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Re:Food waste responsible for 10% of global emissions? by bluefirebrand on Friday April 09, 2021 @12:08PM (#26752331)
People in general aren't very good at two things:

Distinguishing needs from wants

and

Estimating how much of something is necessary to fulfill a need.

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Re:Food waste responsible for 10% of global emissions? by bobthepanda on Friday April 09, 2021 @08:24PM (#26757794)
To be fair, shrinkflation of some products also now makes it hard to buy nice round amounts of things.

The recipe for a cake I made recently calls for 14 oz of maple syrup. I can buy it only in 12.7 oz bottles.

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