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>Nobody thinks a free lunch is truly free. And because of that, we don't call things "free lunches" (except maybe satirically), which is my point.

• heavyset_go 7y ago
  And yet my local firehouse has "free breakfasts" every other weekend, and I can find "buy one get one free" deals everywhere.
  • daenz 7y ago
    Exception that proves the rule. "No such thing as a free lunch" is an idiom for a reason.
    • heavyset_go 7y ago
      Because a certain type of person seems to think that it's insightful even when it isn't, hence my OP.