ickplantYou have got to be shitting me
TʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏGⒶʀʏ⁽ᵗʰᵉʸ‘ᵗʰᵉᵐ⁾I was so pissed at Michelle Obama for fucking up school lunches. I was already barely maintaining my weight, and then suddenly all the food on campus was practically calorieless and I quickly became underweight
BronzebeardYeah, that didn’t happen.
Her policies didn’t touch colleges. Her changes didn’t get rid of calories. Why lie about someone stood like that? Why blame someone else because you didn’t eat enough?
Yeah, that did happen.
I was in highschool at the time, dumbass. Her changes absolutely did reduce calories. Why lie about something so easily verifiable? Why blame me because you can’t search the fucking internet?
The HHFKA authorized USDA to update the nutrition standards for school meals… Issued in January 2012, the standards increased… limited calories.
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There were plenty of calories. I just looked at the limits. If you were failing to make weight, it was because you couldn’t afford enough food outside of school.
Your family being unable to afford the food to keep you proper size for sports is unfortunate and likely a result of systemic issues.
More unfortunate than that is the crazy huge childhood obesity stats we had in America, pointing to a poorly nourished population of children. Not to mention all the dirt poor children who received better access to warm meals as a result of the act being passed.
You said you were pissed at Michelle Obama in the past tense. Hopefully you’ve realized since then that there are other people who are more directly responsible for your issues.
And like, fuck the Obamas. Just not really a valid complaint. There are better things to be angry at them for.
Yeah I’m an anarcho-communist now, and I agree with you about almost everything you’ve said in this comment. However, the changes she made directly resulted in me loosing weight, and the only way to counteract that (for me as an individual) was by spending more money.
- School lunch in 2011 had enough calories for me to maintain my weight
- School lunch post 2012 did not have enough calories for me to maintain my weight
- I was underweight until I got a job in 2013 and could buy extra food
Yes, there are broader systemic issues, but I’m allowed to be mad about the direct, tangible cause of this specific thing I struggled with. I understand that I was collateral damage for something that was mostly a good thing, but the negative way it impacted me is real and my feelings about it are valid
Regarding your edit, you read wrong. I am struggling to find a firsthand source of the act itself, but here is a published study
schoolnutrition.org/…/Quantitative-Evaluation-of-…
If you scroll down to calorie requirements, it lists the different age groups. You may have read the maximum for young children, but the high schooler maximum was higher.
I’m glad we agree and quickly found common ground.
It is correct to say that you are allowed to feel angry. And that your feelings are valid. I would still argue that the complaint itself isn’t valid. You chose to make your personal feelings about how you were impacted a public discussion. I’m not mad at that. But it also means that I now get to point out the nuance of the situation for spectators that saw your comment and don’t understand the full story. Because you’re saying fuck Michelle Obama for the wrong reasons. And I want everyone to agree with the “fuck Michelle Obama” sentiment, but I don’t want it to be because of a misunderstanding about what was ultimately probably a positive policy that we then have to deprogram people over later.
I’m usually snarky because I’m an asshole, I don’t even think I was trying to snark you tho, I was just tired and bluntly stating facts.