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I think this is a very cartoonish and incorrect statement. I live in Arkansas, and nobody I know eats like that. Nobody I grew up with in rural Virginia eats
by JPKab 10y ago
I think this is a very cartoonish and incorrect statement.
I live in Arkansas, and nobody I know eats like that. Nobody I grew up with in rural Virginia eats like that either. Unusually ignorant and poor people in rural America will eat that way, but there are plenty of those in the inner cities as well.
While of course there are higher rates of obesity in "middle America", the portrayal you paint reeks of elitist snobbery.
- cylinder 10y agoI'm from Texas, I witnessed this all the time growing up, as well as working in a professional office for a software company. Did I say everyone does it? No, but it is common enough. Are people improving? Yes, many, but still most are stuck with horrible habits. In the 90s, my school teachers almost always had a can of Coke or fast food fountain soda cup for breakfast. Yes, Coke.