Bacon

I have another zany theory about a mass trend. We all noticed when bacon became more than popular. Something about the public view on bacon changed. It was something where you could just say, "BACON!", and people who were part of the movement would just laugh, or high five. People liked bacon just as much before this movement, but they almost created a sort of bacon community. It created a way for people without a sense of humour to say something that would get laughs from the entire new community of bacon. People started doing strange new things with bacon that were never considered before. They would mix bacon with things like...ice cream, or chocolate, and it would end up actually tasting good, because to mix sweet and savoury flavours actually works.

The fast food places were all over this bacon movement, and they may have even started it. People could see a funny commercial about bacon, and it would remind them of their passion for it. Then people could be so inspired by their love for this factory meat product, that they would pass on a funny message to all their social media contacts. Being that it was such a simple, common message that many could relate with, it would gather several people's agreement. Those people could then feel the same craving, and pass on a social message of their "own".

Nobody thought anything was weird about this wave of common interest; not even myself, who is one of the most neurotic, paranoid people I know. Recently though, I thought of something my father always told me. Every time the oil companies would want to do a hike in gas prices, they would drastically raise the price for a week or so, then lower it back down to a price that was still higher than what it previously was. If they raised it by twenty percent, then lowered it back down by ten percent, then people would just say how, "gas is cheap today, better fill up". The raise in price was forgotten, and no one was cranky anymore. He said that this was just like the bacon price hike in the seventies.

So, my theory is that the bacon industry is planning for a big hike in the price of bacon. They have to first use the power of media to get people so bacon crazy that they don't even care that the price goes up. People will say, "Bacon is twice the price, but I can't stop eating it". Then, the friends can pat each other on the back and laugh, as they walk with their bacon comrades to buy bacon. I imagine they will first raise the price by one hundred percent, then lower it by fifty percent. I know, it sounds a lot more extreme than the gas price hike, and that's why I think they are making sure that people "love" bacon as much as they can.