Re:Unsteady income in young adulthood linked to thinking pro...
by non-entity on Friday October 04, 2019 @11:02AM
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I remember my stepmother recalling her late teenage years / early adulthood poverty. She said she used to get a bunch of ketchup packets from a McDonalds to use a a very bad "tomato soup" base
You'd be surprised. Ever heard e.g. of "syrup sandwiches"?
Or dozens of other ways poor people get by with no money for food?
It's not just "fast food". And even that, it's not because they "wrongly think fast food is cheaper than home cooked food" -- it's because fast food is less stressful to make when you have to work like crazy, in excruciating jobs to make ends meets, and requires less time...