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Small-Scale Question Sunday for May 21, 2023

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People convince themselves that lobster tastes really good because it's high status. It's expensive to bring live lobsters inland, so it's naturally pricey. Also there's the whole ritual of killing it right before the meal that makes it seem even more fancy.

Also it's one of the few foods where it's socially acceptable to dunk every bite in melted butter.

People just like having a high class way to eat melted butter.