Reviewer: LittleBigPlanet Signed 
Date: February 10 2023
Title: Chapter 1: An American Nightmare
I didn't realise you had posted so many of the stories on this site and after reading quite a few of them I have quite a lot to say
In terms of the VortexFoods Corporation, I find it very interesting that now the corporation is finding almost any slightly minuscule reason (in this case, it was Max carrying slightly more than the average amount of weed) as an excuse to be shrunk down and be sold as food. In my opinion, I think in this world it has been normalised to such an extent that the demand is very high and they need to fulfil their supply by using any reason they have to justify it.
In terms of Ashely and the rest of the giantesses, I always found it funny how they don't even properly look at the shrunken people they are eating. Like they are so inferior they are not even worth their time to take a look. Max says 'Based on the fact that she had even asked the flight attendants about him hours after meeting him for the first time, Max concluded that she would never have eaten him if she had only recognised him'.
In terms of the Vegan Leonie being one of Vortex's best customers and perfectly willing to devour shrunken people, I always found that really ironic. Vegans believe in the concept of preserving INNOCENT life and I guess from her perspective they were criminals who deserved their fate. People will really believe anything a mega-corporation, government or political organisation says at face value, huh?
'As the paper touched her sphincter, she wiped away a few more small brown chunks containing tiny splinters which had once been part of his ribcage, then she perfunctorily dropped the used paper into the toilet and flushed.'
Damn. You don't hold back on grisly details 😰
I also really liked how she felt the tiny people moving around in her stomach. Her telling them to watch out for the tomato down below was really a form of dark humour.
Also generally curious if you study human anatomy. You seem to know a lot about the human body and its digestion processes in very specific detail.
On a final note, I definitely need to finish reading these. This is the longest review I have ever written on this site 😂. Sorry It was so long
Author's Response: Thank you for your extensive review and the five star rating! It is much appreciated! 😊
Yes, you are quite right, the "reasons" are often little more than pretences. An upcoming story will be shedding some more light on how exactly the system works, though some of my other stories have already implied that there is an algorithm behind it, driven by a social credit rating similar to the one in China. Once you drop into the "undesirable" category, you can get shrunk for the most ridiculous reasons, whereas people with high ratings can get away with a lot more.
That is indeed the mentality that is prevalent in the Vortex world. I know the scenario requires some willing suspension of disbelief, but if we assume for a moment that such a system would actually exist, I think it is the attitude most people would have. I'm basing that on past and present examples of how average people treat fellow human beings that have been designated as "inferior" for whatever reason. Some become overtly sadistic, some few don't play along and remain empathetic, and the vast majority is callous/indifferent.
For clarification: Leonie isn't supposed to be a jab at veganism in general, which I'm quite sympathetic towards (I'm vegetarian myself). Her character is supposed to be a parody of certain types of radical environmentalists with anti-humanist attitudes, who in my opinion are really just Malthusians. In the Vortex world, even commendable causes such as environmentalism have been warped to fit into society's overall Social Darwinist attitude
As for the descriptions of the digestive system, I'm not a biologist or doctor, so there may be some inaccuracies or mistakes. All I know about it is school knowledge/self-taught, so please feel free to contact and correct me if there is something that doesn't make sense!
