 Food and Drink in Shadowrun |
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 Apr 5 2004, 03:38 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 2-November 03 Member No.: 5,781  |
Hi as fan and a hopeful Writer/Creator I need to know what type of Food and Drink are in Shadowrun?, I'm guessing that real food is quite costly.
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Apr 5 2004, 03:48 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 |
Soyfood. NERPS Cola/sportsdrink/etc. Nukit Burgers. Soy Sloppies.
Mmmm... |
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Apr 5 2004, 03:54 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: 17-November 03 From: Texas Member No.: 5,828 |
Don't forget about Aztec Cola! (FirstRun)
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Apr 5 2004, 03:59 AM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
Soy substitute is big for food. Likewise the aritificially grown sea fungus that NatVat makes, who's name I can't for the life of me remember, is also another major staple.
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Apr 5 2004, 04:32 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 19-July 03 Member No.: 4,982 |
Cant you still get the real stuff, like a good steak but they just cost a crap load more then they do now?
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Apr 5 2004, 04:35 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 897 Joined: 26-February 02 From: TIME OUT Member No.: 1,989 |
I only buy NERPS brand NERPS
because any other NERPS is hardly NERPS at all |
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Apr 5 2004, 04:39 AM
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Grand Master of Run-Fu Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,840 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Tir Tairngire Member No.: 178 |
Pretty much, yeah. Real food is a luxury item. Everyone else gets by on soy and mycoprotien substitutes. |
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Apr 5 2004, 04:48 AM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,931 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
Krill and krillfillers. Myco-protein, filamentous mycelium cakes that can be flavored, formed and textured into products resembling whatever the consumer desires (chicken, pork, beef...)
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Apr 5 2004, 05:02 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,156 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Fresno, CalFree Member No.: 4,252 |
Aren't NERPS Net Enhancements for RolePlaying Systems? How did that acronym find its way in?
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Apr 5 2004, 05:08 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 |
;) Keep looking. |
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Apr 5 2004, 05:19 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 749 Joined: 22-June 02 From: Parts Without Member No.: 2,897 |
Folks in my games stay away from FizziPop. Turns out FizziPop is made of people! People! Tell the world! It's people!
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Apr 5 2004, 06:04 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,311 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Alberta Member No.: 2,062 |
Shadowbeat is how NERPS became everything. Nerps for headaches. Nerps for your car. Nerps for couples. Nerps for dinner. |
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Apr 5 2004, 06:09 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,616 Joined: 15-March 04 Member No.: 6,158 |
I'm a big fan of Soylent Red as well as Blue and Green. Great snack food. Available at most convenient stores and gas stations. See Rigger 3 for details.
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Apr 5 2004, 08:08 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 22-March 04 Member No.: 6,182 |
NERPS NERPS NERPS NERPS. NERPS for headaches. NERPS for dinner. NERPS make a good time great. Take NERPS. Eat NERPS. Drink NERPS.
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Apr 5 2004, 11:26 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,755 Joined: 11-December 02 From: France Member No.: 3,723 |
Who need NERPS when there is... Amber Gel :evil:
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Apr 5 2004, 11:28 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 26-February 02 From: In the shadows of the SK Arcology Essen, ADL Member No.: 1,934 |
Not to forget Orc Rinds. |
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Apr 5 2004, 12:28 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,451 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 4,488 |
Real food isn't prohibitively expensive, as all but the lowest income families have probably had a real food meal or three in their life. Most families probably eat soy/vat for most meals but save real food for special occations (birthdays, holidays, etc) or Sunday dinner with the whole family. Others might treat themselves when they get a sudden windfall of cash (how current day, people will go to a nice restaurant for lunch instead of McDonalds when they get a bonus).
Of course in different places it's different. People in rural areas would be more likely to eat more real food, esp. in the CAS and the midwest of the UCAS as that's where the real food is grown and therefore is cheaper (much like lobster is reasonably priced in Maine, but expensive as hell in Colorado). And even processed foods will contain some "real" food. That microwave burrito would have real rice in it as rice is very cheap, as are beans and flour. The cheese and meat, however, would be soy-based food-like products. Beef, however, would probably be much more expensive as the demand for it would drop. Why buy the family actual ground round for your "homemade" Hamburger Helper when ground soybeef tastes almost the same? Fruit is also rare as it isn't needed as much for flavoring. No need for actual strawberries in your strawberry icecream when artificial flavoring is much cheaper. Therefore, it's more expensive to get the real thing. Basically, if it's used commercially and can be replaced by something else (soy, seaweed, whatever), it got replaced and is expensive to get now. If it can't be replaced by something else cheaper (rice, beans, flour), it probably didn't and it's still relatively inexpensive. The Abstruse One |
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Apr 5 2004, 12:50 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,616 Joined: 15-March 04 Member No.: 6,158 |
SR3 p. 240
In a nutshell... Low Lifestyle individuals and lower are lucky if they see real food on special occassions. Middle Lifestyle individuals eat the real stuff on a regular basis (about half the time). High Lifestlye inviduals have access to it almost daily. Luxury Lifestyle indivduals eat it exclusively, and then only the best, unless slumming or snacking. |
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Apr 5 2004, 02:03 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
Who's Amber and do I really want her gel? -Siege |
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Apr 5 2004, 02:11 PM
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Not Cameron Diaz Group: Retired Admins Posts: 472 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Newark, Delaware Member No.: 188 |
Amber Gel was the food product mentioned in the Queen Euphoria adventure.
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Apr 5 2004, 02:14 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
Yes, but I preferred my innuendo-laced, slightly cheeky response. :grinbig: -Siege |
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Apr 5 2004, 02:20 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,616 Joined: 15-March 04 Member No.: 6,158 |
The truth behind it is far worse than your innuendo implied if memory serves. Think Futurama's Slurm Cola.
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Apr 5 2004, 02:51 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 23-February 04 From: Honolulu, HI Member No.: 6,099 |
Heh. Seeing the word NERPS that many times in a row made me think of the Badger song. You bastard :P Now that's going to be running in my head for another few hours. Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Mushroom Mushroom |
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Apr 5 2004, 06:43 PM
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How much Strawberry ice cream actually has real fruit in it now, anyway? Sure, the super premium ones that you buy by the pint (and Breyers. See <--). But it's not that big of a deal to have processed foods in 60 years given the sheer amount of processing that goes on now. but in your mention of real/soy mixes in a soy burrito, I'd add corn. Corn is in everything now. It's used in plastic, it's the predominant sweetener over sugar, it's the butter flavoring in popcorn, and it's a fuel additive. (Reminds me of the Lil Lisa Slurry from The Simpsons). The flavoring business is also huge. I read a great article in the Atlantic Monthly two years ago about the scientists in New Jersey (where else?) making cheesburger flavoring as well as a massive repetoire of fruit and vegetable flavors. It was amusing, too, when one scientist held up a vial that contained enough flavoring to make the Atlantic Ocean taste like banana. |
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Apr 5 2004, 06:53 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
Does anyone else find this disturbing and/or frightening? |
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