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I had a co-worker who thought he had a typical american childhood because he didn't consider his family wealthy, even though they had millions of dollars of net
by hn8788 5y ago
I had a co-worker who thought he had a typical american childhood because he didn't consider his family wealthy, even though they had millions of dollars of networth over 30 years ago. Him and his 3 bothers went to a very exclusive private school that was 50k a year per child, but since his classmates were mostly "old money" that were from family worth 10s to 100s of millions of dollars, he was picked on for being the "poor" kid, so still thinks of himself as having a middle class family.
He was also the only person I've seen who made me consider that "afluenza" might be a real thing. He would get super bad stomach aches and diarrhea any time he ate fast food because he was mentally conditioned to believe it was disgusting. He even went to the doctor about it, and was told it's all in his head, it's just the thought of eating poor people food made him ill.
- Simon_says 5y agoNo, fast food is actually just disgusting lab-made pseudo-food, if you’re accustomed to fresh, whole, real food. I loved fast food growing up, but after a couple year stint eating only fresh foods, I went back and literally couldn’t stomach it anymore. It tastes good going down. (At the time) I had no conditioning or preconceived beliefs that it was disgusting, but within an hour my stomach felt queasy and I threw it up. After half a dozen times experiencing that, I gave up on fast food entirely.
- hn8788 5y agoBe that as it may, he wouldn't get sick when he didn't think he was eating fast food. We'd go to a diner for breakfast sometimes, and since he perceived it as a nice family-run place, he wouldn't get sick, even though their food was still processed garbage that showed up frozen in a truck every morning.
- chasebank 5y agoThere's a stark difference between frozen food off of the Sysco truck and McDonalds.
- nitrogen 5y agoIs there? I used to have a prejudice against McDonalds never having tried it, but if you get the same things you would be getting from a diner, there's not much difference.
- defterGoose 5y agoRight. The McDonald's food is generally higher quality.
- renewiltord 5y agoFast food gives me the runs too and I don’t have that association. McDonalds, Taco Bell, Chic Fil A. I can eat at Super Duper just fine, though. Doctors aren’t infallible.
- chasebank 5y agoWhy are you getting downvoted? I love Taco Bell and every time I survey the crowd about favorite fast food, I'd say 80% of people say Taco Bell gives them stomach problems.
- benttoothpaste 5y agoHehe I’m poor and I’m no stranger to Taco Hell runs.