anachronic

There's also the option of not giving them money.

Nobody needs chicken to live. Vote with your dollars.

Undocumented "features" mean untested "features" which can mean vulnerable "features" and now someone figured out how to buffer overflow some cruft code in your cute easter egg and pwn the Gibson.

I agree. Don't just ignore it or turn a blind eye.

Everyone can vote with their dollars and stop buying chicken tomorrow to show their displeasure if they care enough. Nobody needs chicken.

we have a sort of "absence makes the heart grow fonder" mixed with "I just spend the last 8 days seeing you 24 hours/day, I can't wait to get other stuff done while you're away." type of marriage.

That's why I love traveling for work...

I look forward to food preparations that are not "derivative bits," as we say in comedy writing. Instead of "coconut bacon," for example, I hope there is just delicious stand-alone coconut preparations.

That exists today. This isn't something you need to wait around for... thousands (if not more) plant-based non-derivative original recipes are already out there on the internet & in plant-based cookbooks for the taking :)