Thought Provokers: Week of 9/24/2025

Confidently stating the brand origin of a product leads people to assume it’s of higher quality, especially if they’re not familiar enough to know whether it actually is. (“We only serve xxxx Ranch Beef,” “We use xxx mattresses for every bed,” “We proudly serve xxx coffee.”)

There are very few meals that won’t get more nutritious by adding broccoli.

We consider it amazing that ancient bards could memorize whole epics, but then would sing along to dozens or hundreds of songs by heart.

You rarely hear people discuss DEFCON levels in movies anymore.

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