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Why buffets can bring out your competitive side

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Unlimited access to bacon fundamentally changes human behavior for the worse. Otherwise polite individuals will fiercely elbow strangers out of the way to stockpile mounds of scrambled eggs they cannot possibly finish. The dining room devolves into a ruthless competitive arena where securing the last waffle is a matter of absolute dominance.

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