd love to buy a 40-lb bag of Human Chow[tm] and eat three bowls of it a day. Like right now, it's 3pm, I got up at noon, and I haven't eaten yet. My stomach is growling, and all there is in the kitchen is stuff that takes 30 minutes to cook. I could get delivery pizza, but that takes a while too, and it's kind of expensive and nasty, and it's definitely not nutritious. I wish I could just go and get myself a hot, steaming bowl of Purina Human Chow[tm], choke it down, and not be hungry any more, and have my nutritional requirements satisfied. You should worry about nutrition...the human body is a system just like any other, that demands proper input in order to give optimal output. GIGO.
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Re:Sick (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @06:53PM EST (#300)
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| I agree wholeheartedly. I would love to eat only once a week or so. I wake up around noon, already late, and of course I skip breakfast. Next is a large sandwich, pizza, or some other basic take-out meal at night that doesn't take too long and doesn't cost too much. What is the next step? I've been experimenting with Power Bars and water. They taste pretty good, but nutrition is not all there. I think a hybrid approach would be best. Artificial stuff like pills and PowerBars provides strange minerals and vitamins, while basic foods like rice, beans or soy provide the mass. If homemade, some automated way of cooking rice and beans would be necessary to cut down the time required (perhaps using X10, controlled through a Web front end). The market is ready for "heals." I bet gaming shops would love to distribute that stuff; who wouldn't buy a handful of 50% heals (50% daily vitamins/minerals) with their new pack of magic cards :) --ac
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Cuisine fast food (Score:1, Flamebait)
by mvw (van.woerkom@netcologne.de) on Sunday February 20, @07:30PM EST (#334)
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| Probably they would kill you (with by passengers applauding) in France, Italy, Japan or every other place that knows about good food. And then this quote from the Dilberito site: Adams and Parker plan to redefine what people expect from food, raising the bar for the rest of the food industry, and contributing to the health of the world. They plan to make money, too. This is sooo american.. yuck! (Apologies to the few americans who know better)
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Re:Cuisine fast food (Score:1, Insightful)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @08:01PM EST (#356)
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| As a European, I'm sure you know all about killing people because of their beliefs, and applauding afterward. Food means nutrition. We need it so we don't die. Food is not about dressing up in nice clothes and going to that new Italian Bistro that the food critic in the magazine recommended. This is very un-geeky. And yes, redefining old, tradition-bound concepts about food to be more sensible and healthy, and to serve a greater portion of humanity instead of just the people who can afford a $22 entree, and to make a buck in the process, _is_ very American. Thanks for noticing. --
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Re:Cuisine fast food (Score:1)
by izzylobo on Monday February 21, @12:57PM EST (#577)
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| Food means nutrition. We need it so we don't die. Food is not about dressing up in nice clothes and going to that new Italian Bistro that the food critic in the magazine recommended. The preceeding in no way, shape, or form represents the opinion of all (or hopefully even many) members of the /. community. Scott Taylor
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Re:Sick (Score:1)
by shawb on Tuesday February 22, @02:38PM EST (#615)
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For convienence of cooking rice, rice steamers work really well. My old Thai roomate had one... really convienent. I believe just add same volume of rice and water, plug it in and close the lid. The chord was even retractable for EASY storage. Or, just cook your rice in bulk. Put the extra in the fridge, and throw it in the microwave with a little water (or other liquid for more taste), turn it on for... a minute or two. Done. Beans and Corn work to complete the protein... canned products are convienent, although slightly less flavor, and possibly slightly less nutrients...
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Scott predicted it in his book! :( (Score:1)
by _alpha_ (alpha(ATspam)labyrinth.net.au) on Sunday February 20, @07:55PM EST (#353)
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sick is right. I had a look at the ingredients list. broccoli is #1!
Interstingly enough, when I told a colleague about the Dilberito, he pointed this out from Scott Adams' "The Dilbert Future":
"Prediction 60 - In the future, you will not need a supercomputer and a team of scientists to get good nutrition."
and in the details he describes a "burrito-like meal that is engineered as scientifically as a can of motor oil", not a REAL burrito!!!
"If someone doesn't build this burrito thing (or maybe it's a souplike thing), then I'll build it myself".
He must have had an inkling back in 1998...
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Dilberito green is dogbert! (Score:1)
by Mongoose (stu7440 at westga.edu) on Sunday February 20, @10:37PM EST (#426)
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Oh the humanity! Stop the insanity!
Didn't we learn from that charlton heston flick not to do this?
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i doubt it'll work (Score:1)
by prijks (prijks@esgeroth.org) on Sunday February 20, @03:37PM EST (#2)
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Although the concept is quite cool, I don't think these will ever replace ramen and similar things as the food for geeks. I can buy a package of ramen for anywhere between 10 and 25 cents. perfect for my budget. I doubt anything with the dilbert label will be nearly as cheap.
either way, i'll probably end up wasting money on at least one package of these things, just to try 'em.
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Re:i doubt it'll work (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @04:17PM EST (#85)
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What about the geeks with money who don't have time to shop for a long time? I think this could be big.
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Re:i doubt it'll work (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @04:42PM EST (#123)
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Maybe is slashdotters would start programing for *money* (you know, green stuf... need it to live)they would be able to afford to eat real food... I mean, it's pretty bad when you feel Dilberito is overpriced compared to ramen...
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Re:i doubt it'll work (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @06:14PM EST (#255)
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Programming for money sucks. It's usually trying to add new features to some broke-ass application, or trying to Work As A Team with a bunch of idiots. This Dilberito _is_ overpriced compared to ramen...duh! Anything is overpriced compared to ramen. Frankly, I really hate the attitude of "you don't have money? well then go get some, you idiot...I have money and it wasn't hard for _me_ to get".
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Dilbert Ice Cream (Score:1)
by Riptor7177 on Sunday February 20, @03:37PM EST (#3)
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I believe either Ben & Jerry's or Haagen Daaz also has Dilbert Ice Cream. I'm gonna have to check out the Dilberito though
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Re:Dilbert Ice Cream (Score:1)
by vividan (vividan_const@hotmail.com) on Sunday February 20, @03:42PM EST (#10)
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I was over at Ben & Jerry's last night and notice the Dilbert Ice Cream :)
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Re:Dilbert Ice Cream (Score:1)
by mong (paul@SPAM.SP4M.5PAM.atomicrevs.net) on Sunday February 20, @04:02PM EST (#61)
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It should be "Dilburrito", surely?
I like the sound of this though - since moving to Mexico (from GB), I've gotten seriously into Mexican food.
The "CmdrTaco" would be just superb!
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Re:Dilbert Ice Cream (Score:1)
by Phil-14 (pgfatglobalreachdotnet) on Sunday February 20, @06:43PM EST (#292)
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I like Mexican food too, but I prefer real Mexican food to the fake American Microwaved Dilberito stuff.
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Dilbert Sorbet Would Be Better! (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @07:20PM EST (#327)
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Let's not forget the lactose-intolerant among us. I think this is one of the reasons sorbet has become so popular. Even B&J and Haagen Daaz make sorbet. Scott, it's Dilbert's turn now. Forget the burritos, this will make a lot more money. Just ask Dogbert.
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Re:Dilbert Ice Cream (Score:1)
by gwalla (gwalla@__planetall.com) on Sunday February 20, @10:31PM EST (#422)
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Ben & Jerry's Dilbert "Totally Nuts" ice cream (I guess they couldn't come up with a better name) tastes pretty good. Gives you 100% of your daily recommended dosage of fat & sugar. The Dilberrito, on the other hand, looks grotesque.
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The Dilbert Ice Cream and Burrito Diet (Score:1)
by Zach Baker (zach@zachbaker.com) on Monday February 21, @03:42AM EST (#499)
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| So this is the plan. After having one Dilberito, eat a pint or two of Ben & Jerry's Dilbert flavor ice cream to get your full caloric intake for the day. And both are available at your local 7-11, no less. The ice cream is very tasty. I'm usually disgusted by the stink of green vegetables, but I guess I'll give the Dilberito a chance.
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Re:The Dilbert Ice Cream and Burrito Diet (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 21, @06:50AM EST (#535)
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Combined with that new fat soaking chemical I could really go for this diet... is there nothing better than a pint of super premium ice cream at 2:00am?
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Dilbert Drink (Score:1)
by Krodge on Monday February 21, @12:46PM EST (#575)
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Forget burritos and ice cream we should have a Dilbert drink. Mucho caffeine, and they could even put some protein and vitamins in there to make it nutritional. It would also have to be a drink that goes well with ramen and pizza. So what do you guys think?
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That's just wrong... (Score:2)
by emc (spam@exocet.DOT.org) on Sunday February 20, @03:38PM EST (#4)
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There are some things I wish could be undone.
This is definatly one of them.
I'll stick with my Cup O' Noodles, Eggos, Pop Tarts, and Diet Pepsi.
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Re:That's just wrong... (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @05:18PM EST (#172)
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And i'll stick to your mom's sweet pussy, faggot. You must be french... sorry it's not your fault you were born a fucking bafoon.
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Re:That's just wrong... (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @05:51PM EST (#223)
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and if ur mom had change for a nickel I'd be ur father instead of the guy who kicked the ho to the side.....U must be american...your proper education is showing through
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Re:That's just wrong... (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 21, @02:42AM EST (#496)
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You education is any better??? "ur" == "your" "U" == "you". learn to speak then correct others. I know that I should not feed the trolls but this one was just to easy.
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Jolt (Score:2, Insightful)
by threaded on Sunday February 20, @03:39PM EST (#5)
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| Jolt is the ONLY geek food ... ever. Oh, and some cold pizza to soak it up.
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Re:Jolt (Score:2)
by Accipiter (shadSowfireP@hotAmail.cMom) on Sunday February 20, @04:01PM EST (#56)
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There's a difference.
Jolt is more of a drug than sustenance. Yeah, it gives you a blow of caffeine, but it has damn near no nutritional value. (Don't get me wrong, I like Jolt, but it's not what I'd have in place of dinner.)
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Re:Jolt (Score:1)
by Molz on Sunday February 20, @04:27PM EST (#104)
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That is what the cold pizza is for:-)
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Screw Jolt, it's for wussies. (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @05:47PM EST (#215)
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What you *really* oughta try is AFRI-COLA. Yes, it's real (but hard to find, made in S. Africa I believe) , and yes, it amps you way more than Jolt.
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Re:Screw Jolt, it's for wussies. (Score:1)
by Genom (genom@nriheg.net) on Sunday February 20, @05:56PM EST (#229)
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Haven't tried Afri-cola, so I can't comment on that -- but real men looking for that super caffeine buzz drink:
C O F F E E ! (Grin)
Brewed triple-strength with enough sugar to keep you wired for days...ahhh...that's refreshment ;)
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Re:Screw Jolt, it's for wussies. (Score:1)
by Electric Barbarella (mr_happy@cheerful.com) on Sunday February 20, @09:27PM EST (#400)
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down here at Georgia Tech i brew an infamous bit of coffee from my ghetto-ass coffee maker, Senor Cafe (too lazy to put in the real letters). We call it "680nm Brew" because 1/4" of this black hideous brew will stop a 680nm laser cold. you have to mix it about 50/50 with milk that's been saturated (completely) with sugar before it's all that potable (although we HAVE drunk it black before *shudder*). even after all of that, it's STILL bitter as shit.
after drinking this stuff for a while, that starbucks crap tastes like water. i also have a damn hard time getting a caffine buzz these days. *sigh*.
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Re:Screw Jolt, it's for wussies. (Score:1)
by Genom (genom@nriheg.net) on Sunday February 20, @09:59PM EST (#406)
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Damn. That's strong. (Post the recipe ;) )
Not sure I could drink that all the time, but for late-nite coding sessions it'd be cool. I'll stick to triple-strength for normal drinking though (and yes, after getting used to drinking it triple-strong, anything less tastes like water and fails the buzz test)
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Re:Screw Jolt, it's for wussies. (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @10:34PM EST (#424)
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Man, you can die from that. Also, if you ever need surdergy, you won't have access to that stuff for maybe a couple of days, and you'll get the biggest headaches of your life.
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Re:Screw Jolt, it's for wussies. (Score:2)
by technos (technos@crosswinds.net) on Monday February 21, @02:32AM EST (#495)
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A geek buddy of mine actually had a doc prescribe a dilute caffeine solution added to the drip during the week or so of recovery because his withdrawl symptoms were interfering with his ability to heal.
Personally, I'll stick to morphine when I'm at hospital: Not only do you not notice the coffee/nicotine withdrawl, you can ignore the visiting relatives too!
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Re:Screw Jolt, it's for wussies. (Score:2)
by BrianH on Sunday February 20, @11:42PM EST (#456)
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You wnat to hear somrthing that truly sucks? There is a very small portion of the population that is allergic to coffee...and I'm one of them. I see all of these Starbucks and drive through coffee shops, and hear people like you talking about their latte's and espresso's, and I'll never know what any of them are actually like.
A demi-tasse would literally kill me :\
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Re:Screw Jolt, it's for wussies. (Score:1)
by MrNixon (mrnixon@netcom.ca) on Monday February 21, @12:16AM EST (#470)
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Try Insomnia. Me and a friend of mine thought this one up: Brew a pot of espresso, but replace the water with Jolt (hell on your coffeemaker, but worth it). It tastes pretty good, and will have you up forever.
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Re:Screw Jolt, it's for wussies. (Score:1)
by darkshadow on Monday February 21, @01:11PM EST (#581)
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Try Water Joe!
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Screw Waterjoe, their page blows! (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 21, @01:55PM EST (#587)
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"this page requires a plug in. (shockwave) Do you want netscape to get the plug in for you?"
"Fuck no," he says.
Blank screen.
Great, I'll stick to jolt. www.wetplanet.com
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Re:Screw Jolt, it's for wussies. (Score:1)
by avalanche^greenfield on Monday February 21, @04:05AM EST (#504)
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they don't sell jolt here (holland), which is too bad, they do sell dr.foots, which seems to be similar, but i don't know how that measures up on the caffeine scale, regardless of that, sharing 10 cases of the stuff between 3 people at lan parties should get rid of the caffeine difference.
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They do sell Jolt in the Netherlands (Score:1)
by threaded on Monday February 21, @04:26AM EST (#511)
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I was doing some serious coding in Utrecht and I felt the need for caffine ... I definitely found some Jolt. Come to think of it I can't think of a place I've been without being able to find it. I was even playing with a box at a golf course on Lombok (one of the Spice Islands) and they had some ... well they had the bottle, and it was the right colour, but then, the cap seemed well worn to me ...
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Re:They do sell Jolt in the Netherlands (Score:1)
by avalanche^greenfield on Monday February 21, @06:01AM EST (#529)
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really? cause here in almere i can't seem to find it, allthough i do remember it being sold at takeover'98, but only because the organizers went to germany to get it. or something like that anyway "pass the salt...or DIE!"
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Re:Screw Jolt, it's for wussies. (Score:1)
by jawad (jawad(at)nycap.rr.com) on Monday February 21, @11:42PM EST (#612)
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Made in germany.
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Re:Jolt (Score:1)
by lohen (woodburn5@no.yahoo.spam.com) on Monday February 21, @06:04AM EST (#530)
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I've never tried Jolt (I don't think we get it over here in the UK) but as I'm no great fan of cola, I imagine I'd prefer sweet black coffee, or failing that Red Bull.
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Re:Jolt (Score:1)
by kokij on Monday February 21, @09:59AM EST (#556)
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We don't get Jolt in the UK, but my flatmate (heya Xugu) just spent £23 on shipping to get some of it over here - he spent about £7 on actual goods. It's got a buzz, but we all agreed it tasted like paint stripper. I think we're better off not having it, really.
Ouch, Red Bull. That stuff is lethal. I'd go for Lucazade anyday.
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Re:Jolt (Score:1)
by lohen (woodburn5@no.yahoo.spam.com) on Monday February 21, @02:46PM EST (#593)
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>Ouch, Red Bull. That stuff is lethal.
Damn right. I go into a kind of energy overload on Red Bull - running for a couple of miles for the hell of it, and that kind of thing - which is why I recommend balancing it with lots of alcohol.
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Yeah, but... (Score:2, Insightful)
by moonsammy (moonsammyHatesSpam@operamail.com) on Sunday February 20, @03:39PM EST (#6)
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Where's the beef? And whats with the non-dairy cheese? This can't possibly qualify as geek food - its not even close to unhealthy enough. We don't drink coffee and Dew and Jolt becuase we're taking care of our bodies!
Delivery Taco Bell - that is the ultimate in geek eating.
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Re:Yeah, but... (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @03:44PM EST (#15)
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You have a Taco Bell that delivers? Lucky bastard.
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Re:Yeah, but... (Score:4, Informative)
by DanJose52 (DanJoe52@spamisnotanoption.mtgrealm.com) on Sunday February 20, @03:48PM EST (#24)
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About the Taco Bell delivered food...why they don't do it. I work for Pizza Hut Delivery, which, as some of us know, is the same company as Taco Bell and KFC...and I can explain to you why you won't ever get a Grande Meal brought to your door: construction problems. Around here they have Taco Bell/KFC/Pizza Hut combo restaurants that used to deliver all three foods to people using the pizza drivers, but all this did was create problems with the Taco Bell food because it falls apart and gets messed up relatively easy. Fried chicken and Pizza are incredibly durable, a Chalupa is not. You can order KFC and Hut food delivered and get it intact(trust me, it goes through hell getting there in one of our cars), but tacos just don't fare as well.
This may be off-topic, this may be a "troll" according to some of the recent moderation, but it is meant as informative or to be left alone...
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drive-up starbucks (Score:1)
by Al Gore on Monday February 21, @04:02AM EST (#502)
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This may be off-topic . . . This is a little OT too, but what the hell? Here where I live (DC area), there's actually a drive-through Starbucks. The building used to be a bank, and after S'bucks moved in, they decided to keep the drive-through window. (No, the coffee isn't delivered through the vacuum tubes, smartass.) Very cool. For those of you near DC, it's in Burtonsville (IIRC). Tell 'em Mr. Gore sent ya! Anyone else like the coffee at "Cafe Borders?" I think their cafe mocha is better than S'bucks's.
God Bless,
Al Gore
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Damn Right (Score:1)
by jpowers (powers.jason@jimmy.harvard.edu) on Sunday February 20, @03:53PM EST (#41)
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Meatless? Mango chutney? WTF? These are little bread-bags of salty vegetables. Look at the barbecue one, it doesn't even look edible. Whoever made these things clearly lives in CA.
Boston needs delivery Taco Bell!
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ACK! (Score:4, Informative)
by jpowers (powers.jason@jimmy.harvard.edu) on Sunday February 20, @03:58PM EST (#53)
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They spray it with vitamins and stuff. Now I'm going to be sick.
http://cnn.com/FOOD/news/9910/20/functional.food/index.html
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Re:Damn Right (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @05:09PM EST (#156)
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WTF? How can you call it a BBQ burrito if it doen't have any meat in it? Even the cheese is fake!
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Re:Damn Right (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @05:53PM EST (#227)
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I live in CA and I'm NOT eating it......
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Re:Damn Right (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 21, @04:05AM EST (#505)
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I live in CA and I'm NOT eating it...... Sure you are. You just love to eat it. Nothing more satisfying than California gay asshole, eh friend? What? You eat dildo burritos? Oh, Dilberitos? I see.
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Re:Damn Right (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @07:49PM EST (#348)
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Business opportunity. You're right... barbecue and not even any meat in it? Sacrilege.... oh yeah, the business opportunity? I was in California a while ago (gag) and some dude was living pretty comfortably with his little delivery business... you'd call him and order whatever you wanted from anyplace with a drive-up window. He'd shag it for you and deliver it for price plus 10%. Worked out pretty well... of course you'd have to limit the area you covered unless you sub-contracted out to guys living scattered around your area. Beepers are up... talk about telecommuting!
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Re:Damn Right (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 21, @12:24PM EST (#570)
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Well THIS Californian is dissapointed in the vegetarian slant of the "Dilberito." At least give us a choice of getting a chicken or beef version as well as veggie only.
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Not quite non-dairy... (Score:1)
by MrGrieves (cmayes@-NOSPAM-acm.org) on Sunday February 20, @04:59PM EST (#141)
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The cheese contains Sodium Caseinate, which is almost always (or so i understand) derived from dairy products. As a vegetarian who is too lazy to be vegan, I have looked into stuff like that. Very few "non-dairy" cheeses are actually fully non-dairy. Since I can't really imagine life without cheese, I'll stay an L-O Veggie (I love eggs, too ;-) So, for me, this sounds like a really cool product, though I'd be concerned with the overabundance of nutrients in the thing. As long as you don't have one at every meal, though, it ought to be fine.
Just picking nits,
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Damn Vegans, go to hell or California (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @05:17PM EST (#170)
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What kind of freak would argue about some chemical that just happens to come from dairy products??? "OH MY GOD! THEY ENSLAVE COWS AND FORCE THEM TO PRODUCE CHEESE FOR HUMANS!" The best way for a cow to be is cut up and cooked in my oven... mmmmmmmm.
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Re:Damn Vegans, go to hell or California (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @05:28PM EST (#191)
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California *is* hell!
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LOL (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 21, @02:28AM EST (#493)
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Dude, good call. This one had me rolling on the floor.
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(OT)Re: Damn Vegans, go to hell or California (Score:2)
by jacobm on Sunday February 20, @06:04PM EST (#243)
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Some people have strong senses of ethics. Strong enough, in fact, that they're willing to think about what they're doing, even when they're doing something popular. Those people are called vegans. And yes, it bothers us that animals suffer, and we do what we can to make that not happen any more.
Why doesn't suffering bother you? Why don't you do anything about it?
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Spin control (Score:1)
by jpowers (powers.jason@jimmy.harvard.edu) on Sunday February 20, @06:45PM EST (#293)
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When I was a kid, I couldn't eat anything with protein in it...except steak and chicken. Weird, huh? The critters' immune systems nullified whatever it was that I was allergic to in the soy or whatever they fed them. Now it's mostly habit.
I know what they do to those animals, and I read Peter Singer's books, too. His arguments about reducing suffering by torturing/killing fewer animals hold very well when you talk about fur or glue or whatnot, but the plain fact is human beings are designed to eat both vegetables and animals.
Meat contains certain nutrients in concentrations higher than you'll find elsewhere, and if your genetic makeup expects those nutrients you'd damn well better eat it. My sister's still on iron pills from the time she tried to go vegan.
The point here is that your oversimplification of our civilization's mass-consumption of animals into "they suffer, so don't do it" is an emotional appeal that's unfair to the complexity of the issue and the principles of public debate. Your suggestion that the truth of the ethics of that particular issue have been predetermined is in itself an ethical violation of the worst sort.
Oh yeah, I think you meant UNpopular.
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Re:Spin control (Score:3, Informative)
by jacobm on Sunday February 20, @07:32PM EST (#336)
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What's-his-name... Mark Mathew Braunstein, the guy who wrote Radical Vegetarianism, briefly made the point you make- some people just can't eat a completely vegetarian diet, and for them it makes sense to continue to eat meat. Of course, Braunstein is a loon (for other reasons), but it's a good point anyway.
On the other hand, most people can do just fine on a careful vegan diet. Dwelling on the fact that some people CAN'T do it for health reasons just makes it that much easier for some idiot to say, "Well, I just can't do it either. I've GOT to have my cheeseburger!" Also, some people think that vegetables are deficient when in fact it's just the way they're eating. Iron and calcium are good examples- there are wonderfully good vegetable sources of both, but a lot of vegetarians/vegans find themselves deficient because they don't eat well-balanced foods. (Amazingly, going to McDonald's and ordering just the french fries and coke is not the path to perfect health.)
So perhaps I was simplifying things a bit much. But I do actually think that "it hurts animals, so don't do it" is a pretty compelling argument, if fleshed out a bit more (but it doesn't need much more fleshing out- it's not a complicated idea.) On the other hand, what do you expect in a reply to a message titled "vegans can go to hell or California"?
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Spin (Score:1)
by jpowers (powers.jason@jimmy.harvard.edu) on Sunday February 20, @08:48PM EST (#379)
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True about the "vegans can...", I think the guy was riffing on my crude earlier attempt at humor.
The concept of reducing suffering isn't complicated only if you believe it in the first place; ie. you start from a position of assuming it's true. The problem with it ultimately isn't Singer's argument that animals rate on a utilitarian scale of global happiness, it's suggesting that it then ethically follows that we need to stop eating animals to increase that happiness total, when there isn't enough science to back up the idea that we as a civilization can just drop eating meat without serious consequence.
While you can get all of the FDA-approved nutrients from alternative sources, science's knowledge of human nutrition is incomplete. Nothing they know, for example, explains why children's brains develop slower (and show less total development in the long run) if they are raised on a vegetarian diet.
I'm not suggesting that this above example will have a necessarily detrimental effect on intelligence, but I am suggesting that using the argument "stop using animal products and reduce world suffering" assumes that not eating meat has no cost to us whatsoever, when the truth is the science behind maintaining a complete vegetarian diet isn't thorough engouh for you to make that decision for the rest of the world.
Nothing I've said, however, reduces the need for people to recognize the unnecessarily vicious treatment animals recieve in the name of making clothing, food and tons of other products we use. I would say (and suspect you'd agree) that the methods used to raise and slaughter these animals couldn't have been more horrific if they were designed as methods of torture, and in this the argument that we need to "increase the total amount of happiness by reducing the total amount of pain" stands on solid ethical ground: animals feel pain and shouldn't be tortured under any circumstances.
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Re:Spin control (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 21, @12:58PM EST (#578)
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| Vegans kill animals, too. They just refuse to admit it even to themselves. Everytime a vegan eats a vegetable, that's one less vegetable available for another animal to eat. Every acre of land used for production of vegan-preferred diet crops (like soy) takes an acre of existing plants away from the ecosystem, taking the food of resident species (like deer) away from them, creating shortages of food and resulting in starvation of the native species. So somewhere, another animal is starving because some vegan ate a soy burger for lunch. The only ways a vegan can NOT be responsible for another animal's death is for the vegan to live entirely off artificial chemicals or die. At least the carnivores are honest about their killing, even if they don't care.
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Re:Spin control (Score:2)
by jacobm on Monday February 21, @05:44PM EST (#600)
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Err... excuse me? I don't admit to myself that I kill animals? I wasn't aware of that. Why exactly are you the authority on what vegans think?
As a matter of fact, vegans (at least the smart ones) are well aware of the fact that we aren't perfect. No matter how hard I try to minimize the suffering that my diet causes, there's always going to be something more that I could have done. The difference between a vegan and a meat-eater (in a very pithy sense) is that vegans typically do the best they can, and meat-eaters typically do not. Can you say "I try my best to prevent suffering" and then eat a quarter pounder with cheese? Is it ethical not to try your best to prevent suffering?
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Re:Spin control (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 21, @07:52PM EST (#604)
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It's impossible to be an organic vegan. You'll die. Humans, like every other animal, need vitamin B12 to live, but we can't make our own. Plants can't make it either. We need to eat meat (or eggs or milk) to get it. Or you could take it in chemical form, but that's not organic.
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Re:Spin control (Score:2)
by jacobm on Monday February 21, @09:30PM EST (#608)
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I suppose, if you think of organic vegan as vegans who won't eat anything that they didn't grow themselves. However, there exist plant algae that produce B12, which is why there are vegetarian B12 vitamins. Also, you don't need much B12 at all, and it stays in your body forever if you have a surplus. Yes, vegans should make sure they get B12 supplements occasionally (but look in vegan prepackaged foods: many are B12-fortified). But it's really not that big of a deal.
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Re:(OT)Re: Damn Vegans, go to hell or California (Score:1)
by citizen_bongo (mm89@iname.com) on Sunday February 20, @09:15PM EST (#391)
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Animals don't have feelings. But Plants do. Plants are as living as animals. Just because you don't hear them cry when you pull them out of the ground doesn't mean they're less alive then the chicken who's running around without a head. And BTW, if god didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat!
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Re:(OT)Re: Damn Vegans, go to hell or California (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @10:37PM EST (#427)
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| Some people have strong senses of ethics. Well, then get your penis out of that guy's ass. I thought so. So much for your "strong ethics."
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Re:(OT)Re: Damn Vegans, go to hell or California (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 21, @06:20AM EST (#533)
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There's nothing unethical about giving it up the ass - it makes my nephews' day when they drop their pants for me.
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Re:(OT)Re: Damn Vegans, go to hell or California (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @11:06PM EST (#440)
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Animal suffering doesn't bother me because I am a member of the current most dominant species -- not unlike how the suffering of a rodent fails to upset my cat. People who seem to feel that 'humane' treatment is appropriate for animals who would offer no such thing to their own prey do not have a strong sense of ethics but merely a soft head. If you have such inclinations, ask yourself honestly if whichever evolving being will eventually take us over is likely to have these same silly notions as he sits down to a far more literal 'Mexican' dinner. I think not. We didn't get here by being wimps. Don't pussy out on us now... -tM
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Re:(OT)Re: Damn Vegans, go to hell or California (Score:1)
by anonymous cowerd (WKiernan@concentric.net) on Monday February 21, @12:33AM EST (#471)
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> I am a member of the current most dominant species No! I don't believe it. You're a cockroach?! Incredulous, WDK - WKiernan@concentric.net
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Re:(OT)Re: Damn Vegans, go to hell or California (Score:2)
by jacobm on Monday February 21, @09:56AM EST (#555)
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Err... Spinoza you ain't. Why exactly is it that my ethics are limited to "what would my food do to me?" Think about it: if we used cows as our ethical guideposts, we'd be pretty bad off, don't you think? I don't ask a tiger whether or not there's a God, I see no reason to follow its advice about what to eat. We don't trust most people to be our ethical leaders. Why trust cats, as you literally suggested?
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Re:(OT)Re: Damn Vegans, go to hell or California (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 21, @01:24PM EST (#584)
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Im sure a carrot really enjoys being yanked out of the ground and masticated. Whther you eat animals or veggies you are still killing a living organism. Humans need food. Animals are a source of food.
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Re:Damn Vegans, go to hell or California (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @11:06PM EST (#441)
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For a lot of us (and most of the male) vegetarians, it's not about animal rights... Hell, I don't care what the hell anyone wants to do with some critter as long as it's legal :). Mostly I can't stand to eat dead carcasses because of sheer squeamishness. After dissecting fetal pigs and then a dead cat in high school Bio, the thought of sticking pieces of some rotten corpse in my gob can bring me to retch. Lesson? Get out of high school biology if at all possible.
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Dissecting & Eating...mmmm.. (Score:1)
by rodent on Sunday February 20, @11:29PM EST (#453)
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I also dissected both fetal pigs and cats. Usually, I had a roast beef or pork sandwitch will doing it.
Now there's nothing like a good juicy 20oz beef filet cooked rare or medium rare. Damn good!
rodent...
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kitty bbq, tennessee style! (Score:1)
by Al Gore on Monday February 21, @04:14AM EST (#508)
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| When no one was looking, I would skewer the tender kitty organs with my scalpel and roast them over a bunsen burner. Now that's good eatin'! Mmmmmmm, with that tangy formaldehyde seasoning? Nothing beats it! One time my teacher caught me, and tried to call my parents. Me and my friend Gimpy Ed hid next to her car and were going to give her a, um, surprise when she left to drive home. I don't remember what happened after that.
God Bless,
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Re:Damn Vegans, go to hell or California (Score:2)
by Windigo The Feral (N (afn23950@pop3.afn.org.donteventhinkofspammingme) on Monday February 21, @02:06PM EST (#588)
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Some anonymous coward dun said: For a lot of us (and most of the male) vegetarians, it's not about animal rights... Hell, I don't care what the hell anyone wants to do with some critter as long as it's legal :). Mostly I can't stand to eat dead carcasses because of sheer squeamishness. After dissecting fetal pigs and then a dead cat in high school Bio, the thought of sticking pieces of some rotten corpse in my gob can bring me to retch. Lesson? Get out of high school biology if at all possible. I was fortunate to get out of dissections in biology (long story--basically, we ended up going through three teachers in a semester, and none stayed long enough to get to the dissection section) but the thing about "dead carcasses" puzzles me..hell, at least they're DEAD. So instead, you eat very-much-living plant lungs and plant fetuses and plant-stomachs and plant, erm, naughty-bits? ;) (Greatest way to troll those "meat-is-murder" folks: Explain to them how those soybeans they're eating are essentially plant abortions. ;) Seriously, though...realistically, the idea that meat comes from animals doesn't make me sick, really (though I think that some practices in factory-farming need to be done away with because they're not really good for the animals OR people eating them). Then again, I used to live next door to a working beef-cattle farm and have relatives who hunt for meat, so that could explain why I don't go "My god, you're eating BAMBI!" when I decide to eat some venison. ;9 (Then again, I also know someone who turned vegetarian after his pet pig at his grandma's farm ended up being the main course one night...and I can only imagine the trauma caused by the sign "PET EATING RABBITS" that used to be up by a rabbit-breeders close to where I used to live... :) Realistically, though, about the ONLY thing that really gets me physically ill is, well, maggots (I literally can't watch the infamous "birth scene" in the 1986 remake of "The Fly" because I get physically ill). As long as the meat isn't flyblown I'm ok. ;)
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Re:Damn Vegans, go to hell or California (Score:1)
by c64k (mike@bootyhouse.org) on Monday February 21, @02:23AM EST (#492)
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I will eat animal products of animals I raise, tend and slaughter myself. As I currently reside in my office, I don't think I'll be reaising cattle...
I'm vegan cause I think the current production line style of the meat industries is dangerous. Mad cow disease comes from feeding cows back to cows. All manner of ill sh*t is done to the animals to make it quicker and easier to get them packaged and sold.
Argue left and right about whether it's inhumane to treat animals how their treated, but man, eating food that's tainted the way current meat is, is just a bad idea.
Flip through any vegan propaganda book you can find, ignor the 'be nice to the critters' sections and check out the health benefits and the nastiness that's acceptablely still able to be served as 'meat.' That's why I'm vegitarian.
I went vegan cause, well, it pisses people off more.
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Re:Damn Vegans, go to hell or California (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 21, @04:17AM EST (#509)
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I'm going to kill you, eat your body, and steal your eyes.
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Re:Damn Vegans, go to hell or California (Score:1)
by lohen (woodburn5@no.yahoo.spam.com) on Monday February 21, @06:16AM EST (#532)
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They do some ill shit to plant crops these days too. Gallons of pesticide, fungicide, and herbicide (with certain GM crops) go into all those nice 'healthy' vegetables you ate last night. Organic isn't really much better - then your food is simply diseased, rather than poisoned. And biological control, rather than pesticides, is also a nightmare for the environment whatever they say.
The answer - don't be squeamish, just enjoy yourself and eat a whole mixture. Hopefully you won't get a toxic build-up of any one substance, except maybe caffeine and alcohol.
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Re:Yeah, but... (Score:1)
by adamsc (chris@improbable.org) on Sunday February 20, @05:15PM EST (#168)
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Delivery Taco Bell - that is the ultimate in geek eating. For geeks who like pseudo-Mexican food, anyway. Living in an area (Southern California) with millions of real Mexican restaurants I've yet to see any reason to pay more for food that isn't fit even for that idiot Chihuahua. If you want unhealthy, I'll see your chalupa and raise you an authentic chimichanga with extra cheese. Mmmm - I can already hear the arteries clogging! Besides, everyone knows that takeout Chinese food is the true geek dinner. (Not to be confused with cold pizza and beer: Breakfast of Programmers)
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Re:Yeah, but... (Score:1)
by jpowers (powers.jason@jimmy.harvard.edu) on Sunday February 20, @05:57PM EST (#233)
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Both in Boston (where I live) and Forida (where I used to live) Taco Bell had to make their stuff cheap so people will buy it. Back in high school I could buy like fifteen tacos for six or seven dollars, which made them quite a bit cheaper than everything else around. Now that everyone's hooked on the heroin they put in there their prices are similar to McD's.
jpowers
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Re:Yeah, but... (Score:2)
by adamsc (chris@improbable.org) on Sunday February 20, @06:09PM EST (#250)
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Taco Bell had to make their stuff cheap so people will buy it. Back in high school I could buy like fifteen tacos for six or seven dollars, which made them quite a bit cheaper than everything else around Even with the specials, TB's prices here are actually higher than most of the corner-taco-shop places when you look at the food/dollar ratio. Sure, I might have to pay an whopping $2.50 for a carne-asada burrito but it's big enough to score a touchdown with and there is simply no comparison on flavor. I'm constantly amazed that TB still does business in this area. My guess is that they're banking on the "Bad at Math" segment of the population who will decide that a 59 cent micro-taco is a great deal.
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Food costs (Score:1)
by jpowers (powers.jason@jimmy.harvard.edu) on Sunday February 20, @06:51PM EST (#299)
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...are tied to local markets to the point where I think we're talking apples and oranges (no pun). Here even your standard fast food is like 7 bucks a meal (sandwich, fries, drink), so four for Taco Hell (3 tacos, nachos, drink) was a godsend. I say was because they're prices are nickel-and-diming up to the same rate as the other guys.
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Re:Food costs (Score:2)
by adamsc (chris@improbable.org) on Sunday February 20, @07:34PM EST (#337)
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...are tied to local markets to the point where I think we're talking apples and oranges (no pun). Here even your standard fast food is like 7 bucks a meal (sandwich, fries, drink), so four for Taco Hell (3 tacos, nachos, drink) was a godsend. I say was because they're prices are nickel-and-diming up to the same rate as the other guys. Quite true. I've noticed that as well, particularly with the places where the cheap items keep shrinking or becoming blander, in an effort to get the guy who came in for the .39 Budget Special to spring for the 1.69 Ultra Jumbo Xtreme Special.
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Re:Yeah, but... (Score:1)
by TheSync (info@thesync.com) on Monday February 21, @04:48PM EST (#599)
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Taco Bell is the one fast food place where you can
get a high-fiber and reasonably low-fast product,
the bean burrito (hold the cheese).
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Food trends (Score:1)
by bfan2 (bfan2@replaceme.com with yahoo) on Sunday February 20, @06:49PM EST (#294)
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Taco Bell caught the market when "value" was popular among fast food restaurants. Hence the $.49/.69/.89 menu. People wanted low prices above most everything else. Now the emphasis in fast food is on big portions. Hence the extra-extra-large "value meal" at McDonalds's and the "grande meal" at Taco Bell. People would rather spend more and get more food than they can consume-- or should.
But, I'm not sure if the Dilberito is being introduced at the right time. I think that vegetarianism (though always popular) was more the public's eye about 5 years ago. Just 2 years ago or so the trend was for "comfort food". I think that the latest trend continues to be a mixture of comfort and family-style dinner foods that you pick up at the market and reheat at home. People desire the illusion that they are "cooking" when, of course, they are not.
Perhaps Scott Adams should catch this trend by producing a "Dilberito Kit" where you construct your own dilberitos at home. Just add textured vegetable protein!
Ben
> Both in Boston (where I live) and Forida
> (where I used to live) Taco Bell had to
> make their stuff cheap so people will buy
> it. Back in high school I could buy like
> fifteen tacos for six or seven dollars,
> which made them quite a bit cheaper than
> everything else around. Now that everyone's
> hooked on the heroin they put in there their
> prices are similar to McD's.
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Exactly (Score:1)
by jpowers (powers.jason@jimmy.harvard.edu) on Sunday February 20, @06:56PM EST (#306)
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New Pam Brand Spray-On No-Stick Vitamins!
(If it tastes like butter I'll try it on my girlfriend.)
jpowers
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Re:Exactly (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 21, @03:16AM EST (#497)
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| New Pam Brand Spray-On No-Stick Vitamins! (If it tastes like butter I'll try it on my girlfriend.) Err, where on your girlfriend? <slap> OK, OK, sorry!
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Re:Yeah, but... (Score:1)
by BitPoet (bevans@bitcasting.com) on Monday February 21, @10:47PM EST (#611)
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If you want some good, cheap, mexican food in the Boston area, check out El Taquaria Mexico in Waltham (bitch to find, but _damn_ good) Great food, cheap, too.
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Re:Yeah, but... (Score:2)
by turg (slashdotmail@dramaturgy.net) on Sunday February 20, @05:19PM EST (#174)
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Where's the beef? And whats with the non-dairy cheese? This can't possibly qualify as geek food - its not even close to unhealthy enough. We don't drink coffee and Dew and Jolt becuase we're taking care of our bodies! That's the beauty of it! One of these dilberitos and all that nutritional stuff is taken care of for the day. You can take even less care about what you eat than you do now if you just have one dilberito a day -- all you have to worry about anymore is getting calories when you start to droop. And which foods are the best source of calories?Disclaimer: I am not a nutritionist :-)
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whadda ya get if you cross a dildo and a burrito? (Score:1, Troll)
by unitron (unitron@tacc.net) on Sunday February 20, @03:39PM EST (#7)
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like shooting fish in a barrel.
Honest, officer, my sig file was *right* here, really! |
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Re:whadda ya get if you cross a dildo and a burrit (Score:3, Funny)
by quonsar (quonsar@meepzorp.com) on Sunday February 20, @04:26PM EST (#103)
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CmdrTaco, of course.
fish in a barrel indeed!
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What's a dildo? (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @10:34PM EST (#425)
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Is that the main character in the Hobbet? Oh no, that's Bilbo. :) But seriously what's a dildo?
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Re:What's a dildo? (Score:1)
by unitron (unitron@tacc.net) on Sunday February 20, @10:58PM EST (#438)
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The moderator who modded me down from 3 points to 2.
Honest, officer, my sig file was *right* here, really! |
KARMA WHORE (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @11:28PM EST (#452)
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YOU ARE A KARMA FARMA
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OOPS! (Score:1)
by unitron (unitron@tacc.net) on Sunday February 20, @11:59PM EST (#463)
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forgot the :) at the end of that sentence. My bad.
Honest, officer, my sig file was *right* here, really! |
Re:whadda ya get if you cross a dildo and a burrit (Score:1)
by tregoweth on Sunday February 20, @11:44PM EST (#459)
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"Score:2, Troll"? Sheesh... -j
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Re:whadda ya get if you cross a dildo and a burrit (Score:1)
by unitron (unitron@tacc.net) on Sunday February 20, @11:58PM EST (#461)
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It started as the usual +1 that anybody gets for being logged in, then 2 people moderated it as "funny", bringing it up to a +3 (my first time abouve +2, so it caught my attention), then somebody else (at whom I have poked gentle fun elswhere in this thread) moderated it as "troll", so that's how it got a negative label and a positive score.
Honest, officer, my sig file was *right* here, really! |
Re:whadda ya get if you cross a dildo and a burrit (Score:1)
by unitron (unitron@tacc.net) on Tuesday February 22, @01:10PM EST (#614)
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And now, a day or so later, while good posts in newer articles await up-moderation, someone else has come along and marked it "overrated", putting it back at the +1 where it started, so a total of 4 moderators have each wasted a point squabbling with each other on a post that would have been just fine where it was originally. I think the moderation system isn't working out exactly as planned.
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Re:whadda ya get if you cross a dildo and a burrit (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @10:32PM EST (#423)
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Bravo! Excellent!
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Re:whadda ya get if you cross a dildo and a burrit (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @10:42PM EST (#430)
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Precisely what triggered this verbal barrage? Your sister stop putting out? Pissed off because they took Hee Haw off the air? Did Uncle Clem vomit on your NASCAR bedsheets? Well, what?
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My diet (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @03:40PM EST (#8)
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Consists of subway. I thought you'd like to know, but you probably don't. In either case, it beats ramen noodles and barfurritos.
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Re:My diet (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @07:23PM EST (#329)
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With Subway, you can get them to make you a veggie sub. But, I think the bread contains some dairy product in it. You can even ask them to leave out the cheese. I've noticed the diberito doesn't contain any cheese which is a good thing.
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quality control (Score:4, Funny)
by Skald on Sunday February 20, @03:41PM EST (#9)
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| I wonder what percentage of Ratbert the FDA will allow in this...
"The great object is, that every man be armed. Every one who is able may have a gun." -- Patrick Henry, June 14 1788
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Re:quality control (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @03:46PM EST (#22)
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| Ah, but what happens when they come out with the Korean version, and Dogbert suddenly stops appearing in the strip? (I apologize to anyone offended by that. It just struck me funny.)
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Re:quality control (Score:1)
by JDax on Sunday February 20, @04:09PM EST (#68)
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I wonder what percentage of Ratbert the FDA will allow in this...
All of it as long as it's declared on the label. (seriously)
-- Win2k: "It's not so much that it's only 65,000 bugs, it's just that they stopped at 65,535 to prevent an overflow." - Mazel#Tov |
Re:quality control (Score:1, Informative)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @07:01PM EST (#310)
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This doesn't directly answer your question, but it's a similar theme.
This link (then page down) is an official USDA page for inspection of grain. For example, a sample of oats is considered contaminated if it contains "10 or more rodent pellets, bird droppings, or an equal quantity of other animal filth" or "2 or more pieces of glass". Anything less is apparantly Part of a Nutritious Breakfast(tm).
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Re:quality control (Score:1)
by JDax on Monday February 21, @09:38AM EST (#551)
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And this one will help answer your question.
;=)
-- Win2k: "It's not so much that it's only 65,000 bugs, it's just that they stopped at 65,535 to prevent an overflow." - Mazel#Tov |
Im getting tired of this crap /. (Score:0, Flamebait)
by niekze on Sunday February 20, @03:42PM EST (#11)
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"News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." should be changed to "New Products. Stuff you can buy."
Can we go one day without a non-computer related marketable product? PUULLLLLLEEEAAASE?
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Would you like some cheese with that whine? (Score:0, Flamebait)
by weisserw on Sunday February 20, @03:54PM EST (#44)
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Stop reading then, ya dumb fuck.
"Well it should be obvious to even the most dim-witted individual who holds an advanced degree in hyperbolic topology..." -Prof. Frink |
Reply to Mr. Stupid: (Score:1)
by niekze on Sunday February 20, @04:13PM EST (#79)
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I like /. you fucking idiot. BUT I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE EVERYTHING THAT APPEARS ON IT.
I don't like linux either.
BSD is much better
But i still read /.
Hmm I don't like any of the presidental candidates...maybe i should move to the UK or Canada.
I don't like you...stop breathing.
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A reply (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @04:59PM EST (#140)
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#1. Get the stick outta your ass.
#2. Don't whine. It doesn't accomplish anything. If you enjoy /. then try to appreciate it instead of babbling.
#3. You're preaching to the converted.
#4. Most geeks like cool toys. Most cool toys cost money. Get over it.
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Re:A reply (Score:1)
by niekze on Sunday February 20, @05:10PM EST (#158)
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#1 yea you're intelligent
#2 Thats the problem, But if it doesnt accomplish anything...stop whining about microsoft. It doesn't accomplish anything. (sarcasm)
#3 Converted from what exactly? its a nice cliche, but stupid in your reply.
#4 But this isn't a cool toy. Its a stupid marketing ploy to take your geek money. I guess you bought all the Jar-Jar toys as well.
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You are a moron. (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @03:55PM EST (#46)
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Food MAtters. This is food for nerds. THIS IS NEWS, AND IT IS NEWS FOR NERDS AND STUFF THAT MATTERS.
IF you want the latest kernel updates, go to kernel.org. DO not be a jackass, especially about something like this, where you are SOOOOO FUCKING OBVIOUSLY WRONG.
Thank you.
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Re:Im getting tired of this crap /. (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @03:56PM EST (#48)
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niekze, unfortunatelly we live in capitalist society, in which hunger for new and improved products to consume our monthly income are a basic necesity. thus advertisement, and the announcement of products is important to be taken into consideration. If you don't like it, you can always go to Russia see how's socialism going, Oh wait that died, OPS! how about yew open yer mind a bit to new suggestions?
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Re:Im getting tired of this crap /. (Score:1)
by niekze on Sunday February 20, @04:08PM EST (#67)
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No...thats mass consumerism.
And the only reason this article was posted is that its from the Dilbert people.
And that is commodification.
If they were good...Post this on a fucking food website.
Post it on the Dilbert website.
Hmm if Tommy Hilfiger made a PDA, lets all go out and buy one.
And if you think Russia had socialism....YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT.
I don't remember socialism or communism requiring secret police.
Capitalism is basically free enterprise...where ideally...people buy the best product for the cheapest price available.
This crap is just the Dilbert guy making money of his cartoon in a different way.
Remember Star Wars? it was a good movie trilogy
All the Phantom Menace existed as was a TOY COMMERCIAL.
But people only went to see it because it was part of Star Wars.
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the point is... (Score:1)
by DeXtR (peroxide-blond(remove.me)@beer.com) on Sunday February 20, @04:13PM EST (#78)
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Okay are one of those who listen to silent choppers at night too??? i know the NSA is after you right, yer fighting the system!! The point is, /. represents a gathering of people, with similar interests! that go beyond news, because ya can't live out of that the whole time!! see, is interesting to see once in a while books, and stuff that fits your needs, if you don't like it HOW ABOUT you don't read the news segment and keep the negative and highly cliched comments to yourself.
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Re:the point is... (Score:1)
by niekze on Sunday February 20, @04:19PM EST (#90)
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Ahhh...books...Why would they put books on slashdot? PERHAPS THEY ARE GOOD FUCKING BOOKS.
I guess the idea of intrinsic value is too complicated for you to understand.
The books are good...because they are good in terms of what a good book should be.
This, once again, is "good" enough to be on /. because it carries the dilbert name.
How many articles are on /. a day on average?
Most of them are interesting.
Now subtract 1.
Thats one less interesting article that can get posted.
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intrinsic value (Score:1)
by DeXtR (peroxide-blond(remove.me)@beer.com) on Sunday February 20, @04:26PM EST (#102)
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since when do you symbolize the majority's viewpoint in /. ??? so beacuse you consider an article is not good enough for your irreverently displayed IQ for worthy news, does not mean theres NOT other individuals who find, funny interesting, or why not dumb... but at least we're getting a more broad sense of the geek newsline, meaning as in CENTERSPINNING in geek news, dilbert is god damn geek cartoon. you do math genius
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Re:intrinsic value (Score:1)
by niekze on Sunday February 20, @04:30PM EST (#108)
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I guess i mistook the average /.'er to be intelligent.
Your spelling, grammar, and opinion helped me see my mistake.
You've shown me the light.
I won't make that mistake again.
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Re:intrinsic value (Score:1)
by DeXtR (peroxide-blond(remove.me)@beer.com) on Sunday February 20, @04:42PM EST (#120)
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Despite the need of revisition in my writting the fact stands still, thats unimportant now tough, cos you have seen the light now, luke the force is with you... ohh no wait that was sarcasm, -hahaha... nevertheless the validity of my opinion is unchanged by your weak and overrated attemps to disqualify it.
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Re:intrinsic value (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @04:43PM EST (#124)
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Once I had a camel.
It was a large, brown, smelly camel.
I was riding it one day and it was very hot outside.
The camel started to melt.
I realized that my camel was actually a large piece of poop.
I got off the pile of poop and walked home.
Then I took a bath to get the poop smell off me.
signed,
the niekze-like poet.
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Re:intrinsic value (Score:1)
by Crosseyed & Painless on Sunday February 20, @07:53PM EST (#351)
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I guess i mistook the average /.'er to be intelligent.
Newbie.
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Re:Im getting tired of this crap /. (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @04:38PM EST (#114)
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I really love it.
When people write like this
It makes them seem more erudite.
Like they think they are poets or something.
(2nd stanza)
People who think Russia had socialism are idiots.
That is news to me.
People who think that people who think russia had communism are idiots are idiots.
You are an idiot.
Starwars sucked.
You may also suck.
You may suck my chocolate salted balls.
Put them in your mouth and suck them!
(3rd stanza)
If Tommy Hilfigger Made a PDA that had a 2 GHz processor and ran Linux I think that would be posted on Slashdot.
Because it is a story about the acceptance of Linux.
And that is something that matters to most readers of Slashdot.
Food is something that matters to the readers of slashdot.
You do not matter to the readers of Slashdot.
You should move to atlantis, the city under the sea.
Breathe water!
Drown!
This is my poem.
Signed, nieke-like poet.
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Re:Im getting tired of this crap /. (Score:1)
by DeXtR (peroxide-blond(remove.me)@beer.com) on Sunday February 20, @04:47PM EST (#131)
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pardon the fact my naturally flamboyant writting, upsets your simply ridiculous viewpoints of the subject matter. a poet, how lovely? did you think of it all by yourself? ... let's see whats next. well given appeal to normal reazoning is obviusly off the chart your you, and yes you may cross off poems, why don let the swearing start, harsh misfounded accusations of my mother and my family, whats next... sorta-like microsoft... hmm FUD?
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are you dumb? (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @05:04PM EST (#149)
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I was writing the poem in response to niekze's writing style. IT had nothing to do with you. Note how I signed it "the niekze-like poet."
DOn't go getting all mad when I wasn't even referring to you.
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Re:are you dumb? (Score:1)
by niekze on Sunday February 20, @05:12PM EST (#162)
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DeXtR is stating his opinion, i can respect that.
But mr. won't even sign his stupid post is just being a troll since he didn't get his l33t first post.
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Re:are you dumb? (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @05:17PM EST (#171)
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Hello Mr NIkey.
I guess you cannot read.
I did Sign My Post.
I signed it "the niekze-like poet".
I did not get first post?
What makes you so sure?
Please go to sleep underwater.
This town will thank you for your poetry.
Signed,
the niekze-like poet.
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Re:Im getting tired of this crap /. (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @05:07PM EST (#154)
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| holy fuck... never in my life have i ever seem two people cause such a ruckus over a burrito. well, there was that time in India, but they were hungry. and had AK47s. it's a burrito... come on... you guys really don't have lives don't you?
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Re:Im getting tired of this crap /. (Score:1)
by niekze on Sunday February 20, @05:14PM EST (#164)
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hehe, its sunday....im bored. You do have a point though.
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Re:Im getting tired of this crap /. (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @05:26PM EST (#189)
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you must be french. you sound as stupid as you look you fucking faggot.
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Re:Im getting tired of this crap /. (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 20, @05:18PM EST (#173)
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While not true for socialism, it seems that with communism (all property owned in common), you pretty much DO need secret police.
Historically, it turns out you have to use physical force to prevent your citizens from buying and selling goods and services. Weird, I know, but that seems to be how it is.
It would be interesting to hear of any prominent exceptions I'm not thinking of.
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Re:Im getting tired of this crap /. (Score:1)
by JDax on Sunday February 20, @04:18PM EST (#86)
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"News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." should be changed to "New Products. Stuff you can buy." Can we go one day without a non-computer related marketable product? PUULLLLLLEEEAAASE?
IMHO, I think that aside from the geek nutritional value and convenience of the product (something that can be thrown in the microwave and doesn't explode), the story is also a "Dilbert" one and alot of geeks and non-geeks alike who are forced to live and breathe in a cubicle, relate to the whole Dilbert, Dogbert, Ratbert, Catbert, and Pointy haired boss scenario. To further relate it to computers, Dilbert had one funny Y2K episode, BTW. Reminded me of our Y2k preparation...;-)
JMHO.
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Re:Im getting tired of this crap /. (Score:1)
by niekze on Sunday February 20, @04:22PM EST (#94)
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Posted by emmett on Sunday February 20, @03:34PM
The Ultimate Geek Food