People aren’t shoveling foods into their gullets anymore, they’re dumping truckloads into it and proud of it.
Alternatively: Capitalism has robbed the working class of any time for exercise while simultaneously pushing food that is dirt cheap to make with artificial additives that lead to excess consumption.
But that doesn’t fit the convenient narrative of “it’s all society’s fault,” which pushes all blame and need for action off the observer.
Is there anything in the world this website won’t blame on capitalism?
There are plenty of working class people that aren’t fat and there are plenty of rich people, or retirees, or unemployed that are fat.
Being fat is about eating too much and not moving enough. People at some point need to take some responsibility for their actions.
As a not fat person that doesn’t have time to exercise, it’s not hard to avoid one or two meals a day. Fat people eat too much, period. Don’t blame capitalism.
Clearly because you don’t struggle with this thing, the struggles of others are invalid.
Capitalism is significantly at fault because it pushes more and more food, makes cheap (read: affordable) food severely fattening, and creates industries that prey on people’s insecurities and entices them into all kinds of disordered eating. To say nothing about the general decline of physical and mental health caused by unfettered capitalism that often manifests as disordered eating.
But yeah, eating too much is the only problem. Thanks I’m cured /s
As a non-fat person who doesn’t exercise consistently, it’s not that simple for the vast majority. There are a lot of factors including health/genetics and the stuff mentioned in the comment you responded to. I’m not skinny because I avoid meals, I’m skinny because I lucked out genetically and I really don’t have to worry about what I eat in terms of gaining weight.
Also, avoiding meals is like the worst way to maintain your weight and you should stop implicitly recommending it. It’s just going fuck up your metabolism, nutrition, and ability to maintain your weight. Quality matters substantially more than quantity, and quality is prohibitively expensive for many.
Man shut the fuck up, shut up.
A can of mountain dew is:
- In America: 355 mL with 170 calories (0.49 kcal/mL)
- In Germany: 330 mL with 95.7 calories (0.29 kcal/mL)
Feast your eyes upon this and perhaps begin to question the dumb bullshit perspective that lives in your head.
Yes Americans, you do deserve to be able to enjoy a soda without fucking your calorie intake up. Did I mention the german one uses real sugar and tastes way better, which makes it harder to drink in excess?
Food deserts exist, man. I’ve been there. Living in a shithole area with no shops supplying fresh foods, and no convenient transport links to such shops
You’re probably just gonna go to the overpriced shop and buy processed crap, y’know?
Proud of consuming truckloads of food? I must have missed that memo. Alternative take - overstressed, overworked, and struggling to survive, seeking out any kind of dopamine or serotonin bandaid to make the struggle with bothering for one more day worth it. It’s not something people typically WANT to do, but it can be an unhealthy coping mechanism when options are limited.
