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As a millennial, we've been afraid of this scenario so long I think we can finally let it go. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] 15 points 10 months ago (9 children)

It's partly shit insurance (or lack thereof) that won't pay for preventative health care. But it's also partly food deserts, terrible working conditions with not enough time off, poor wages, companies being given too much leeway to engineer addictive foods, etc. And of course partly personal choices.

But let's not pretend late stage capitalism plays no part.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (8 children)

    Not to play the devils advocate here, US FDA is the worlds longest running joke and their health care even worse, but lets not pretend it's not our own decision what we shove in our mouths.

    And yes, ofcourse eating disorders and health issues exist that make it harder, if you suffer from one you might need to lean on healthcare, but in most instances you can still improve your own situation somewhat.

    I greatly dislike the "i can't do anything because XYZ sucks" mentality. Yes you can, it's just harder.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    but lets not pretend it’s not our own decision what we shove in our mouths.

    If it is for you, you should consider yourself lucky, compared to big portion of the US population (or world population for that matter, but we're talking US now). Just like you can't just will yourself into owning a big house, or whatever luxury you can't afford, a lot of people can't will themselves into having enough money and time to have a proper food selection. That's not even talking about the fact that for a lot of people it will require moving into some other part of the country.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Proper healthy food is vastly cheaper. It takes an hour to meal prep for a family for a week. At best there is an education issue for the vast majority. And most of those people in food desserts make shitty decisions and buy shit food when given the option.

    Stop this nonsense.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    It takes an hour to meal prep for a family for a week.

    i keep hearing this nonsense and every time people show or describe to me what they've done or how they eat, it's depressing.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (3 children)

    Roast some chicken thighs with a Mexican, Indian, and usually Italian rub or marinade. I'll slow cook a pork butt and shred it as well. Freezem both up.

    When I'm tired and don't want to make a real meal I'll heat up one of those, and quickly blanch or roast some veggies store them as well for a quick reheat. It's delicious and frees me up for more fancy meals when I have the time.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    It’s delicious

    see that's where we disagree. if you can slow cook a pork butt in an hour it's nasty as hell.

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