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> we all don't grow our own food I can make way better tomatoes in my backyard garden then anything you can buy at the most premium, organic farmer's market yo
by guelo 10y ago
> we all don't grow our own food
I can make way better tomatoes in my backyard garden then anything you can buy at the most premium, organic farmer's market you can find. Part of the reason is that I can care for my tomatoes to an unreasonable level since I know that I am the one that's going to be eating them.
- oldmanjay 10y agoThe other part of the reason is your natural tendency to believe your tomatoes are better, because you put in all that work. Bias is a funny thing
- fragola 10y agoAgreed. There are plenty of studies that attest to the well-being of children who go to daycare.[1] "Home grown tomatoes" may be best when grown by good gardeners (i.e. some people are just better with kids, including their own) and the ideal environment (parks, museums, grandparents nearby). But it's not a universal truth. [1] http://www.cckm.ca/ChildCare/EvidenceQuestion1.htm http://www.cckm.ca/ChildCare/EvidenceQuestion1.htm
- jcbeard 10y agoExactly, the question is...how to pay for the daycare. My son went to daycare. When I went to grad school, it was half my salary. Literally half. Thankfully I had the US GI Bill, otherwise I'd have been hosed. Dealing with the churn in society, and lets not argue semantics, if you're on welfare it's likely the skills you have don't meet the market needs. We need an education system that enables people to learn to fish, while giving them fish to survive/take care of their families. Right now, that system is slightly borked. Online education is awesome at providing access to many people, the problem is getting employers to recognize the value of the degrees/certificates that result. Some do, many don't. I totally get it, the quality is all over the place. Then again, so is the quality of in-person institutions.
- guelo 10y agoI agree, your bias is funny. Tomato taste is heavily influenced by a property called BRIX which can be objectively measured. The mass tomato farmer probably doesn't even own a BRIX meter while I can obsess over getting the perfect reading for my variety and picking the fruit at the exact right time. A dedicated artisan can beat even an expert mass producer every time.
- D-Coder 10y agoThat's why I built my own car from bauxite and iron ore. And my own computer from sand, in my own silicon-refining furnace.
- cortesoft 10y agoYes, tomatoes.... But do you grow ALL you own food? I certainly still do a lot of parenting for my daughter (I don't outsource all of it!), but I do use external daycare, just as I am sure you buy food from places besides your garden.
- pjc50 10y agoCan you grow your own food, raise your own children, educate them in all subjects, and build your own smartphones? All at the same time?