Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:junk foods and processed foods should be taxed heavily

and people who rely on cheap, processed foods because they can't afford to buy healthier foods, should be given incentives (assistance) to buy healthier foods

A healthy life is the only incentive you need

Really? Give me the fucking twinkie then

No, I'm not fat.

Yes, I could do with less sugar.

Bottom line: Complex issue. Don't judge.

[Anonymous]

I don't think people are "judged" as sooo many posts on DCUM mention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:junk foods and processed foods should be taxed heavily

and people who rely on cheap, processed foods because they can't afford to buy healthier foods, should be given incentives (assistance) to buy healthier foods

A healthy life is the only incentive you need

It must be amazing to be so privileged, you don't know about food deserts. Many inner cities offer no access to fresh foods.

Excuses excuses

Please explain. Imagine you work 69-70 hrs a week, and live somewhere where there's literally NO grocery stores, only convenience stores and fast food. No transportation out if the city. We need to get gardens and groceries into these places, somehow. This Is all many people know. They've never even eaten a salad!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:junk foods and processed foods should be taxed heavily

and people who rely on cheap, processed foods because they can't afford to buy healthier foods, should be given incentives (assistance) to buy healthier foods

A healthy life is the only incentive you need

It must be amazing to be so privileged, you don't know about food deserts. Many inner cities offer no access to fresh foods.

Excuses excuses

Please explain. Imagine you work 69-70 hrs a week, and live somewhere where there's literally NO grocery stores, only convenience stores and fast food. No transportation out if the city. We need to get gardens and groceries into these places, somehow. This Is all many people know. They've never even eaten a salad!

McDonald's sells salads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:junk foods and processed foods should be taxed heavily

and people who rely on cheap, processed foods because they can't afford to buy healthier foods, should be given incentives (assistance) to buy healthier foods

A healthy life is the only incentive you need

It must be amazing to be so privileged, you don't know about food deserts. Many inner cities offer no access to fresh foods.

Excuses excuses

Please explain. Imagine you work 69-70 hrs a week, and live somewhere where there's literally NO grocery stores, only convenience stores and fast food. No transportation out if the city. We need to get gardens and groceries into these places, somehow. This Is all many people know. They've never even eaten a salad!

IF you really want something, you work towards it. People can achieve amazing things when they put their mind to it. But to do that you have to stop making excuses

[Anonymous]

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I appreciate your honesty! A response: I have anxiety and it really sucks. It's paralyzing for me and I've spoken with others with similarly uncomfortable realities. I guess I don't understand why you consider mental illness "legitimate" (?) only if it's severe.

Agree on Beyoncé. She's beautiful - that's her draw.

If you actually have anxiety I wasn't referring to you. I was referring to people who say things like "OMG I'm having a panic attack!!" and they clearly aren't they are just nervous or being a drama queen. Or someone saying they have OCD when their coffee sleeve is crooked - that isn't mental illness, that is insulting to someone who actually suffers from it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I appreciate your honesty! A response: I have anxiety and it really sucks. It's paralyzing for me and I've spoken with others with similarly uncomfortable realities. I guess I don't understand why you consider mental illness "legitimate" (?) only if it's severe.

Agree on Beyoncé. She's beautiful - that's her draw.

If you actually have anxiety I wasn't referring to you. I was referring to people who say things like "OMG I'm having a panic attack!!" and they clearly aren't they are just nervous or being a drama queen. Or someone saying they have OCD when their coffee sleeve is crooked - that isn't mental illness, that is insulting to someone who actually suffers from it.

You do understand that mental illnesses work on a scale don't you?

[Anonymous]

people who don't plan to have one parent home as the primary caregiver until their child/ren are at least school age should not be parents, this includes single by choice parents.

Agree with this 100%. I loved my job before I had my first child but knew having a baby meant leaving the workforce for many years. My kids are grown now (high school and beyond) and I am loving being back in the workforce. We didn't even consider children until we were as sure as we could be that one of us could be at home at least until they started school.

I think a lot of the problems we are seeing with kids and young adults today are directly related to 10+ hours in daycare away from their parent during those critical early years.

[Anonymous]

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You do understand that mental illnesses work on a scale don't you?

Oh good grief. I am not talking about people who actually have mental illness. I am talking about people who say these things, just like when people say "I literally died!" when they are clearly not dead.

Again, not talking about people with mental illness. Talking about people who say things like "I'm so OCD." or "I have anxiety" when they do not at all have it, have anything like it or will have anything like it. It has become a thing to say.

If a person has anxiety or OCD, mild to severe, just diagnosed or sufffering for years, I am not talking about them.

In final, not talking about people who have mental illness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Please explain. Imagine you work 69-70 hrs a week, and live somewhere where there's literally NO grocery stores, only convenience stores and fast food. No transportation out if the city. We need to get gardens and groceries into these places, somehow. This Is all many people know. They've never even eaten a salad!

I think you are really overreacting. No grocery stores, never even tasted a single leaf of lettuce, walk 10 miles up hill both ways... oh wait they wouldn't be obese then...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

people who don't plan to have one parent home as the primary caregiver until their child/ren are at least school age should not be parents, this includes single by choice parents.

Agree with this 100%. I loved my job before I had my first child but knew having a baby meant leaving the workforce for many years. My kids are grown now (high school and beyond) and I am loving being back in the workforce. We didn't even consider children until we were as sure as we could be that one of us could be at home at least until they started school.

I think a lot of the problems we are seeing with kids and young adults today are directly related to 10+ hours in daycare away from their parent during those critical early years.

Honest question. Do you you truly think there are more problems now with kids and young adults than there were (say) 30 years ago or 60 years ago?

In some ways my view is that if that's going to be our criteria, we'd be better of sending every single kid to daycare because the kids of the 1950s stay-at-home moms sure didn't seem to turn out well as a group compared to the more recent generation that spent more time in daycare on average. As a group I think millenials are a kinder, more compassionate, less violent group than their predecessors. I am not a millenial but I am around a lot of them and I think they're a lot less self-centered than the Baby Boomers (who statistically had a lot more SAHMs). I think this shows up in crime and violence statistics as well.

[Anonymous]

http://www.marketmakeovers.org/why/food-desert/south-la-food-desert


I'm not overreacting. This is life for more people than you can imagine. Just because you're unfamiliar with how others live, doesn't justify your opinions. Most of these people can't afford to eat like we do. We're very, very privileged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're very, very privileged.

My strong minority opinion is I'm tired of people making accusations about privilege and using it as a weapon.

Or to justify their opinions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

people who don't plan to have one parent home as the primary caregiver until their child/ren are at least school age should not be parents, this includes single by choice parents.

Agree with this 100%. I loved my job before I had my first child but knew having a baby meant leaving the workforce for many years. My kids are grown now (high school and beyond) and I am loving being back in the workforce. We didn't even consider children until we were as sure as we could be that one of us could be at home at least until they started school.

I think a lot of the problems we are seeing with kids and young adults today are directly related to 10+ hours in daycare away from their parent during those critical early years.

Honest question. Do you you truly think there are more problems now with kids and young adults than there were (say) 30 years ago or 60 years ago?

In some ways my view is that if that's going to be our criteria, we'd be better of sending every single kid to daycare because the kids of the 1950s stay-at-home moms sure didn't seem to turn out well as a group compared to the more recent generation that spent more time in daycare on average. As a group I think millenials are a kinder, more compassionate, less violent group than their predecessors. I am not a millenial but I am around a lot of them and I think they're a lot less self-centered than the Baby Boomers (who statistically had a lot more SAHMs). I think this shows up in crime and violence statistics as well.

I Disagree. With the millennial generation there is a large resistance to "growing up". Even twenty years ago you wouldn't have animated movies and tv shows aimed at people in their twenties or thirty year olds playing video games.

There has been a rapid increase in narcissim as well as the millennials age (it was in the Atlantic) and I see this narcissism in generation x as well (see the mommy wars thread)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.marketmakeovers.org/why/food-desert/south-la-food-desert


I'm not overreacting. This is life for more people than you can imagine. Just because you're unfamiliar with how others live, doesn't justify your opinions. Most of these people can't afford to eat like we do. We're very, very privileged.

No fresh food in any of the mainstream or ethnic supermarkets in the most diverse region of Los Angeles