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Vaniver comments on Should I play World of Warcraft? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Vaniver 07 October 2011 08:25:12PM 1 point [-]

Somebody needs to tell this to the junk food industry.

Fill up a grocery cart with a month's worth of potato chips. Fill up another grocery cart with a month's worth of wheat, rice, and beans (preferably bought in bags of no less than 10 pounds). Compare costs.

Comment author: pedanterrific 07 October 2011 08:31:42PM *  0 points [-]

Factoring in the costs of buying a car to get to a place where they sell those things? Interesting question.

Edit: That came out wrong. I think the question isn't really that simple (opportunity costs, etc etc), but I acknowledge the disparity in price you are pointing out.