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[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

Can you reform America's eating habits within the year? Will you settle for perfectly good food that's been in a dumpster? Some may have to and some might even be resourceful enough to not die. Unfortunately many will not.

Worse, half of everyone is stupider than average - and most of the rest are really close to just average.

Faith won't save people.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I don't think people need to change their eating habits, as much crap as it gets the Standard American Diet provides adequate nutrition. People just eat too much of it. Some of that has to do with the servings size game. When I was on a diet the big one for me was mac n cheese, a serving is half a cup, not half the plate. The nutritional information can be misleading or downright wrong without a scale to see exactly how much you're having.

If there is a sudden food shortage people will adapt quickly. Hunger is a powerful motivator. I am demonstrating this now by only offering Gizmo one type of treat he doesn't like. Not sure anyone cares if food was in a dumpster when they're starving.

Worse, half of everyone is stupider than average - and most of the rest are really close to just average.

That's why we have leaders. Joe Below Average doesn't need to figure out things himself, he just needs to do what he's told.

If food was short, simply relaxing food donation laws would significantly bump up supply. Food places throw away a ridiculous amount of perfectly fine food. For a while I lived on expired gas station food, the chili dogs were pretty damn good. And that's just a gas station with a small food section.

Also, being a Texan, we don't depend on importing food. Something seriously fucked up would have to happen to mess that up everywhere in the state. Texas is huge, it takes a considerable amount of time to just drive to another state.

Oh and I'd probably die anyway without my heart meds. If there warn't no food I reckon thar warn't be no drugs neither.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's not that people should to do anything. Many will be forced to adapt or die, and for some even that may not be enough. It's already a problem in parts of the world NOW.

Leaders have mislead us to this point and will take us over it, exploiting all the way as they "lead".

When food gets short, they'll add laws that fuck shit up even worse, pretending they're trying to solve it. They'll blame it on COVID or climate or terrorism or something.

I looooooove TexMex and Mexican food, my favourite. Curas in Austin! I wish I had the recipe to make chicken tacos like the taco trucks in Oakland. I'd say you live near M7 but Texas is a big place, maybe even big enough for the two of you. I've driven all over it.

Big Pharma will never stop exploiting and addicting people.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I always forget people have "eating habits".

I always buy what's reduced and cook from that, different every week.

I guess most people have a set shop they do and set brands they feel they have to get but if they let themselves starve because of those habits then that's just weird.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

This is general knowledge, no?

In the UK pink food colouring used to be called cochineal on the bottle rather than pink.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

We shall see what the response to that post is, which isn't really an indicator of awareness.

I only ever heard about it once in a documentary.

I don't think about it that often.