• CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
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    2 months ago

    anecdotally, Ive gotten this with store bought basic sliced bread. I used to love it and snack on just bread as a kid, but Ive been making my bread with a bread machine for a few years, and now the store bread just tastes and feels like weak, dry, slightly sweetened insulation foam.

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        2 months ago

        No this is exactly what I mean! Ignorance sometimes is bliss.

        Another example: I cannot watch mediocre television anymore

        I really wanna know if our biochemical response is different to the same stimuli if we have experienced “better” before or not.

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          2 months ago

          Similarly, I enjoyed cheap sake until I had expensive sake. I was better off before!

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        2 months ago

        I mean, it’s a kitchen appliance that makes bread? Throw the ingredients in and turn it on, and you have bread, in like, 4 hours. I have a slightly nice one, because I found someone selling it used for 20 bucks when that model new is like 200, but I think the more basic ones can get a bit less than $100, so while I wouldn’t call them cheap, they’re not exactly unaffordable luxury for most people lucky enough to live in a developed country. They’re just not really worth it unless you plan on using it regularly (and eating a lot of bread, because homemade bread lacks the preservatives of store bought food I’ve found I get maybe 5 days with a loaf from it before there’s a risk of the bread going moldy)