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2026-07-19 20:54 UTC
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange regarding price, im actually having the opposite issue. cliff bars and jerky are heckin expensive af (like, upwards of $10 for the same amount of calories). whereas MREs are only $4 an MRE
and yah... i see what you mean about the snacks thing. i cant eat an MRE on the 15 minute break at work, and 30 minutes is just barely enough. id love to have something i can just munch on and then put away
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@azonenberg@ioc.exchange 2026-07-19 20:57
@ashten@woem.men yeah you definitely pay a lot more buying parted-out components a la carte but in my case the operational demands and my palate are such that I'd be throwing out a significant fraction of each one, so it might end up costing more lol. I also am selective about which civilian items I buy for this purpose, e.g. clif bars are far more mechanically durable than nature valley crunchy granola which willl turn into powder if they bounce around in a bag in the back of a truck for a few hours. The clif bar might be a slightly different shape than it started out, but it won't be dust that blows away in the wind before you can eat the crumbs