• FlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    22 hours ago

    Growing up poor, I still remember the days of eating canned meat sometimes because that was all we had

    That and offal

    Didn’t love it, but people gotta eat

    • Yeah I know, I just was lucky enough to not have that experience and so as an adult organ meat grosses me out. I’m not trying to make a judgment on people who like it though and especially not people who didn’t have other choices growing up

      I used to be a waaaaaaaaaaaaaay picky eater, like holy shit. One time my friend’s mom made me popcorn rice and i couldn’t eat it because it tasted weird, i wanted plain white rice

      I’m better now though and i’d smack child me if i could

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        21 hours ago

        Exactly

        I remember the year that all changed, my dad got a big promotion at the factory and my mom finished school and became a teacher

        Both in strong unions

        Went from eating rice and beans 5 days out of the week and maybe Chinese takeout once every month to eating fresh meat and veg on the regular

        Like, I want everyone to be able to eat decent and it breaks my heart knowing that my childhood diet of subsistence is far too common and for no reason other than some bourgeois fuck wants an ivory backscratcher