Question and Thought for the Day March 18, 2025
Thought of the Day: You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. Ray Bradbury
Question of the Day: What is the most overrated food that you’re convinced everyone pretends to enjoy?
Ray Bradbury warned us. You don’t need fire to burn books—you just need people to stop reading them. And looking around, it seems like we’re edging closer to that reality every day.
When was the last time you read a book? Not a quick skim of an article, not a doomscroll session—an actual, full-length book?
We’re a culture that claims to love knowledge, yet we’ve swapped deep reading for shallow consumption. We know everything but understand nothing. We binge-watch, we speed-scroll, and we absorb headlines without ever engaging with the nuance beneath them. It’s not that books have disappeared. They’re still there, patiently waiting. But the collective act of reading? That’s what’s fading.
If knowledge is power, then the easiest way to control a society is to make sure no one reads deeply enough to question things.
And speaking of questionable things…
The Overrated Food Phenomenon
Why do we pretend to love certain foods? Seriously. There are dishes that we pretend to enjoy just to avoid admitting they’re mediocre at best.
Kale chips? They taste like disappointment. Caviar? Salty bubbles of regret. Truffle oil? Overpriced drizzle that makes everything taste like someone’s perfume exploded in the kitchen.
It’s like we’ve collectively agreed to play along with certain food trends just so we don’t get called uncultured. But deep down, we all know the truth—some foods are riding high on a wave of hype, and we’re all just too polite to call them out.
So let’s be honest: What’s the most overrated food you’re convinced everyone is just pretending to enjoy? Drop it in the comments. Let’s start a movement.
Because if we can admit we don’t actually like quinoa, maybe—just maybe—we can also admit that reading books matters, too.
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