Kulturkampf

[benji]

edit: omg

Well, yeah, because you're missing the point. People are living paycheck to paycheck, and ingredients go bad before people have a chance to use the other half of the onion. I buy with the intention of using everything I buy, but realistically, a bunch of it goes bad before we can use up the rest.

What's really being expressed is that you need to invest $35 in a meal to have that meal exist, and if you can go out and pay $12 for a sandwich instead, with no effort and guaranteed no wasted ingredients for you, that makes more sense. The bonus in leftover ingredients comes from a valid state of mind surrounding deprivation, investment, and risk.

If you're privileged enough that you don't need to consider all that, I can see how that would rub people the wrong way.

   

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