this post was submitted on 31 May 2024
901 points (94.3% liked)
A Boring Dystopia
9720 readers
224 users here now
Pictures, Videos, Articles showing just how boring it is to live in a dystopic society, or with signs of a dystopic society.
Rules (Subject to Change)
--Be a Decent Human Being
--Posting news articles: include the source name and exact title from article in your post title
--Posts must have something to do with the topic
--Zero tolerance for Racism/Sexism/Ableism/etc.
--No NSFW content
--Abide by the rules of lemmy.world
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Believe it or not, some people make less money than others.
If you were in a position with only 20 dollars in your pocket and had to feed a family of 4 you would be eternally grateful for cheap food. Consider yourself lucky that you have never faced hardship like that in your life.
I think your comment is pretty ignorant and/or disrespectful.
I think your is. You made a lot of assumptions in this comment.
I will not back down from this. I have done better with less money; Taco Bell is not a great option. The person commenting didn't say they were in a food desert, or their only option. If I absolutely had to, I would, but I could not feel good about it.
I will admit that assuming you have never faced hardship like that is not fair. Maybe you have, and maybe you handled it differently.
Still, its disrespectful to make someone feel bad for feeding their family Taco Bell. Maybe they didn't have time or the knowledge to cook food for that cheap.
Taco Bell is as good an option as any other cheap fast food place. None of them are healthy or anything, and that's not the point. The point is that they are cheap and quick, and sometimes that's what people need. Nobody should feel bad about it, including yourself.
Lets face the reality: Most people just don't care. They are not going to feel bad or good, they just know that they did something they consider fast and cheap. Very few people are going to feel bad.
I would, mostly because I have an idea what goes into their food, and I know you are getting what you pay for: there are better options.
But I also have an idea of what the effect of a global race to the bottom from a company like Yum! Brands results in. They own 58,000 restaurants, a training company, a marketing insights company, and a delivery company. Supporting a global conglomerate to supply "cheap" non healthy addictive food should make anyone take pause. They also drive out other options, and feed into the system where we do not have time or energy to make our own food. Fast food at this scale is a pretty nasty with consequences beyond the price at the till.
Get off your high horse bud.
So in a discussion about a boringdystopia, I am told to get off my high horse.
Yep. So here we are.
This is why it's fucked up. Like my other comment, it's shitty food. People shouldn't have to resort to it. But instead it spreads like cancer. And people then downvote me for saying it.
We are fucked.
Lol
It's the hidden cost of being poor. If time is an asset, the working poor don't have that either. Even outside of a food desert. It requires that much more planning/mental energy to think about meal planning when both parents are working and the rest of life is happening.
Your communication on this issue comes off as a form of victim blaming.