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Jules she/her 5d ago

No, Cadbury Hasn’t ‘Removed Easter’ From Easter Eggs.

No one's removing the word "Easter" from packaging, chocolate eggs have nothing to do with Christianity in any case, and some very sinister groups are trying to convince us all that Muslims are offended by much loved British traditions and trying to get them banned.

https://monkdebunks.substack.com/p/no-cadbury-hasnt-removed-easter-from

#UKFarRight #Islamophobia

No, Cadbury Hasn’t ‘Removed Easter’ From Easter Eggs

Chocolate eggs have never been consistently labelled with the word ‘Easter’, so why does this claim keep resurfacing?

Monk Debunks: Beyond the narrative

Jules she/her 5d ago

It's pathetic really. Like wouldn't it be nice if we, in the UK, as a culture, were excited when new ideas and traditions come in instead of being scared and angry? Instead of inventing "You can't say Easter on eggs anymore" wouldn't it be nice if we went "Hey, these people have brought a festival where you can suddenly get really nice dates in pretty boxes and there are lovely shared suppers after dusk?"

Jules she/her 5d ago

It's like when the UK women's team did so well in the World Cup, and a bunch of miserable old gits started mithering on about how women's football wasn't real football. And meanwhile my Dad was delighted that now there was twice as much football on TV as there used to be. Not only was he not making a nuisance of himself whingeing on Facebook, he was actually happier. Almost like actually embracing something a bit new and a bit different is actually a nicer way to live.

Jules she/her 5d ago

But the rightwing media does love telling people anything new and different is a threat. I know why they do it of course, it's to stop us paying attention to that fact we're getting dragged into a stupid war to appease a paedophile with dementia, but I wish people didn't fall for it so easily.

It's like the uproar about Tesco replacing barcodes with QR codes, as if a change to the details of the stock management system used by a supermarket has any impact whatsoever on the lives of anyone who doesn't work in Tesco's logistics department. But suddenly some rightwing hack vomits up a thinkpiece about how QR codes are woke and suddenly everyone's waxing nostalgic about how the play of sunlight on the black and white stripes of a barcode takes them back to happy childhood afternoons shopping for salad cream and pickled eggs with their dear departed grandmother.

Jules she/her 5d ago

But yes, in conclusion everyone's life would be better if we understood that everything new isn't a threat.

Except with software. Then it probably is.

Sebastian Crane 🏳️‍⚧️5d ago

@afewbugs There's an uproar about that..? Do you have a link please? I know one of the people behind the new labels and I think he might be interested...

@afewbugs I remember a while back that there was similar fuss because sainsbury’s and a few others switched to a different sort of packaging for minced beef. (Softer plastic so presumably less waste.)

People were calling it disgusting and unnatural. Idk, if you’re uncomfortable with meat I can sympathise but I don’t think it’s the packaging to blame here.

jamesb (MW1CGG)5d ago

@benjamineskola
That one is actually a bad thing. It completely fucks the texture of the meat up and it's harder to cook the way everyone's used to. I don't normally whinge about these things but I'm glad Tesco still do it in non vac pack packaging.
@afewbugs

@jamesb yeah I do actually think it’s worse in that regard.

I just found the way the online complaints were phrased quite amusing

jamesb (MW1CGG)5d ago

@benjamineskola
Telling the complainers to go to their local Halal butcher instead because the meat is better quality is always fun if you have some spare popcorn.
@afewbugs

Charles Castleberry 5d ago

@afewbugs 😂😂

@afewbugs That would absolutely play havoc with the livelihood of barcode battler players

Pseudo Nym 5d ago

@bovaz @afewbugs

Is barcode battler still "a thing"?

@pseudonym @afewbugs I was playing it with a friend a few months back

BeeCycling 5d ago

@afewbugs Oh good grief, people just look for stuff to be annoyed about.