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Psychology of A Supermarket Obsession

20th

Sep. × ’09

By Sarah

We’ve heard a lot about markets. They’re folkloric, chaotic places composed of colorful heaps of vegetables and exotic fruits, where persistent sellers with weathered faces bargain in the local tongue, and the occasional chicken or two scurries underfoot. Sure, I love markets. But supermarkets are another story. Stale, fluorescent, odorless, they aim at uniformity and inoffensiveness. [...]

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