I don’t usually buy premade food in the supermarkets, but when I do - I’m super picky. The thing about them is that even the best meals I can find have too much salt. The ingredients are fine, it’s really not hard to get meals that aren’t superprocessed for cheap, but the macros are always off.
<2 grams of salt per serving is what I find unusually few in premade meals, and it’s still an awful lot compared to what I’m personally adding when I cook.
People who are used to eating that much salt just don’t even notice when good is way too salty. I grew up eating whatever processed shit was put in front of me, but after reducing my salt and sugar intake years ago, I’m now acutely sensitive to food when it’s too salty or sweet, which is a serious departure from my tastes when I was young
Yeah, it’s a bit of a double edged sword. On the one hand, you’re less likely to binge on food you find too salty or sweet, but on the other hand, it’s harder to find a treat you’ll actually enjoy when you do indulge.
very few people i meet cook on a daily basis. almost everyone where i live is doordashing or doing delivery mealboxes or getting pre-made stuff from the grocery store. and constantly complaining how broke they are.
like anytime i go on a date the past few years, and say i like to cook, it’s fun. the other person thinks i’m mentally ill or some kind of elitist asshole for saying that.
despite all the rugged individualist propaganda, the anti-intellectualism of our culture hinders anyone from attempting anything new and we act like anyone who does is some kind of wizard or supergenius; like with everything else, we act like cooking a decent meal with flavor is best left to the experts.
you can go on youtube–a platform where thousands of expert chefs are spilling their secrets in an easy to follow, step-by-step manner–and easily learn to cook decent food.
but people don’t. just like they don’t learn how to do basic tech shit, like install an OS.
systematic problems come from the choices of individuals.
You can’t fix a systemic problem by just saying “stop being assholes”, you can fix a systemic problem by fixing the systemic issue. For example, increasing rent and lowering wages increases homelessness. Telling people to work harder doesn’t decrease homelessness, building rent-controlled housing and increasing minimum wage does.
Weird. I don’t have any issues with my food, being an asshole, or lots of other common problems people have.
because i choose not to participate in the stupid shit other people do that makes their lives miserable. eat right, exercise, don’t waste your money on stupid shit, and you too, might enjoy life instead of being miserable all the time.
when my rent goes up… I ask for a raise. or change jobs and then usually my company counter-offers.
It’s remarkable how much people will complain about delivery fees and refuse to cook themselves, or even go out and buy premade food
I don’t usually buy premade food in the supermarkets, but when I do - I’m super picky. The thing about them is that even the best meals I can find have too much salt. The ingredients are fine, it’s really not hard to get meals that aren’t superprocessed for cheap, but the macros are always off.
<2 grams of salt per serving is what I find unusually few in premade meals, and it’s still an awful lot compared to what I’m personally adding when I cook.
salt tastes good
People who are used to eating that much salt just don’t even notice when good is way too salty. I grew up eating whatever processed shit was put in front of me, but after reducing my salt and sugar intake years ago, I’m now acutely sensitive to food when it’s too salty or sweet, which is a serious departure from my tastes when I was young
Yeah, it’s a bit of a double edged sword. On the one hand, you’re less likely to binge on food you find too salty or sweet, but on the other hand, it’s harder to find a treat you’ll actually enjoy when you do indulge.
they are lazy and entitled.
and they think people who cook are assholes.
very few people i meet cook on a daily basis. almost everyone where i live is doordashing or doing delivery mealboxes or getting pre-made stuff from the grocery store. and constantly complaining how broke they are.
like anytime i go on a date the past few years, and say i like to cook, it’s fun. the other person thinks i’m mentally ill or some kind of elitist asshole for saying that.
has nothing to do with being lazy or entitled.
despite all the rugged individualist propaganda, the anti-intellectualism of our culture hinders anyone from attempting anything new and we act like anyone who does is some kind of wizard or supergenius; like with everything else, we act like cooking a decent meal with flavor is best left to the experts.
you can go on youtube–a platform where thousands of expert chefs are spilling their secrets in an easy to follow, step-by-step manner–and easily learn to cook decent food.
but people don’t. just like they don’t learn how to do basic tech shit, like install an OS.
right, everyone is just helpless victims who lack any/all agency for their own choices.
and that isn’t a choice they make at all…
It’s not useful to look at a systemic problem and go “Well obviously those are just dumb bad no good individuals and nothing can be done”.
systematic problems come from the choices of individuals.
if we all act like assholes being an asshole becomes systematic.
if you want to stop people from being assholes, you’ve got to start with yourself.
You can’t fix a systemic problem by just saying “stop being assholes”, you can fix a systemic problem by fixing the systemic issue. For example, increasing rent and lowering wages increases homelessness. Telling people to work harder doesn’t decrease homelessness, building rent-controlled housing and increasing minimum wage does.
Weird. I don’t have any issues with my food, being an asshole, or lots of other common problems people have.
because i choose not to participate in the stupid shit other people do that makes their lives miserable. eat right, exercise, don’t waste your money on stupid shit, and you too, might enjoy life instead of being miserable all the time.
when my rent goes up… I ask for a raise. or change jobs and then usually my company counter-offers.
weird how that works!
Huh I guess nothing should be done to improve society then.