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[darkflagrance]

Incidentally, the two fat women in the picture are likely also suffering from malnutrition, as the kinds of diets you eat to get that fat are often still direly lacking in essential nutrients/vitamins, and often the time and energy required to eat healthily and avoid illness are luxuries today.

[ChairmanPoo]

It's pretty evident who is at fault in this crisis, and it's not us

That's what we all say. Who took out those mortgages? Wanted to live big for little money? We all do, that's who.

Again, the killing blow wasn't the shitty mortgages, though it was certainly ridiculous from the banks to grant them. The killing blow was when those same mortgages were handled around to OTHER banks, thus spreading the corruption.

[Leafsnail]

Oh, now this is pissing me off. Which one does the "little guy" look like? (I just got that randomly off of Google, btw, no blog affiliation whatsoever).

Man, this is a brilliant argument.  There are fat people in America therefore noone is suffering!  I don't know why I didn't see this before.

[Bdthemag]

Oh, now this is pissing me off. Which one does the "little guy" look like? (I just got that randomly off of Google, btw, no blog affiliation whatsoever).

Man, this is a brilliant argument.  There are fat people in America therefore noone is suffering!  I don't know why I didn't see this before.

I know right? I guess this whole entire time where my family struggles to pay rent has been non-existant, man I can't wait to tell my family!

[Aqizzar]

It's a situation unique to modern America, completely unknown in all of human history.  The proliferation of corn starch and beef hormone laden 99cent meals versus the outrageous price of non-industrial foods means that America is the first society in history where it is cheaper to be fat than healthy.

You can be overweight and still malnourished, because "poor diet" does not necessarily mean "no food".

[Leafsnail]

Also I love the way the tags for the post randomly include "democrats" and "liberals" as if they're at all related to the brilliantly sharp observation that some people are obese.

[Vester]

Incidentally, the two fat women in the picture are likely also suffering from malnutrition, as the kinds of diets you eat to get that fat are often still direly lacking in essential nutrients/vitamins, and often the time and energy required to eat healthily and avoid illness are luxuries today.

I don't think the malnutrition is what whoever made that post was trying to point out, rather the size of the ladies (no matter their healthiness).

Something I've always been curious about: in America, what happens to homeless children? Do they get the benefits of state care, such as in an orphanage?

[Bauglir]

It's pretty true, that malnutrition thing. I can buy 3 meals' worth of microwave burritos for a dollar (or ramen for even less), or 3 meals' worth of proper food for 3 or 4 dollars. The former are faster and cheaper, and taste pretty decent. The only reason I go for the latter is the whole nutrition thing and eating something interesting instead of merely acceptable - I have the luxury to do that.

Stupid human anatomy, not able to run on nuclear fusion...

[Bdthemag]

Something I've always been curious about: in America, what happens to homeless children? Do they get the benefits of state care, such as in an orphanage?

Well I believe they don't as long as they are with their parents, but schools and charities usually give the family food. The only problem is most kids just don't feel comfortable with going and saying that they and their family are homeless.

[Aqizzar]

Something I've always been curious about: in America, what happens to homeless children? Do they get the benefits of state care, such as in an orphanage?

Yes and no; both state and national child protective services (especially The CPS itself) are horribly schizophrenic in how they apply their efforts.  A family with a home and legal trouble is probably more likely to have their children forcibly taken by the state, than a child whose family is homeless is to get any special service beyond what little homeless people in general get.  Children who have no home or family are pretty much on their own, except as walk-in cases for shelters.  I believe that homeless shelters will take minors indefinitely, as opposed to the time limit they give adults, but I honestly don't know; and like I said, standing policies are enforced almost at random anyway, mostly due to budget shortages.

[Descan]

I wonder, if you had some sort of pill that had all your vitamins and nutrients, and protein shake (or something) for your calories... and protein, would that be enough to live off?

[Nadaka]

I wonder, if you had some sort of pill that had all your vitamins and nutrients, and protein shake (or something) for your calories... and protein, would that be enough to live off?

Technically? Probably, if they did a good enough job of it, but not every person has exactly the same dietary needs. And most people are insufficiently drone like to eat the exact same thing every single day of their life.

[Bdthemag]

Im sure a pill like that would probally be ironically expensive, or atleast somewhat expensive.

[Descan]

I'd love to be able to do that, so I don't need to worry about cooking. And I wouldn't need to do it all the time, if I wanted something special I just don't take it that day.

Pseudo-edit: That's true, it would probably be expensive the first few years if they develop something like that.

[squeakyReaper]

These?