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> I don't think it's realistic to expect a family of four to have a good time sitting through a three hour baseball game without any food. No wonder Americans

by ahtihn 4y ago

> I don't think it's realistic to expect a family of four to have a good time sitting through a three hour baseball game without any food. No wonder Americans are so fat. Really, 3 hours without food isn't realistic?

allturtles 4y ago
I don't know if you have children, but my kids will not generally go 3 hours without eating without getting grumpy, no. As an aside, they are not fat (and neither am I). Ball games are also frequently scheduled at meal times (around noon for day games or around 6pm for night games). You may want to also consider that your comment comes across as pretty insulting.
- watwut 4y ago
  How old they are? And seriously, an apple and maybe small sandwich or crackers should be enough for kid for three hours. Except babies, kids don't need full mean every three hours. Few fruits + something and definitely enough, no need to buy food in place.
  - allturtles 4y ago
    This is turning into a parenting advice thread which is pretty far afield from the point. Yes there are potential workarounds at ballparks that let you bring in food. If you check in advance on exactly what's allowed, you can often pack what you need. The point of the OP is that you didn't used to have to do that. You could just go to the ballpark, have some food and drink and enjoy yourself on a middle-class income, without worrying about being gouged for $10+ for a hot dog or $15 for a beer.
llbeansandrice 4y ago
I mean it's longer than that. You eat before the game so you have to go out somewhere hopefully near the stadium or worse at home. Some are in downtown areas and are accessible others [are not.](https://preview.redd.it/39fpjlmmvui31.jpg?width=1024&auto=webp&s=5fc2d18d415d7214ecdf231e043b2ae3efd0b6b1 https://preview.redd.it/39fpjlmmvui31.jpg?width=1024&auto=we...) The game itself might last 3 hours but getting in and out, travel time to the stadium, are you getting there when the game starts or before? You can easily push over 4 hours between food. How well is a young kid going to do for +4hrs outside with no food or water?
- watwut 4y ago
  The very odd thing is the assumption that of one did not bought cola, there is nothing to drink. I used to carry bottle of water and quick snack in case, it is not big deal.
- mmmpop 4y ago
  > How well is a young kid going to do for +4hrs outside with no food or water? Eat a meal directly beforehand? Pack a granola bar.. no one at the gates are going to frisk you for that. Coors Field had water fountains all over the place, so I think this is all nitpicking a valid point about progressive pricing.
luma 4y ago
The parent comment to which you are responding and the comments replying to you are an interesting insight to the mindset behind the comments: nobody can even conceive of going to a ball park for 3 entire hours and not gorging on concessions. The concept of a beer/soda and a hotdog or whatever have been so burned into the American psyche that people have a hard time separating the snacks from the sport.
- ahtihn 4y ago
  It's completely understandable that hotdogs are an integral part of the baseball game experience, the same way that getting popcorn at a movie theater is part of the experience. But that's not really how it was phrased and it's ridiculous to think that anyone, even children as young as 5 or 6, should have any issue with not having food available for 3-4 hours.
xracy 4y ago
You're right, this is unreasonable. Please teach a class to 5-year-olds on intermittent fasting and why they should learn to do it to properly enjoy a sportsball game. It's only 3hrs without food if you eat immediately before and after the game. Which, when you're trying to corral small children, means that there is likely time on either side of it. But also, WTF, If you eat 3 meals a day you go 5h20m on a 16h day without food. And 56% of that is unreasonable for a child to feel hungry during? You're a special kind of inconsiderate at the very least with this comment. In actuality your comment mostly reads as malicious and bad.
- ahtihn 4y ago
  It's super common to have lunch at 12 and dinner at 8 without any food in-between. 3 hours without food is completely normal. Actually believing that you can't have fun for 3 hours because food isn't available (or too expensive) is weird. Even for 5 year olds. Of course you still need something to drink during that time.
  - xracy 4y ago
    Huh, super common. What's your source for that info? Most of the 5-YO I know go to sleep at 8, so that doesn't pass the smell test for me. Where in the world are you that the average dinner time is 8pm? Also, I don't think anyone is saying you can't do it, just that most people doing it wouldn't consider it "fun" or "an enjoying evening out" if they have a 5-YO who is screaming cause they're hungry.

by ahtihn 4y ago

allturtles 4y ago

I don't know if you have children, but my kids will not generally go 3 hours without eating without getting grumpy, no. As an aside, they are not fat (and neither am I). Ball games are also frequently scheduled at meal times (around noon for day games or around 6pm for night games). You may want to also consider that your comment comes across as pretty insulting.

watwut 4y ago
How old they are? And seriously, an apple and maybe small sandwich or crackers should be enough for kid for three hours. Except babies, kids don't need full mean every three hours. Few fruits + something and definitely enough, no need to buy food in place.
- allturtles 4y ago
  This is turning into a parenting advice thread which is pretty far afield from the point. Yes there are potential workarounds at ballparks that let you bring in food. If you check in advance on exactly what's allowed, you can often pack what you need. The point of the OP is that you didn't used to have to do that. You could just go to the ballpark, have some food and drink and enjoy yourself on a middle-class income, without worrying about being gouged for $10+ for a hot dog or $15 for a beer.

llbeansandrice 4y ago

I mean it's longer than that. You eat before the game so you have to go out somewhere hopefully near the stadium or worse at home. Some are in downtown areas and are accessible others [are not.](https://preview.redd.it/39fpjlmmvui31.jpg?width=1024&auto=webp&s=5fc2d18d415d7214ecdf231e043b2ae3efd0b6b1 https://preview.redd.it/39fpjlmmvui31.jpg?width=1024&auto=we...) The game itself might last 3 hours but getting in and out, travel time to the stadium, are you getting there when the game starts or before? You can easily push over 4 hours between food. How well is a young kid going to do for +4hrs outside with no food or water?

watwut 4y ago
The very odd thing is the assumption that of one did not bought cola, there is nothing to drink. I used to carry bottle of water and quick snack in case, it is not big deal.
mmmpop 4y ago
> How well is a young kid going to do for +4hrs outside with no food or water? Eat a meal directly beforehand? Pack a granola bar.. no one at the gates are going to frisk you for that. Coors Field had water fountains all over the place, so I think this is all nitpicking a valid point about progressive pricing.

luma 4y ago

The parent comment to which you are responding and the comments replying to you are an interesting insight to the mindset behind the comments: nobody can even conceive of going to a ball park for 3 entire hours and not gorging on concessions. The concept of a beer/soda and a hotdog or whatever have been so burned into the American psyche that people have a hard time separating the snacks from the sport.

ahtihn 4y ago
It's completely understandable that hotdogs are an integral part of the baseball game experience, the same way that getting popcorn at a movie theater is part of the experience. But that's not really how it was phrased and it's ridiculous to think that anyone, even children as young as 5 or 6, should have any issue with not having food available for 3-4 hours.

xracy 4y ago

You're right, this is unreasonable. Please teach a class to 5-year-olds on intermittent fasting and why they should learn to do it to properly enjoy a sportsball game. It's only 3hrs without food if you eat immediately before and after the game. Which, when you're trying to corral small children, means that there is likely time on either side of it. But also, WTF, If you eat 3 meals a day you go 5h20m on a 16h day without food. And 56% of that is unreasonable for a child to feel hungry during? You're a special kind of inconsiderate at the very least with this comment. In actuality your comment mostly reads as malicious and bad.

ahtihn 4y ago
It's super common to have lunch at 12 and dinner at 8 without any food in-between. 3 hours without food is completely normal. Actually believing that you can't have fun for 3 hours because food isn't available (or too expensive) is weird. Even for 5 year olds. Of course you still need something to drink during that time.
- xracy 4y ago
  Huh, super common. What's your source for that info? Most of the 5-YO I know go to sleep at 8, so that doesn't pass the smell test for me. Where in the world are you that the average dinner time is 8pm? Also, I don't think anyone is saying you can't do it, just that most people doing it wouldn't consider it "fun" or "an enjoying evening out" if they have a 5-YO who is screaming cause they're hungry.