I think the point was that in lieu of gluten they are typically jacking up one of the three other "seller" components—salt, sugar, or refined carbs (which turns to sugar)—all of which in excess are more dangerous than gluten is to the average non-celiac, gluten-insensitive eater.
― Hadrian VIII, Thursday, 30 October 2014 14:41 (nine years ago) link
So ultimately, what's the harm?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, October 30, 2014 9:44 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
um they will talk to you about it
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 October 2014 15:00 (nine years ago) link
OTM
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 30 October 2014 16:49 (nine years ago) link
cosign
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 30 October 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
^^^
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Thursday, 30 October 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link
other thing is that people who believe that garbage are also likely to be people who believe all sorts of other garbage
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 31 October 2014 04:21 (nine years ago) link
i mean the people i know who have gone gluten free (and who don't actually have any particular sensitivity) are among the stupidest, most gullible people i know
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 31 October 2014 04:22 (nine years ago) link
why do you know stupid people
― Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Friday, 31 October 2014 04:26 (nine years ago) link
i am related to some of them :(
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 1 November 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link
I know one otherwise-normal guy who was way ahead of the curve re: gluten (and went from 120 pounds soaking wet to a normal weight when he eliminated it) but everyone else is definitely down with Ron Paul, Crossfit, essential oils, hatred of GMOs and most of them think Jesus got his six-pack via avoidance of bread.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 1 November 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
he gained weight going gluten-free?
― socki (s1ocki), Sunday, 2 November 2014 05:31 (nine years ago) link
one of the effects of gluten intolerance is diarrhea so that's not shocking
― k3vin k., Sunday, 2 November 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
maybe "soaking wet" is a phone autocorrecting "overweight"?
― toby, Sunday, 2 November 2014 16:51 (nine years ago) link
i bet they got a ~ton~ of letters on the marx service animal article
interesting that 1 pts out that 16 states have passed laws defining the misrepresentation of a service animal as a crime -- then the next letter, the women confesses to exactly that
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 13:25 (nine years ago) link
Amazing: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/17/crystal-ball-3
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
xpost They did print three letters re: the Marx piece, which usually implies a deluge.
I liked the Alex Ross Beethoven piece a lot, about how he's been deified into shorthand but really should be praised in deeper detail to justify as well as promote his genius.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:29 (nine years ago) link
They could've labeled that as a Shouts & Murmurs and I would've been none the wiser.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
'everyone should be talking about HoMo'
this guy is a fuckin' treasure
― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
/Amazing: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/17/crystal-ball-3/They could've labeled that as a Shouts & Murmurs and I would've been none the wiser.
― tobo73, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 18:01 (nine years ago) link
article about this fuckin _modern farmer_ magazine lady is hilarious http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/10/read-reap
― adam, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 18:11 (nine years ago) link
yeah, i thought the modern farmer piece carefully walked the line between "young entrepreneur in transition" and "can you believe these fuckin people" until it didn't and then it got funnythe part where she was unwilling to carry the recently killed chicken (but not to buy and have someone else prepare them for her to eat!) was A++
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
yeah the authorial "I" during that bit carried a disdain for the article's subject that teetered on the edge of unseemly, new-yorker-wise
― adam, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
at least in the remnick era
― adam, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
loved the rachel aviv piece on the sex abuse and the hasidic jews
― k3vin k., Sunday, 16 November 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
Aviv is so good.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Sunday, 16 November 2014 17:53 (nine years ago) link
must have been a nightmare to fact-check
― mookieproof, Sunday, 16 November 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
Rachel Aviv's underutilized Twitter also pretty special https://twitter.com/RachelAviv/with_replies
― Geoffrey Splenda, the first Baron Splenda (silby), Sunday, 16 November 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
The drone war in Pakistan
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/24/unblinking-stare
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 November 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
good article. i assume we can expect boycotts and hysterical cries of genocide any minute now?
― Mordy, Monday, 17 November 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link
i just bumped into anthony lane's scarlett johannson profile whilst flipping through the backlog. Good lord is that thing ever embarrassing.
― So beautiful cow (forksclovetofu), Monday, 17 November 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
so embarrassing, like being naked in front of a bunch of people, soft shoulders and toned body in full display??
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Karl Malone), Monday, 17 November 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
are you... are you watching me right now?
― So beautiful cow (forksclovetofu), Monday, 17 November 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
listen i just love film
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Karl Malone), Monday, 17 November 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
i've been really enjoying the recent spate of hipster takedown articles lately: the emotional-support animal one, specter's pieces on GMOs and gluten intolerance. nicely sums up most of what i hate about vermont
― k3vin k., Monday, 24 November 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
although the food issue had an advertisement for an "integrative cancer center" so there's that
― k3vin k., Monday, 24 November 2014 18:31 (nine years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/17/double-jeopardy-3
this was a fantastic piece of reporting. the judge's justifications at the very end almost made me physically ill
― k3vin k., Monday, 1 December 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
osnos: i shall build this profile of samantha power around the theme of her astounding height
fact-checker: 5'9" is above average but hardly unusual
osnos: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 04:47 (nine years ago) link
Yes but over 6' when wearing heels
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 04:47 (nine years ago) link
o shiii
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 04:49 (nine years ago) link
I also like how they found room to add a paragraph describing the horny French diplomat's feelings
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 04:49 (nine years ago) link
in france we do not have zis . . . politique correctness, oui?
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 04:53 (nine years ago) link
We do not know of zee appropriate way to live!
*squeezes ze airboobs*
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 04:56 (nine years ago) link
Who knew that New Zealand had a mammal problem?
Not I.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 05:12 (nine years ago) link
Me neither! Grim but fascinating.
― The Understated Twee Hotel On A Mountain (silby), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 08:24 (nine years ago) link
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Wednesday, December 24, 2014 4:56 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is my new favorite thing
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 09:23 (nine years ago) link
"People have hoity-toity reasons for preferring one kind of entertainment to another," he said later. "To me, it doesn't matter whether you're looking at cat photos that inspire you or so-called 'high art' that inspires you."
― johnny crunch, Monday, 29 December 2014 13:15 (nine years ago) link
that is so generous of him
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 29 December 2014 13:20 (nine years ago) link
i mean, it really sets my mind at ease
wau that guy
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 03:08 (nine years ago) link
The most amazing thing about the New Zealand mammal problem a few weeks back is that I can't buy a t-shirt with this on it: http://www.rimutakatrust.org.nz/images/pfnz..png
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 12:27 (nine years ago) link