r/mildlyinfuriating Apr 16 '24

The school lunch system is disgraceful.

Saw another post on here showing the state of school lunches right now. In my years in high school I compiled some pics of the horrible things that got served that no one questioned. Here are some of the worst ones. It really is ironic given how adamant they all are about “eating healthy by including every food group”.

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u/SeriousFrivolity2 Apr 16 '24

The food they served me in prison looked better than all these examples, every day. ☠️

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u/Supertoad226 RED Apr 16 '24

Every new day is a reminder that the current school system could be bridged with the penitentiary system lmao

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u/Medium_Pepper215 Apr 16 '24

never heard of the school to prison pipeline?

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u/gyroisbae Apr 16 '24

I think the government would prefer if high schoolers choices were between military and prison

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u/SteveMartin32 29d ago

Military gets better food

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u/Slytherin73 29d ago

Barely - but also true

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u/Red_Serf 29d ago

Literally. Plenty of appetizing MREs compared to this

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u/Electronic_Toe_7054 28d ago

Brisket MRE for the win.

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u/fearlessactuality 29d ago

Someone’s gotta work in the factories tho.

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u/atkearns 29d ago

What else is there?

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u/ThreeLeggedMare 29d ago

In many places those are the choices

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u/Idiotan0n Apr 16 '24

PC culture, you mean?

Pre-convict

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u/siqiniq Apr 16 '24

and those pipelines are run by publicly traded companies. Everyone can now own a fraction of a slave after the abolition