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How is this an unpopular opinion? Do you think that word should not be considered inappropriate?

Just commenting on the "n"-word discussion.

I did look it up later, and according to Wikipedia, it was not always considered offensive. Hmmm. That raises the question - was it always offensive, but not to whites, or was it later transformed into an offensive term?
 
Just commenting on the "n"-word discussion.

I did look it up later, and according to Wikipedia, it was not always considered offensive. Hmmm. That raises the question - was it always offensive, but not to whites, or was it later transformed into an offensive term?

Like the "c" word? Maybe.
 
Well, there's the Honda Fit, originally going to be called the Fitta, until they discovered a problem.

(Fitta sounds like a nifty sugary flaky pastry you'd have for breakfast. I need to move to Scandinavia, where slang for female genitalia sounds so great.)
 
Rabbitluvr can have some of the garlic, and all the quinoa and rosemary. :solomnnod:

But maybe she could share some quinoa with the south American people that don't have enough quinoa anymore. I'm sure she won't mind.
 
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I wish we could grow quinoa here. My ex's mother tried to plant some grains in her vegetable patch. I never did find out if she managed to grow it. They have a sort of deserty climate with stony soil. Gets very hot, or moderately cold.
 
I doubt it would grow here though, it is a warmer climate with wet weather. I dont think it resembles South American weather. And there are some plants that wont grow on the property because there is a salty sea breeze about the place and it messes with some plants.
 
A few omnis on my FB are posting that article and being all smug about it. Urgh.

That pisses me off so much. I know plenty of omnis who eat way more quinoa than I do. I'm pretty sure my Costco wouldn't devote two pallets to it if the five veg*ns in this city were the only ones buying it.

I'm going to keep eating it, and continue with my plan to eat it more frequently this year. I bet many omnis will blame vegans for all of this, and then keep eating it themselves.

A few years ago I heard tons of reports about corn shortages in Mexico, and how poor Mexicans could no longer afford corn tortillas, because Americans were using up the corn supply and driving the price up. If anything, I see corn in MORE things now.


But yeah, blame the veg*ns.
 
I posted a reply about how much land/money is used growing feed for cattle. She hasnt replied.
Personally I dont eat Quinoa so I guess they got that wrong that its ALLLLLLL vegans faults.
I dont see how not buying it will help :s
 
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The news sometimes wants to report a story just for the sake of telling a story. Sure, high quinoa prices makes things more expensive for the poor, but it benefits local farmers. It's a mixed bag. If prices stay high enough, there will be an incentive to grow it elsewhere, and we'll start hearing stories about how new cultivation in the US or another western country has lowered quinoa prices and thus destroyed the poor native farmers of Bolivia.

:rolleyes:
 
Just like they want to blame vegetarians for destroying the rainforests because of tofu.

Cause that's totally what's going on. All soy everywhere is put into tofu for some tine percentage of the western population that's vegetarian and that's why they are cutting down the rainforests. Yup.