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[escardos]

so imagine you're making ratatouille and you don't like tomatoes. you don't like the taste, the texture, the putting them in water and the peeling them-- ugh! so you say to yourself "lookit, this whole dish is nothing but vegetables, so what does it matter if i leave the tomatoes out?" a seemingly innocuous decision on the surface, but 2 hours or whatever later when you're done cooking, you open the oven to find a complete mess! just a pot full of baked vegetables, none of them congealed or somehow unified. what happened to your beloved ratatouille?! so you take to google and find that the tomatoes are an essential ingredient of ratatouille, as they forma a "sauce" of a certain kind that makes the whole thing work. and so a seemingly innocent decision has destroyed the very foundation of the established order with disturbing ramifications towards the whole. in this essay i will examine how martin luther's 95 theses lead to protestants being more boring than catholics.

Comments

UN: GreenDolphin

[strings_theory]

I have one question.

What the fuck is wrong with you?

[escardos]

arent you the one that tried to see if you could cut through bone a couple weeks back

un: Galanthusnivalis

[buddinghopes]

Why are you like this

why that analogy in particular

WHY WOULD YOU MAKE ME IMAGINE RUINING A PERFECTLY FINE RATATOUILLE

[escardos]

THE IMAGERY IS IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE ANALOGYY, MISS LIA

UN: GioGio

[giornata_gloriosa]

I am interested to know how this analogy works further down the road.

Will you be posting this thesis somewhere?

[escardos]

absolutely not!

UN: epicyon

[heromedal]

Do you still have the vegetables?

[escardos]

this was all hypothetical?

un: wellcooked

[transfusionem]

[This is not a response to the actual post, but to something he asked in it...]

I don't think blood as a sauce would make me want ratatoille more. It's still just baked veggies.

[escardos]

omg you're a vampire!

tysm for answering my question. so do you EXCLUSIVELY eat blood or can you have like...ice cream and stuff? human foods?

un: werther

[imitationsoul]

Generally, I agree with your point, but you have to leave it to Luther that he really managed to replace salvation through monetary means with a system in which you have no agency whatsoever in your own salvation.

The dedication to complete determinism is sure something.

[escardos]

it's always easier to blame someone else for your bad luck, even if it's 'a punishment from god'!

but the economic chaos that erupted from the desperate need to buy your way out of purgatory is quite funny to think about, too.

UN: REIRA

[soft_focus]

Do the last things also need tomatoes?

Sometimes you just have to eat tomatoes it's okay.

[escardos]

the last things?

catholics and protestants?

oh, those arent foods, theyre religions!

[stavros]

...what do vegetables have to do with religious denomination, exactly?

[escardos]

the vegetables aren't important! whats important is how one little decision like 'i wont put tomatoes in my ratatouille' can snowball into something much bigger!

un: likesflowers

[alreadyhuman]

so protestants didnt like tomatoes and that's why they split? (°ロ°)! they must have had some really strong opinions about food!!

[escardos]

not at all! they split up because of criticism towards the catholic church and the pope's abuse of power through indulgences!

the ratatouille analogy is to demonstrate how one small decision can snowball into an entire movement that shakes the core of something that seemed as unshakable as the catholic church.

and that you should never forget to put tomatoes in your ratatouille.

UN: KA_Kiske

[bejustorbedead]

I... I'm not sure if that is actually a good metaphor for the reformation, given the reasons behind it.

Or least, not the whole story?

Perhaps instead, the only tomatoes you had were rotten, and instead of getting fresh tomatoes one just simply tossed them out and went without.

[escardos]

getting fresh tomatoes is easier when theyre actual tomatoes and not ordering a complete rehaul of the catholic church tho

off-network

[lifeforced]

[A couple rooms down the hallway on the 4th floor of Lumière, roughly half an hour after the post goes up, Becky can be heard loudly asking herself:] WHY?

[That analogy is horrifying, thanks.]

text;

[escardos]

[ while trying not to laugh too hard: ]

are you ok?!

UN: MISS-CHIEVOUS

[imyoubut]

[It's rare for Urtz to be laugh quite this much, but the reaction to Flat's post was simply too hilarious. She can't even remember the last time she actually cackled. It feels good.]

Most impressive, Mister Escardos. You've managed to horrify a large number of people with nothing more than a simple analogy. You have my sincerest thanks for providing me with some much needed humor for the evening.

[escardos]

who would have known that people were so protective of french cuisine! hahaha!

UN: Stormflower

[nevernoaction]

I honestly can't tell which class you're writing this for, if that's what this is.

[Because honest, Ren has a hard time being able to discern this stream of consciousness being broadcast.]

[escardos]

i haven't slept in three days.

[ he thinks that should be answer enough ]

UN: 128Nemesis

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Are you shitposting on the network

[escardos]

yes!

the religion minor in me is dying rn

[missleading]

Wow, this really went places.............

Also how can you not like tomatoes, they're like nature's sauce packet

[escardos]

i was kidding! can you imagine a pasta without tomato sauce?

well, i guess theres alfredo. but still!