Geplaatst door Than op 27-03-12 om 22:35
, we are dealing with shaapeymictl bafflegab. The terms yin and yang are shaapeymictl bafflegab terms. Please desist from putting words into my mouth, and learn to read with discernment. My argument is actually that cocoa is bitter, and peanuts are not, and chocolate is a stimulant,whereas peanuts are not. Bitter and Sour flavours are associate with yang (in Wu Xing theory, or as the semi literate refer to it, Five Elements theory). Though I began with the commercial products, in all of their highly processed forms, I quickly retreated from that, because the processed forms do not offer answers as shown by the arguments against my explanation. Their is an extensive range of materials that can be considered peanut butter and chocolate , though in this situation we are dealing with the most modified of commercial products, as this question would not be asked unless their is an association, and the association usually presented is the commercial one of peanut butter cups . However, to ascertain a less biased answer, I actually took it back to base ingredients, since the commercial products are both sweet , and therefore neither yin nor yang. Colour had nothing to do with my reasoning. More evidence of the correlations: peanuts are used as bar food, whereas chocolate is not. Drunkeness is a state of unbalanced yang, induced by the input of additional yang energies. Peanuts are there to counter this, bringing one closer to a state of harmony, and therefore yin.The assoication of chocolate with females is actually counterproductive to the claim that it is yin. The natural ideal state is to be in a state of balance. Females have a greater tie to chocolate, but the evidence is that is the case because it is somewhat of a male replacement (it causes the release of similar hormones etc). Much like the peanuts countering the excess forces of yang that is drunkeness, the limitless yin of the female is offset by chocolate by bringing them closer to harmonious balance. Ergo, chocolate must be yang to achieve such a state of balance. One could also argue that what we are dealing with are a type of chocolate (one modified by a filling), rather than a type of peanut butter (which has been modified by another ingredient). This puts the peanut butter in a subordinate position to the chocolate in this situation. Since chocolate is dominant (one eats peanut butter and chocolate together when one is looking to eat chocolate, not when one is looking to eat peanut butter), it must be yang in this situation.
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