• @gowan@reddthat.com
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      110 months ago

      If they can afford ground beef at $4/lb why can’t they afford things that are much cheaper?

      • Rikudou_Sage
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        110 months ago

        Many of the poorer people can’t really afford beef regularly, it’s more of a once-a-year-treat. Source: Used to be very poor when I was a kid.

      • @commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        110 months ago

        money isn’t the only cost, there is also the matter of time. no amount of money saving would add more time to my day.

            • @gowan@reddthat.com
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              310 months ago

              I know most plant food is cheaper than meat and that is true in almost all countries. That’s because dry beans and grains are shelf stable and no meat is unless it has been processed which further drives up its price.

              The fact is you don’t want to make the change and that is fine but understand every excuse you are making here, except the bit about time, is simply not true on any level.

              • @commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                010 months ago

                your rant about whether beans are cheaper is a red herring. it has nothing to do with what I’m saying, nor does your speculation about my motives.

                • @gowan@reddthat.com
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                  410 months ago

                  No it isn’t a red herring. You claimed vegetarian diets are more expensive and that is not true on any level in any country that does not heavily subsidize meat (and even most that do).

                  You are trying and failing to come up with reasons why you can ignore my claims and there is no logical basis for you to do so because they are true