# Things of which you prefer the generally-accepted lesser quality version

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 11, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-of-which-you-prefer-the-generally-accepted-lesser-quality-version/932699 "2021-02-11T16:45:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-of-which-you-prefer-the-generally-accepted-lesser-quality-version/932699/61 "2021-03-08T22:17:08Z")

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Thanks, we don’t have Menard’s around here so I’m not very familiar with it. Looks like one is .67 $ a box and the other is .22. My gut says go with the cheaper one for the really “good” chemicals.

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**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-of-which-you-prefer-the-generally-accepted-lesser-quality-version/932699/62 "2021-03-08T22:20:53Z")

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Yep, that would be what I think also.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-of-which-you-prefer-the-generally-accepted-lesser-quality-version/932699/63 "2021-03-08T23:17:40Z")

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> [@sitchensis](#):
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> My gut says go with the cheaper one for the really “good” chemicals.

_The radioactive orange glow is your assurance of freshness!_ ™

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-of-which-you-prefer-the-generally-accepted-lesser-quality-version/932699/64 "2021-03-08T23:39:08Z")

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I love cheese, all different types for all different purposes, but none of them can touch Kraft singles for a grilled cheese sandwich.

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**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-of-which-you-prefer-the-generally-accepted-lesser-quality-version/932699/65 "2021-03-09T16:47:40Z")

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It’s sold under the brand name “Parade”. Here’s a link that shows it:  
[https://www.menards.com/main/grocery-home/grocery/packaged-meals-canned-meats-seafood/parade-macaroni-cheese-dinner-7-25-oz/730740/p-1444443170819-c-14058.htm?tid=2691624802338598022&ipos=5](https://www.menards.com/main/grocery-home/grocery/packaged-meals-canned-meats-seafood/parade-macaroni-cheese-dinner-7-25-oz/730740/p-1444443170819-c-14058.htm?tid=2691624802338598022&ipos=5)

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**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-of-which-you-prefer-the-generally-accepted-lesser-quality-version/932699/66 "2021-03-24T11:03:51Z")

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> [@WildaBeast](#):
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> Moving away from food, I am one of those people who actually prefers driving a car with a manual transmission, even though the vast majority of drivers consider them obsolete.

In summer of 2019, I bought a brand-new 2018 Mazda 3 with stick shift, because the 2019 no longer offered manual transmission.

In no way is manual transmission “lesser quality”. Unfortunately, it is gradually going obsolete. (At least in the USA. I vacationed in western Europe a few years ago, and I could still get manual transmission in a car rental.)

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