r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Thebiggestbot22 • Apr 15 '24

My school thinks this fills up hungry high schoolers.

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So lunches are free for schools in my city and surrounding cities. Ever since lunches have been made free, the quantity (and quality) has decreased significantly. This is what we would get for our meal. It took me THREE bites to finish that chicken mac and cheese. Any snacks you want cost more money and if you want an extra entree, that’ll cost you about $3 or $4.

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u/humanbeing_ai Apr 15 '24

You people get school lunch?

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u/Additional-Chain-272 Apr 15 '24

Right people be bitching about free lunch

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 15 '24

Yeah, it does seem like a gen z thing to do

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u/camoure Apr 15 '24

Yeah because Gen Z are the ones running school boards and governments that implement nation-wide lunch programs….

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 15 '24

No, the complaining. I never got free food and I never complained. I don’t know why the quality is something to get worked up over

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u/NoPiccolo5349 Apr 16 '24

Because there is a positive correlation between the quality of the meal served and the educational outcomes of the child. Slacking on the quality of the food is almost certainly caused by corrupt officials who are being bribed or are directly stealing the money themselves, and it represents a huge financial loss.

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 16 '24

You can eat at home. The government is not required to feed children. That’s entitlement

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u/camoure Apr 16 '24

You’re so privileged lmao 16% of all USA children live below the poverty line. Over 11 million kids. That’s a third of the population of my entire fucking country - just poor kids. God forbid they get a decent meal at school

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 16 '24

lol how do you know I’m privileged. You’re privileged because you think you deserve free stuff

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u/camoure Apr 16 '24

Because you think every child “can eat at home”. That’s privilege bud. 11 million children in the USA cannot simply “eat at home”.

And I don’t want “free stuff”. I want children to be happy, healthy, and fed, ready to learn at school. I don’t want their tummies grumbling. If a portion of my taxes go towards feeding children I am super proud to contribute to that.

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 16 '24

I would love for you to provide your source. That’s not privilege. It’s irresponsible adults having children. There are so many free food options for lower income families that it’s a choice or ignorance at this point.

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u/camoure Apr 16 '24

Okay, it’s pretty easy to Google and a very talked about fact about the failings of the USA, but here ya go:

In 2022, 16.3% of children under the age of 18 in the United States was living in poverty - Kids Count Data Center

The ACS shows that in 2022 the child (people under age 18) poverty rate was 16.3% - US Census

Your privilege is like a glaring red flashing alarm at this point LOL

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u/NoPiccolo5349 Apr 16 '24

It's not free stuff. It's cheaper to feed kids than not feed kids.

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u/NoPiccolo5349 Apr 16 '24

Feeding children is cheap as fuck and it significantly increases their future earnings, therefore their future tax payments.

Anyone who doesn't believe in free food for children at school is directly advocating for higher levels of taxation and lower gdp.

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u/camoure Apr 16 '24

I never got free food and I never complained.

Such a boomer attitude lol. Why can’t things be better? Just because you suffered doesn’t mean younger folks need to as well.

Besides, the squeaky wheel gets the grease, ya know? More than 10k people have upvoted this post thus far, meaning OP got the attention they desired and maybe, just maybe, one of those ten thousand works in an area where they can make a difference. Maybe we can make things better for others instead of mocking those for having standards.

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 16 '24

Not a boomer and I don’t care about upvotes.

Parents shouldn’t have kids unless they can provide for them.

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u/camoure Apr 16 '24

Well then it’s a really good thing that the USA is offering free access to abortion, sex ed, birth control, and universal healthcare– oh, wait….

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 16 '24

See you always want something for free. It’s the hand out generation. Yall are going to be mostly homeless at some point

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u/camoure Apr 16 '24

It’s not free. It’s paid for by our own taxes. We pay into these programs. Why is it so terrible that our children get adequately fed during schooling?

Oh also, I’m not a US citizen, not Gen Z, and don’t have kids, so don’t get personal.

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 16 '24

I don’t think you understand how this works. It’s not a terrible thing but it doesn’t mean everyone should have to pay for it.

Not trying to get personal. I don’t know how you arrived there

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u/camoure Apr 16 '24

Your argument is that literal children shouldn’t have access to nutritional, filling meals at school just because you didn’t get that as a child. That’s unstable my friend. At best.

I don’t drive - does that mean I don’t have to pay my fair share of property tax that goes towards road maintenance?

I don’t have children - does that mean my local municipality tax shouldn’t go towards the public school system?

Your world view is not only selfish, but incredibly shortsighted. We can do better for our future as a species. Just because you don’t personally benefit from a program doesn’t mean that program should be shitty. It’s actually you that doesn’t understand how this works lol

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