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[-] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

I mean I get it but when I was a kid it was "shut up and eat what's put in front of you"

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe you don’t want to spend the 20 mins you have with your kid that isn’t getting them ready for bed fighting about broccoli or whatever. My point is free/extremely cheap, easy access to healthy prepared foods is the solution to shopping carts like this not shaming people for their food selections. Hardly anybody over the age of 7 would intentionally choose to eat like this.

oh no doubt this is a poverty related malnutrition issue

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Those are all name brand snacks every one of those items costs as much as a more healthy meal.

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah a box/bag of oatmeal would easily be cheaper than that box of cereal, takes three minutes to cook, and would be much healthier than the cereal, even if you need to add a bunch of sugar to it to make it palatable to kids.

This photograph is just a unique situation that seems to occur in industrialised nations with food deserts. Where this kind of food can be made very cheaply, and even the poor have the purchasing power to afford it. These kind of ready made meals and snacks are usually very expensive in South Africa (except for the ramen/two minute noodles, those are always cheap). No way would a poor person here buy some microwave pizza over a bag of rice or pap.

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yea that stuff is not cheap here.

If it was all generic brands maybe I'd buy it but this is somebody acymtively spending significantly more money to avoid anything that could be considered a nutrient.

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

No it’s somebody doing a shitty bit

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Tell that to the dozen people saying it's classist to judge this person.

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