Pete Wright
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And we have entire cultures that develop around appreciating food and eating a lot of it, especially when we look at, you know, the royals, right? Like those are the best examples of lampooning gluttony, right? Is that they have these feasts of forging themselves. Like that's the stereotype. Gluttony changes and it's sort of becoming a sin again, right? Right.
And we have entire cultures that develop around appreciating food and eating a lot of it, especially when we look at, you know, the royals, right? Like those are the best examples of lampooning gluttony, right? Is that they have these feasts of forging themselves. Like that's the stereotype. Gluttony changes and it's sort of becoming a sin again, right? Right.
Like we look at the people who are hurt by a culture of consumption and profit, the furthers class separation. And I think that's all rooted in sort of the evolution of gluttony toward capitalism.
Like we look at the people who are hurt by a culture of consumption and profit, the furthers class separation. And I think that's all rooted in sort of the evolution of gluttony toward capitalism.
Well, and you I think you just made a really good point that it's that it is gluttony is the immediacy of consumption to write like that is the present that's living in the now and consuming in the now. Like, yeah, like being able to to do that. Do you have a tendency to be a glutton over anything?
Well, and you I think you just made a really good point that it's that it is gluttony is the immediacy of consumption to write like that is the present that's living in the now and consuming in the now. Like, yeah, like being able to to do that. Do you have a tendency to be a glutton over anything?
Kind of makes my tongue hurt after too many.
Kind of makes my tongue hurt after too many.
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100%.
So this is what I'm getting at. And I feel like this was the interesting awakening for me is that this cardinal sin of gluttony, this thing that is in this movie that is so important to both of us that was a horrific, sequence in the movie, you know, this cardinal sin actually sprouted a whole new thing for us to feel bad about, right?
So this is what I'm getting at. And I feel like this was the interesting awakening for me is that this cardinal sin of gluttony, this thing that is in this movie that is so important to both of us that was a horrific, sequence in the movie, you know, this cardinal sin actually sprouted a whole new thing for us to feel bad about, right?
That we have created this overconsumption culture that is truly damaging because we're only able to live in the present. And I think that the shift towards sustainable consumption has to involve
That we have created this overconsumption culture that is truly damaging because we're only able to live in the present. And I think that the shift towards sustainable consumption has to involve
reducing individual consumption, just like the pope did in the 17th century, and also challenges these underlying economic systems and social structures and things that we've put into place that are poisoning us.
reducing individual consumption, just like the pope did in the 17th century, and also challenges these underlying economic systems and social structures and things that we've put into place that are poisoning us.
Or by like six o'clock that night.
Or by like six o'clock that night.
Yeah.
Yeah.