system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Spongebob] Why doesn't Plankton just pay someone to buy a Krabby Patty for him?
gpt
I guess because he doesn't really wants to *know* the formula, he wants to humiliate Mr. Krabs above all things. So stealing the formula right in front of his eyes and then making him suffer immensely by taking away all his customers and therefore money would be the ultimate revenge for Plankton.