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This is an amazing level of privilege to the point that it almost seems like Silicon Valley parody. I completely agree with the aim (animal welfare, fair wages

This is an amazing level of privilege to the point that it almost seems like Silicon Valley parody. I completely agree with the aim (animal welfare, fair wages), but just want to note that 99.9999% of the population don't have the means (money, time, local availability, etc.) to live this way.

jarjoura 6y ago
This is indeed a sketch from Portlandia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G__PVLB8Nm4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G__PVLB8Nm4
gorgoiler 6y ago
I disagree that I am privileged to have access to the fat of the land, but if you want to talk privilege then remember this in the context of: 1/ paying someone else to cook for you 2/ paying another person to deliver this food to you 3/ funding a fleet of SWEs and marketers to run the whole thing for you, by paying a double digit surcharge over what you might have paid if you’d gone to the restaurant in person. I would say that the privileged are those funding the Seamless / Deliveroo serfs. I can’t afford to.
- RankingMember 6y ago
  Maybe things are different in the UK, but in the US the only people with the time and money to be as choosy as you seem to be are the very privileged. Millions of people barely have their heads above water and they'll take the most efficient (in terms of time and money) calories they can get. Having the time to do the kinds of vetting you seem to do is a privilege itself. I hope the day comes where everyone has the means to be this conscious of their food, however, as I agree with your motivations (at least insofar as I understand them in an online post :P).
  - gorgoiler 6y ago
    Ironically, aren’t jobs like ghost kitchen line cook and gig economy delivery rider behind the lowering of the quality of life for the “have-nots“? All this while, at the same time, the “haves” continue to order their brunch using Colins-Organic-Chicken.app.

jarjoura 6y ago

This is indeed a sketch from Portlandia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G__PVLB8Nm4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G__PVLB8Nm4

gorgoiler 6y ago

I disagree that I am privileged to have access to the fat of the land, but if you want to talk privilege then remember this in the context of: 1/ paying someone else to cook for you 2/ paying another person to deliver this food to you 3/ funding a fleet of SWEs and marketers to run the whole thing for you, by paying a double digit surcharge over what you might have paid if you’d gone to the restaurant in person. I would say that the privileged are those funding the Seamless / Deliveroo serfs. I can’t afford to.

RankingMember 6y ago
Maybe things are different in the UK, but in the US the only people with the time and money to be as choosy as you seem to be are the very privileged. Millions of people barely have their heads above water and they'll take the most efficient (in terms of time and money) calories they can get. Having the time to do the kinds of vetting you seem to do is a privilege itself. I hope the day comes where everyone has the means to be this conscious of their food, however, as I agree with your motivations (at least insofar as I understand them in an online post :P).
- gorgoiler 6y ago
  Ironically, aren’t jobs like ghost kitchen line cook and gig economy delivery rider behind the lowering of the quality of life for the “have-nots“? All this while, at the same time, the “haves” continue to order their brunch using Colins-Organic-Chicken.app.