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There is a sense of injustice that the anti-food waste campaign affects ordinary people while the rich engage in gluttony.[1] At least this law doesn't risk tri
by GrantZvolsky 6y ago
There is a sense of injustice that the anti-food waste campaign affects ordinary people while the rich engage in gluttony.[1] At least this law doesn't risk triggering such sentiment.
It would be interesting to know whether someone calculated the impact of 'Mukbang' videos on consumption. South Korea already tried to regulate these videos in 2018 as a public health concern, which was presumably based on some analysis.
[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/13/operation-empty-plate-xi-jinping-makes-food-waste-his-next-target https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/13/operation-empt... :
> “Can you first limit the dining of officials? Don’t always take away from the people,” one said, referring to formal banquets and lavish meals held by officials.
- ketamine__ 6y agoIsn't there an argument to be made that people watch these videos with fascination and don't replicate what they see like viewers of a cooking show would attempt?
- cheaprentalyeti 6y agoI watch them to see if maybe this time the octopus will escape.
- ketamine__ 6y agoI'm rooting for the octopus too.
- GrantZvolsky 6y agoSome do, surely. But it is more likely that at a population level the effect is akin to food advertising, and it is not difficult to prove that food advertising does not just shift consumption from one source to another, but also increases calorie intake.