Sweet Tasting Poison

Remember how I told you I'd gone to the market yesterday? Yeah, after I finished being honked at by weirdos, I actually got to the store. Amazing, I know.

And one of the things that struck me as weird was the fruit section. I like fresh fruit (as much as the shit they sell at the supermarket can be labeled 'fresh fruit') and freshly-squeezed orange juice and things like that, so I figured I better buy some. Regard, if you will, the picture below.

See anything odd? No? Let me explain. Notice the difference in price for the big, yellowy oranges on the right and the bagged orange-y oranges on the left (I know, description skills through the roof, right?). The ones on the left are three times as expensive as the 'regular' ones on the left. Know why?

Because they boast of being 'untreated'. There is no trace of pesticides, as the bag boasts. And of course you can't trust that, but let's assume, for a second that is true. The oranges on the right are much less expensive, but they do have an underlined warning of "DO NOT EAT THE PEEL". If you need to underline an all-caps warning of that, it's fucking worrying.

Now, my grandmother used to put a little grated orange peel in cakes, back in the day. Now, you couldn't even dream of that. You know what they spray on those peels? If in doubt, check the underlined, all-caps warning again.

Pesticides are substances that are meant to control pests, including weeds. The term pesticide includes all of the following: herbicide, insecticides nematicide, molluscicide, piscicide, avicide, rodenticide, bactericide, insect repellent, animal repellent, antimicrobial, fungicide and disinfectant.

Typical of humans to think they're above rodents, fish, animals and insects...whatever kills them can't possibly damage us also, can it?

As with anything, people have gotten used to eating fruits and veggies most probably treated with poison. So, you wash it as best you can and hope you don't die and you usually don't. You peel it and hope the inside isn't too affected by the poison.

But you don't have to do that anymore. With the rise of 'bio' products or other such 'untreated' items, you can eat healthy again, with no increased risk of death. How swell is that? Of course, you have to pay three times extra for that. Don't wanna eat poison? Then you better pay up, biatch. Or it's back to the pesticides-insecticides-piscicides for you.

And people readily accept that. Why? Because people would basically accept anything. Whenever in doubt that the world around is turning to utter shit, just remember that people are willing accepting poisoned fruit. And I thought Snow White was dumb...
But then, what can you do? How can you fight back? By not buying the produce? Let's not kid ourselves, shall we? I really wish this could be a post that ended on a 'stand up, fight for yourself' note, but I don't think we're capable anymore. I think we're slowly sinking. So, this is just a post that notes the shitty state of the world we live in.

What's more, some people even pay for the "clean" expensive fruit, which in truth, probably isn't untreated and clean. But hey, if you're willing to pay three times more, who are they to refuse your hard-earned cash? I don't know which is sadder, really. That people believe the lie or that they really are "healthy" oranges and we have to basically buy our health or open up for a dollop of poison...

Cheers for reading,