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?An interesting dynamic is that the people who hate the poor the most and are the least sympathetic are former classmates.
I hear you. Keep talking.When I read these conversations criticizing the food choices that people make, especially around this topic…I can’t help but wonder how many of the respondents have ever been ACTUALLY responsible for feeding a family every.single.day 365 days a year, no matter how tired or sick or worn down or poor you are. Not making sure there was money to do it, not helping with the dishes after, etc - but YOU being the person primarily responsible for what, when, how a family is eating 3 meals and snacks a day…every day.
There’s been plenty a day when I, in even the luxury of being able to NOT work, have been too damn tired to cook GOOD food for my family and have tossed the frozen chicken nuggets and French fries in the air fryer or oven and called it a win.
Because there are only so many hours in a day and so many dollars in the wallet and sometimes the last thing you have any energy left to think about is cooking or grocery shopping or driving to the store with the good produce and meat, etc.
Unless you’ve personally carried that burden - and not just the physical doing of it, but the mental planning it all out burden - then perhaps don’t judge
OK?People who used to be poor - and are no longer poor - tend to hate and resent the poor more than any other demographic.
Indeed, the most sympathetic people are financially protected yuppies, which is an interesting relationship.
Your data to back this claim?People who used to be poor - and are no longer poor - tend to hate and resent the poor more than any other demographic.
Indeed, the most sympathetic people are financially protected yuppies, which is an interesting relationship.
Your data to back this claim?
It really is a very strange dynamic…and one that’s been fascinating through history.People who used to be poor - and are no longer poor - tend to hate and resent the poor more than any other demographic.
Indeed, the most sympathetic people are financially protected yuppies, which is an interesting relationship.
And you arrived at this opinion how?People who used to be poor - and are no longer poor - tend to hate and resent the poor more than any other demographic.
Indeed, the most sympathetic people are financially protected yuppies, which is an interesting relationship.
And you arrived at this opinion how?
So you pulled it out of your @#$, got it.As I said, mostly anecdotal.
If you want your own anecdote, go speak to almost anyone in MAGA.
Seems the MAGAS are the new elites, dudn't it?Interesting article. Please also check out the embedded links.
State Policies Aim to Eliminate Food Deserts
Learn how states are working to improve access to healthy foods and eliminate food deserts in this Health Policy Update.www.astho.org
IOW, they are not a myth.
Been in parts of the country, while volunteering after disasters, and have seen first hand that many folks don't have access to "cheap" nutritious food.
What are cheap nutritious foods?
Beans and rice every day would keep one slim and trim, I suppose.
How easy is it really to sit in judgement of the less fortunate.
Oh.As I said, mostly anecdotal.
If you want your own anecdote, go speak to almost anyone in MAGA.
So you pulled it out of your @#$, got it.
We should provide access to healthy foods in food deserts. Michele Obama tried to do that, but the wing nuts like itNo idea why he cited some old study. Maybe it's a MAGA thing.
The article did point the finger at a lack of education in poor areas and high poverty locations about the consequences of healthy versus unhealthy eating and that generally passes my sniff test. We should be funding education in poverty areas about the consequences of poor nutrition.
It’s implied.I’m just impressed he didn’t call them all Democrats
It makes sense when you think about it from their perspective also though.Do you require a meta analysis or longitudinal study for every inference you make in your own life?
There's nothing more low-IQ coded than answering every observation with "Erhm, do you have a study for that?"
There is nothing more low-IQ than extrapolating from a personal anecdote what millions may think.Do you require a meta analysis or longitudinal study for every inference you make in your own life?
There's nothing more low-IQ coded than answering every observation with "Erhm, do you have a study for that?"
No. To disinform.To inform
There is nothing more low-IQ than extrapolating from a personal anecdote what millions may think.
Not much room for any grey area or nuance either.
Then trying to denigrate someone who dares to ask you to support your opinion.
Low IQ indeed.If this were true, you would've started with a more "nuanced" take, but you didn't.
Like I said, low-IQ coded.
There are many communities where the only store selling fresh produce is miles away. Mix in transportation issues, and there you have a problem with people being able to access those foods. It actually is a thing. So is overeating and choosing to eat fast food over healthy foods. That is a different conversation.The whole idea never passed the sniff test with me sure enough there's some good research indicating that it's not much of a thing.
Poor people that are fat( and there are a lot of them) are fat not because they can't get good cheap nutritious food.
they're fat because they eat too much unhealthy food by their own choice.
please stop making excuses for poor fat people.
Some of the cheapest Foods available are healthy and nutritious.
Food deserts not to blame for growing nutrition gap between rich and poor, study finds
Families with access to healthier foods don’t necessarily buy themnews.uchicago.edu
I have always been the cook in the family, and let me tell you, after putting in 10 or more hours every day running a restaurant, there were plenty of those "throw something in the oven" nights at our house too.When I read these conversations criticizing the food choices that people make, especially around this topic…I can’t help but wonder how many of the respondents have ever been ACTUALLY responsible for feeding a family every.single.day 365 days a year, no matter how tired or sick or worn down or poor you are. Not making sure there was money to do it, not helping with the dishes after, etc - but YOU being the person primarily responsible for what, when, how a family is eating 3 meals and snacks a day…every day.
There’s been plenty a day when I, in even the luxury of being able to NOT work, have been too damn tired to cook GOOD food for my family and have tossed the frozen chicken nuggets and French fries in the air fryer or oven and called it a win.
Because there are only so many hours in a day and so many dollars in the wallet and sometimes the last thing you have any energy left to think about is cooking or grocery shopping or driving to the store with the good produce and meat, etc.
Unless you’ve personally carried that burden - and not just the physical doing of it, but the mental planning it all out burden - then perhaps don’t judge
You brought up apples in post #14.Then why were you talking about the nutritional value of apples and other fruits?
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