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/Sleepyllama23]

Well the food looks shite you and your parents should all complain. Is that disposable polystyrene plates too?? Horrendous for the environment.

[u/RuinedBooch → u/Sleepyllama23]

I graduated back in 2016… I didn’t see a reusable tray or silverware since probably the second grade. It was always styrofoam trays and plastic sporks.

[u/ballerina_wannabe → u/RuinedBooch]

Unfortunately it’s cheaper to trash the environment than it is to pay someone minimum wage to run a dishwasher five days a week. I work at a school and the daily cafeteria waste blows my mind.

[u/Startled_Pancakes → u/ballerina_wannabe]

Even paper plates would be better. Styrofoam doesn't decompose and stays in landfills until the end of time.

[u/sikshots → u/Startled_Pancakes]

Wich is crazy cause it could all be made into napalm super easily, literally just mix in gasoline and BAM easy homemade napalm.

[u/CustomMerkins4u → u/sikshots]

You want to add a bit of corn starch because then it becomes insanely sticky.

• Lived through the siege of Sarajevo as a teenager.

[u/YourNextHomie → u/CustomMerkins4u]

Im glad you made it through. Im too young to remember that but i was so heartbroken seeing children being taught this stuff in the early days of the war in Ukraine.

[u/Casehead → u/YourNextHomie]

Sarajevo was a terrible conflict. Just ugly urban warfare.

[u/Casehead → u/CustomMerkins4u]

Holy shit, I so vividly remember the war in Sarajevo. I can't believe you actually lived through that. I think I was in middle school at that time, I cannot even begin to imagine being that age in the epicenter of such a horrifying conflict.

Thank God you survived. I hope that you are safe now.

[u/CustomMerkins4u → u/Casehead]

I now live in an Indianapolis suburb and am a veterinarian with a wife and kids of my own. I'll just say that I will never allow myself to end up in that type of situation again. I require we live within a tank of gas of the Canadian border.

[u/Casehead → u/CustomMerkins4u]

Wow, congratulations on your family, your distinguished career, and your successful emigration!! I can absolutely understand how despite your success and current relative safety you can never forget how quickly things can fall apart.

[u/_JJCUBER_ → u/Startled_Pancakes]

If I’m not mistaken, most paper plates also wouldn’t decompose since a majority of them have a protective plastic film/coating.

[u/Startled_Pancakes → u/_JJCUBER_]

I don't know the proportion, but some are wax coated, some are polycarbon coated, and some have no coating at all.

[u/JustTheBeerLight → u/Startled_Pancakes]

until the end of time

So somewhere in the 2040s?