alt Hacker NewsI don’t need “a varied sense of taste” to save money on gas and non-perishables.
I don’t need “a varied sense of taste” to budget and do simple math to determine the membership is worth it.
Babies don’t need “a varied sense of taste” to use diapers purchased from Costco in bulk at a great price.
Do I lack a “varied sense of taste” when I buy ingredients from Costco, like chicken thighs and rice and eggs and olive oil, and cook them at home?
I went a bit far in saying there's a "missing" sense of taste, but did mean that it's not important to apply it when buying huge amounts of groceries, so I agree.
What I was thinking of more broadly was the cookie cutter nature of many suburbs. You get a stamped out template of a neighborhood with the same franchises. Houses over here, parking lot over there.