Alien discovers Chips
(It is the 26th century, and the humans on Earth have finally made contact with the Aliens. The aliens of the planet Roromo have always been fascinated by humans ever since they discovered the planet Earth, and thus, sent a humanologist on Earth to understand humans better.)
Alien (on his notepad): I have been assigned to a NASA rocket scientist Eliza Stark. I will be accompanying her in her day-to-day life and recording special incidents here.
What are we doing today?
Eliza: Nothing much (Eating 5 pringles at the same time while scrolling through her phone). If you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them.
Alien: That's good. So, question number 1: what is this that you are... (checks notes) eating?
Eliza: Oh this? These are Pringles. They are a brand of potato chips. Do you want some?
Alien: No thank you, Roromors absorb energy from our surroundings and thus, do not need this sort of nutrition.
Eliza: Like solar panels!
Aliens: What are those?
Eliza: Solar panels are devices that help us convert sunlight into electrical energy that we can use.
Alien: You have replicated a part of our energy gaining process?!
Eliza: You can't say that since we didn't know you existed.
Alien (shocked but composes self): I see... So yes, Pringles. What benefit do you get from 'eating' them?
Eliza: It's actually considered to be an unhealthy food. But if you ask me personally, it brings me joy to eat them.
Alien: Why unhealthy? It has carbohydrates that provide humans with energy, and salt which breaks into ions which is extremely important for your brain to function.
Eliza: I get what you mean but eating it the way I am is definitely unhealthy. You see, I have finished half the box in one sitting which has satiated my hunger, but this means I've only eaten carbohydrates and salt. No protein, no roughage, no fats. For food to be considered healthy, it must have a bit of everything.
Alien: So, if you know that it is unhealthy then why did you eat it?
Eliza: As I said before, it's tasty and brings me joy.
Alien: I see.
Day 1 of living with human Eliza Stark, I learned that humans classify food into many categories. The two main categories are: healthy and unhealthy. The healthy one is called a balanced diet. But strangely, even though knowing the difference between the two, humans still eat unhealthy ones just for the zest of life. Another way of categorising food is the way it is cut. Taking an example of a potato, if it is cut trying to resemble long cuboids, they are called fries but if it is cut into thin slices, they are called chips. They are further categorised based on who made them. The chips that the human I'm assigned to was eating were made by Pringle and hence, were called Pringle's chips.
Humans are also more intelligent than we thought. Kindly check the message I sent on PM (Personal Messages) to everyone about solar panels.
