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This is as close to the definition of a shitty idea as it can get.

It’s achieveable if enough alcohol is added to the subject looking at the said painting. And with some exotic chemistry they may even start to taste or hear the colors.

I thought we had already invented that one. In two separate version. The first was the bathtub and the revised one being the shower booth.

Not universal yet but heading that way. MBWay is gaining momentum as well and the eEuro could be a thing.

The gross majority I am fairly confident they are.

But if you think recreational drugs are fine, campaign for them to be legalized, just like tobbacco, alcohol and guns. And pot. Those have been legalized. Less trouble when something is properly regulated.

We can. They are failling to do what I first mentioned.

You’re completely missing the point.

The most effective way to dismantle criminal organizations of any nature is not by guns and bullets but by eliminating their markets.

People resort to drugs out of despair and disinformation. They either want an escape of reality or they want to “have fun” and they disregard or ignore the trap drugs represent.

Give to people security and a good life, inform and educate them, create safety nets for them to crash when things go wrong and 90% of drug trafficking and related crime just disappears. The other 10% you keep at bay by having good, humane, well trained police, on which the population can trust and rely.

Going for an all out war on cartels is a nighmare waiting to happen, at your door.

You want gold? Tons of it? Go mine the asteroid belt. But if it is to become plentiful what value will it hold?

Will cheap gold plated circuitry be back?

It’s strange. Apparently it is one of those situations where the possibilty of something very useful being easily abused by companies to spy on their people is too great.

Meanwhile, I often work with immediate risk of death or injury and, by law, I can not be equipped with a panic button for rescue purposes, as it is deemed unlawful surveillance of the worker.

I am supposed to warn in advance what work I will be doing and agree on a reasonable time window for it to be done safely, before having to call in again to say I am not yet dead and if the task is done or not.

So, if good sense fails me not: japanese goods imported into the US will have a 15% markup at border…

Right.

What makes me morbidly curious is what Japan waved in return of that “agreement”.

I’d more quickly turn my back on them and let them levy whatever tariffs on my nation’s goods they see fit and enter “negotiations”. Yes, it would be painful in the short term for my country but it would be worth it.

Great. Fuck’em. It is the most stupid “industry” we, as a species, devised. Although I’m not that much of a fan of synthetic fibers, it’s better than sustaining this barbaric practice.

So, essentially, the guys visited an escort and got the rug pulled under their feet.

Could be worse. A lot, lot, worse.

Celibacy makes no sense.

Have you considered applying for a sales representative at the company? The best pitch comes from the person that knows the product, inside out.

There is the cultural difference I can’t get past: yes, cooking may very well be a chore but I would more quickly change my entire diet than resort to substituion mixes.

Nothing replaces the contact with real food items. The smells, the textures, the colours, the flavours. The pleasure that comes from it.

I can be very pragmatic and utilitarian towards what I eat, borderline spartan, but a mix is not food and not even very sick I will consider it as such. It’s fuel, sustenance, not food. I could live off it but, again, I would hate every moment of it.

I sincerely admire your apparent indiference towards relying on that mix. I would rely on it to keep me alive, in a serious emergency, sure. But as a means to get to an end, not the end itself.

I’m glad to know you lived a fullfilling life at the time and it is obvious after your reply it wasn’t about you or those like you I was thinking about.

Although I still lack the capacity to view Soilent as a good name for a brand…

Besides some cultural differences, I respect your view. It made your life easier (still does, if I’m understanding correctly), you don’t seem a person who enjoys cooking that much (fair enough) and it freed time for things you had higher in your list of priorities.

I can’t do that. If need be, I would, but I’d hate every single moment of it.

Bourdain was a genius. Controversial but they all tend to be as such.

I agree with you. But please take a moment to consider this as well: people need time to eat. And by extension, to live. Something we are colectively slowly being drained of, through “work ethics”, “fashion trends”, “healthy life styles”, etc.

We need to live. To eat. To sleep. To be together. To get angry with each other and make amends afterwards. And we are being robbed of our humanity by not having it.

Some company actually markets a product under the name “Soylent”?

Scary.

When individuals reach, in my opinion, that point they are starving for more than food.

Food is the first basic impulse we get satisfied and it is intermixed with confort, closeness and bonding. Later it will upgrade into a communal moment and the sharing of time and exchange of experiences.

Again, in my view, to see eating as a chore says how lonely and dehumanized a person is. How little self worth they have.

Which is sad.

My two takes on this:

1. food is fuel

I can and do subsist on a basic and bland diet if necessary. Food is a way to preserve my existence, so I have to eat. And when hungry I will eat anything for the sole sake of keep myself functioning. Some exceptions do apply.

2. we’re biologically hardwired to seek pleasure from our food

That is why sugary food and more simply fruits and berries appeal so much to us: it’s sweet, it tastes good, it’s nice.

We actively seek enjoyement in eating. When this no longer happens, worry yourself. Even old people enjoy eating.

I followed the link of a video here on Lemmy just a few minutes ago and it opened in the browser.

Nothing shocking up to this point.

Then I get a prompt from the video saying “Ready to buy products advertised in the video? Log into the official app in order to.”

Direct purchase through the YT app is a novelty for me.

Newpipe all the way.