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Post by donavan on Apr 4, 2017 22:10:47 GMT
We celebrate Jesus brutally dying on the cross by getting a giant bunny rabbit to hide chocolate eggs. I can't help but feel there is a massive gap in information somewhere.
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Post by bimble on Apr 5, 2017 4:10:39 GMT
Christians don't celebrate him dying on the cross, they celebrate his resurrection.
So now the bunny clearly makes sense..................
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Post by Introvertigroo on Apr 5, 2017 4:42:30 GMT
You two can't see the obvious. Jesus was a giant bunny rabbit who dyed cross patterns onto eggs. I'm a little embarrassed I even have to explain this to you.
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Post by cicadashell on Apr 5, 2017 12:34:31 GMT
D'you know, despite being an atheist, it really pisses me off that business treads all over religious festivals (mainly Christian ones) for profit. Easter, a Christian festival (yes, I know it's stolen from paganism) Christmas (see previous comment in brackets) are fucked about with. "Happy Holidays" What? Hot cross buns, supposed to be produced for consumption on one day, sold in supermarkets for weeks beforehand. Disrespectful, if you ask me. interesting. merchandisers today respect no one nor anything, but i agree there is an especially bad taste where religious observances are involved. there is something of a chicken:egg thing here, though (not to be confused with rabbits and eggs). early christians co-opted the vernal equinox and winter solstice because people were already celebrating them, and with good reason. today people still want to observe solar and lunar cycles, and it is perhaps a bit much to expect them to back away and leave everything to contemporary christians. of course exceptions can be made for specific iconography like hot cross buns. to be honest, i get offended by something almost every time i walk into a supermarket.
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Post by bimble on Apr 5, 2017 18:37:10 GMT
You two can't see the obvious. Jesus was a giant bunny rabbit who dyed cross patterns onto eggs. I'm a little embarrassed I even have to explain this to you. Nurse! NURSE!!!!
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Post by bimble on Apr 7, 2017 4:27:56 GMT
D'you know, despite being an atheist, it really pisses me off that business treads all over religious festivals (mainly Christian ones) for profit. Easter, a Christian festival (yes, I know it's stolen from paganism) Christmas (see previous comment in brackets) are fucked about with. "Happy Holidays" What? Hot cross buns, supposed to be produced for consumption on one day, sold in supermarkets for weeks beforehand. Disrespectful, if you ask me. interesting. merchandisers today respect no one nor anything, but i agree there is an especially bad taste where religious observances are involved. there is something of a chicken:egg thing here, though (not to be confused with rabbits and eggs). early christians co-opted the vernal equinox and winter solstice because people were already celebrating them, and with good reason. today people still want to observe solar and lunar cycles, and it is perhaps a bit much to expect them to back away and leave everything to contemporary christians. of course exceptions can be made for specific iconography like hot cross buns. to be honest, i get offended by something almost every time i walk into a supermarket. Can't argue with that!
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Post by donavan on Apr 7, 2017 5:06:51 GMT
'to be honest, i get offended by something almost every time i walk into a supermarket'
Mostly the prices for me. And the food-bank collection. We are supposed to buy food from the supermarket, to boost their profits, then pop it in the food-bank bin. Meanwhile the supermarket chucks away vast amounts of good food everyday... What???
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Post by donavan on Apr 7, 2017 5:42:42 GMT
Speaking of food -
POLICE are searching for whoever puts things like half a sausage back into the fridge.
The manhunt follows ongoing reports of annoyingly insignificant food items like a half-eaten Muller Corner and a thumbnail-sized piece of cheese being left in refrigerators to be ignored until they begin to smell.
Bath-based Tom Logan said: “Last night I opened my fridge to find a bowl containing nine baked beans. What sort of freak decants a small mouthful of beans into a bowl and covers it with clingfilm?
“Also there was a tub of butter that was empty unless you had an electron microscope that could locate the remaining molecules of spread.
“Whoever is doing this, they must be found and they must be punished.”
A police spokesman said: “One poor woman found a single foil-wrapped sardine stashed behind a tub of Philadelphia. God only knows what the perpetrator planned to do with it.”
He added: “If you are thinking of putting a minuscule amount of food back into someone’s fridge, think very hard about whether you should just put it in your mouth.”
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Post by Suzi on Apr 7, 2017 14:48:01 GMT
Speaking of food - POLICE are searching for whoever puts things like half a sausage back into the fridge. The manhunt follows ongoing reports of annoyingly insignificant food items like a half-eaten Muller Corner and a thumbnail-sized piece of cheese being left in refrigerators to be ignored until they begin to smell. Bath-based Tom Logan said: “Last night I opened my fridge to find a bowl containing nine baked beans. What sort of freak decants a small mouthful of beans into a bowl and covers it with clingfilm? “Also there was a tub of butter that was empty unless you had an electron microscope that could locate the remaining molecules of spread. “Whoever is doing this, they must be found and they must be punished.” A police spokesman said: “One poor woman found a single foil-wrapped sardine stashed behind a tub of Philadelphia. God only knows what the perpetrator planned to do with it.” He added: “If you are thinking of putting a minuscule amount of food back into someone’s fridge, think very hard about whether you should just put it in your mouth.” Ok ... You weren't raised by my stepmother. This is a woman who would go straight up ballistic if you threw out the least little bit of food. You want to make a bet that if you didn't eat those last 9 baked beans that you would be putting them in a small dish, covering them with plastic wrap and you would be expected to eat them the next day. The woman was OCD about wasting food because she grew up in the depression on a farm, poor and you wasted NOTHING. It was ridiculous to a fault but I'm sure she could smell you throwing the least little bit of food in the garbage and you would pay dearly for it. I could go on about this and not where it pertains to food with her but I'll spare you.
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Post by peggs on Apr 10, 2017 14:43:19 GMT
'to be honest, i get offended by something almost every time i walk into a supermarket' Mostly the prices for me. And the food-bank collection. We are supposed to buy food from the supermarket, to boost their profits, then pop it in the food-bank bin. Meanwhile the supermarket chucks away vast amounts of good food everyday... What??? As someone who works in the retail food industry I agree with your last statement, donavan. We all share the blame for the massive amounts of food waste in this world by becoming further removed from the sources of our food stuffs. Cheaper, fresher, now! is the mantra of the day. I have counter-arguements with your other points but, enjoying a rare day off work and just want to relax and not think about work-related issues, will save them for another day.
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Post by donavan on Apr 10, 2017 15:30:35 GMT
Look forward to it peggs. Enjoy your brief break.
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Post by peggs on Apr 16, 2017 20:16:32 GMT
I am keen on furthering this discussion, donavan, and hearing from others. I'll make a short start and say this:
In my food world reality (cooperatively owned, natural foods) the same forces that are threatening brick and mortar retail are threatening food retail as well. Big and small players in US food retail are being pressured by demand for lower prices, better selection and innovated technology, all to capture the millennial market (it used to be us baby boomers, remember?) Meanwhile, wages are generally stagnant, the economy isn't growing by leaps and bounds, and there is uncertainty in the population about the future (in the UK too, I hear).
OK, I'm losing my train of thought; more later.
Anybody else have something to say?
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Post by donavan on Apr 29, 2017 13:02:03 GMT
I am keen on furthering this discussion, donavan, and hearing from others. I'll make a short start and say this: In my food world reality (cooperatively owned, natural foods) the same forces that are threatening brick and mortar retail are threatening food retail as well. Big and small players in US food retail are being pressured by demand for lower prices, better selection and innovated technology, all to capture the millennial market (it used to be us baby boomers, remember?) Meanwhile, wages are generally stagnant, the economy isn't growing by leaps and bounds, and there is uncertainty in the population about the future (in the UK too, I hear). OK, I'm losing my train of thought; more later. Anybody else have something to say? The thing with prices is not always because they rise. It's also inconsistency. Constant offers then increases. Not knowing what price something will be each week. There was recently a multi-buy offer where it worked out cheaper to buy two items rather than the multi-buy offer. Ridiculous. Marketing madness.
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Post by cicadashell on May 5, 2017 14:34:27 GMT
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Post by Nonsuch Ned on May 6, 2017 2:14:24 GMT
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