• Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views




    Results 1 to 20 of 20
    1. #1
      Member SpecialInterests's Avatar
      Join Date
      Nov 2008
      Gender
      Location
      Pangea Ultima
      Posts
      349
      Likes
      29

      I'll give you natural.

      Is anyone else tired of seeing "natural" pasted on every god damn product in supermarkets now? Natural is one of these bullshit food words you hear about so much now. And these comments are directed to these environmentalist jack-offs. Let me tell you something: the word natural is completely meaningless. Everything is natural. Nature includes everything. It's not just trees and flowers and the northern spotted owl. Natural is everything in the universe. Untreated raw sewage, polyester, toxic chemical waste, monkey shit and used bandages. It's all perfectly natural. It's just not real good food. Bon-appetit consumers.

    2. #2
      Member Tyler's Avatar
      Join Date
      Apr 2008
      Gender
      Location
      North Carolina
      Posts
      1,587
      Likes
      36
      Haha, I like that. Kudos.
      This shit never happens to me

    3. #3
      .. / .- –– / .- .-. guitarboy's Avatar
      Join Date
      Sep 2008
      LD Count
      Over 9000
      Gender
      Location
      Homeward Bound
      Posts
      1,571
      Likes
      49
      My cheese burger is natural, but no one eats it.
      Last edited by guitarboy; 03-30-2009 at 02:27 AM. Reason: LOLcats.

    4. #4
      Member Tyler's Avatar
      Join Date
      Apr 2008
      Gender
      Location
      North Carolina
      Posts
      1,587
      Likes
      36
      Quote Originally Posted by guitarboy View Post
      My penis is natural, but no one eats it.
      sounds like a personal problem.
      This shit never happens to me

    5. #5
      Designated Cyberpunk Achievements:
      Referrer Bronze Veteran First Class 5000 Hall Points
      Black_Eagle's Avatar
      Join Date
      Jan 2008
      Location
      Austin, Texas
      Posts
      2,440
      Likes
      146
      So I take it Natural is not the same as Organic?
      Surrender your flesh. We demand it.

    6. #6
      Member SpecialInterests's Avatar
      Join Date
      Nov 2008
      Gender
      Location
      Pangea Ultima
      Posts
      349
      Likes
      29
      I guess it depends how you interpret organic lol. But the food industry will never sell you short on bullshit. Let's just be thankful for all the tasteless food our farmers produce.

    7. #7
      I am become fish pear Abra's Avatar
      Join Date
      Mar 2007
      Location
      Doncha Know, Murka
      Posts
      3,816
      Likes
      542
      DJ Entries
      17
      "Natural" has fewer requirements than "organic" when a company decides to try and label shit. People have this delicious association between "natural" and "healthy," which is a pretty stupid connection to make. 'Cept in the case of trans-fats.

      Edit: Also, do you want to know the chemical difference between natural and artificial flavoring?

      THERE IS NONE. It's the exact same chemical compound. E-x-a-c-t-l-y. Natural just means it was acquired from the actual fruit, instead of by a chemical reaction.

      Organic is a worse term, because all food is organic. It's made of carbon compounds=organic.
      Last edited by Abra; 03-30-2009 at 02:33 PM.
      Abraxas

      Quote Originally Posted by OldSparta
      I murdered someone, there was bloody everywhere. On the walls, on my hands. The air smelled metallic, like iron. My mouth... tasted metallic, like iron. The floor was metallic, probably iron

    8. #8
      Designated Cyberpunk Achievements:
      Referrer Bronze Veteran First Class 5000 Hall Points
      Black_Eagle's Avatar
      Join Date
      Jan 2008
      Location
      Austin, Texas
      Posts
      2,440
      Likes
      146
      Quote Originally Posted by Abra View Post
      "Natural" has fewer requirements than "organic" when a company decides to try and label shit. People have this delicious association between "natural" and "healthy," which is a pretty stupid connection to make. 'Cept in the case of trans-fats.

      Edit: Also, do you want to know the chemical difference between natural and artificial flavoring?

      THERE IS NONE. It's the exact same chemical compound. E-x-a-c-t-l-y. Natural just means it was acquired from the actual fruit, instead of by a chemical reaction.

      Organic is a worse term, because all food is organic. It's made of carbon compounds=organic.
      Yes, but organic usually means the product is produced without the use of pesticides, BGH, etc. Things like that.
      Surrender your flesh. We demand it.

    9. #9
      I am become fish pear Abra's Avatar
      Join Date
      Mar 2007
      Location
      Doncha Know, Murka
      Posts
      3,816
      Likes
      542
      DJ Entries
      17
      Quote Originally Posted by Black_Eagle View Post
      Yes, but organic usually means the product is produced without the use of pesticides, BGH, etc. Things like that.
      Aderp.
      Abraxas

      Quote Originally Posted by OldSparta
      I murdered someone, there was bloody everywhere. On the walls, on my hands. The air smelled metallic, like iron. My mouth... tasted metallic, like iron. The floor was metallic, probably iron

    10. #10
      ├┼┼┼┼┤
      Join Date
      Jun 2006
      Gender
      Location
      Equestria
      Posts
      6,315
      Likes
      1191
      DJ Entries
      1
      We know that Black Eagle. The point is that organic is the wrong term. The correct term is ecological.

      ---------
      Lost count of how many lucid dreams I've had
      ---------

    11. #11
      Antagonist Achievements:
      1 year registered Veteran First Class Made lots of Friends on DV Referrer Bronze 10000 Hall Points
      Invader's Avatar
      Join Date
      Jan 2004
      Location
      Discordia
      Posts
      3,239
      Likes
      535
      Diesel gasoline. It's organic and natural. Drink it.

      Quote Originally Posted by Marvo View Post
      ecological.
      That's better.

    12. #12
      Member
      Join Date
      Mar 2009
      LD Count
      9
      Posts
      15
      Likes
      0
      I find the term "Natural Pepperoni" on those Pizza Hut commercials hilarious.

      How does one make the pig & cow you just annihilated any more natural after letting
      its bloody/fatty fragments soak into each other, & letting it cure in the freezer with a
      pound of salt while wrapped in hog casings?

      I get the whole "no preservatives/low fat" deal, but calling it natural?
      Really? Oh, and by calling it this, they're actually admitting to the fact
      that they were serving us round, red pieces of cardboard in the past. Yum!


    13. #13
      Designated Cyberpunk Achievements:
      Referrer Bronze Veteran First Class 5000 Hall Points
      Black_Eagle's Avatar
      Join Date
      Jan 2008
      Location
      Austin, Texas
      Posts
      2,440
      Likes
      146
      Quote Originally Posted by Marvo View Post
      We know that Black Eagle. The point is that organic is the wrong term. The correct term is ecological.
      1. characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment; "an ecological disaster"

      Too vague for me. I think we need a term that specifically means a certain product grown without the use of drugs, chemicals, pesticides etc.

      Abra, I don't understand why you state that Natural has fewer requirements yet you also state that organic is a worse term. I say organic is a better term.

      Organic- being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms; "organic life"; "organic growth"; "organic remains found in rock

      Man-made hormones and pesticides aren't considered organic because normally the organism would not have these chemicals present in their systems.

      Organic does not mean healthy, but I do believe it means free of these misplaced substances...which is really the whole point of buying organic.

      Edit: Found another definition of organic

      Organic- of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones; "organic eggs"; "organic vegetables"; "organic chicken"

      I think this fits the bill pretty well....
      Last edited by Black_Eagle; 03-31-2009 at 02:14 AM.
      Surrender your flesh. We demand it.

    14. #14
      This is my title. Licity's Avatar
      Join Date
      Jul 2008
      Gender
      Posts
      632
      Likes
      2
      Quote Originally Posted by dreamsky. View Post
      I find the term "Natural Pepperoni" on those Pizza Hut commercials hilarious.

      How does one make the pig & cow you just annihilated any more natural after letting
      its bloody/fatty fragments soak into each other, & letting it cure in the freezer with a
      pound of salt while wrapped in hog casings?

      I get the whole "no preservatives/low fat" deal, but calling it natural?
      Really? Oh, and by calling it this, they're actually admitting to the fact
      that they were serving us round, red pieces of cardboard in the past. Yum!

      Blood is natural. Fat is natural. Cold temperatures are natural. Salt is natural. Casings come from parts of the pig, which is natural. Is mixing natural things bad? All things, no matter how artificial they seem, are ultimately derivatives of nature.

    15. #15
      Member
      Join Date
      Mar 2009
      LD Count
      9
      Posts
      15
      Likes
      0
      Quote Originally Posted by Licity View Post
      Blood is natural. Fat is natural. Cold temperatures are natural. Salt is natural. Casings come from parts of the pig, which is natural. Is mixing natural things bad? All things, no matter how artificial they seem, are ultimately derivatives of nature.

      That's very true. But my question is what were they serving us before to have to make the distinction?

    16. #16
      This is my title. Licity's Avatar
      Join Date
      Jul 2008
      Gender
      Posts
      632
      Likes
      2
      Quote Originally Posted by dreamsky. View Post
      That's very true. But my question is what were they serving us before to have to make the distinction?
      Probably just harmless potassium sorbate or another preservative that people condemn despite the lack of clinical trials showing negative effects. That, or, they didn't change anything. People like the concept of trying something New And Improved, so how better to advertise a product by imperceptibly changing the proportion of ingredients(less salt, more time in the freezer, etc.) and tacking on fuzzy terms like Improved and New Formula and Natural?

    17. #17
      Member JET73L's Avatar
      Join Date
      Jun 2008
      Gender
      Posts
      854
      Likes
      1
      Things that are natural: cyanide, belladonna, fecal matter, death, placentas, hooves
      Things that are organic: e.coli... 'nuff said.

      I always disliked these terms used as food-based buzzwords.
      Goals completed since joining: 10 -- Last goal completed: February 17, 2009
      Uncontrolled lucid dreams:23.5--controlled lucid dreams:24.5
      --WILDs:16.5--MILDs:1.5--DILDs:22--DEILDs:8--Quasilucids(do not count):3--
      --LTotMBasic:0--LTotMAdvanced:1--LTotY:0--
      JET73L's dream journal

    18. #18
      Dead Roach Samuel Achievements:
      Made Friends on DV Referrer Bronze Veteran First Class 5000 Hall Points
      Kiza's Avatar
      Join Date
      Feb 2008
      Gender
      Posts
      945
      Likes
      16
      I like the fact that you said more after saying "nuff said".

    19. #19
      ├┼┼┼┼┤
      Join Date
      Jun 2006
      Gender
      Location
      Equestria
      Posts
      6,315
      Likes
      1191
      DJ Entries
      1
      'nuff said.

      ---------
      Lost count of how many lucid dreams I've had
      ---------

    20. #20
      Designated Cyberpunk Achievements:
      Referrer Bronze Veteran First Class 5000 Hall Points
      Black_Eagle's Avatar
      Join Date
      Jan 2008
      Location
      Austin, Texas
      Posts
      2,440
      Likes
      146
      I know far too many people who justify their marijuana use not with opinions based on facts and evidence but by making this association "natural=healthy". I can safely say that people with this mindset are genuinely stupid.
      Surrender your flesh. We demand it.

    Bookmarks

    Posting Permissions

    • You may not post new threads
    • You may not post replies
    • You may not post attachments
    • You may not edit your posts
    •