Chocolate Underground

With the establishment of the Good For You Party’s authoritarian regime, unhealthy foods and sugar have been banned. As a result, the bakery Smudger Moore’s father owns is suffering financially from being unable to sell any of their typical sweet menu items. Smudger’s friend Huntley Hunter is also frustrated by the prohibition, as he cannot keep a promise he made to his late father. Angered by the unjust world they live in, the two young boys set out to break the new social order—but the uphill battle they are faced with is a lot more than they bargained for.

-MAL No

  • EelBolshevikism [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    10 hours ago

    well, thank you for replying to me despite my hostility. at this point i highly doubt dirt_owl intended to make any point like the one i was saying i was concerned with. this seems like a classic case of my inner reactionary falling for the framing of cringe propaganda like the weird anime, as i realize i was thinking in that sense (as in, accepting it’s inflammatory rhetoric) this entire time despite disagreeing with the depiction of regulation it seems to have. i’m considering deleting my comments but i don’t want to remove that responsibility or shame entirely. i might just leave this one up only, so that dirt_owl doesn’t have to come back to three or four comments yelling at them.

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      10 hours ago

      I appreciate your reply. I can only speak for my own take, but maybe there is something worth arguing with with @Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net after all, if hopefully from a less incendiary position. It isn’t my take to argue; I don’t even know what western baking goods would look like without sugar (pre-colonial honey, maybe?).

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          10 hours ago

          I somehow forgot about those myself until now.

          I’m not actually that big into sweets in general; I prefer other flavors overall, even for pleasure/comfort food.

          • EelBolshevikism [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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            9 hours ago

            ok, maybe there is a point to be made about banning Big Sugar

            edit: ok, but seriously, neither you nor @Dirt_Owl deserved that. I’m really sorry. I hope both of you are happy and safe and don’t let my cringeposting drag you down or hurt you. Thank you all for being patient