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Any time I read someone saying something like that I internally replace the subject with food. "Why would anyone buy food professionally made at a restaurant wh

by hehheh 10y ago

Any time I read someone saying something like that I internally replace the subject with food. "Why would anyone buy food professionally made at a restaurant when you could make something similar at home?" Because I want something nice and I'm willing to spend some cash to get it. C'mon..

majo111 10y ago
This. In short (for me): Because I am lazy and I appreciate it if anyone else does the work for me.
na85 10y ago
Valid point. Counterexample by way of metaphor: I used to feel the same way about restaurant food, but then my cooking skills increased to the point where I can make most Italian or French food just as well as if not better than most restaurants I've been to. Now, I rarely if ever go out for French or Italian any more.
- zdkl 10y ago
  Technical capacity is only part of parent's metaphor. Convenience, priorities, free time also count
- HillaryBriss 10y ago
  French food is an interesting case, IMHO. Aside from pommes-frites and crepes, finding French food at the bottom of the price scale is pretty difficult. And I wonder why that's true. I mean, in Los Angeles, I can find food from other great culinary traditions at both the high end and the low end of the price scale: Korean, Mexican, Chinese, Thai, Indian, Peruvian, Vietnamese, Middle Eastern -- even Japanese, which, considering general price levels in Japan, is surprising. But French food? It's almost always some high priced, sit-down place with a valet out front. There don't seem to be a lotta reasonably/low priced French food joints out there. (Even stranger is the price of "British" food, usually found in pubs: always seems overpriced. And British is not exactly known as a great food tradition.)
HillaryBriss 10y ago
i love that comparison. also reminds me of the idea from economics that even a country that produces "widget x" domestically can in certain situations still come out ahead by importing some units of "widget x" from another country. sometimes i'm better off buying takeout food from a restaurant so i can spend that time wrapping up some work task so i can just forget about it. i can bill a little more time that day. and i'll sleep better that night. it's worth it.

by hehheh 10y ago

majo111 10y ago

This. In short (for me): Because I am lazy and I appreciate it if anyone else does the work for me.

na85 10y ago

Valid point. Counterexample by way of metaphor: I used to feel the same way about restaurant food, but then my cooking skills increased to the point where I can make most Italian or French food just as well as if not better than most restaurants I've been to. Now, I rarely if ever go out for French or Italian any more.

zdkl 10y ago
Technical capacity is only part of parent's metaphor. Convenience, priorities, free time also count
HillaryBriss 10y ago
French food is an interesting case, IMHO. Aside from pommes-frites and crepes, finding French food at the bottom of the price scale is pretty difficult. And I wonder why that's true. I mean, in Los Angeles, I can find food from other great culinary traditions at both the high end and the low end of the price scale: Korean, Mexican, Chinese, Thai, Indian, Peruvian, Vietnamese, Middle Eastern -- even Japanese, which, considering general price levels in Japan, is surprising. But French food? It's almost always some high priced, sit-down place with a valet out front. There don't seem to be a lotta reasonably/low priced French food joints out there. (Even stranger is the price of "British" food, usually found in pubs: always seems overpriced. And British is not exactly known as a great food tradition.)

HillaryBriss 10y ago

i love that comparison. also reminds me of the idea from economics that even a country that produces "widget x" domestically can in certain situations still come out ahead by importing some units of "widget x" from another country. sometimes i'm better off buying takeout food from a restaurant so i can spend that time wrapping up some work task so i can just forget about it. i can bill a little more time that day. and i'll sleep better that night. it's worth it.