Haha not sure myself. I think you posted a dictionary definition in response to a mistake I make using “groceries” in the singular, so I responded tongue-in-cheek by pointing out a couple of other inconsequential “mistakes”.

Haha sorry - and as you can see I did another few tongue in cheek comments. But, commenting on someone’s grammar/spelling always bugged me as a cop out for debating, especially when you don’t even address the actual point.

it’s vs. its.

*monetary

umm, yes? Groceries are items of food sold in a grocery store? I don’t get what your point is. BTW you also missed a space after the period after “business” and forgot to capitalize “items.”

That time has value, and take out is a subset of food that can save time, so for some people, if increased working hours decreases available time for all other tasks, outsourcing some cooking hours to take out is a rational and reasonable thing to do?

Just adding to that- you’re positing an increase in accidents because people feel safer and pay less attention. Well, even if that’s the case, people feel safer and pay less attention because in modern cars they really are safer and have to pay less attention.

The point is not whether it has an effect - I’m sure it does to a small degree, but whether that is offset by a larger decrease in deaths due to the technology - which is improbable. So in that respect it would not contribute.

Well, I’ll take you up on that bet. I’d be willing to bet that the number of lives saved with the increased safety and technology of a modern 2015 car than a 1970s car is larger than the number of lives lost due to driver’s driving more recklessly because they think their cars are safer.

Yes. Of course. I’m just saying, that doesn’t merit your division between a need and a want any more than you can say groceries are a “want” not a “need” because not all food is groceries.

First, this article discusses an increase from 2014-2015, so for your hypothesis to be correct - there had to be a sudden and dramatic increase of those self-braking systems and lane-departure alerts available in 2015, but not 2014.

If buying your food was the same or cheaper than takeout there would be a lot fewer restaurants.

That’s because you’re separating out take out from food. Take out is a form of food. You could just as well say, if you banned cooking right now, we’d be just fine because people could take out, eat out, or buy pre-prepared foods. Or if you banned pre-made shelter, we’d be just fine because people can fashion together…

No, that “both” refers to commuting to work from home, and commuting from one work place to another. The both refers to commutes, not people.

Yes, but at that point is there any benefit? Microwaved meals are full of preservatives and more unhealthy than eating out. The premade hot food counters I’ve seen actually end up costing as much or more than a lot of take-out. Pre-marinated meat and meal kits also cost nearly as much as take out, and don’t save as…

Take out is a “want” as much as buying or renting a premade house instead of a plot of land and building it from lumber yourself is a “want”. Did you need to buy a house someone else built? etc. etc.

Not if it allows you to spend your time more profitably elsewhere.

Basic necessities such as education and housing per square foot have increased beyond the rate of inflation. So people working harder to get more expensive things, true, they are getting more expensive. Useless, well to you, it sounds like you don’t get why a roof is necessary when there’s a perfectly good bridge.

Not if they have chosen another activity that is more valuable. Say, doing maintenance, or house work, or fixing the roof. Then yes, based on an overall cost-benefit analysis, they do not have time to save the incremental amount of money cooking instead of eating out, because all other hours are more profitably…

Have you ever gone onto the internet to, say, read and comment on a blog?