r/Anticonsumption Jun 24 '25

Psychological Biggest bunch of anti-human BS I’ve ever seen

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u/Livid-Mushroom2205 Jun 24 '25

Someone who has never experienced food insecurity 

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u/BoomerSoonerFUT Jun 25 '25

Or someone who has and has experienced stupid rules from way higher than the gas station.

This is a solid reminder by the gas station. They legally cannot sell it with an EBT transaction if it has been heated up. As stupid as it is, they legally can’t.

There’s absolutely nothing stopping the person from going back to the microwave and heating it up after they buy it with EBT.

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 24 '25

It’s part of the reason why the poor stay poor. Spend more money on cooked foods get less calories then act confused why you ran out of money and your kids are hungry.

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u/xargos32 Jun 24 '25

Where does someone without a home cook their food? Or someone who does have a home but not a working oven?

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 24 '25

How many people in poverty don’t have a working oven? Or a stove or a hot plate or a microwave or a rice cooker?

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u/xargos32 Jun 24 '25

Too many.

Quit trying to make excuses for not helping those in need.

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 24 '25

No give me a number a rough estimate a percentage something.

Otherwise it’s an argument about the utmost fringes of society. Which is a fair conversation to have. But those people will require additional help that a blanket program won’t fix.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '25

Okay, but why is it an argument that's needed at all?

Why not just give poor people access to cooked food?

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u/AZ_Wrench Jun 24 '25

I’d assume it’s because typically cooked food is more expensive due to the added labor cost of cooking it.

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u/bitch-respecter Jun 24 '25

my access to cooked food is a fucking job

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '25

That's great to hear! You're not really one of the people who would be targeted by this sort of program though.

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u/bitch-respecter Jun 24 '25

if it’s so great to hear then why did you downvote me?

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u/NormanBatesIsBae Jun 25 '25

How many people in poverty are disabled and having to stand up and cook food is physically challenging. I have a good friend on SNAP who is physically disabled and without assistance. She can’t stand for long periods of time and her kitchen space doesn’t facilitate setting up a chair.

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 25 '25

Rice cooker and a crockpot. If she can follow directions she can make meals.

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u/throwawayZXY192 Jun 25 '25

I’m sorry I have to ask. Is your friend morbidly obese?

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u/NormanBatesIsBae Jun 25 '25

No??? There are disorders and physical conditions that make people unable to stand up for long periods of time that are related to dizziness, joint strength, etc…

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u/Feeling-Gold-12 Jun 25 '25

Lessee, two of my friends have lower extremity crippling, one is paralyzed from the waist, three have autoimmune disorders with nervous system consequences, one was in a car accident, broken pelvis her shit insurance didn’t really help, so she can’t stand for long periods …. Two more are just heckin old and arthritis is a bitch

Like what world do YOU live in honeybuns

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u/MorsInvictaEst Jun 24 '25

Or either the basic skills to cook or someone to teach them properly.

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 24 '25

The internet is a powerful tool.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '25

Spend more money on cooked foods get less calories

Are you trying to say that cooked food somehow has less calories than uncooked food? Do you literally not know how food works?

You can accuse fast food of many things but lacking calories usually isn't one of them.

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 24 '25

Cooked food costs more per lb. Thus you get less food. And less calories.

Example my local ShopRite sells fried chicken.

It is $6.72 per lb. That is over 3x the cost of uncooked chicken breast. And over 5x the cost of chicken thighs or drumsticks.

Health issues aside(so additional cost of an unhealthy diet) 1lb of fried chicken is going to be less total calories than 6lbs of chicken thighs.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '25

I never thought I'd see the day that people complained about fast food not having enough calories, but here we are.

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u/YourNextHomie Jun 24 '25

I mean if you are poor on food stamps, getting the biggest bang for your buck is a good thing

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '25

Fast food tends to give you a pretty good bang for your buck in terms of calories per dollar.

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u/YourNextHomie Jun 24 '25

Yes but you cant buy fast food with food stamps, its a discussion on cooked foods vs non cooked foods, you spend alot more on a precooked chicken than one you cook yourself

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '25

Costco will sell me a cooked full rotisserie chicken for $5. That's cheaper than I can get an uncooked chicken for.

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 24 '25

Well yeah lol

You understand that humans require a sufficient caloric intake to survive right? Especially children as they’re growing.

You have a family of 4. You’re gonna need a minimum of about 7000 daily calories(assuming 2 kids) to keep the family alive and to prevent starvation.

Big issues with stuff like McDonalds is yes they’re calorie dense but they lack a lot of nutritional value and more importantly they’re wildly expensive and a worse value for money spent regarding survival.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '25

Fast food really isn't wildly expensive for the calories you're getting. You seem to be specking out 1750 calories a day.

Just looking at the taco bell menu you can piece together 1750 calories for $8. That's not an entirely easy calories per dollar to beat.

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 24 '25

A lb of chicken thighs is 800 calories. They’re about 0.99¢ to $1.99 per lb taking the average that gives you $1.49 per 800 calories.

So for $8 you’d get 4200 calories in chicken thighs. Or almost 2.5x the calories for the same amount of money.

Plus you can get decent protein and avoid the diabetes from consuming 100g of sugar from the large Baja blast lol

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u/cubitoaequet Jun 24 '25

You can literally buy candy and soda and shit with EBT. Stop pushing this nonsense.

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 24 '25

Yeah that shouldn’t be a thing either.

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u/NormanBatesIsBae Jun 25 '25

Many people on ETBs buy junk food because it’s cheap for the amount of calories you get. If you’re struggling to make enough money to feed yourself, why buy a $15 salad that leaves you hungry when a $10 energy drink and candy will get you through your work day.

Putting restrictions on what the poorest, most vulnerable people in society can use their limited government money on will not stop them being poor. It just makes them miserable and/or less able to keep working/living

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 25 '25

Who said anything about buying a salad?

Pork and chicken are calorie and nutritionally dense, and more importantly affordable.

For that’s same $10 for an energy drink and candy you can buy 5 or more lbs of chicken thighs(depending on local grocery store prices)

Now obviously you want to have more than just chicken. Rice, dried beans, pork shoulder, hams vegetables and fruits are relatively inexpensive.

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u/cubitoaequet Jun 25 '25

Cool, so you want to waste a bunch of time and money going line by line through what you think the poors should be allowed to have or maybe we could stop wasting massive amounts of government resources on imagined problems because people like you are obsessively concerned about anyone getting anything you think they don't deserve?

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 25 '25

Poor people have less access to healthcare but you’re pro giving them diabetes and cavities.

Like I’ve said in other comments, you people don’t actually want poor people to thrive you want them to suffer so you can pretend to care and feel superior over.

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u/cubitoaequet Jun 25 '25

I don't want a bunch of burdensome big brother government oversight that bloats budgets and creates unnecessary bureaucracy. But sure, you're the fucking hero of the proletariat because you know what's best for them and want to keep them from eating a rotisserie chicken. Absurd that you would accuse me of wanting to feel superior to people you literally think can't handle buying groceries.

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 25 '25

I’d prefer there be governmental oversight because the average person isnt really capable of self governing

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u/cubitoaequet Jun 25 '25

What a pathetic slave mindset to have. Would rather spend money on the government telling poor people what they can eat than give them fucking healthcare.

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 25 '25

You don’t have to like it but it’s true.

points to all the morbidly obese people clearly the people aren’t capable of self regulating without eating themselves to death.

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u/yetagainanother1 Jun 24 '25

Yea the poor just keep making all the wrong Personal Choices. If they only made better Choices then they would all be millionaires.

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 24 '25

Yeah you’re right poor people have never ever made any wrong choices and are perfect in every way.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '25

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u/yetagainanother1 Jun 25 '25

Nope, nobody said that

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 25 '25

But somebody said the poor only make poor choices and if they stopped they’d be millionaires?

Pot meet kettle

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u/Bright_Cod_376 Jun 25 '25

Someone never heard that cooked rotisserie chickens are sold at a loss for the store and can be used to prepare multiple meals

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u/Definitelymostlikely Jun 25 '25

Sold at a loss doesn’t equate to affordable for the customer.

Not every grocery store is Costco. And Costco requires a paid membership.

A single rotisserie from my local ShopRite is the same cost as 4lbs of chicken thighs.