@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 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-square77fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1108arrow-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 • 2 years agomessage-square77fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredeletedlinkfedilink5•2 years 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@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoMaybe our guy is just a corpophage and that option is all upside.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoBlergh. If it’s taste only, I’d probably switch at that point, yeah. I wouldn’t be happy about it though!
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?!
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!
Which one looks like shit