People are shaped by their environment, and no one can know the world beyond their cognition unless they later have the chance to experience it.

In D-tier kitchens, they use tech-enhanced fake meat. In C-tier kitchens, they use spoiled real meat. In B-tier kitchens, they use real meat past its expiration date but still not spoiled. Only A-tier kitchens use frozen meat that’s within its two-year shelf life.

When it comes to restaurant food, the question isn’t whether it’s dirty — it’s how dirty it is.

If you’re not eating at home, everything is dirty. There’s no such thing as clean. If you want clean, go home and ask your mom.

With broad experience comes the ability to compare and make judgments. Without it, you’re living in an illusion, and you’ll constantly feel like you’re being scammed. Getting duped is inevitable. When you don’t understand what’s really going on behind the scenes, you can’t possibly know what you actually want — or the true cost behind every choice you make. As a result, you’ll keep getting fooled. If not by one merchant, then by another institution. There’s no escaping that cycle.