Not necessarily. But if the fact is mentioned, someone is sure to tell that same stupid joke as if they’re the first one who ever did.
A woman next to me noticed that I was served the vegetarian plate at a dinner, and asked me why I was a vegetarian. She brought it up, not me. I gave a brief explanation. My friend on the other side leaned in and muttered, “You are now entitled to ask her what method of birth control she uses.”
Your problem is your gluten sword is probably made from good bread (soft, squishy). If you get some bad baguettes, they’re hard as a rock. Not good for a sword, but a great club.
Point A: I would love to know how in the world you managed to ‘reform’ as a picky eater.
Point B: There’s a significant difference between picky eating and dietary restriction.
Doesn’t stop the strip from being funny, though. That’s the thing about your comic, I can pick nits and see more than a few things wrong with it, but until you start actively INSULTING something I have a very deep fondness for, I’m still gonna laugh.
There certainly is a big difference. But there are still many who think it’s good to avoid things like gluten just because there potentially *might* be some reason to. Unfortunately that’s beginning to include even doctors. Just last month my doctor was trying to get me on a gluten-free diet. Nuh-uh I say, get a proper diagnosis and a justified restraining order, otherwise I’m still sticking with the yummy bread.
I don’t get the no gluten craze. The entire reason gluten free foods started getting advertised was Coeliac Disease, which is aggravated by gluten and can potentially be fatal. I guess a bunch of soccer moms saw the “Gluten Free” part, decided this meant gluten was an awful thing, and the rest was history.
Similar thing happened in the 80’s and 90’s with “fat free” foods. You still see advertisements for it, usually on sugary deserts (fun fact: sugar has more calories, so those deserts are still pretty fattening). Turns out certain types of fat are actually healthy–Omega 3’s and unsaturated fats, mainly. It’s saturated fats and trans fats that are bad.
Related fun fact: sugars are absolutely necessary for your body. Your brain needs them to function properly. Diabetics have to be as careful with low blood sugar as with high, and the risk of immediate, potentially fatal effects happen much quicker with low blood sugar than with high (I survived with a blood sugar of almost 900 before I was diagnosed, although it nearly killed me and left me with nasty problems for a while; 100 is normal, below 70 is low, and below 60 leads to coma and possibly death..
While I generally agree on the gluten craze being just that – a craze – I do have a brother-in-law who recently discovered that the periodic stomach aches he had suffered from all life was due to him being unable to process gluten properly. Without all the talk about gluten he would probably never have discovered (and would certainly had a lot of probelms getting alternative foodstuffs).
Where it does become a craze is all those who say ‘Oh, there are people who get sick from gluten – that means it’s unhealthy, and we shouldn’t eat it either’.
That’s what I was referring to. Your uncle may not have Coeliac Disease per se, but Coeliac isn’t the only illness that causes problems with gluten (just the most widely known). I’m glad to hear he got it diagnosed though.
How can you tell if there is a vegan in the room?
Don’t worry–they’ll tell you
Repeatedly and with a condescending air about it.
Not necessarily. But if the fact is mentioned, someone is sure to tell that same stupid joke as if they’re the first one who ever did.
A woman next to me noticed that I was served the vegetarian plate at a dinner, and asked me why I was a vegetarian. She brought it up, not me. I gave a brief explanation. My friend on the other side leaned in and muttered, “You are now entitled to ask her what method of birth control she uses.”
Your problem is your gluten sword is probably made from good bread (soft, squishy). If you get some bad baguettes, they’re hard as a rock. Not good for a sword, but a great club.
Baguette? He should have gone with the French Stick.
Break the end off with a sharp blow to the head, then stab them with the sharp jagged edges.
Point A: I would love to know how in the world you managed to ‘reform’ as a picky eater.
Point B: There’s a significant difference between picky eating and dietary restriction.
Doesn’t stop the strip from being funny, though. That’s the thing about your comic, I can pick nits and see more than a few things wrong with it, but until you start actively INSULTING something I have a very deep fondness for, I’m still gonna laugh.
There certainly is a big difference. But there are still many who think it’s good to avoid things like gluten just because there potentially *might* be some reason to. Unfortunately that’s beginning to include even doctors. Just last month my doctor was trying to get me on a gluten-free diet. Nuh-uh I say, get a proper diagnosis and a justified restraining order, otherwise I’m still sticking with the yummy bread.
There’s a term for the mindset you’re describing, and it’s “ill-informed”
Hey, I though it was a requirement of all doctors to be ill informed?
WIN. So much win. That is so many levels of win. You’re a frickin’ genius.
I don’t get the no gluten craze. The entire reason gluten free foods started getting advertised was Coeliac Disease, which is aggravated by gluten and can potentially be fatal. I guess a bunch of soccer moms saw the “Gluten Free” part, decided this meant gluten was an awful thing, and the rest was history.
Similar thing happened in the 80’s and 90’s with “fat free” foods. You still see advertisements for it, usually on sugary deserts (fun fact: sugar has more calories, so those deserts are still pretty fattening). Turns out certain types of fat are actually healthy–Omega 3’s and unsaturated fats, mainly. It’s saturated fats and trans fats that are bad.
Related fun fact: sugars are absolutely necessary for your body. Your brain needs them to function properly. Diabetics have to be as careful with low blood sugar as with high, and the risk of immediate, potentially fatal effects happen much quicker with low blood sugar than with high (I survived with a blood sugar of almost 900 before I was diagnosed, although it nearly killed me and left me with nasty problems for a while; 100 is normal, below 70 is low, and below 60 leads to coma and possibly death..
While I generally agree on the gluten craze being just that – a craze – I do have a brother-in-law who recently discovered that the periodic stomach aches he had suffered from all life was due to him being unable to process gluten properly. Without all the talk about gluten he would probably never have discovered (and would certainly had a lot of probelms getting alternative foodstuffs).
Where it does become a craze is all those who say ‘Oh, there are people who get sick from gluten – that means it’s unhealthy, and we shouldn’t eat it either’.
That’s what I was referring to. Your uncle may not have Coeliac Disease per se, but Coeliac isn’t the only illness that causes problems with gluten (just the most widely known). I’m glad to hear he got it diagnosed though.
Don’t forget about the shuriken made of gluten!
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Are you throwing croissants at me?
“Ow! Ow! Aw, man, you ever gonna fun out of croissants?”
“Non. Because I work at ze croissant factory.”
The best thing about throwing croissants is that they return to you if you miss.
Don’t underestimate the hardness of a well baked baguette. Some of those things are hard and pointy as hell.
I am really, really shocked nobody has mentioned Dwarf Bread yet. Finest blunt weaponry money can buy!
You have to try it just once. Most people do.