keenanpepper@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years 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-squaremessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-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").keenanpepper@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square73linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSeasoned_Greetingslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years 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-squareikapoz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoMaybe our guy is just a corpophage and that option is all upside.
minus-squarevladmechlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoBlergh. If it’s taste only, I’d probably switch at that point, yeah. I wouldn’t be happy about it though!
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?!
Maybe our guy is just a corpophage and that option is all upside.
Blergh. If it’s taste only, I’d probably switch at that point, yeah. I wouldn’t be happy about it though!