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American kids don't have a chance. Example: High School in Arkansas with a Sonic drive-in across the street and nothing else around it. A SLIM chance of success
by _understood_ 5y ago
American kids don't have a chance. Example: High School in Arkansas with a Sonic drive-in across the street and nothing else around it. A SLIM chance of success for a kid born into an environment like that I'd venture to guess.
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Also, I am a huge fan of Wendell Berry and this topic has so many implications that are worth exploring IMO.
- throwawayboise 5y agoThey don't have food at home? As a kid, eating at McDonald's was like a once-every-other-month treat.
- yardie 5y agoMcDonald’s has had the $1 menu for how many years? Even the brokest of the broke can manage to splurge on a $1 cheeseburger, $1 small fry, $1 Coke. Compared to $2.50 for a USDA subsidized school lunch which has none of the chemicals that make McDonald’s addictive. Access to fast food, even for children, has never been easier.
- AuryGlenz 5y agoWhat addictive chemicals are you referencing here? Sugar? Salt? I still can’t believe they limited salt for school lunches. If you want kids to eat the meals they need to taste good, and for 99.9% of kids and teenagers the amount of salt they eat has basically no effect on their health.
- Scoundreller 5y agoI wish I could get USDA Dominos at home. Never had it, maybe it does taste terrible.