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"And much like Christmas, originally about the birth of a religious savior-figure named Jesus, is now about buying things for people and hoping that they buy more things for you, much how Easter, originally about the death of a religious savior-figure named Jesus, is now about receiving rabbit- or egg-shaped chocolates, now and forever Obon is about
collecting all of the Pokemon." Japan, trains, marketing, pachinko, hordes of stamp-seeking children.
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at 10:08 AM on August 7, 2009
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The Neuroscience of McGriddles:
Evolutionary biology offers hypotheses about why we enjoy eating. "When you eat at McDonald's, a big part of the pleasure comes from the fact that the food is sustenance, fuel, energy. Even mediocre food is a little rewarding."
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at 11:35 AM on July 23, 2009
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Thanksgiving at Dan and Jane's
by Dave Eggers. [
Lech, 6, under the table, pretends to be dead, in a coffin raised over the heads of hysterical mourners.]
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at 6:27 PM on November 27, 2008
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