Food Wars

Since the last time I touched upon the topic of microblogging, I have completely made the switch from Twitter to Plurk. This is mostly due to the fact that practically all my friends have pretty much abandoned the former for the latter.

But then again, what passes for friends in the interwebs can be placed under two categories: those who would gladly punch you in the face whether you want them to or not (and usually with greater enthusiasm than what is required by the situation),  and those who would gladly watch.

And while we hurled threats of bodily harm and sexual torture of varying form, shape, and day of the week at each other before, it has never reached the level of venom it had since we started plurking.

Take for example how we debate about food, it usually starts and ends the same way: somebody professes their undying love or hatred for a given entree, then his so-called friends start posting their opinions as to the validity or lack thereof of said statement.

Pretty soon, lines are drawn, friendships are broken, alliances are made, sexualities of the opposing parties are discussed at length (these discussions often involve charts, testimonies from parents, previous partners, and in one occasion, priests) future grandchildren threatened with various cooking implements — it can get really ugly.

You need only to peruse through some of the threads below to get an idea of just how ugly.

How it all started

Baddie’s Sinigang Wars Thread

Famished

PAKBET WARS

And because such debates can occur simultaneously and on a wide variety of topics, any alliances you’ve forged in one thread may not necessarily be relied upon in another. It has gotten to the point that I need to refer to my notes to keep track of who my friends are on any given day, and for that matter, the status of my sexual preference.