# I pit people who don't understand the true value of things. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 18, 2009, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-dont-understand-the-true-value-of-things/503419 "2009-07-18T07:50:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-dont-understand-the-true-value-of-things/503419/61 "2009-07-21T08:27:11Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > That’s my opinion, and especially not for kickass high quality fruit, but I think she doesn’t believe in paying the absolute cheapest bargain bin price for anything. > > I buy pounds and pounds of this orchard fruit, and run up a big tab. The thing is, I _don’t_ buy a lot of other crap, like chips and cookies and candy. So I’m not buying this stuff in addition to junk food; I’m buying it instead of junk food. Still, I’ve learned not to talk about my obsession with quality foodstuffs, because people give me the stinkeye over my expensive habit. The thing that boggles my mind about our society and its relationship to food is that they see their money as having a greater value than their health. They’d rather buy the cheaper and less healthy thing than the more expensive more healthy thing. In my opinion doing the unhealthy thing is more expensive in the long run, and believe me I’ve done a lot of the unhealthy thing. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-dont-understand-the-true-value-of-things/503419/62 "2009-07-21T14:11:47Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > The thing that boggles my mind about our society and its relationship to food is that they see their money as having a greater value than their health. They’d rather buy the cheaper and less healthy thing than the more expensive more healthy thing. In my opinion doing the unhealthy thing is more expensive in the long run, and believe me I’ve done a lot of the unhealthy thing. This argument works great assuming you accept the debatable belief that “healthy food” will somehow magically prevent any and all illnesses for the rest of your life. And also assuming that you like “healthy food”. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-dont-understand-the-true-value-of-things/503419/63 "2009-07-21T14:19:18Z")
It will certainly _reduce_ the number of illnesses you suffer, and a 50-inch TV certainly won’t. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-dont-understand-the-true-value-of-things/503419/64 "2009-07-21T14:32:30Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > It will certainly _reduce_ the number of illnesses you suffer, and a 50-inch TV certainly won’t. Unless you watch lots of those shows about the morbidly obese in such high definition that it causes you to vow never to become like them!! NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT, DID YOU??! ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-dont-understand-the-true-value-of-things/503419/65 "2009-07-21T14:50:07Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > It will certainly _reduce_ the number of illnesses you suffer, and a 50-inch TV certainly won’t. > [@Smeghead](#): > > Unless you watch lots of those shows about the morbidly obese in such high definition that it causes you to vow never to become like them!! NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT, DID YOU??! And GERMS, staying inside watching TV won’t expose you to germs like being around people will! :eek: Don’t touch my keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-dont-understand-the-true-value-of-things/503419/66 "2009-07-21T14:56:32Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT, DID YOU??! Shit! I better stop going to the gym and start watching TV so I can get motivated to get to the gy… Hey, wait a minute… ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-dont-understand-the-true-value-of-things/503419/67 "2009-07-21T15:24:55Z")
You see, **RNATB**? It works like a charm. Circle of Life kinda thing and all. 😃 Now imagine what you could do if you spring for the 64" model. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-dont-understand-the-true-value-of-things/503419.md?page=3)