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by rrr_oh_man 634 days ago
Gotcha, thanks. I was utterly confused by this.

> I think many people want to be able to follow some sort of broad guideline in life and it frequently causes those to arrive at meaningless conclusions.

But it's just that, a broad guideline.

I think that only few people would not intuitively understand that seven types of fresh vegetables in a box is not the same as some meaty goo made from seven unpronouncable industrial ingredients with E-numbers attached.

HN types seem to like to nitpick a broader point by conjuring up edge cases.