By now most of you have probably heard the report that those of us who eat are exposed to organic food are jerks. That’s right, a study just published online in Social Psychological and Personality Science has now proven that once exposed to organic food you will become all “judgey”.
Okay, so I mock. As with any study, I’m sure there is truth to it in whatever capacity it was taken. But I can’t take this study seriously. Seriously! Part of what I find humorous about it though is how fast it spread. Even Leno was talking about it tonight.
But I have to be honest, when I first heard this report I thought, “Organic food make you “judgey”? Ha, whatever! Oh, wait, ew… Did that sound harsh? Was that judgey?” Then I read the part where those who eat organic food volunteer less. Holy smokes! If that’s true I don’t know what to think. I just spent the past 3 months volunteering so many hours to my son’s school I’ve literally lost count. Just imagine what I could have done if I’d only looked at a brownie instead of looking at a picture of organic food!
By the way, did you notice the word “exposed” earlier? Yes, the study “exposed” people to a picture or organic food versus a picture of a brownie. Again, really? Oh, my! What would have happened if they had actually eaten the organic food (God forbid)? I can’t bear to think about it!
More humor, the Abstract of the study reads:
Recent research has revealed that specific tastes can influence moral processing, with sweet tastes inducing prosocial behavior and disgusting tastes harshening moral judgments. Do similar effects apply to different food types (comfort foods, organic foods, etc.)?
Really? The equivalent study is sweet vs. “disgusting”? In other words suggesting that comfort foods, like a brownie are sweet (and good) and organic food is disgusting (and bad). Nice study! Who wrote this? My second grade son? I’m sorry, but I had to laugh. (And I had to keep checking to make sure I wasn’t reading The Onion.)
I’m sure some aren’t finding humor in this report or my comments, but I honestly have to say that if someone has the time and the money to spend on such a study to find out if looking at organic food makes people judgey then all the power to them.
In the mean time, I’m going to go eat some, shhhh…. (organic) food, then quit volunteering and go judge all my neighbors. And watch out! I sure hope you don’t need anything today because I’ll have already done my good deed for the day by looking at my organic food before I ate it.
However, you might get lucky. After all, I was thinking about a brownie while I was writing this. Do you think that can un-do the organic apple I ate? Nevermind. I did see organic salad in the fridge on my way to get the apple. Oh, and the organic milk while I was closing the door…
Yep. You’re out of luck. If you run into problems, definitely ask the person with chocolate brownie stuck in their teeth for help, because I’d just let you sit there and rot.
Kate
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