Slog - Comments on The Wonderful World of Suicide Food http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food It's something that's confused and disgusted me ever since I was a kid in Texas, where there are too many barbecue joints with jolly cartoon pigs as mascots to count: Depictions of animals excited about being eaten, or, as the masterminds behind this website put it, suicide food: What is Suicide Food? Suicide Food is any depiction of animals that act as though they wish to be consumed. Suicide Food actively participates in or celebrates its own demise. Suicide Food identifies with the oppressor. Suicide Food is a bellwether of our decadent society. Suicide Food says, “Hey! Come on!... Copyright 2008 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:01:31 -0800 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:13:26 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Andrew Cannibalization?

James Coney Island in Houston, TX

Really great hot dogs, though.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c696998 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c696998 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:08:17 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways someone please, please use 'Suicide Food' as a band name.....

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c696999 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c696999 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:09:11 -0800 Comment by Some Jerk The definitive thought experiment on the subject was posed in Douglas Adams's Restaurant at the End of the Universe: the cow bred to want to be eaten, that is capable of communicating that fact to you, the diner.

Personally, I'm waiting for someone to commercialize growing muscle tissue without attached conscious animal, ala Chicken Little in The Space Merchants by Pohl & Kornbluth, another excellent read.

]]> Some Jerk http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697005 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697005 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:18:28 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Yeah, that pig is definitely too happy about cutting itself up into delicious sausage.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697008 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697008 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:20:23 -0800 Comment by lilblackcat Uh oh, you said "foodies" don't tell BK! :-)

As for this, it reminds me of the Muppet movie where they were trying to get Kermit to be the spokesperson for the deep fried frog legs joint.

]]> lilblackcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697009 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697009 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:20:45 -0800 Comment by wench I wonder where those horrible little shrimp in the DQ ad fit into this. The ones that end up eating their kids as popcorn shrimp. I always found that commercial weirdly disturbing.

]]> wench http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697011 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697011 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:21:46 -0800 Comment by Leeerker I'm not 100% sure, because I haven't seen it yet, but I think there is a parody of "Lets all go to the lobby" in the beginning of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie where the popcorn and stuff is saying eat me.

]]> Leeerker http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697015 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697015 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:23:24 -0800 Comment by David Schmader Hot update: Suicide Food is the creation of Ben, husband of longtime and legendary Stranger copy editor Sara DeBell (who may also have been related somehow to the Stranger's original gossip columnist Shirley Rodell-Szyjmyjic...)

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697017 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697017 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:24:21 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Someone needs to draw up some anthropomorphized vegetables gleefully jumping into a steamer (or maybe some high-fiber celery joyfully riding through the lower intestine like a water slide. Whee!)

C'mon where's the outrage? Don't cartoons prove anything?

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697024 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697024 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:28:36 -0800 Comment by Levislade flamingbanjo, this week's Maakies ties in with that nicely.

And my roommate can't stop raving about the pre-Aqua Teen short film. I really want to see it.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697056 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697056 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:49:26 -0800 Comment by COMTE @3:

Or perhaps some "cloned long pig" ala Transmetropolitan...

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697062 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697062 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:52:23 -0800 Comment by oscar I noticed they did indeed talk about the wannabe Foster Farms chickens and their apparent death wish - it's in the archives.

Oh, and it is funny - even if the author claims otherwise.

]]> oscar http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697080 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697080 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:11:18 -0800 Comment by steve I've seen this thing in Sequim, South Dakota, and Ocean City, MD. Despite their odd attitude toward being eaten, they seem to be multipying.
http://www.myetv.org/television/productions/southern_lens/Archive/images/hotdog2.jpg

]]> steve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697087 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697087 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:18:52 -0800 Comment by --MC The golden age of Suicide Food icons was the era (early 60s?) when every new restaurant was Mr. Something: Mr. Happy Steak, Mr. Chicken Parts, Mr. Veal Chop.

]]> --MC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697124 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697124 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:50:14 -0800 Comment by Joseph Hovsep Don't forget the classic SNL parody of this phenomenon: "Cluckin' Chicken"

]]> Joseph Hovsep http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697178 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697178 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:34:03 -0800 Comment by CLUCKY HEY JOSEPH! I was just about to remind everyone about my commercial! Thanks for the props!
Now, off to see Mr. Spatchcock!!! Whoopee!

]]> CLUCKY http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697190 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697190 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:39:59 -0800 Comment by Dougsf I just had a conversation about this a few weeks ago when I was with friends and walked passed a sign of a happy pig couple dancing together in a frying pan.

Nice to have a name to attach to it.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697324 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697324 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:48:59 -0800 Comment by elswinger What was the sketch on SNL with Akroyd and Radner about a restaurant where you kill and cook your own food? I always thought that was funny (and I love meat!)

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697381 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697381 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:47:10 -0800 Comment by Grant Cogswell I like the sign at the Pig N' Pancake in Astoria, OR, which has the pig eating a stack of pancakes with a side of bacon, and the ad that goes on before the movies at Meridian 16 with the soda on a date with a bag of popcorn bringing them both sodas. Aaiirrggghhh!!!!

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697449 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697449 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:18:10 -0800 Comment by K There was a cartoon on Spike & Mike's a few years back called "Tasty Beef" where a cow in a chef's hat happily pranced around a restaurant cutting off choice cuts to the patrons, each time getting weaker and drowsier, but still trying so hard to be cheerful for the customers.

Damnit, more people need to put their stuff on YouTube instead of a million bad cellphone concert vids and self-engrossed half-brained rants.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697689 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c697689 Media Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:45:05 -0800 Comment by etchasketch 15, that's *exactly* what I thought of. God. That disgustingly hilarious chicken head floating across the screen, gurgling, "Mmm, I taste good!!"

]]> etchasketch http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c698503 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_wonderful_world_of_suicide_food#c698503 Media Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:13:26 -0800