@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoSuppose you had a Star Trek replicator that had some extra obvious features, like being able to interpolate between any existing items (e.g. "halfway between a strawberry and a blueberry").message-square73fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1104arrow-down1message-squareSuppose you had a Star Trek replicator that had some extra obvious features, like being able to interpolate between any existing items (e.g. "halfway between a strawberry and a blueberry").@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square73fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredeletedlinkfedilink5•1 year agoThat immediately reminds me of the age old question: would you eat chocolate that tastes like shit, or shit that tastes like chocolate?
minus-square@Seasoned_Greetingslink4•1 year agoWhat if you knew it was shit, like you watched something defacate it. It still tastes like chocolate. Would you still eat that over a candy bar that you know is definitely factory produced and sanitary, but still tastes like shit?
minus-square@vladmechlink2•1 year agoBlergh. If it’s taste only, I’d probably switch at that point, yeah. I wouldn’t be happy about it though!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoMaybe our guy is just a corpophage and that option is all upside.
That immediately reminds me of the age old question: would you eat chocolate that tastes like shit, or shit that tastes like chocolate?
Definitely the latter
What if you knew it was shit, like you watched something defacate it. It still tastes like chocolate. Would you still eat that over a candy bar that you know is definitely factory produced and sanitary, but still tastes like shit?
Is eating chocolate simply not an answer?!
Blergh. If it’s taste only, I’d probably switch at that point, yeah. I wouldn’t be happy about it though!
Maybe our guy is just a corpophage and that option is all upside.
Which one looks like shit