Adjective Foods
Adjective Foods
[An arrangement of labeled foodstuffs, from left to right and top to bottom:] Premium Stone-ground Bespoke, Cage-free Gourmet Fire-roasted Glazed flambé Organic All-natural Locally-sourced Artisanal, Kosher, Grade A Craft Barrel-aged Smoked Authentic Homemade Sun-dried Whole Extra Sharp Low-calorie Lite Original Flavor [Caption:] I'm trying to trick supermarkets into carrying my new line of adjective-only foods.

In this comic, Randall imagines creating food items whose labels contain only adjectives, and putting them on display in supermarkets.  This is likely a jab at food market buzzwords, which usually rely on adjectives that bring up certain feelings based on how the food is "supposed to be", rather than a factual description of what the food actually is.  By removing all nouns from product labels, Randall takes this trend to its extreme.  The items depicted in this comic are filled with popular descriptions that make them sound appealing, but give no useful information about their contents.  It is implied that some consumers who are susceptible to buzzword marketing will nevertheless purchase these products.
The adjectives seen in the comic are:
The title text may be a continuation of the main joke, in that Randall has removed the noun (nutrient type) which the recommended daily allowance is supposed to measure.  This leaves "100%" which gives an impression of good value, but it is useless without knowing what it describes.  Alternatively, it may be suggesting facetiously that the foods contain 100% of the recommended daily allowance of adjectives, given the high quantity of them in the product names. Obviously, adjectives are not a nutrient the human body needs that would normally be subject of a nutritional chart.
This joke is very similar to comic 1060, Crowdsourcing , in that Randall is doing nothing, and trying to make it look like he is doing something. It expresses the opposite idea from comic 993, Brand Identity .
[An arrangement of labeled foodstuffs, from left to right and top to bottom:] Premium Stone-ground Bespoke, Cage-free Gourmet Fire-roasted Glazed flambé Organic All-natural Locally-sourced Artisanal, Kosher, Grade A Craft Barrel-aged Smoked Authentic Homemade Sun-dried Whole Extra Sharp Low-calorie Lite Original Flavor [Caption:] I'm trying to trick supermarkets into carrying my new line of adjective-only foods.
