Soulstrut Catnip: Hipsters on Foodstamps
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1st off, pasta isn't healthy either. maybe its not as full of chemicals as mcdonalds, but filling up on pasta is still likely to cause diabetes / obesity etc
2ndly, are any of you dudes looking for work right now? im working a pretty (awful) job (although at least a living wage) bcuz the jobs i have experience in arent really hiring. in fact, not much of anyone is hiring. the starbucks down the street from me has a pile of applications a mile long. the idea that 'hipsters' (can we stop w/ this meaningless word) could just walk into a mcdonalds & get a job (never mind that the idea that ppl working those jobs are making enough to not need foodstamps is kinda b.s.) is also wrong; if u are 'overqualified' you arent gonna get hired because managers are afraid that if you get another better opportunity you'll leave their work in a second. which is true.
imo, if yr struggling yr struggling, doesnt matter if you went to college, food stamps are totally legit -- everyone deserves to eat, imo, whether 'temporarily' poor or systematically so (& it should be noted that just cuz poverty is a cycle, maaan doesnt excuse ppl just cuz theyre from the 'wrong side of the tracks')
oO/ folx out to HATE ON HIPSTEURS here are imo just trynna be cool
2ndly, are any of you dudes looking for work right now? im working a pretty (awful) job (although at least a living wage) bcuz the jobs i have experience in arent really hiring. in fact, not much of anyone is hiring. the starbucks down the street from me has a pile of applications a mile long. the idea that 'hipsters' (can we stop w/ this meaningless word) could just walk into a mcdonalds & get a job (never mind that the idea that ppl working those jobs are making enough to not need foodstamps is kinda b.s.) is also wrong; if u are 'overqualified' you arent gonna get hired because managers are afraid that if you get another better opportunity you'll leave their work in a second. which is true.
imo, if yr struggling yr struggling, doesnt matter if you went to college, food stamps are totally legit -- everyone deserves to eat, imo, whether 'temporarily' poor or systematically so (& it should be noted that just cuz poverty is a cycle, maaan doesnt excuse ppl just cuz theyre from the 'wrong side of the tracks')
oO/ folx out to HATE ON HIPSTEURS here are imo just trynna be cool
How does this work? I don't really eat fast food, so I don't know how much it costs, but can't you buy enough food at a grocery store to make food for several days with what you would drop at McDonald's in one meal?
Sorry if I'm a bit
Sayin -
A head of Broccolli should be less than French Fries and/or Regular Hamburger
Broccoli is on average $1.60 per pound, get organic broccoli and the price almost doubles. 1/4 double cheeseburger at Burger King: $1.
You can get a pound of pasta, a jar of sauce and some veg to throw in and feed a whole family for way less than it would cost to eat the garbage at McDonalds.
If you eat off the dollar menu, drink water, and share fries, they are about the same cost. And Ragu type sauce, nutritionally, is not very good for you.
Please tell me you're not advocating eating at McDonalds, as a cost saving measure or otherwise...
I had to do this right before the dot-com boom bailed me out and got me going. McDonald's would have 19-cent cheeseburgers on Wednesdays, and I would buy 10 and eat them all day. Eating fast food is cheaper than eating real food, but I don't advocate it. These days, I don't eat fast food anymore because it tastes bad and it's bad for you. But if you're hungry...
Fast food dollar menus > Top Ramen.
A protein bar for 1$ has probably 10 times as much nutrition as a 1$ burger from mcdonalds. Healthy eating is more about education than level of income. Hell, a pack of black beans and a pack of tortillas has more good calories than a greasy burger and fries.
I can see it now.
Come on kids. Gather round the table for dinner. Tonight we're having Cliff Bars. What do you want? Chocolate or Penut butter? Cut them in half and split them up. Share with your brother. Canyon, put it down and share with your brother.
The census people have been coming around every few days to give me more "Hiring!" flyers. They can't GIVE jobs away in the east village.
I told them I could bring flyers up to Harlem where surely people will apply, and they said they had filled every position in Harlem within a week.
I should've asked about Williamsburg Bushwick
I told them I could bring flyers up to Harlem where surely people will apply, and they said they had filled every position in Harlem within a week.
I should've asked about Williamsburg Bushwick
Where in the U.S. are food stamps still used? Here in Washington state food assistance cards are issued that are used like credit cards. You swipe the cards like a debit card and have to show your ID when using the card. Food stamps are too easy to sell.
These people aren't misusing the system, the system has just been expanded to include them. I mean, this kid grew up in Westchester and has a degree, you can't expect him to get his hands dirty? So now he's "poor" - at least until Christmas or his next birthday. And if you think its bad now, wait until you have to start paying for his healthcare too.
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