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Well I'm glad I understood where we disagree. I think nutritional waste is worse than wasting money, you obviously think the opposite. I also think it's worse

by vilmosi 10y ago

Well I'm glad I understood where we disagree. I think nutritional waste is worse than wasting money, you obviously think the opposite. I also think it's worse to order something to throw it away deliberately. I guess the old saying "agree to disagree" applies.

inimino 10y ago
> you obviously think the opposite If you set a dollar bill on fire that's wasting money. If you throw away a dollar's worth of rice, for no reason, that's about the same. However, there are plenty of ways to donate the dollar and not so many ways to usefully donate the rice, so yes, wasting the money is worse, but that's not really what I am getting at here. What we're talking about is whether you will inconvenience others to save some trivial amount of food. My position is that saving a hamburger bun is not worth making someone's day worse who works in a hamburger shop. The money is just one way of measuring it.
- vilmosi 10y ago
  >>> If you set a dollar bill on fire that's wasting money. As I said, I don't care about wasting money. Do so as you wish. >>> If you throw away a dollar's worth of rice, for no reason, that's about the same. Yeah, economically speaking. But you are literally wasting more food in this case, and for no good reason other than people literally having to do their job. >>> However, there are plenty of ways to donate the dollar and not so many ways to usefully donate the rice You are not donating anything in this conversation! It's not like he's donating the bun to anyone. You are comparing wasting a bun vs wasting rice. It's still a waste, and one is worse than the other, for the same price. You don't feel that wasting 100g of kobe beef is less worse than wasting 100 kg of generic beef? >>> My position is that saving a hamburger bun is not worth making someone's day worse who works in a hamburger shop. They literally have to do less work. Finally, what is your point?!?! That is ok to waste food intentionally? Seriously?! Even if it's a trivial amount in money, you realise it adds up, right? It's a real problem, and it's not a financial problem. Are you just being a contrarian for no good reason? Is "agree to disagree" not good enough for you?
  - inimino 10y ago
    You seemed a bit morally outraged that someone would waste a hamburger bun rather than the alternative which is to waste people's time. My point? Instead of just applying a rule (wasting food is bad) you should holistically consider the results before judging someone else's choice.

by vilmosi 10y ago

inimino 10y ago

> you obviously think the opposite If you set a dollar bill on fire that's wasting money. If you throw away a dollar's worth of rice, for no reason, that's about the same. However, there are plenty of ways to donate the dollar and not so many ways to usefully donate the rice, so yes, wasting the money is worse, but that's not really what I am getting at here. What we're talking about is whether you will inconvenience others to save some trivial amount of food. My position is that saving a hamburger bun is not worth making someone's day worse who works in a hamburger shop. The money is just one way of measuring it.

vilmosi 10y ago
>>> If you set a dollar bill on fire that's wasting money. As I said, I don't care about wasting money. Do so as you wish. >>> If you throw away a dollar's worth of rice, for no reason, that's about the same. Yeah, economically speaking. But you are literally wasting more food in this case, and for no good reason other than people literally having to do their job. >>> However, there are plenty of ways to donate the dollar and not so many ways to usefully donate the rice You are not donating anything in this conversation! It's not like he's donating the bun to anyone. You are comparing wasting a bun vs wasting rice. It's still a waste, and one is worse than the other, for the same price. You don't feel that wasting 100g of kobe beef is less worse than wasting 100 kg of generic beef? >>> My position is that saving a hamburger bun is not worth making someone's day worse who works in a hamburger shop. They literally have to do less work. Finally, what is your point?!?! That is ok to waste food intentionally? Seriously?! Even if it's a trivial amount in money, you realise it adds up, right? It's a real problem, and it's not a financial problem. Are you just being a contrarian for no good reason? Is "agree to disagree" not good enough for you?
- inimino 10y ago
  You seemed a bit morally outraged that someone would waste a hamburger bun rather than the alternative which is to waste people's time. My point? Instead of just applying a rule (wasting food is bad) you should holistically consider the results before judging someone else's choice.