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by wisemanwillhear 55 days ago
For some reason this reminds me of people at work who walk up and say we did x bazillion things in n time, and then pause and expect us to express shock at how amazing that is and how much more productive they are than other teams. So what. Without a proper comparison to something equivalent I can't evaluate whether it's exceptional. I could treat each molecule as a thing and tell people how incredibly many things I eat on average per minute, but if I explain no one would find this to be exceptional.
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"Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something" - Mitch Hedberg
Also, if you have huge amounts of fresh water and a tropical climate... you can get three harvests per year. Unlike most staple crops.
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