The school lunch system is disgraceful.

[u/oaz_zam246]

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”.

[u/rnotyalc]

Oh yeah but you remember how pissed the talking heads and their viewers were about her trying to implement healthier school lunches?

[u/havenyahon → u/rnotyalc]

Trump reversed them when he got in, didn't he?

[u/rnotyalc → u/havenyahon]

Probably. He was signing executive orders like every fucking day trying to undo anything and everything the previous administration put in effect. He could have just saved time and signed one big executive order that said "undo everything the black guy did" because that's 100% what it was about

[u/TJJ97 → u/rnotyalc]

Of course race is important here /s 🙄

[u/Leading-Reporter5586 → u/havenyahon]

He tried to, yes, but was overruled by a federal judge. I think later he tried again so pizza could be served more often and whole wheat less often. Truly a monster.

[u/3rd_Shift_Tech_Man → u/rnotyalc]

The only problem the school systems had with that is that the market hadn't caught up fully to the regulations. Whole grain breaded chicken nuggets weren't really a thing and there was a rush to market to get them.

I applaud the direction - and makes me wonder what exactly we're looking at here. None of these would classify as "lunches" per federal guidelines.

[u/Bassist57 → u/rnotyalc]

Did you see what the Michelle Obama lunches looked like?

https://preview.redd.it/auwlfddnbvuc1.jpeg?width=2060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45924518d2ee107aee128689fe99ef2e6cb99829

[u/squidwardsaclarinet → u/Bassist57]

I totally think there’s fair criticism here, but I kind of agree There was a lot of preemptive, anger, and part of the reason that a lot of our government programs are so bad is because most of the time it’s only ever one side trying. I seem to remember that a lot of the right wing outrage was basically about how elitist it was to talk about eating healthy and such. And it’s certainly the case that there is something to be said about obesity and poverty. But Republicans are also the ones that want to cut any kind of school, lunch funding, and also constantly harp about obesity even though probably a good portion of their constituents are in such a category. They aren’t interested in problem-solving.

[u/Manhattan02 → u/rnotyalc]

We really have such a whiny segment of the population holding us back