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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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The cup is made from plastics probably derived from corn or soy. It is a gimmick for the terminally dumbed down to feel good about themselves – while they are dressed in polyester, drink water that passes through plastic pipes and drive fossil fuel powered cars (that includes Tesla, Leaf etc), all while clueless about reality. The durability of vegetable based polymers is not that great. Surprised it does not say that the cup is edible too.
As to anything derived from hemp, including CBD and this crap, would not ingest it even if offered money to do so.
Wheat fiber mug? I wonder how much gluten it has?
“a why to these things”: Profit.
😀 Besides that.
to “assuage the guilt” of self absorbed
The original intent was for individuals who are allergic to dairy or no access to dairy (think soy – Asian). I being one of those people.
Fad, pure and simple.
“A fool and his money are soon parted.”
OK, besides profit….Diversity? 🙂
Actually looked up the wheat-fiber mug. Best I can tell, China started using shredded wheat straw as a filler in the plastic mix to lower production costs. To sell it, they market it as “green” because you don’t need to kill trees for wood for paper. Several of the products I found pretend these aren’t plastic at all, and are therefore so much better.
Ahh, you found a Whole foods or Sprouts.
The hemp byproducts all boost the profitability of growing hemp once you extract the medicinal content [THC & CBD] for separate sale. Remember, hemp ropes were the norm back when natural fibers were all we had: it still has value [esp. as a quickly renewable resource for paper or power production.] I wanna see hemp TP; will it sandpaper your backside or finally have sufficient strength & cheapitude that when that !#@!@$#*% penny-pinching accountants that compel every business to buy only single-ply TP that it won’t earn them a place of their own in hell? X-D [fwiw, I’ve been a Costco “Kirkland” brand TP adherent for a few decades now, great price/performance mix…]