my brain: you realize all the milk you drink has been homogenized, there's no need to shake it

me: fake news gotta shake that milk

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@chimerror Without an ounce of sarcasm here: ritual is important. Especially for food.

Of all the things that it actually makes a lot of damn sense for human brains to want a lot of ritual and formality and reassurance around... food is pretty far up there. (I keep reminding Peg of this when she apologizes for being a "fussy eater.")

You are indulging something deep and often sensible in your brain--whether it's objectively needed in this _specific_ case is kinda irrelevant.

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