This is satire, but if it were just a little less obvious satire, half of HN would be defending it as a good idea. Think Real Estate NFTs or payday loans done right. You guys are the butt of the joke and you're laughing because you're not in on it.
A Mulching Proposal (2019)
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Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)
#422019. Hasn't spawned a billion dollar startup yet. There must be something wrong with the idea, or it'd have been commercialized by now.
Compared to A Modest Proposal, it's clearly second rate. Everyone knows the elderly are less nutritious than the young.
Better nutrition is a critical element of making a better future.
Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)
#43Logan-Nolan Industries, eh? Anyways, mulching is too old-fashioned, thus they should consider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkaline_hydrolysis_(body_disp... based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkaline_hydrolysis Search for the sanctuary!
"It is every citizen's final duty to go into the tanks and become one with all the people." --Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, "Ethics for Tomorrow"
Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)
#44Logan-Nolan Industries, eh? Anyways, mulching is too old-fashioned, thus they should consider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkaline_hydrolysis_(body_disp... based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkaline_hydrolysis Search for the sanctuary!
"It is every citizen's final duty to go into the tanks and become one with all the people." --Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, "Ethics for Tomorrow"
Oh, Alpha-Centauri. Didn't think of that.
Thought of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan's_Run instead.
And maybe a bit of 'Soylent Green' ;-)
Edit: I meant the movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan%27s_Run_(film) , the book(s) I've read much later only.
Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)
#45Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)
#462019. Hasn't spawned a billion dollar startup yet. There must be something wrong with the idea, or it'd have been commercialized by now.
Bits are hard. As I understand it they are working to get regulatory approval in Canada, The Netherlands and China, where the some baseline sources have been established.
Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)
#472019. Hasn't spawned a billion dollar startup yet. There must be something wrong with the idea, or it'd have been commercialized by now.
Compared to A Modest Proposal , it's clearly second rate. Everyone knows the elderly are less nutritious than the young. Better nutrition is a critical element of making a better future.
I'd be more worried about flavor and texture than nutrition. Old grandmas tend to be tough and chewy.
Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fauxghee sounds like "fogey" which refers to an older person: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fogey Faux is imitation Ghee is a type of clarified butter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghee
> Fauxghee sounds like "fogey" which refers to an older person It actually doesn't, at least the way "ghee" is pronounced in the native languages where the word originates from. English doesn't quite have the strongly voiced "g" sound, so western people pronounce it incorrectly as "gee".
Is the G sound like goat (only more breathy) or like George?
I’ve only heard it like “goat” in Texas.
Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fauxghee sounds like "fogey" which refers to an older person: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fogey Faux is imitation Ghee is a type of clarified butter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghee
> Fauxghee sounds like "fogey" which refers to an older person It actually doesn't, at least the way "ghee" is pronounced in the native languages where the word originates from. English doesn't quite have the strongly voiced "g" sound, so western people pronounce it incorrectly as "gee".
I’m not sure which it’s supposed to be, per this reading. Is it similar to the “g” as used in “great” or as in “refrigerator” or as in “cough” (or a different sound which I didn’t think of)? This particular American read it initially as in “great”, for what it’s worth. From other comments it sounds like that’s intended if it’s supposed to sound like “fogey”.
Re: A Mulching Proposal (2019)
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Fauxghee sounds like "fogey" which refers to an older person It actually doesn't, at least the way "ghee" is pronounced in the native languages where the word originates from. English doesn't quite have the strongly voiced "g" sound, so western people pronounce it incorrectly as "gee".
Is the G sound like goat (only more breathy) or like George? I’ve only heard it like “goat” in Texas.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghee
That has an audio recording of someone pronouncing it. Sounds like it’s the former per your example.