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[–] Mechanicalmechanic 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Usually we call you guys "T and B" but same difference. HVAC tech here. I HATED doing shit at restaurants, especially exhaust fans with grease traps. Ugh...

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[–] Unsung_Heroes_again [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

My entire week is fast food... I hate it, it is so fucking disgusting. I can't believe the people who know how nasty this shit is and continue to eat it.

And these open ones... you get to see what America is becoming and it is fucking sickening to see.

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[–] Mechanicalmechanic 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Although sickening I still see it as a sign of a bigger problem, greed. Someone once said that "The money is in the treatment, not the cure."

So follow this. People had fairly decent nutrition and meals until WW2 when processed food became a thing. Sugary drinks became a thing. Fast service food became a thing. By the 70s and 80s eating unhealthy once a day became a regular thing, chronic illnesses rose, cost of health care rose. The 90s had an explosion of added sugar and frozen dinners. People got fatter and sicker, health care costs rose, sugar industry was making huge profits, schools no longer prepare food from scratch but heat up processed garbage. Nutritional education was minimal while the fitness industry grew.

So you have the food companies making huge profits selling us cheap, shitty, food like products. The health care industry is making huge profits due to chronic illnesses. Big pharma is making huge money by developong drugs to manage chronic illnesses which enables the behavior in the first place. Fitness companies make money because "Its because you're lazy not because you eat poorly".

Food corps make money. Big pharma makes money. Fitness corps make money. US government makes money due to all of the money spent on these things plus the kickbacks and donations.

Where is the incentive to teach nutrition and keep people healthy? The US doesn't have an agency that promotes the health and well being of Americans. That won't exist until it hurts the government to have Americans sick. If it was monetary then taxes would be raised. If fatties were taxed more for being fat, fatties wouldn't care and the government makes money. If fatties paid less taxes the government would raise skinny taxes.