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RockRaven

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8. It's one of the latest woo-woo orthorexia food trends, complete with

Reply to senseandsensibility (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 8, 2026, 04:21 PM

Feb 8

purposeful jargon usage, over-extrapolation/mountain-out-of-a-molehill evidentiary claims, and obsessive behaviors.

Supposedly there are many health benefits to eating fermented stuff. Okay, whatever. So now "wellness" grifters are treating it like essential magic.

They will be on to a another new one in a minute. There always is.

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Ah yes, yogurt and "ferments": RFK's relatable Super Bowl snack [View all] senseandsensibility Feb 8 OP

What a fabulous idea! democrank Feb 8 #1

Imagine how cooked your brain has to be to look at RFK Jr and say "I want to follow RockRaven Feb 8 #2

And what are ferments? senseandsensibility Feb 8 #3

It's one of the latest woo-woo orthorexia food trends, complete with RockRaven Feb 8 #8

What? No fried fatback? Zackzzzz Feb 8 #4

No roadkill kababs? I'm disappointed. Vinca Feb 8 #5

OMG Forgot about that one senseandsensibility Feb 8 #10

If he eats so healthy, why does he look like johnnyfins Feb 8 #6

Why? Why do these bizarre caricatures of humanity rule over us? Our native xenophobia alone should cause a revolution 0rganism Feb 8 #7

If he's eating them I'm NOT! Ritabert Feb 8 #9

I saw somewhere on some interview that he makes his wife carry his "ferments" (maybe Marie Marie Feb 8 #11

Thanks to my German grandmother senseandsensibility Feb 8 #12

"Meat and ferments" jmowreader Feb 8 #13

I wonder if he eats surstrmming (fermented herring) Wicked Blue Feb 8 #14