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Well, originally this post was going to have a title that would have been a continuation of the last post title... but let's just have a brief side-step from that line of thinking. (Extra points if you can guess what the next post title will be... points for what? I have no clue. But wouldn't you be happy knowing that you got points!)

So the topic for today's post shall be: fast food. Ah yes, the convenient and cheap(?) form of sustenance(?) that is Just Another Name for Corn [wired.com]. Why the "(?)"? <-- (doesn't that look amusing?... I thought so... nvm, back to the topic). Well, these are the things I feel like talking about. Fast food as a source of sustenance is questionable for reasons quite obvious already - mainly its lack of nutritious content. Anyway, this isn't the main topic. The main topic is the prior (?) item.

Fast food is toted as cheap by some. But I just can't see it that way. (I'm beginning to think this post is pointless because I'm just going to be highlighting the obvious).

At work, I often see people go get McDonald's or something every day for lunch. That gets me thinking... how do they do it? I mean, money probably isn't a problem for them, but isn't it such a waste? That's like at least $5USD a day. At least. Say they have it 4 days a week. That's $20. Looking at grocery shopping, I'd say $20 would last me an entire work-week for both lunch AND dinner. (But I suppose I'm taking certain things for granted, like rice and seasonings, but whatever).

Am I being cheap? Probably. Is this post completely unorganized? Probably. I guess I started off with the idea that I wanted to ridicule the human nature of defaulting to convenience over money (and even health). Would restaurants and fast food places go out of business if everyone were like me? Probably.

I'm sorry this post was a mess and hard to follow. Hopefully my next post will be better and more planned out.

Why do I care about organization on the internet - where poor grammar and spelling abound? Maybe school has really done its job of engraving proper (to a certain extent... I do take liberties with ellipses and fragments) writing etiquette into my brain.

Do you ever get the feeling that you're being pompous or cocky when writing in proper grammar in comments and forum posts? I can't help feeling that my comments will be conveyed as condescending sometimes. But is that really my fault? Or is it the fault of those who don't care about their grammar. i.e. Is it because I'm attempting to conform to proper grammar that causes this feeling? Or is it because doing so sticks out like a sore thumb from a sea of poor spelling and oftentimes incomprehensible "1337" abbreviations. Something like... you cannot understand the extent of happiness unless you know sadness; how can you measure the brilliance of a mind without knowing stupidity; when bad spelling and grammar are passed by as normal - as in the online world - even the shortest of comments stick out like a sore thumb when written properly. That probably didn't have anything to do with it - but at one point when the thought was forming in my mind, it did.

Look at how side-tracked I got there. I don't even know how I went from fast food to online comment practices. I think it's time for me to end this post before it gets any more convoluted. Hopefully my next post will be more structured and won't cause you to re-read any parts. I hate when that happens - reading something, and then realizing that none of it registered due to poorly formed sentences.

Oops, I almost got side-tracked again. Until next time - enjoy life to its fullest.

Oh I'd just like to say, that even though I complained about fast food - it's ok from time to time.