Kleptoparasitism

Kleptoparasitism is more broadly used to describe instances where one organism has expended energy to acquire a resource only to have it stolen by another. It's about expanding energy before you can benefit from it which is really interesting. But this is such an interesting thing to apply to the scenario we're talking about and in our case we are going to the chip shop and buying some chips. And that is the energy we're expending. Because it does not have the same feeling because it's like you've worked to earn money to then acquire those chips so it's the work the energy that's expended. Yeah, it would sting more if they were stolen. Is that a put

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