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my least favorite activity in the world is waiting in line (and traffic) so I just can't get into amusement parks

I guess you might think this contradicts my grocery store take BUT I'm very thoughtful about timing my trips for non-peak hours -- I have a whole shopping strategy to minimize line-waiting

You just need to find the right person to wait in line with, Juice. Wanna go to Cedar Point with me post covid, bro?
 
i'd argue if one acknowledges that it's designed to fool the sense and can get over the sense of smugness about it one might be able to enjoy it even more than the ignorant

you're probably not wrong but assuming being critical = smugness is a bit weird
 
you're probably not wrong but assuming being critical = smugness is a bit weird

surely you recognize that many people when they think they've pierced the veil of BIG [X]'s LIES operates with a sense of superiority, at least until they're out of the teens and probably 20s
 
surely you recognize that many people when they think they've pierced the veil of BIG [X]'s LIES operates with a sense of superiority, at least until they're out of the teens and probably 20s

I've argued like a million times that the society in Brave New World is a utopia instead of a dystopia.
 
There are things I miss about the grocery store visits namely picking out the exact meat and veggies I want.

But Instacart has been so easy though, I put in my list the night before and parking lot pickup the following morning is a $1.99 charge for the whole thing. Saves shopping time and money, since it’s at food lion everything’s slightly cheaper. As long as you can be flexible with whatever substitutes they suggest.
 
my least favorite activity in the world is waiting in line (and traffic) so I just can't get into amusement parks

I guess you might think this contradicts my grocery store take BUT I'm very thoughtful about timing my trips for non-peak hours -- I have a whole shopping strategy to minimize line-waiting

I'm with you on this. Time your grocery store trips so the checkout lines are short to non-existent. Profitable use of your time. Profit for the store.
 
I've argued like a million times that the society in Brave New World is a utopia instead of a dystopia.

To a room full of high schoolers: “Listen you little shits, Bernard doesn’t know how good he has it”
 
surely you recognize that many people when they think they've pierced the veil of BIG [X]'s LIES operates with a sense of superiority, at least until they're out of the teens and probably 20s

flippantly saying Big Grocery or Big Casino isn't actually being critical though.

researching and describing how the design of something (ex. the casino's lack of windows/clocks, placement of machines to create a maze, the machine's light/sound/reward structure) takes advantage of those who enjoy gambling by compelling them to enter a zone state is closer to a critical practice because it reveals how the power structure operates instead of just gesturing to it. it describes how something very often written off as enjoyment is actually harming people who probably need help, and who is taking advantage of that.

the more serious critique of grocery stores is probably located along the lines of food desert research.
 
the biggest scam Big Grocery ever pulled was convincing the world they couldn't roast their own chickens
 
i don't know man I don't feel so smug tbh

grad school mostly makes you feel really fucking stupid
 
the biggest scam Big Grocery ever pulled was convincing the world they couldn't roast their own chickens

ehh...for $5-6 bucks I'll gladly by a rotisserie chicken so I don't have to do the work myself. I'm sure I could make a better one but the time an effort (however small of an effort that may be) are basically a non-starter for me.
 
flippantly saying Big Grocery or Big Casino isn't actually being critical though.

researching and describing how the design of something (ex. the casino's lack of windows/clocks, placement of machines to create a maze, the machine's light/sound/reward structure) takes advantage of those who enjoy gambling by compelling them to enter a zone state is closer to a critical practice because it reveals how the power structure operates instead of just gesturing to it. it describes how something very often written off as enjoyment is actually harming people who probably need help, and who is taking advantage of that.

the more serious critique of grocery stores is probably located along the lines of food desert research.

yes this all true but is that what your first post on this topic was really about?
 
ehh...for $5-6 bucks I'll gladly by a rotisserie chicken so I don't have to do the work myself. I'm sure I could make a better one but the time an effort (however small of an effort that may be) are basically a non-starter for me.

the math on a grocery chicken boggles the mind.
 
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