I have strange holes of knowledge

[oyceter]

Dude! I just discovered people make Chex mix! Like, with ovens! And not just dumping stuff in a bowl like I thought! Like, with melted butter and Worcestershire sauce! Like, it doesn't just come out of a bag at a grocery store!

Suddenly all the conversations about Chex mix I heard back in college make so much more sense! I am so boggled by this!

this is one of those things everyone else in the world knew, isn't it?

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[snarp]

Not everyone. My research suggests that knowledge of Chex mix is a virus whose original disease vector was TV commercials, and which is now carried by people's moms. At least 25% of the population of the US is immune, and other English-speaking countries possibly never got exposed to the original carrier.

(My Mom makes it every year for Christmukkah, but I have known it to confuse other Kentuckians, and encountered Pennsylvanians and New Yorkers afflicted with the condition. I have no West Coast or non-American data points.)

[jinian.livejournal.com]

The virus is also readily transmissible to compulsive cereal-box readers. I didn't eat it, but I sure knew about it.