Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 05, 2024

This obsession with living longer is surprising given how badly the elderly are treated. It’s not even a question of whether or not you have money to support yourself (which many don’t), it’s the total lack of compassion on the part of many once you pass a certain age and become obviously elderly.

Are the people at Weight Watchers pessimistic about their future now?

I like kale.

My mother used to make me eat kale, had a ‘nice’ nursing home picked out for her but she died first.

From Daily Meal: Before the kale craze began, America’s largest buyer of kale was not health food stores or eco-conscious vegan restaurants. It was Pizza Hut. Yes, Pizza Hut in all its cheesy, greasy, meaty glory. And the reason why the chain purchased so much will surprise you.

As Healthline reports, though raw kale can negatively affect certain bodily systems for some people, overall kale lives up to its superfood reputation, packing impressive amounts of nutrients including vitamins A, B, C, and K, minerals like calcium, potassium, magnesium, copper, and manganese, and protective antioxidants — but that’s not why Pizza Hut was buying so much of it. Their reasoning was more about the aesthetic.

Kale was used for decorative purposes on the salad bar at Pizza Hut, but it was not originally intended to be eaten. It was meant to be a frilly green garnish, and a lacey disguise for the ice that kept the food there cold, according to Today’s interview with a Pizza Hut spokesperson — with some 14,000+ pounds bought in 2012 alone. Nowadays you’ll find kale in everything from salads to smoothies, transformed into dishes as wide-ranging as hearty soups and air-fried kale chips. There are restaurants named after kale and ironically, places that serve kale-topped pizza.

I like smoking. Nothing like lighting one up before leaving the restaurant.

If I’m going to live longer, I want to feel good about it.

Kale? Not cheese?!

Kale is best fed to a cow, then eat the cow.

I like raw kale, with balsamic vinegar

I am not worried about how long I live. But I do NOT want to end up in a nursing home. I spent decades visiting people in nursing homes (worked at one for five years), and I do NOT to die in one. Number one reason people end up there is immobility — legs no longer working well. That’s why I work out — to keep my legs strong. Also reduces likelihood of stroke, another big reason people end up in nursing homes. I don’t mind dying, but don’t want the slow death of a nursing home. Also, I do enjoy feeling good and still being able to move with relative ease so I can go hiking and that sort of thing.

Smoking dried kale…MMMMMMM…..

I’m generally a happy and healthy person, but I have to admit that sometimes, my motivation to live longer is just to see how much worse things are going to get.

You’ll need to be fit to survive in the wastelands.

I shall never smoke or vape. It’s strictly against my principles. Plus, I have been cutting back on pork products and fried foods.

You’re one to talk, Rat, since you’re one of those pessimistic people out there.

No kale for me, thank you.

I’m just passing thru on my way to Heaven whether by death or Rapture. This is Satan’s world, not mine. 2Cor 4:4 ‘ in their case the god of this world (satan) has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.’

Long ago I made up my mind that I was not going to face death celebrating how much kale I ate during my life.

Pro tip : Mix a little coconut oil with your kale. Makes it much easier to scrape into the trash.

Can you smoke Kale?

Don’t forget the fact that a lot of people worry about overpopulation, while overlooking the obvious contribution they could make to a solution.

people are idiots – especially in groups

The presumption that everyone is eating better and exercising more is a myth (in the U.S., at least).

This is why I drink and eat all the wrong foods. There’s talk that the elite expects us to start eating bugs. Recently in Louisiana they literally served Cicadas. I say no thx I’ll just have water

After seeing everyone standing around sucking on Vape pens it is quite apparent that smoking “cigarettes” really did make you look cool.

More time with loved ones. That’s a reasonable answer.

As a Boomer I can answer this. We watched our parents and grandparents lose their mobility and strength until they were bedridden or worse. We aren’t so much trying to live longer, we are trying to keep moving and being independent as long as we can be.

I like my kale with a silent “K”.

As s rookie engineer, I complained about smokers in our office and got the duty to solve the problem. I notified them (when they needed a fix) to do it in the back staircase. The executives were located at the top of the chimney, but, alas, I wasn’t noticed anyway.

Popeye The Sailor don’t eat Kale. It makes him weaker

I’ve been asking that same question for years, Rat.

Actually, “Kale” is not in itself – an edible vegetable – when I first encountered it, the “salad” bars were using it to accent the “real” salads – not so much, anymore – of course I’ve not visited any establishment that provides a salad bar since the Covid-19 pandemic – so I really don’t know what they’re doing, now…

I like “salads” and, in fact have at least one every day – and, no, it’s not usually “iceberg” lettuce – it’s usually romaine and assorted other greens – but I still maintain that “kale” is STILL best used as “roughage” for animals…

Depends on what you smoke,I suppose…

Excellent question, Rat

They want to be in shape for the Second Coming.

I’m pessimistic and I don’t take care of myself. That way I don’t have to stick around very long.

Ick.

Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can’t take it.

- American Beauty

smoke Kale.

Kale, like pumpkin, is a punishment not a food