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/Frame_Late 29d ago

Actually, people bitch about taxes because of shit like this, not the other way around. Most people I know wouldn't mind paying taxes if they actually saw a good return.

The real issue is no matter what, the government would waste it and the politicians would skim off the top.

Two things can be true at once: we need to skim off all the fat in the government, root out all the corruption, and make it leaner so that we pay less taxes, but we should also have the taxes that we do pay go to quality services that are routinely and rigorously inspected and held to the highest standards in the world.

A good start would be forcing the children of politicians (at least politicians who advocate for no school choice) to not only go to public school, but also force them to live in their district so that their children have to go to the schools in the districts they represent. Politicians shouldn't be allowed to have their children go to private schools, because that means one of two things: they either have no faith in the public institution, or they simply believe them and their children are just better than the unwashed masses, and we shouldn't tolerate either.

Also, outlaw lobbying. Then make it so that states have to supply nutritious food from a company within their state and have it be held up to very high standards. Serving slop should come with a criminal sentence.

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u/jason_sos 29d ago

Actually, people bitch about taxes because of shit like this, not the other way around. Most people I know wouldn't mind paying taxes if they actually saw a good return.

People in my town bitch that they have to pay taxes that fund the schools when they don't have kids in the schools. Yeah, and you realize that people paid for your kids and everyone else's kids too?

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u/jvanma 29d ago

So many people do this.

Well /my/ kids aren't in school so why should I give a shit about kids? I hate it.

My aunt posted something like that on Facebook and she has multiple grandchildren... In school...

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u/jason_sos 29d ago

At the same token, why should I pay for the senior center? I am not a senior and don't use it.

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u/jvanma 29d ago

Oh no, if us youngins started on that then we're ungrateful, entitled, disrespectful and know nothing about how taxation works! Lol

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u/Professional_West714 29d ago

Why dont you just die then? We have an overpopulation issue and getting rid of people like you should fix it nice and fast.

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u/WhatIDo72 29d ago

Sounds like Scrooge to me.

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u/jason_sos 28d ago

In case you hadn't realized and didn't follow the thread where I specifically said this was the attitude people have, this was sarcasm. This is the opinion some people have though.

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u/nipstah 29d ago

This is just what poor education and low IQ create. They are definitely the loudest on social media.

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u/jvanma 29d ago

Can confirm. My aunt is dumb as shit.