09-13-2012, 04:18 AM
(09-13-2012, 04:10 AM)Jester Wrote: So, let's do just that! Imagine apples* were like computers - every few years, they doubled in nutrition and tastiness.
When you went to the store, you still bought one apple, but you can't help but be blown away by how much nicer they are now than in the 1990s. Your "applications" - things like apple pie, or applesauce - are far more delicious today than before. Things that nobody would ever do with 1990 apples are now commonplace with 2012 apples, because of how much tastier and more nutritious they are. Apples are not only being served as main courses at top restaurants, but they're also being used as food aid, because it's just so efficient, now that so much nutrition can be packed into one little apple. The total caloric value of apples consumed in the world has increased a thousandfold. Nobody but crazy reactionaries and culinary history hobbyists use 1990 apples anymore. If you found 1990 apples sold in a retail store, you'd laugh your head off - who on earth would buy them? You can literally rummage through the trash for old appleseeds - people will pay you to take them off your hands. Everyone agrees: 2012 apples are awesome, 1990 apples are not.
Now I really want to eat an apple.