Some opinions one has about a range of issues makes the holder of those opinions look smart in the eyes of others, and endear him to his compatriots. As a writer I love it when my ideas line up with common sense, and people nearly immediately recognize it as such. But every once in a while, I come up with an idea that is equally commonsensical, but it is so antithetical to current post-modern trends in culture, thought and philosophy, people ignore its common sense reality, and deign to mock and oppose the idea every time they get a chance.…
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One possible humorous reason there is an explosion of picky eaters is because of the breakdown in the traditional family. In the old days father, mother, siblings, child and extended family ate the same thing breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. Nobody (even adults) in the child’s life had food options, ergo the child doesn’t automatically think it has options. If anybody complained or had a reason to eat his own thing in the traditional family it was the father, and he never complained publicly or to his wife, as she has her own list of complaints about him. Thus, dad…