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Comment author: Lumifer 26 March 2014 07:16:10PM 1 point [-]

I'm looking for parallels elsewhere in life where something is apparently useful, but is only useful in cases where you don't really need it, and nothing leaps to mind.

Superstimulus food.

Comment author: pragmatist 27 March 2014 03:56:05AM *  3 points [-]

Most superstimulus food would be very useful to a starving person, so it doesn't fit the expressed criteria (specifically "...only useful in cases where you don't really need it...").

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