beowulf22121:

thebibliosphere:

deadgodjess:

illuminabi:

You can really tell who’s never experienced poverty and food insecurity when it comes to discussions around food costs and how unhealthy food is cheaper. Some fucker always comes in with the price of like… lettuce or… apples. And it’s like yeah bitch but can you work an 11 hour shift after eating some salad and an apple!?! Find me something cheaper, and more filling than the broke ass staples of boxed mac and cheese, hot dogs, noodles, bread, beans, and rice. I’ll wait.

It also ignores the mental toll that poverty takes like maybe your home made veggie filled recipe isn’t crazy expensive but it also involves prep time and cooking time and organization in terms of fresh food that a lotta poor people can’t manage.

Not to mention if you can only afford to get to the store once every couple weeks via bus or cab then you can’t keep fresh veg on deck.

But ya know.. poor people are just dumb and lazy.

Yeah I could spend $30 making a salad that’s filling and substantial enough to feed a family of three (nvm the cost of formula) or…. I could spend $8 on a pizza that feeds a family of three easily.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

My allergy to preservatives means I have to make everything from scratch every day otherwise I can’t eat. Convenience food will literally kill me because of a rare and specific allergy. And y’know what? Sometimes my sick, disabled ass (cause yes I am still all these things, don’t fucking talk to me about green tea or kale smoothies) can’t eat cause it takes too much physical and mental energy to cook. If there wasn’t someone else in my house helping me, I’d be fucked.

So everyone ever whose been like “but eating real food is so much better/affordable/easy” can hop the fuck off their high horse and eat a knuckle sandwich because no the fuck it is not.

We live in a society that has turned healthy foods into luxury items, and the time needed to make them even more so.

Just saw a thing the other day about this. Scurvy is becoming an epidemic in the United States because food with a high enough Vitamin C concentration to keep you from getting Scurvy is to expensive.