LaBellaLotta [any]

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Cake day: September 23rd, 2020

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  • It’s fascinating to see how absolutely ridiculously hyperbolic they have to be to try and thread the needle of this being a legalistic argument that Zionism is synonymous with antisemitism. The definition of Zionism as “the right of Jewish self determination in their ancestral homeland” is such a disingenuous way to describe what’s being done in Israel. Stealing your neighbors home is not fucking self determination! That definition so conveniently elides the intention and function of oppression inherent to operating a state. Especially one that is ethnosupremacist by definition! This guys really sucks












  • Yeah but that’s kinda beside the point. Olive oil is definitely very distinctive compared to either. My argument is that neutral oils and vegetable oil specifically is a nearly perfect analog to butter in most contexts. It’s a little trickier when just spreading on bread and testing one right next to the other, but I think a lot of people who think they would for sure know the difference might be surprised in an actual double blind context.

    There’s a reason most major corporations swap butter for the far cheaper vegetable oil. Obviously the main reason is economic but the other reason is that in like a baked good they’re so similar most people can’t really discern the difference.

    I bet you think that’s butter in the Pepperidge farm puff pastry you’re eating.