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Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time by poulsbohemian on Thursday February 27, 2020 @03:35PM (#22437495)
>An analogy is "Why would promoting handwashing to combat aids be a bad thing? It gets people focused on health."

Well? Do tell. While hand washing or eliminating plastic bags or eliminating plastic straws might not be the end-all be-all of good environmental stewardship or good health practices, I'm a bit dumbfounded how they can be seen in a negative light. It's flu season, be cognizant of hand washing and cover your mouth when you cough - how's that a harmful message again?

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Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time by spdionis on Thursday February 27, 2020 @04:51PM (#22438335)
> It's flu season, be cognizant of hand washing and cover your mouth when you cough - how's that a harmful message again

Well, you don't get to say you're helping to combat aids by giving out that type of advice. If you try, you are "promoting bikeshedding and signaling contests" instead of doing anything productive [to solve the AIDS problem].

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