Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Tasty Treats

I was feeding my cat some tartar-control snacks when I noticed that the side of the bag read: "Tasty Treats."

How was it decided that these treats were tasty?

Did someone taste the treats? Was the food given to a sample population of cats for testing? How did the cats provide feedback? They can't talk.

Was it assumed that because cats eat it that the food is good? I eat a lot of things put in front of me that I don't like, asparagus, for instance. I don't like it, but I eat it because I assume it's food. And because it's green, it must be good for me. Right? Maybe cats make the same assumption and eat something that tastes bad.

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