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<@elver> well, some relatives came over on sunday, brought
some peanut butter
<@elver> and on that peanut butter, there's a label: "25% less
fat than peanut butter"
<@elver> and just under that there was "peanut butter" as the
product type
<@elver> so i've been puzzled for two days now - wtf is it? it
cant be peanut butter and yet it claims to be and tastes as
shitty as peanut butter
<@elver> it's like one of those questions, "if a tree falls in
the forest and there is nobody around, will it make a sound"
<@X-G> like, a koan?
<@elver> i mean, i look at that label and i wonder - if this
is peanut butter and it has 25% less fat than peanut butter
then is it really peanut butter?
<@elver> a koan?
<@X-G> yah, koan.
<@X-G> A puzzling, often paradoxical statement or story, used
in Zen Buddhism as an aid to meditation and a means of gaining
spiritual awakening.
<@elver> so Buddha likes peanut butter then i guess
<@elver> that peanut butter is my spiritual guide from now on