• jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      “Hmmm. Some chocolate chip cookies sound good.”

      Searches for recipe…

      🎄Every year at Christmas, my Grandma would make her famous... 🎄
      

      Scrolls down…

      🎄...and that's how Grandma got run over by a reindeer.🎄
      

      “Ooh. I wonder who wrote that song?”

      Spends rest of afternoon on Wikipedia. Does not make chocolate chip cookies.

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        Or they shovel it as an ad for Amazon groceries. Recipe books were simple once, just a list of ingredients, their measurements, and the instructions to complete the recipe.

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      Tutorials are videos because Youtube makes people a lot more money than a text website.

      Online recipes have an entire fucking story glued on because without the story, the instructions aren’t copyrightable.

      It’s profit motive all the way down.

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        It’s profit motive all the way down.

        Because we’re all swimming in debt and cash strapped. Now, dance monkey, dance.