This won't win you any followers on Instagram, and isn't that what life is all about ? |
Several things annoyed me about that sentence. First, the fact that an editor did not delete it. Second, that the writer, clearly a millennial, even had such a thought. And third, not only was the inherent message that one could gain in stature by showing your friends you ate such a thing obnoxious, but how it looked was deemed to be more important than how it tasted, as the fact that it was "delicious" was secondary to its beauty.
Apparently to be worthy in the eyes of the people who matter (including the editors at the Times), not only do we have to look good but our food does too. No telling if this extends to those mud pies they eat in Haiti, but probably not.
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