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Blue_Tires

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3. It's just unconscionably crass and tasteless
Wed Oct 1, 2014, 06:24 PM
Oct 2014

Naturally, their vegan recipe vids aren't unique enough to stand out from the other hundred million vegan blogs/sites/youtube channels, so they needed a "hook" to draw traffic...Take a bland everyday vegan recipe, throw in "bitch/motherfucker/shit" every third word, and all of a sudden your site has a dedicated following!

What a stroke of comedic genius and wit! Why not pretend to represent the demographic group *least* likely to be interested in nutrition education, healthy eating, or even a long life? Why, the juxtaposition will be hilarious! Just like an 85-year-old nun who runs a kinky sex blog!!

One thing is for certain -- The couple who came up with this idea and the bulk of their readership can't have any real black friends in their lives for them to ever think this was a good idea...

They couldn't have simply just called it "Rude Recipes" or "Foul-mouthed Veganism" -- They HAD to make that little Hollywood-ized racial connotation for cheap shock value....

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