Vani Hari is a terrible person. I would be
quite curious to find out how many people actually know who she is and
care about what she says. I’m talking real numbers. I’m guessing it’s
more than I think, but I hope it’s much less. The Food Babe, to me, is
akin to an sexually transmitted disease. Her message and ideas are
spread socially. Vani Hari has demonstrated quite effectively that one
can spread diseases of the mind through our computer screens.
Unfortunately doesn’t give us the satisfaction of at least seeing a pair
of boobs breasts first.
I came across a blog post recently which eloquently and effectively explains everything this woman about, and who she is: Link
The man on the right is the author of the blog I linked to. If you can put aside the slightly self-serving appearance this has, the comparison made is pretty comical. I won’t attempt to restate what the author of that blog post says about Vani Hari. His statements, in my opinion, are pretty awesome on their own. However, for those of you who aren’t as familiar and are just looking for the cliff notes, I’ll offer my best summation.
Vani Hari, a.k.a. The Food Babe, is a blogger. This in of itself isn’t a bad thing. She has ideas and passions and the urge to spread these views to the masses. Again, this is fine. I’d have be a bigger hypocrite than I am to condemn this through a blog of my own. I’m currently doing that exact same thing. The difference is that Vani Hari completely veers off course when she purports to know and write about things she has absolutely no understanding of. This woman doesn’t have a basic understanding of science. She has the mild proficiency required to type things into a search engine on the internet, and that’s it, (and she even fucks that up). Oh, and she can also read stuff. Vani Hari can read the ingredients on a package of food. She then types the individual chemical names into a search engine and is subsequently horrified by the results. Remember that whole Subway yoga mat story you heard about in the news? That was The Food Babe at work. She found some chemical name in their bread’s ingredient list, looked it up online, then proceeded to attack the use of it in the food. Her arguments are criminally uninformed and laboriously fallacious at best. She ignores the science and the facts opting for her own personal narrative. This would be harmless if not for the drones of followers she commands, (which she claims number in the millions).
Here is where things have gotten dangerous in my opinion. Hari claims that this chemical, which is also used to make yoga mats spongier, is toxic and petitioned Subway to remove it from their bread. She cited stories of workers exposed to the chemical who later suffered long-term health effects, or an instance where it was spilled on a highway causing a significant hazmat situation. She used this information to justify her attacks. She takes the information she finds and fails to put it in any sort of context. Those factory workers were exposed to excessive amount of the chemical. Anything is toxic in excessive amounts. Table salt, which is necessary for life, is toxic in large amounts. Hari completely and continuously fails in having a basic understanding of the things she condemns. What is worse is that Subway completely caved to her attacks. They removed an otherwise completely harmless chemical from their bread. They also established a horrific standard.
So how can such a horribly ignorant, self-centered and self-aggrandizing human being hit such heights. How has she reached this level of influence? Haven’t we grown up watching TV shows and movie villains with the similar qualities fail? What kind of fucked-up bizarro world do we live in where large groups of people listen to the uninformed voices in lieu of the highly educated ones? I suppose these are questions for a psychologist or sociologist. I’d bet money that they would go into something about the endocrine system in our bodies. Pleasure hormones probably get released into our brains for each stupid repost we make. Similar to eating ice-cream and having orgasms, some people just get addicted to bullshit. Though I can’t say I have any idea how it happens in this case, because The Food Babe completely kills my intellectual boner.
This phenomena illustrates the extreme importance of critical thinking. The ability to take a step back. The capacity to approach everyday life and examine the things you see and hear and read. Some people do this naturally. Unfortunately I feel this does not get taught or emphasized nearly to the extent that it should. We all start this way naturally as children, constantly asking why things are the way they are. Unfortunately it often gets beaten out of us. We’re often told the way things are and what to believe. We’re told certain things are etched in stone and to stop asking questions. I’ve often felt my development as an adult and a human being was hindered because of this. Fortunately in the case of The Food Rapist, there has been some recent light at the end of the tunnel. Her recent attacks on Starbucks’ pumpkin spiced lattes have been essentially shut down by the company. She claims the chemicals used in the lattes are “toxic” and demanded Starbucks remove the offending chemical(s) and switch to organic milk for use their coffee. Starbucks responded, essentially telling Vani Hari to “fuck-off.” They told her that people can voice their opinions with their wallets. If their paying customers demand change through the boycott of their products, then, and only then, would they consider changes. We are Starbucks suck our dicks!
TL;DR: Social media has given everyone a voice, and some of those voices have terrible things to say. Worse yet, millions of people are choosing to follow those voices like lost puppies.
STL; DR: The Food Babe is raping our food. She’s making it more expensive, less delicious, and no more safe. I made some of that up. The point is she is doing horrible things and accomplishing nothing.
IHTASOAN; DR: I CAN SAY WORDS ON INTERNET!! BLEEECH!!!
I came across a blog post recently which eloquently and effectively explains everything this woman about, and who she is: Link
The man on the right is the author of the blog I linked to. If you can put aside the slightly self-serving appearance this has, the comparison made is pretty comical. I won’t attempt to restate what the author of that blog post says about Vani Hari. His statements, in my opinion, are pretty awesome on their own. However, for those of you who aren’t as familiar and are just looking for the cliff notes, I’ll offer my best summation.
Vani Hari, a.k.a. The Food Babe, is a blogger. This in of itself isn’t a bad thing. She has ideas and passions and the urge to spread these views to the masses. Again, this is fine. I’d have be a bigger hypocrite than I am to condemn this through a blog of my own. I’m currently doing that exact same thing. The difference is that Vani Hari completely veers off course when she purports to know and write about things she has absolutely no understanding of. This woman doesn’t have a basic understanding of science. She has the mild proficiency required to type things into a search engine on the internet, and that’s it, (and she even fucks that up). Oh, and she can also read stuff. Vani Hari can read the ingredients on a package of food. She then types the individual chemical names into a search engine and is subsequently horrified by the results. Remember that whole Subway yoga mat story you heard about in the news? That was The Food Babe at work. She found some chemical name in their bread’s ingredient list, looked it up online, then proceeded to attack the use of it in the food. Her arguments are criminally uninformed and laboriously fallacious at best. She ignores the science and the facts opting for her own personal narrative. This would be harmless if not for the drones of followers she commands, (which she claims number in the millions).
Here is where things have gotten dangerous in my opinion. Hari claims that this chemical, which is also used to make yoga mats spongier, is toxic and petitioned Subway to remove it from their bread. She cited stories of workers exposed to the chemical who later suffered long-term health effects, or an instance where it was spilled on a highway causing a significant hazmat situation. She used this information to justify her attacks. She takes the information she finds and fails to put it in any sort of context. Those factory workers were exposed to excessive amount of the chemical. Anything is toxic in excessive amounts. Table salt, which is necessary for life, is toxic in large amounts. Hari completely and continuously fails in having a basic understanding of the things she condemns. What is worse is that Subway completely caved to her attacks. They removed an otherwise completely harmless chemical from their bread. They also established a horrific standard.
So how can such a horribly ignorant, self-centered and self-aggrandizing human being hit such heights. How has she reached this level of influence? Haven’t we grown up watching TV shows and movie villains with the similar qualities fail? What kind of fucked-up bizarro world do we live in where large groups of people listen to the uninformed voices in lieu of the highly educated ones? I suppose these are questions for a psychologist or sociologist. I’d bet money that they would go into something about the endocrine system in our bodies. Pleasure hormones probably get released into our brains for each stupid repost we make. Similar to eating ice-cream and having orgasms, some people just get addicted to bullshit. Though I can’t say I have any idea how it happens in this case, because The Food Babe completely kills my intellectual boner.
This phenomena illustrates the extreme importance of critical thinking. The ability to take a step back. The capacity to approach everyday life and examine the things you see and hear and read. Some people do this naturally. Unfortunately I feel this does not get taught or emphasized nearly to the extent that it should. We all start this way naturally as children, constantly asking why things are the way they are. Unfortunately it often gets beaten out of us. We’re often told the way things are and what to believe. We’re told certain things are etched in stone and to stop asking questions. I’ve often felt my development as an adult and a human being was hindered because of this. Fortunately in the case of The Food Rapist, there has been some recent light at the end of the tunnel. Her recent attacks on Starbucks’ pumpkin spiced lattes have been essentially shut down by the company. She claims the chemicals used in the lattes are “toxic” and demanded Starbucks remove the offending chemical(s) and switch to organic milk for use their coffee. Starbucks responded, essentially telling Vani Hari to “fuck-off.” They told her that people can voice their opinions with their wallets. If their paying customers demand change through the boycott of their products, then, and only then, would they consider changes. We are Starbucks suck our dicks!
TL;DR: Social media has given everyone a voice, and some of those voices have terrible things to say. Worse yet, millions of people are choosing to follow those voices like lost puppies.
STL; DR: The Food Babe is raping our food. She’s making it more expensive, less delicious, and no more safe. I made some of that up. The point is she is doing horrible things and accomplishing nothing.
IHTASOAN; DR: I CAN SAY WORDS ON INTERNET!! BLEEECH!!!
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