The Other Shoe Begins to Drop

pawz

EwaDawg

Should I start stalking up on spam?

pawz

EwaDawg said:

Should I start stalking up on spam?

I'm pour so stocking* up on beans and rice. And ammo.

YellowSnow

Kewl. America has too many calories. Getting less of them could reduce healthcare spending.

EwaDawg

YellowSnow said:

Kewl. America has too many calories. Getting less of them could reduce healthcare spending.

That was my initial sentiment but then I realized that, food alone was perhaps not the greatest worry.

I pretty much had my eulogy for @nachoslover already written and proofed.

Sources

If food prices rise, expect for dawgman subs to rise proportionally.

HoustonHusky

YellowSnow said:

Kewl. America has too many calories. Getting less of them could reduce healthcare spending.

Sounds good, but according to inflation measures as prices go up people substitute to cheaper (and in most cases more unhealthy).

creepycoug

pawz said:

EwaDawg said:

Should I start stalking up on spam?

I'm pour so stocking* up on beans and rice. And ammo.

You'll have to run that by @Swaye ... he called that one first. Or was it beans and ammo, with no rice?

At any rate, I'll allow it.

creepycoug

HoustonHusky said:

YellowSnow said:

Kewl. America has too many calories. Getting less of them could reduce healthcare spending.

Sounds good, but according to inflation measures as prices go up people substitute to cheaper (and in most cases more unhealthy).

Back to the days of a block of cheap cheddar and mega-sized packs of Ramen. And soda. You can always by a case of Coke for next to nothing.

So long plant-based diet. And real meat.

creepycoug

EwaDawg said:

YellowSnow said:

Kewl. America has too many calories. Getting less of them could reduce healthcare spending.

That was my initial sentiment but then I realized that, food alone was perhaps not the greatest worry.

I pretty much had my eulogy for @nachoslover already written and proofed.

@CFetters_Nacho_Lover true?

Swaye

creepycoug said:

HoustonHusky said:

YellowSnow said:

Kewl. America has too many calories. Getting less of them could reduce healthcare spending.

Sounds good, but according to inflation measures as prices go up people substitute to cheaper (and in most cases more unhealthy).

Back to the days of a block of cheap cheddar and mega-sized packs of Ramen. And soda. You can always by a case of Coke for next to nothing.

So long plant-based diet. And real meat.

A world without meat is a world I don't want to live in.

creepycoug

Swaye said:

creepycoug said:

HoustonHusky said:

YellowSnow said:

Kewl. America has too many calories. Getting less of them could reduce healthcare spending.

Sounds good, but according to inflation measures as prices go up people substitute to cheaper (and in most cases more unhealthy).

Back to the days of a block of cheap cheddar and mega-sized packs of Ramen. And soda. You can always by a case of Coke for next to nothing.

So long plant-based diet. And real meat.

A world without meat is a world I don't want to live in.

Mine's bigger.

Pitchfork51

YellowSnow said:

Kewl. America has too many calories. Getting less of them could reduce healthcare spending.

Eh but its the cheap processed crap that is the problem.

EwaDawg

Pitchfork51 said:

YellowSnow said:

Kewl. America has too many calories. Getting less of them could reduce healthcare spending.

Eh but its the cheap processed crap that is the problem.

Yeah. Its hard for pours to eat healthy.

You have to want to and you have to be somewhat resilient (I hear being stubborn helps).

I frequently eat healthy (to drop weight) for about $5 / day - eating only raw fruits/vegetables and drinking only black coffee and water. If I can do it 2500 miles from the source, anyone can.

Yeah, adding another $5 for protein and other supplements still makes it cheaper than 2-3 meals at a fast food joint.

How much of not being able to afford eating healthy is truly due to cost?

Mad_Son

EwaDawg said:

Pitchfork51 said:

YellowSnow said:

Kewl. America has too many calories. Getting less of them could reduce healthcare spending.

Eh but its the cheap processed crap that is the problem.

Yeah. Its hard for pours to eat healthy.

You have to want to and you have to be somewhat resilient (I hear being stubborn helps).

I frequently eat healthy (to drop weight) for about $5 / day - eating only raw fruits/vegetables and drinking only black coffee and water. If I can do it 2500 miles from the source, anyone can.

Yeah, adding another $5 for protein and other supplements still makes it cheaper than 2-3 meals at a fast food joint.

How much of not being able to afford eating healthy is truly due to cost?

Sometimes it is knowledge.

A lot of times it can be access to those things.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert

EwaDawg

Mad_Son said:

EwaDawg said:

Pitchfork51 said:

YellowSnow said:

Kewl. America has too many calories. Getting less of them could reduce healthcare spending.

Eh but its the cheap processed crap that is the problem.

Yeah. Its hard for pours to eat healthy.

You have to want to and you have to be somewhat resilient (I hear being stubborn helps).

I frequently eat healthy (to drop weight) for about $5 / day - eating only raw fruits/vegetables and drinking only black coffee and water. If I can do it 2500 miles from the source, anyone can.

Yeah, adding another $5 for protein and other supplements still makes it cheaper than 2-3 meals at a fast food joint.

How much of not being able to afford eating healthy is truly due to cost?

Sometimes it is knowledge.

A lot of times it can be access to those things.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert

Thanks. I would think rural areas could grow some of their own but only during part of the year. Fruits and veges (or soups made from veges) can be frozen.

The idea of some one not being able to make it to a supermarket, or farmers market, is interesting or even compelling.

Thanks for your response. I agree knowledge is likely key.

Doog_de_Jour

creepycoug said:

HoustonHusky said:

YellowSnow said:

Kewl. America has too many calories. Getting less of them could reduce healthcare spending.

Sounds good, but according to inflation measures as prices go up people substitute to cheaper (and in most cases more unhealthy).

Back to the days of a block of cheap cheddar and mega-sized packs of Ramen. And soda. You can always by a case of Coke for next to nothing.

So long plant-based diet. And real meat.

https://youtu.be/Co7SsDyudd0

Food prices going up terrifies me. Compared to other industrial nations, the US pays more for food and it’s of lower quality, both from a taste and nutritional standpoint.

I won’t get into how this ties in with our nation’s obesity epidemic, but from an economic standpoint this should be nipped in the bud immediately.