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Comment author: [deleted] 09 December 2012 11:37:32PM 2 points [-]

ETA Does the calorie observation hold true in non-restaurant settings? (E.g. grocery shopping?). Possibly the social elements of restaurant purchasing override calorie concerns, but they're more prevalent in other places.

Probably. IME, when people eat in restaurants, usually it's not exactly because they want to eat lightly.

Comment author: kalium 10 December 2012 06:18:27PM 3 points [-]

For most of my life I've been poor. So when a menu includes calories I tend to maximize calories per dollar. Maybe people like me are cancelling out people on diets.

Outside restaurant settings I maximize calories per dollar when choosing a staple starch (rice/pasta/flour/potatoes) and then ignore calories completely and maximize tastiness per dollar with the rest of my budget (tomatoes usually win).

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