Re:Why do the poor make poor decisions?
by humanrebar on Monday June 06, 2016 @05:46PM
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I was trying to explain that many people in poverty are short on things other than money. Like time, flexibility, creativity, and willpower.
Telling them "to cook more because rice and beans are cheap!" is missing the realities on the ground for many. Besides, you can get fat on rice an beans really easily. Again, willpower can be in short supply.
Anyway, these aren't straw-man arguments. I've been there. My family is there. But I guess it's your right to think that people haven't thought about rice and beans before.
> Anyway, these aren't straw-man arguments.
rco8786 says that it's possible to eat cheaply and healthily, and you respond like he's talking about heirloom tomatoes and caprese salad. That is absolutely a straw man.
Re:Why do the poor make poor decisions?
by humanrebar on Monday June 06, 2016 @11:21PM
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If that's true, so is pretending that poor people haven't heard of rice and beans before.
The whole point of me listing Rice and Beans was that it was a cheap and healthy food that poor people have heard of, and have eaten for thousands of years. So no, that's not a straw man, unlike what you said.
What are you even talking about? There are many foods that are inexpensive and healthy, the kind of foods that people have been eating for thousands of years. Rice and beans, for instance.
Honestly I don't know why I'm even replying to you; making childish straw men arguments means you have no interest in an actual discussion.