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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
This education really isn't very demanding.
You know those things called supermarkets? When you go into them, just shop around the outside, don't go down the Aisles.
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Seriously, though, you'd be surprised how intimidating a raw vegetable can be to someone not prepared or equipt to deal with it. And it can be really hard to justify taking 1 1/2 hours to make a proper dinner for one's family when one's alternatives include (i) making reservations, (ii) Chinese takeout/pizza, (iii) frozen dinners ("Healthy Choice!"), (iv) McDonalds.
Randomly along the same lines, went to the movies this weekend (School of Rock - recommended, the audience applauded spontaneously 3 times during the movie, which was great for no discernable reason) and noticed people stocking up on HUGE amounts of the crap junk food they sell. Somehow, this never registered before. I always assumed that movie food was so overpriced that you only resorted to buying it when (i) your movie was about to start and (ii) due to scheduling snafus, you would starve/dehydrate to death if you didn't eat/drink by the time the movie let out, but surely no one in their right mind wasted their money on more of the stuff than absolutely necessary to keep body and soul together long enough to enjoy the movie. I mean, yeah, I'll pay 5x too much for a pack of twizzlers sometimes, occasionally get a drink if the Mr. will split it with me, but I always wondered who got the hotdogs and nachos and a separate 96 oz soda for every person in the group. Other people, apparently. I mean, FUCK, if you're going to spend $30 on shit-food for you and your date (or shitloads more when you are taking out a passel of kids), just go out to dinner first and then spend the movie holding hands. I mean, WTF???
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