fandomsandfeminism: tangentiallyfit: nerdfit: Is Junk Food really cheaper? New York Times artic
fandomsandfeminism:tangentiallyfit:nerdfit:Is Junk Food really cheaper? New York Times article shows a profound example.THIS. THIS. THISTHISTHIS. No more excuses, people!!!Except:Those prices don’t reflect the price at checkout, only for a single meal. Many people don’t have the money to buy in bulk. Like, there is no frikkin way a whole chicken cost $5. Those grocery store prices look pretty damn low for where I live. Remember that food deserts are a very real thing. Those meals take TIME to prepare. Many people work multiple jobs and don’t have the time to spend HOURS cooking a single dinner.How about the time it takes to clean up after dinner to? Are you going to ask off work or give up sleep to do this? What about the gas/water/electricity it takes to make this meal in your own home. You are paying the bills now after all. Having a stocked kitchen with all of the pots, pans, spoons, plates, cutting boards, etc, is not FREE. You need to have the money to actually be able to own all of these things.Knowing how to COOK that food is not some human instinct. If you’ve never been taught, then you have to learn. Again, this takes time and often money. Cooking classes and cookbooks aren’t free. Being able to go to a store requires a CAR and TIME. Neither or those things are free. What about the gas to get to the store? Or bus fare? How about taking time off of work to go do this shopping? If you are on an hourly wage, how much does that amount to? This post shows an incredible naiveté about how much is REALLY costs (in both time and money) to eat healthy, and it borders of classism to act like poor people are just being lazy or “stupid” for eating fast food. -- source link
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