Yah. MRE's aren't designed to look fine

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Have a lot of fun.

Some reasons to store big amounts of MREs:
end of world

German Hartkeks (cookies) http://ragamuffin.xardas.lima-city.de/military_food/keks_1.JPG Can be used for almost everything. Even eating. They are flammable and hard as iron (use it as armor, works pretty well)... German Canned Bread http://ragamuffin.xardas.lima-city.de/military_food/brot_4.JPG http...

I just got a 12-pack MRE's for 42 Euros (~50$) over here. But there are several other offers on smaller packs with fair prizes and other stuff (german EPA, Dutch Rations, British Stuff) . Dunno the shipping fees to US, but the surely will be >50$ as well. So this perhaps won't help you.

I've heard that german EPA's and other canned military food are good for an unlimeted amout of years. I tried a piece of Bread canned 1972 and it tasted pretty normal. So this will be good as well.

My favorite still is "The boondock saints". A very nice 2-irish-kill-the-mafia movie. Other favorites are things like Pulp Fiction Black Hawk Down In China essen sie Hunde (very nice danish movie, only available in danish and german w/o subtitles afaik) Empire Of The Sun Fight Club Twelve Monkeys Di...

Hehehe, did not know that it's such a long list on your point (4).

Another one: Try "Failure" and "I feel lucky"