I learned in a sobering presentation at work yesterday that three of the top five employers in the US are Walmart, Yum Foods (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, etc.) and Kroger. Think about that for a moment. The demands for what these companies sell is high enough to make them some of the biggest employers in the nation. Aside from the fact that the median annual incomes for workers at there companies are complete shit, their primary product (especially the last two) is CALORIES.
Our economy literally runs on feeding billions of dollars' worth of excess, unnecessary calories to fat fucks. Combined with the fact that 40% of Americans' food is wasted, and a whopping 50% of produce is thrown out, we are collectively speaking a dismal, disgusting nation of fat, wasteful, stupid fucks. It's alarming.
And if we decided to change overnight?? It could trigger an economic recession. Think about all the millions of fat fucking fucks out there and how much money they spend every day, year after year, to keep their disgusting appetites satiated and their fat guts hanging over their pants as they toddle and waddle around grazing and feeding all day, stuffing their fat fuck faces, their sweaty chins wobbling with glee. It has to be a huge percentage of consumer spending. I'd love to see some math done on it: how many excess calories Americans eat per day, the average cost per calorie, and how much revenue would be lost if Americans just stopped overfeeding their fat fuck faces.
view the rest of the comments →
[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
The worst part is that no one will address the issue. You hear all this fear talk about waste and the environment and the solutions always ignore the huge, gaping causes. Was it California that banned straws to save the environment while 90% of the waste is dumped by Asia and Africa? Yeah, those straws will make a big difference. The everyday consumer who probably drives 40 minutes a day is told they must buy a more economical, joyless, electric car while no one is forcing the aviation, transport, mining, power generation, or shipping industries, all of which spew massive amounts of exhaust 24/7, are never told maybe they should be more efficient. Then with your example, we have more biodegradable products and packaging, but no one wants to talk about the fact that so much of what is produced goes straight to waste. I learnt the other day that my tiny, irrelevant state, South Australia, pays the highest electricity rates in the world because we keep doubling down on solar and wind and it keeps failing. So much expense was made getting the end consumers to install solar panels as well as taxpayer-funded subsidies from the government, and not only did it make things worse, and not only are owners of single person apartments like me paying almost $1K/year to run a computer, a bar fridge, and a light bulb, but there isn't a peep about the huge industrial and commercial power drawers that don't have to comply.