Always has been a luxury
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When you can go to Aldi or Costco and get 10x the volume of food for the exact same price, yeah, it's a luxury good. It's just bad for you and tastes like shit usually.
Aldi is a life saver
I hope it makes us healthier.
I do hope that in the coming years, food culture becomes more focused on nutrition and sustainability, rather than profit, but that's a good ways away in the US.
eating out is a luxury
I think it's a healthy part of a relationship and shows consideration for one's partner.
ETA: Thanks for the perfect setup.
That is actually a good thing?
I think so.
Next step... Americans to view food as a luxury
Someone in another thread tried to convince me food is a luxury already lol saying people should not expect to buy meat and vegetables at the grocery store if they cost too much.
Last time I was there I bought 4 basic combos and it was about 35 or 40 CAD. RIP. This is a lot more than I remember paying a few years ago for the same thing
I mean, I know their economy is falling apart. But good, those fuckers need to lose some damn weight. Australia too, per Capita we're now one of the fattest countries on Earth.
USA has only succeeded in exports twice, number 1 being war, number 2 being obesity.
Fast food isn’t to blame for all the weight problems. High carbs, high fats, highly processed foods in general are to blame, along with sedentary lifestyles. Fast food is carbs, fats, and highly processed, but if you’re poor I can’t see eating out all the time. Having take-out or hitting a McD’s is pretty rare, it just costs too much.
Ok, so it's a long history of piss poor dietary choices as well then. You can decide not to eat fast food.
We also got screwed over on portions at all these fast food and restaurants. McDonald's legit made their food so cheap that you would buy two cheeseburgers, and you might as well make it a meal with an oversized drink and oversized french fry. Then we all got used to more food, subtly convinced that was the norm. Hell, a large soda was cheaper than a bottle of water!
It's not normal to have a 1500-2000 calorie meal like that.
See my other reply, applicable here also.
That's just historically incorrect, we sold a lot of cotton under slavery.
Ok you got me there.
We viewed it as a luxury 40 years ago. A McIceCreamCone was a treat when it was 40c. Now? Dig out that tooth fairy money, son, and get your own damned mcFlurry, and start that learning process.
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