If there really was an "Eve" in this world, and her tasting the forbidden fruit was a taboo... then is the current situation also playing out a kind of taboo?
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I’m wondering whether I should try the various foods in front of me—things I’ve only ever seen in e-books or old-world film clips.
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In the past, what I ate the most were filling staples like easily grown potatoes and nuts, along with artificially manufactured composite protein-based meat substitutes, supplemented daily with bland vitamins and supplements.
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After all, these were the cheapest and touted as the most environmentally friendly, low-carbon foods.
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To put it bluntly, these were foods suited for humans living like cattle.
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The wealthy would never lecture you about sustainability.
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Just look at where those eco-friendly slogans and propaganda usually appear—public bus stops, town squares, open markets, public restrooms. These aren’t places the rich frequent.
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Even more ironic is how many charity fundraisers themed around environmental protection are just gatherings of the upper class indulging in lavish feasts, wasting the planet’s resources together.
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Is this place I’m in now also some kind of high society?
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Here, fruits of every color—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet—are laid out.
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They’re real, whole fruits, not synthetic juices.
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Cakes and desserts are piled up like small, colorful mountains, not vacuum-sealed ration bars.
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All kinds of meats are served steaming hot, fragrant and enticing.
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And then there’s seafood—some of which I’ve never even seen before.
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Have some of these already gone extinct?
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Summoning my courage, I slowly chew a piece of cooked meat.
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The texture is so strange!
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Because it’s so delicious!
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This is the first time in my life I’ve tasted something this good!
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One thing leads to another.
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Once you start, you can’t stop.
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As I keep eating, I lose track of what I’m even tasting anymore.
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There’s just too much to choose from!
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No wonder so many people here have such extreme body types—either obese or painfully thin.
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The obese ones are like demons, greedily shoving food into their mouths.
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The thin ones wear expressions of disgust, pushing their utensils around the piles of food without any appetite left.
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I keep eating... until suddenly, a wave of saltiness surges from my stomach up my throat—
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