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What I find most striking about the tweet quoted at the beginning of the article is the assumption that just because something is natural (e.g. the peel on an o
by mwcampbell 11y ago
What I find most striking about the tweet quoted at the beginning of the article is the assumption that just because something is natural (e.g. the peel on an orange), it's better than the manufactured alternative (e.g. plastic packaging). That assumption can probably be traced back to the belief that the natural world was created by a God who designed it to be good, for our benefit (well, before it was supposedly cursed because of sin). The truth, of course, is that the peel on an orange is merely the product of evolution; it wasn't designed for our benefit. We can do better than nature. So the real solution is to package products in a way that's both convenient for us and not harmful to the environment.
- afarrell 11y agoI wonder if wax paper could be an effective way to preserve an orange. It has the downside of not displaying the alluring juiciness of the fruit as well, but the upside of being even easier to open than a plastic container.
- mcguire 11y agoI understand the plastic wrap on zucchini falls into that category.
- forgottenpass 11y agoI think you're reading too much in to "natural". I just see someone trying to say peels are a preexisting attribute of oranges without using the word "preexisting" because that would ruin the joke structure they're using to make their point. "If only there were [roundabout way of describing something that seems obvious to speaker but are feigning ignorance to]..." is a well worn construction.
- paulddraper 11y agoExactly. It's like someone made https://github.com/baphomet-berlin/jQuery-basic-arithmetic-plugin https://github.com/baphomet-berlin/jQuery-basic-arithmetic-p... but for oranges. (Ignoring of course the advantages name by the OP.)