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0 points_hcuq3y ago0 comments

Eat locally grown food?

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This may come as a surprise, but there's plenty of wastage in locally shipped produce too. It's not so much the distance as the act of picking things and putting them into boxes, and taking them out of boxes again that does it.

jimbobimbo3y ago

So, no banana for you, eat potatoes instead?

lm284693y ago

You haven't tried the vast majority of fruits, veggies, meats, fishes out there and I'm sure you don't feel like you're life is miserable because of it

nautilius3y ago

That argument makes no sense. Presumably, jimbobimbo already sources ~100% of their intake from some producer outside of their apartment, to not be stuck on eating the mushrooms growing in the bathroom.

Just because there is even more out there to miss out on doesn’t make missing out on bananas less of an issue.

I assume you can just stop to eat altogether, because you’re not consuming the vast majority of food out there.

jimbobimbo3y ago

You do understand that this position comes across as incredibly paternalistic? It's like mom telling a child they can't have a cookie until they finish their broccoli first.

I don't have to try "the vast majority" of other stuff to enjoy the banana.

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karaterobot3y ago

jimbobimbo3y ago

So, no banana for you, eat potatoes instead?

lm284693y ago

You haven't tried the vast majority of fruits, veggies, meats, fishes out there and I'm sure you don't feel like you're life is miserable because of it

nautilius3y ago

Just because there is even more out there to miss out on doesn’t make missing out on bananas less of an issue.

I assume you can just stop to eat altogether, because you’re not consuming the vast majority of food out there.

jimbobimbo3y ago

You do understand that this position comes across as incredibly paternalistic? It's like mom telling a child they can't have a cookie until they finish their broccoli first.

I don't have to try "the vast majority" of other stuff to enjoy the banana.

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