What are you currently reading?

[Ganondorf]

I'm currently reading a PDF of Oscar Wilde: Salome, with notes and illustrations, from archive.org

"Neither at things nor at people should one look. Only in mirrors should one look, for mirrors do but show us masks." - Herod

I am more familiar with the famous "rage of Caliban seeing/not seeing his own face in the glass" mirror-themed quote.

[AnotherSpin]

If you believe that culture and civilization can be built on, and maintained by, the complete indifference preached by Cioran be my guest. I don't.

No problem. You may believe that culture and civilisation is not possible without varied and endless violence. I don't care.

[AnotherSpin]

I am more familiar with the famous "rage of Caliban seeing/not seeing his own face in the glass" mirror-themed quote.

People see countless objects arising and disappearing in their knowing, but they don't see them selves.

[Bachtoven]

If you ever think "There just aren't enough novels about cannibalism," then check out this one! It isn't about crazed sickos kidnapping people and eating them. It's set in a dystopian world where animals have been killed off by a virus, or so the government says, so humans are raised as food. Certainly not for the faint of heart, but it's compelling so far.

[Florestan]

It is my firm conviction that civilization can survive without 90% of what passes for culture today --- and I'm being generous.

I mean, a janitor is more useful than a philosopher.

[AnotherSpin]

It is my firm conviction that civilization can survive without 90% of what passes for culture today --- and I'm being generous.

I mean, a janitor is more useful than a philosopher.

It is not surviving. All is pretty much fucked up.

[AnotherSpin]

If you ever think "There just aren't enough novels about cannibalism," then check out this one! It isn't about crazed sickos kidnapping people and eating them. It's set in a dystopian world where animals have been killed off by a virus, or so the government says, so humans are raised as food. Certainly not for the faint of heart, but it's compelling so far.

Yes, but why eat humans when the world is already actively being prepared to eat meat made from insects? And it's not dystopia anymore.

[Florestan]

Yes, but why eat humans when the world is already actively being prepared to eat meat made from insects? And it's not dystopia anymore.

I will never eat insects. Will you? 

[AnotherSpin]

I will never eat insects. Will you? 

You think they're gonna ask you or me? I buy my groceries at the farmers' market. At least there is some hope that the products are natural.

[steve ridgway]

These for me .

[SimonNZ]

I will never eat insects. Will you? 

There's already an "acceptable" percentage of insect parts factored into much of the food that you/we eat.

Happy Xmas dinner, everyone.


TD: added to things on the go:

[Florestan]

There's already an "acceptable" percentage of insect parts factored into much of the food that you/we eat.

Not in my country.

[SimonNZ]

Not in my country.

You mean you're certain there no insect content or you're certain there's no regulation regarding acceptable levels?

[Florestan]

You mean you're certain there no insect content or you're certain there's no regulation regarding acceptable levels?

I'm certain there are no insects in what I eat. As for regulation, the Romanian law requires that insect-content food shall be clearly labelled as such and shall be put on a separate, dedicated stand labelled as such.

[AnotherSpin]

I'm certain there are no insects in what I eat. As for regulation, the Romanian law requires that insect-content food shall be clearly labelled as such and shall be put on a separate, dedicated stand labelled as such.

Yesterday the law required it, today amendments are being discussed, tomorrow the law will be rewritten. The train is strict on schedule for an imminent derailment.

By the way, have you tried cockroaches? They may be tasty. You just have to learn how to cook them properly

[Florestan]

have you tried cockroaches?

No. I am not going to eat insects, period.

[SimonNZ]

No. I am not going to eat insects, period.

Do you like...beer?

[Florestan]

Do you like...beer?

Only during summer.

[San Antone]

I am pin-balling betwen four books:

Intruders in the Dust (Faulkner)



The Liars' Club (M ary Carr)



Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History (S. C. Gwynne)



Rayamond Carver: Collected Stories (Carver)

[Brian]

No. I am not going to eat insects, period.

Chapulines (little grasshoppers) and ant larvae are common in Mexican food so I've had them several times. Larvae, it is best not to think about them when you take a bite (they are usually on top of something else). Chapulines are actually OK though. They're salty and roasted so it's like eating nuts. Except the legs get stuck between your teeth 

My father once had a business trip in China and the business leader there decided to test his "strength" by taking him to an all insects restaurant.