Organic....
WM wrote:
I've already made it a point to always chose the non-organic alternative when organic stuff is marketed along side and to avoid as much as possible foods that are hailed as "good for you".
"Organic" isn't good for you; it's just smaller, more expensive, and lower quality. It's another version of austerity as conspicuous consumption, like driving a Prius.
Which isn't saying that its buyers won't ascribe bizarre virtues to it. This has been going on since the days of Graham's crackers and Kellogg's Battle Creek sanitarium. They have to imagine that they're getting something out of it. Without this the smugness that is the true goal is not achieved.
I've already made it a point to always chose the non-organic alternative when organic stuff is marketed along side and to avoid as much as possible foods that are hailed as "good for you".
"Organic" isn't good for you; it's just smaller, more expensive, and lower quality. It's another version of austerity as conspicuous consumption, like driving a Prius.
Which isn't saying that its buyers won't ascribe bizarre virtues to it. This has been going on since the days of Graham's crackers and Kellogg's Battle Creek sanitarium. They have to imagine that they're getting something out of it. Without this the smugness that is the true goal is not achieved.