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New Yorkers have been stealing Haagen-Daz and Slim Jim’s with zero remorse for years. I was blown away the first time that I visited a Duane Reade on a gentrif
by jollofricepeas 4y ago
New Yorkers have been stealing Haagen-Daz and Slim Jim’s with zero remorse for years.
I was blown away the first time that I visited a Duane Reade on a gentrified Korea town block and saw the locked freezers and anti-theft devices.
- voisin 4y agoThe difference I think is that neither of the things you mentioned are essential inputs to a nutritious diet. Seems less defensible to be stealing non-essentials.
- threads2 4y agoI think the reasoning goes they're small and high-calorie.
- itronitron 4y agoInterestingly, in one of Eric Bogosian's routines from 'Pounding Nails in the Floor with my Forehead' one of his characters specifically calls out eating Haagen Daz and Slim Jims.
- jollofricepeas 4y agoThe poor live in food deserts, they don’t have nutritious food. They get their food from McDonalds, Dollar General and Taco Bell. https://www.aecf.org/blog/exploring-americas-food-deserts https://www.aecf.org/blog/exploring-americas-food-deserts