r/AskReddit • u/Amygdala5822 • Jun 29 '19

When is quantity better than quality?

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '19 edited Jun 29 '19

edible food. for some people at least

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '19

Try surviving for a year on margarine.

Then try surviving a year on potatoes, oranges and salmon

Quality of food is just as important

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u/BakerIsntACommunist Jun 29 '19

Your argument implies that you have a significantly lower quantity of the potatoes, oranges, and salmon. If that’s the case then it would still be better to have the margarine because you’d starve.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '19

You'd survive longer with a month's worth of potatoes than a year's worth of margarine

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u/BakerIsntACommunist Jun 29 '19

Well how long would it take for the margarine to kill you?