Someone’s obviously buying them, I see them for sale in my local grocery store too.
The have been around for almost 10 years, and are the third sign of the apocalypse.
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Also if you get severe ekzema whenever you touch an unpeeled orange. My hand looked like it was doused with scalding hot water.
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I’m sure someone was also sarcastic when bagged sliced bread showed up. Or about earlier innovations, like wheat ground up into flour by MACHINES! 
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I second navarro. There is a market and a purpose for pre-peeled veggies and fruits that has nothing to do with laziness.
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If bread slices showed up to store shelves individually wrapped, then yeah, I would set fire to things immediately.
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I want the t-shirt of that. With a potato masher clenched in a fist, upraised. Maybe with some potato bits still sticking to the masher end.
Anybody? One color design for a silk screen?
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That’s twice the convenience
“#trumpmath”
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Clean? They came out of the dirt, and still visibly have dirt on them. And they have to be cooked anyway!
Hey, what was that “whoosh” sound?
The end of capitalism is just gravy to you, innit?
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…where do you live? Asking for a friend.
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That’s the one my mom had!
I’m pretty sure she thought microwaved potatoes were an abomination.
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WHERE’S MY LIGHTER?
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Your potato war call should be directed at government regulation. btw, the entire contents of a grocery store is ‘plastic’. Look around.
Prep time? What prep time? You pick up a potato, wash it (optional, and not possible with the damned shrink-wrapped versions), poke a few holes with a fork (also optional, also not possible), wrap a paper towel around it, put it in the microwave, close the door, and press a few buttons. Seriously, these things are saving … well, no steps, really, if you skip the optional parts, and maybe a minute if you really spend a lot of time cleaning them.
This is as bad as the pre-made PB&J or the pre-sliced apples.
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Even better, fry it in duck or goose fat with some grey Normandy salt. Serve with mustard and a mild aioli.
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Also, I don’t know if the shrink-wrapping is magically designed to fall off in the microwave, or something, because I’d never buy a shrink-wrapped potato, but… I do buy microwaveable burritos that you cook inside a wrapper. And the hardest thing about cooking that is removing the wrapper once it’s cooked. Once in a while the burrito slides out easily, but more often than not I either have to grab something to cut it with (and, honestly, half the reason I sometimes cook microwave burritos in the first place is because I don’t want to have to deal with washing cutlery) or tear it open with my hands while the thing is piping hot. I can only imagine shrink-wrapped potatoes would be the same way, only worse.
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Oh, if that’s an option? Absolutely! I am willing to match levels, however, and compare microwaved potatoes with microwaved potatoes. (For that matter, I often make a delicious baked potato soup, but I’ll absolutely grant that cooking the bacon and slicing the baked potatoes is a lot more prep work than “place this in the microwave.”)
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