What did you eat today?

[Leto729]

Peanut butter

Pizza

[Lucifer]

I got the comparison but as rhetorical devices go, this one simply isn't enough.

if you think that was merely a "rhetorical device", you're either very tired, very stressed, or you know me not at all.

[Lucifer]

nice try at steering away from the subject, though. 

[odeon]

I got the comparison but as rhetorical devices go, this one simply isn't enough.

if you think that was merely a "rhetorical device", you're either very tired, very stressed, or you know me not at all.

But it is a rhetorical device--it's a classic construction, even. The snowflake/avalanche comparison is powerful because it conjures up images, but it doesn't actually add anything to your basic argument. If you want to show that with enough Quarter Pounders the world will face environmental disaster, then fine, but you still need to do the work.

[odeon]

nice try at steering away from the subject, though. 

Er, no. If you want to couple QPs with environmental disaster, then you need to show the connection.

[Lucifer]

the only connexion is that it's an illustration, as you well know.  trying to wriggle out of responsibility isn't working, you know.

[Parts]

Swedish fish and a waffle

[TheoK]

Did it speak to you in Swedish? 

[Parts]

It said something I assume "don't eat me" but they are so tastey


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[TheoK]

Oh, it was Swedish and quiet in its manner, so it didn't protest. 

[TheoK]

Pasta with chicken and basil. 

[Callaway]

Pasta with turkey and mushrooms.

[ALLDAYGLOWRANDY]

Spinach  peppers black beans and brown rice.

red tea leaves green tea leaves spices k salt

Garlic

[Lucifer]

rice 'n' peas and caribbean fish with peppers.

[odeon]

the only connexion is that it's an illustration, as you well know.  trying to wriggle out of responsibility isn't working, you know.

No, I don't *know*. Tell me why enough QPs will result in an environmental disaster.

Yes, I know the avalanche thing is an illustration, of course, but exactly what it illustrates in this case remains unclear.