Ever the contrarians, Slate magazine’s Katy Waldman comes out against grapefruit.
Happy holidays, and brace yourself for the season’s worst tradition! I speak not of the crass commercialization of Christmas, nor of the unconscionable deceit of hyping children up for Santa’s visit. No, I speak of the annual bombardment of grapefruit.
Choire Sicha’s response is perfect:
It’s a perfectly reasonable Monday morning, people are going about their business, and blammo, Slate comes and makes a huge filthy mess of it with their bizarre ramblings about grapefruit. It’s just not right.
See also: #slatepitches