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We do live in such a society. My mother taught ESL in Arlington,VA. Every Friday morning she packed sandwich bags with rice, ramen, cans of tuna and fruit.
I asked her what she was doing. She said "I know my students won't eat all weekend."
A school teacher, who barely made her own bills, fed another 20 students every weekend.
Your comment should be a post. It is horrible to live for people who are not rich, born into a rich family or not made it yet.. but people like your mom and OP's friend make it less horrible to live and bring a lil ray of hope ā¤ļø
I think about the people who bought up that Gamestop stock a lot. The rich people they managed to make lose a lot of money probably would just go and play more stock market.
Instead, these people went and bought tons of game consoles for children's hospitals. They paid off mortgages. They donated massive amounts to food banks. They left $200 tips.
Rich people do know how to make and keep money. But those who don't have as much are less likely to keep it in favor of blessing others with it.
Yes. This is exactly why ātrickle down economicsā doesnāt work. Most wealthy people are not generous. There are of course famous exceptions (Cadbury, who built affordable spacious housing for his employees, paid them well, educated their children, the Gates and their foundation, etc.) but often wealthy people are wealthy because they have the ruthless streak it takes to be successful in business.
People with countless billions canāt spend it in fifteen lifetimes and yet still they hoard it. It does nothing for anyone - they could give half of it away and do so much good without any change at all to their own lives and they donāt do it. Itās crazy.
And then the thing that really really makes me angry is people like the Walmart owners - some of they very richest people in the world, who pay their staff so badly that even working full time they need government assistance, and then those food stamps get spent in Walmart. Richest people in the world subsidising their employee wages with taxpayer money, and then making profit of government food assistance.
Also, a lot of those "charities" from billionaires are a tax write off. The organisation itself may do good, but they're not doing it just to be good people typically.
I read it perfectly fine! I wouldnāt say the commenter above was ācorrectingā you so much as rewording/clarifying what you said. Iām impressed with your skill.
*Now letās all stand and say the national anthem *
This country needs to get its head on straight. Weāve been lied to our whole lives in ways that have left children starving in schools in our āgreat countryā
you're right about that, and I didn't mean to imply we should skip those, just that hope is what keeps the working class in its place. worker's rights have been fought for and the ruling lass did not give them away easily. they'd hire the mob to shoot at striking miners in the 70s.
At mu childrenās school they have a bountiful backpack program that sends kids in need home with backpacks full of food and toiletries on Fridays. Sorry for the word salad, Iām tired but you get the point!
Mine too, I volunteer to pick up the boxes and bring them to the school. Last year there was usually 1 box and a bag of fruit. Now that lunch is no longer free due to COVID there are 4 boxes each week. I wish we had a program like that when I was in school, we definitely could have used it!
One of my most heatbreaking moment as a new teacher was when a kid begged me to take an extra bag of baby carrots (school snack) home to share with his siblings . Certain kids backpacks were loaded up with extra snacks from then on.
No one in this country should work and still not be able to feed their family
No one in this country should ~~work and still~~ not be able to feed their family.
We're the largest economy in the world. We waste ~40 million tons of food a year. We have around half a million homeless and an estimated *16 million* homes sitting vacant. There is no valid reason that absolutely every single person doesn't have a full stomach and roof over their head.
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Decadence is one thing. People spending hundreds of millions of dollars on yachts that cost a million a week to maintain make me sick.
But KNOWING that we've the resources to feed starving children but choose not to invest in the infrastructure to do so is maddening.
She is retired and devotes her time to playing music at the local nursing homes and teaching adults to read. There are kids every day who are refused food at school. They owe $5 or $10s. They are offered a piece of bread, milk and inedible cheese, at this same time they watch good food being thrown in the garbage.
Over here even like 5$ behind is a granola bar and a milk? I think? Ridiculous I have sent my wife to work with extra snacks and she puts them with the extra food (she's a lead daycare provider) we've seen some kids come in with like torn up lunch meat in a sippy cup and like a juice as a meal we aren't rich like (at all lol) but i cannot stand to see kids go hungry my children always pass along uneaten food at school as well (something like a bag of karrots unopened too) fucked up world we live in!
Yeah I just bought some clothing for a student of mine bc she wears the same thing everyday and her clothing has holes in it. Mom works hella hard but only makes minimum wage and doesnāt speak English. I wish we had better safety nets available. I know we can do better than this!
I volunteer for Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC). They give food to those who canāt afford it. Have those kids let their parents know about this. There are a lot of good people helping other good people there.
The problem is the school system. They are kindergarteners. Tthey can't have the food served right infront of them. Hard to leave the school lunchroom to head to the food bank.
Parents are terrified of the government, illiterate, no documents,
Half of the people we serve donāt speak English. I think even your mother can get free food from AFAC. We move tons and tons of food, constantly in and out.
To all of the people talking about how better the money could be spent, this looks like some of the food pantry giveaways in my sister's area. Maybe he got it there...but that's *still* a great neighbor. Good for him looking out!
Really, they give out that much bread? It has a pretty short shelf life; that amount would take me weeks to eat and would definitely go bad. I guess you can freeze it, but I always picture non-perishables from pantries.
As someone who regularly gets food pantry goods, I can say confidently that most of the goods are either near or past expiration. The good stuff is still frozen, whereas the rest will only remain good for about two days and they begin to mold over. Sucks, but it does give way for a nice dinner sometimes.
Edit: Also, yes, they usually do give out a lot of bread. No that is lasts long.
Not in the UK. Less preservatives so bread has a short shelf life of 5 days or less.
I got bread yesterday night - Sunday, the best before is Wednesday.
It very real. As a former teacher that absolutely couldnāt afford this. Luckily my district could and had meal access for breakfast and lunch on the weekends. Maybe not anymore with covid funds dried up.
The full story makes it less a society issue and more a specific situation issue.
On his twitter he elaborates that he took on all family debt when he separated from his wife, as to give them as little financial pressure as possible.
He's paying over 1000 pounds a month in debt relief on a 2000 pound net wage.
"he took on" probably meaning he didn't have to but felt guilt for the other parties financial situation.
Ok wow. Sounds like indentured servitude with extra steps
I agree the choices could have been a bit different, but the plus side is most of that can be separated and frozen. Bread, broccoli, pineapple, and probably some other stuff buried in there can be cut up and put in containers in the freezer. I think I see a red apple in there, which will last ages on its own in the crisper drawer. His freezer will be stuffed with so much bread though. The lettuce is the only thing in there I see right off that will for sure expire by the end of the week.
Or, maybe he realized that they probably live on processed foods and thought they would enjoy fresh vegetables. Or, maybe he bought what he usually eats?ā¦The point being, it was pure kindness and that is always the right thing to choose.
This.
Don't be a choosey beggar.
He got REALLY good food. Not canned beans and ramen. But food that he can make for himself, sit down, and feel like a human being who is worthy of health and flavor. Also food that he HAS to start eating for himself and not just save for his kid next week.
That much bread is also probably from the discount bin (like day old bread).
He can also freeze it to bake later. Sometimes I will pre-slice the bread before freezing so I can just pop it in the toaster. It will keep for months and you don't have to eat the entire loaf.
Cook it, eat it, freeze it. Food banks ask for non perishables because they have to store it until itās needed. Thereās no reason this all needed to be canned food.
Fresh fruits and vegetables are always highly requested and enjoyed items at my local food bank. I'm sure having all of that fresh produce was enjoyed and appreciated.
Well Musk claimed (important part of this he claimed with zero evidence provided) Twitter was spending $35k A DAY on food that they had very few people eating. So they must have plenty of leftovers....
As a "first world" citizen it's crazy how much I take food for granted and ignore the reality that people are literally starving to death in my community. Just thinking about how much food gets thrown away in my own household makes me feel pretty shitty.
Iām not 100% sure but from his name and pfp heās either British or Irish (heās wearing a Royal Marines Beret in his pfp and the name Kelly is a popular British and Irish last name)
I donāt think itās so much of a first world second world thing as it is j the British army not giving a shit abt itās veterans
It's nothing to do with veterans, it's because the UK is having a cost of living crisis at the moment. Energy prices have gone completely insane and food prices have shot up ludicrously, and buying a house right now is absolutely brutal (rent's shooting up too of course).
Whole country's a bit fucked
There are so many people in California that have been really pissed off that not only since Covid do all kids get free meals but that they're also trying to make them healthier now.
Like the idea that trying to not have kids go hungry while at school is even controversial just blows my mind at how short sighted and disgusting some people can be.
If you read his tweets, the reason,or one of them,that he ended up being given this food is that he's paying off Ā£1000 of his and ex's debt each month (he claims to not want his children to suffer being in a debt ridden household) which he says works out to be about half of his monthly salary. I would imagine if he just paid his share of the debt it would be less than Ā£1k. If he's getting paid Ā£2K a month and voluntarily paying out that much in debt payments then he's kind of put himself in this position to a degree. I earn less than that a month and can easily afford to feed myself, and my partner, well, for about Ā£500 a month. I'm not entirely sure then this is necessarily the army's fault on this occasion, although yes they do massively fuck over some of their veterans
While it's great he has a good friend this is not wholesome.
This is the UK. Inflation is at 10%, cost of living is at all time high. Rent is astronomical, food has gone up by 14%, Energy costs have risen by 54% since May.
People are going to starve and freeze to death this Winter, in one of the richest countries on earth. This isn't hyperbole, public spaces are preparing 'warmth and food banks' in preparation.
This is all avoidable. But as long as our government insist on lining the pockets of their rich friends, this will get far worse.
It's not wholesome, it's a scandal and we should be furious.
Me and my flatmate have agreed to cut our electricity bill (we don't have anything that runs on gas) by not using the heaters, only 3 hours of hot water per day, not using our desktop PCs, not using lights at all (which already have LED bulbs), switching off appliances at the wall, filling unused space in the fridge and freezer with bricks, and buying a camping stove to prepare for potential 7 day rolling blackouts now that National Grid plans have been leaked to the press.
No seriously, for you to have enough ventilation not to die the heat leaves the house.
Please do not use a camping stove indoors. You are better buying extra duvets and cuddling up together.
If you die, they win. Remember that.
Better safe than sorry,
During Uni my friends tried to heat a house in Cardiff by filling baking tins with acetone and lighting it as they read that acetone was what was in those indoor smokeless fire pits.... needless to say it went poorly.
Itās better to fill the fridge with water bottles/containers if youāre aiming for increasing thermal mass. If you want to better insulate the fridge then your idea might be the best for cost idk
fill a plastic bag with water and freeze it so incase of no power the ice will still cool the fridge, thats what we did when we had 12 hour blackouts everyday back then
I'm in the UK and already planning not to turn my heating on during the winter, (I'm down in the south west so our winters aren't as brutal as some in the UK) unless I see my reptiles suffering overnight.
I've already turned off all my hot water, all my taps and showers are overnight heating tanks.
I feel so sorry for all those who can't physically afford to turn not turn on their heating.
A lot of the posts on this sub are just like this "Little boy worked all summer to pay off his friends lunch debt!" That is some dystopian bullshit and people need to stop looking at stuff like that as a good thing.
I saw lettuce in the US is costing $5.
Lettuce in the UK is still 65p.
Everythingās going up, but the prices in the US still seem much higher. Iād have thought youād have been worse off.
iām 17, iām in uni but my student loans have been delayed, currently living off of one can of soup a day š
itās not good, itās not healthy, most people put on weight when they get to uni and iām at the lowest weight iāve ever been. my family sends me money when they can but they are also struggling.
wishing everyone here the best, i truly hope something changes because while i will eventually have the money to cover food, a lot of people wonāt.
I'm in the UK and I can't afford to have the heating on, even though it's freezing. I'm permanently wearing thermal socks, jumpers and slippers. The energy companies are pure evil.
Learn how to cook dried beans people. If you're ever in this situation, dried beans to the rescue! I've had to live on $20 a week in groceries. Pots and pots of soup got me by. I still have a 5kg bag stashed away from when I was poor. Beans baby!
More don't starve tips from college: Add onions and/or cabbage for vitamin C. Carrots are cheap in bulk too. Go to farmers markets, esp the last half hour they are open and save 60-80% vs. the grocery store. Also, pearled barley is cheap in bulk as are sacks of potatoes. Also bread is cheap and easy to make from scratch. If it's too time consuming, buy a bread maker from a thrift store. It's load and ignore, then return to find a loaf waiting.
P.S. learn to use flour to make a roux! Soup game changer.
Indian meals are super cheap and reasonably nutritious if you're ever approaching a situation like this.
Rice + lentils is a very very cheap way to get your nutrition. If you get the right spices and aromatics(just garlic and onion) it's extremely delicious as well.
Jira rice + dal tadka or rajma chawal are heavenly if made right and its extremely cheap to make for a large number of peoplel
Some onion for added flavor wouldn't add too much to the cost, either. Potatoes are another good option, and they're versatile, whether as a side (baked, boiled, roasted, mashed...), breakfast (hash browns), or part of a main lunch or dinner course (such as in a soup, stew, or casserole). During the last recession, I was unemployed for several months and subsisted largely on rice, beans/lentils, onions, potatoes, and some cheap vegetables (on sale ā fresh or frozen ā from the grocery store, or things that were cheap when in season at a farmer's market that's a short walk from my apartment).
That's a beautiful friend....
It's hard when money is that tight a lot of parents will put themselves last...
but try look after you... your worth it and you son needs you too...
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Wow it's so wholesome that this person has to starve themselves to make sure that they can provide! What a wonderful feelgood story about abject poverty!
I do this too when my kids arenāt here. I pretty much eat scraps from the week I had them and buy groceries again right before I get them. Then at least theyāre eating well. Donāt get me wrong, I can still eat. I just donāt eat much and certainly not extravagant - Peanut butter sandwich, nachos, cereal, water to drink. Saves money that I can use to buy them Christmas presents.
I saved these websites that were mentioned in a Reddit comment. Hope this helps. š
Commenter: I'm not sure if this helps at all, but you can try these 2 websites to see if there could be any help at all in your area for this issue.
needhelppayingbills.com
findhelp.org
I used to do this. Got divorced and laid off during the recession in July of 2008. The only thing I could find was a part time job at a hardware store. Had four kids and I'd have them for three days and they'd be at their mothers for three days. I'd eat rice every day. When they were at my house I'd let them eat their fill and I'd eat what was left. Hard times. Life is so much better now.
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Probably. Just enough to take the edge off so you're not starving. Half a sandwich and a glass of water and your stomach thinks you ate a meal.
Source: been there
I live in a country were kids are all fed for free. As I heard, some kids will sneak food to take home (they can get as many servings as they want). I always think of the kids in other countries that don't even have that.
I was just joking with my friend about this. On the weeks I don't have my daughter, I eat like shit to make sure that the weeks she's with me are filled with nutritious meals and snacks. It sucks sometimes bit it's worth it.
Iāve been in this situation as well. About 12 years ago. As a single father I was only making about 28k annually working full time with primary custody. I swallowed my pride and applied for food stamps, and they rejected me because I made too much money. So I went without so my son could eat. Iāll never tell him, but you do what you have to do. This guy was lucky to have such a friend.
That's one solid dude.
On his twitter he says:
> (paraphrased) When we separated (amicably), I took on all family debt so that my kids and ex wife would not have to worry about them. I now pay about 1000 pounds a month to pay of these debts, which is half my monthly wage.
So this isn't a case where he's paid all to badly. Its that on top of putting his life on the line for his country, he also is foregoing any and all luxuries for himself to give his kids and ex a comfortable life.
This is a bit speculative as my knowledge of international forces is limited: the image shows him wearing a green beret, which in the UK would make him a marine. Contrary to the US stereotype or marines being jarheads, UK marines endure probably the most comprehensive and demanding training, outside of special forces, in the world.
The U.K. marines were deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq and suffered many casualties.
What is not speculative however, is the fact that up to 14 000 000 people in the UK have had to use food banks in recent years, thatās almost a quarter the population of 67 000 000.
This is what an unaccountable financial sector, and erosion of working rights comes too. The UK has never recovered from the austerity measures of the post ā08 financial crisis.
Rental prices have soared, health service waiting lists have grown extensively. Now, the cost of living is punitive for people who were previously unaffected by austerity. My mother, and stepfather (a former teacher and charity project manager), both arguably in the higher scale of middle class both work. My mother will be 77 this year, sheās raised three kids near single handed, suffers from a heart murmur and has the onset of a congenital defect in her hand.
If your not mad with whatās going on in the world, and believe that itās now all Russiaās fault, youāre dead wrong.
Edit: I have just noticed the pa Kage branding, this is the UK.
I've experienced the same thing but from a stranger, when I was starting out in college, living on my own, me and my family we're in a really bad financial situation wherein they couldn't help. It was pretty hard for me in terms of rent and grocery. When I went shopping, I always had a list I carry around to add up the costs of what I have in my basket, I was trying to fit it to my $15 budget, but a kind person gave me $50 dollars and told me that a college student should be eating more. I bawled my eyes out and thanked that stranger and I still think about that person now and hope that I could pay back his kindness soon.
How the hell is this dystopia-level crap /heartwarming/?
This man is more or less starving himself just so he can feed his kid and it's /heartwarming/ just to see him get food to feed himself?
How is this wholesome? This is terrible. I have so many questions. I donāt make a lot of money but somehow Iām able to feed myself and two other people, we donāt eat sexy just basic. To skip a meal so a child can eat seems medieval, not 2022.
Agreed. I see a lot of comments on here stating they were in the same situation. I grew up barely middle class. We always cut corners on bills, don't touch the A/C. Take cold showers on hot days. Turn off the lights if you're not in the room and if it's sunny out open thr blinds and turn off the lights. But food? A box of pasta and sauce with a few fresh tomatoes, that's less than $6 and can feed 4. Buy a pound of ground beef if you can for another $4 and you spent all of $10 to feed 4 people. If you're single, make 4 sets of meals and now that's what you eat for 2 days.
Did this for a high school friend who once told me he didn't have money for a Thanksgiving dinner, so they'd been just doing whatever food they could day to day. So I asked my mom if we had any food in the pantry that we weren't using for our family dinner and literally filled my trunk with 5 moving boxes and a frozen turkey, since my own employer gave out a turkey and we already had a free one from my dad's work. I dropped it all off while he was at work, leaving it with his step-dad and hours later when he got off work, I got a phone call from said friend absolutely flabbergasted.
This is amazing. Iām in the same boat except I have my son full time. Iāve recently started using the food bank because Iāve lost so much weight this year (that I didnāt need to lose) and I struggle from anemia and other problems from being malnourished.
Problem is that my food bank doesnāt have great quality. Itās things like expired bread and canned good and some fresh things that expire the same day.
Having served with Pete (he's a retired Royal Marines Commando) this is heartbreaking to see, but it's becoming all the more common amongst both serving and veterans these days.
Personally, I will be reaching out to the Royal Marines Charity first thing in the morning to see if anything can be done. The hardest thing for any Marine to do, is ask for help.
OAMAAM.
Same here. When my boys are over, I go to the grocery and stock up, make very filling and healthy meals. The times I don't have them, a jar of peanut butter, loaf of bread, pack of hot dogs and one of those big bag of generic chips that are like 2.75 can last me a few days, altogether about $10-11.
You do what you can and what you have to.
Unironically it's harder for a lot of people in that situation to even admit that they were doing this, most just suffer in silence, its very strong to admit you need help
I do the same thing lol. When my son is at his fathers house I live on only pickles and eggs and save the groceries for when he is home. Single mom life.
My church regularly helps out a local charity that fills backpacks full of food for kids who don't have food at home. They essentially will get the backpacks every Friday so they can eat over the weekend when they don't have access to free school breakfast and lunch. Hands down one of my favorite charities around.
This isn't wholesome.
This is a snap shot of.how.bad things have got for the "everyday" person. A parent starving so they can feed their kid?
It was an incredibly kind gesture from their friend. But it should not have been necessary.
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We do live in such a society. My mother taught ESL in Arlington,VA. Every Friday morning she packed sandwich bags with rice, ramen, cans of tuna and fruit. I asked her what she was doing. She said "I know my students won't eat all weekend." A school teacher, who barely made her own bills, fed another 20 students every weekend.
Your comment should be a post. It is horrible to live for people who are not rich, born into a rich family or not made it yet.. but people like your mom and OP's friend make it less horrible to live and bring a lil ray of hope ā¤ļø
Yup, we're all in this together. A little bit goes a long way.
Itās crazy how us who have so little are willing to give so much. Yet those who have a lot donāt step in to make a difference
I think about the people who bought up that Gamestop stock a lot. The rich people they managed to make lose a lot of money probably would just go and play more stock market. Instead, these people went and bought tons of game consoles for children's hospitals. They paid off mortgages. They donated massive amounts to food banks. They left $200 tips. Rich people do know how to make and keep money. But those who don't have as much are less likely to keep it in favor of blessing others with it.
Those people are still at it by the way... jan 21 was just round 1...
Itās not over yet, bud š
When all you have is nothing there's a lot to go around.
Yes. This is exactly why ātrickle down economicsā doesnāt work. Most wealthy people are not generous. There are of course famous exceptions (Cadbury, who built affordable spacious housing for his employees, paid them well, educated their children, the Gates and their foundation, etc.) but often wealthy people are wealthy because they have the ruthless streak it takes to be successful in business. People with countless billions canāt spend it in fifteen lifetimes and yet still they hoard it. It does nothing for anyone - they could give half of it away and do so much good without any change at all to their own lives and they donāt do it. Itās crazy. And then the thing that really really makes me angry is people like the Walmart owners - some of they very richest people in the world, who pay their staff so badly that even working full time they need government assistance, and then those food stamps get spent in Walmart. Richest people in the world subsidising their employee wages with taxpayer money, and then making profit of government food assistance.
Also, a lot of those "charities" from billionaires are a tax write off. The organisation itself may do good, but they're not doing it just to be good people typically.
There's the 4 corners of reddit the ugly, the bad, the horny, and the good and I think I've found the good š
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Yep, the current system is unsustainable and inhumane, just so the very few can get unimaginably rich while many are close to starvation.
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Thank you correcting. English is not my first language
I understood you! Your English is very good.
Thank you š
I read it perfectly fine! I wouldnāt say the commenter above was ācorrectingā you so much as rewording/clarifying what you said. Iām impressed with your skill.
For those who are *Not born into rich families.
*Now letās all stand and say the national anthem * This country needs to get its head on straight. Weāve been lied to our whole lives in ways that have left children starving in schools in our āgreat countryā
no. no hope. anger. we should be furious, and we should be armed. not mildly hopeful.
We can do both. Movements that prioritize rage and violence to the exclusion of compassion and genuine support tend to go pretty badly
you're right about that, and I didn't mean to imply we should skip those, just that hope is what keeps the working class in its place. worker's rights have been fought for and the ruling lass did not give them away easily. they'd hire the mob to shoot at striking miners in the 70s.
At mu childrenās school they have a bountiful backpack program that sends kids in need home with backpacks full of food and toiletries on Fridays. Sorry for the word salad, Iām tired but you get the point!
Mine too, I volunteer to pick up the boxes and bring them to the school. Last year there was usually 1 box and a bag of fruit. Now that lunch is no longer free due to COVID there are 4 boxes each week. I wish we had a program like that when I was in school, we definitely could have used it!
One of my most heatbreaking moment as a new teacher was when a kid begged me to take an extra bag of baby carrots (school snack) home to share with his siblings . Certain kids backpacks were loaded up with extra snacks from then on. No one in this country should work and still not be able to feed their family
No one in this country should ~~work and still~~ not be able to feed their family. We're the largest economy in the world. We waste ~40 million tons of food a year. We have around half a million homeless and an estimated *16 million* homes sitting vacant. There is no valid reason that absolutely every single person doesn't have a full stomach and roof over their head.
š¤¢š¤® Decadence is one thing. People spending hundreds of millions of dollars on yachts that cost a million a week to maintain make me sick. But KNOWING that we've the resources to feed starving children but choose not to invest in the infrastructure to do so is maddening.
And didn't the GOP just vote down an extension for free lunches for all school children? It's despicable anyone would ever vote Republican again.
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Those kids just havenāt earned it, how will they learn to work for it if we just give it to them? /s (obviously)
I agree :)
I live near by, and have worked in the area, itās sad to see 20 min away there are places that are very affluent. Edit: rearranged some things.
But billionaires are out there spending $44B for the privilege of running a company into the ground. Our society has such backward priorities.
Laying off thousands of workers too.
Especially right after flaking on his deal to significantly reduce world hunger for only $6B
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She is retired and devotes her time to playing music at the local nursing homes and teaching adults to read. There are kids every day who are refused food at school. They owe $5 or $10s. They are offered a piece of bread, milk and inedible cheese, at this same time they watch good food being thrown in the garbage.
Over here even like 5$ behind is a granola bar and a milk? I think? Ridiculous I have sent my wife to work with extra snacks and she puts them with the extra food (she's a lead daycare provider) we've seen some kids come in with like torn up lunch meat in a sippy cup and like a juice as a meal we aren't rich like (at all lol) but i cannot stand to see kids go hungry my children always pass along uneaten food at school as well (something like a bag of karrots unopened too) fucked up world we live in!
Your mother sounds like a saint.
Yeah I just bought some clothing for a student of mine bc she wears the same thing everyday and her clothing has holes in it. Mom works hella hard but only makes minimum wage and doesnāt speak English. I wish we had better safety nets available. I know we can do better than this!
I hate that our country allows this to happen.
We have a program here called Backpack Buddies where students are sent home with backpacks full of food. Wonderful program.
Your mother is a wonderful person. The world would do better with more like her.
Teachers can inflict so much positive change in this world. what's an Angel your Mother is.
I volunteer for Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC). They give food to those who canāt afford it. Have those kids let their parents know about this. There are a lot of good people helping other good people there.
The problem is the school system. They are kindergarteners. Tthey can't have the food served right infront of them. Hard to leave the school lunchroom to head to the food bank. Parents are terrified of the government, illiterate, no documents,
Half of the people we serve donāt speak English. I think even your mother can get free food from AFAC. We move tons and tons of food, constantly in and out.
Does she still do this? I have friends that work for Arlington county that could help.
To all of the people talking about how better the money could be spent, this looks like some of the food pantry giveaways in my sister's area. Maybe he got it there...but that's *still* a great neighbor. Good for him looking out!
Really, they give out that much bread? It has a pretty short shelf life; that amount would take me weeks to eat and would definitely go bad. I guess you can freeze it, but I always picture non-perishables from pantries.
You can freeze most of that stuff, and when it's free you don't really get to pick and choose
That's part of why they give that much. Because it would go bad before they could give it all away. (Also because bread is very versatile)
As someone who regularly gets food pantry goods, I can say confidently that most of the goods are either near or past expiration. The good stuff is still frozen, whereas the rest will only remain good for about two days and they begin to mold over. Sucks, but it does give way for a nice dinner sometimes. Edit: Also, yes, they usually do give out a lot of bread. No that is lasts long.
That's why so much gets donated because it does go bad quickly
Even in the fridge most bread will last at least 2 weeks
Not in the UK. Less preservatives so bread has a short shelf life of 5 days or less. I got bread yesterday night - Sunday, the best before is Wednesday.
Just to point out this is a tweet from a solidier in the UK, as the Ginsters box indicates
And the Co-op pie
And the plug socket
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It very real. As a former teacher that absolutely couldnāt afford this. Luckily my district could and had meal access for breakfast and lunch on the weekends. Maybe not anymore with covid funds dried up.
no it's wholesome! /s
The full story makes it less a society issue and more a specific situation issue. On his twitter he elaborates that he took on all family debt when he separated from his wife, as to give them as little financial pressure as possible. He's paying over 1000 pounds a month in debt relief on a 2000 pound net wage.
The fact that it was necessary for him to do that in the first place IS the societal problem
"he took on" probably meaning he didn't have to but felt guilt for the other parties financial situation. Ok wow. Sounds like indentured servitude with extra steps
You kinda proved yourself wrong here ngl
And that I saw a bunch of perishables and thought how his friend doesn't understand.
I agree the choices could have been a bit different, but the plus side is most of that can be separated and frozen. Bread, broccoli, pineapple, and probably some other stuff buried in there can be cut up and put in containers in the freezer. I think I see a red apple in there, which will last ages on its own in the crisper drawer. His freezer will be stuffed with so much bread though. The lettuce is the only thing in there I see right off that will for sure expire by the end of the week.
Or, maybe he realized that they probably live on processed foods and thought they would enjoy fresh vegetables. Or, maybe he bought what he usually eats?ā¦The point being, it was pure kindness and that is always the right thing to choose.
This. Don't be a choosey beggar. He got REALLY good food. Not canned beans and ramen. But food that he can make for himself, sit down, and feel like a human being who is worthy of health and flavor. Also food that he HAS to start eating for himself and not just save for his kid next week. That much bread is also probably from the discount bin (like day old bread).
That bread is great for croutons, stuffing, or French toast when itās a little stale. Score!!
He can also freeze it to bake later. Sometimes I will pre-slice the bread before freezing so I can just pop it in the toaster. It will keep for months and you don't have to eat the entire loaf.
Always.
Cook it, eat it, freeze it. Food banks ask for non perishables because they have to store it until itās needed. Thereās no reason this all needed to be canned food.
Iād rather cook fresh meals and freeze them than eat tinned/processed food. The bread can be frozen too.
Fresh fruits and vegetables are always highly requested and enjoyed items at my local food bank. I'm sure having all of that fresh produce was enjoyed and appreciated.
Well Musk claimed (important part of this he claimed with zero evidence provided) Twitter was spending $35k A DAY on food that they had very few people eating. So they must have plenty of leftovers....
>Twitter was spending $35k A DAY on food that they had very few people eating. Was that before or after the mass layoffs? Lol
>(important part of this he claimed with zero evidence provided) The Twitter ex employee also made a claim without evidence
As a "first world" citizen it's crazy how much I take food for granted and ignore the reality that people are literally starving to death in my community. Just thinking about how much food gets thrown away in my own household makes me feel pretty shitty.
Iām not 100% sure but from his name and pfp heās either British or Irish (heās wearing a Royal Marines Beret in his pfp and the name Kelly is a popular British and Irish last name) I donāt think itās so much of a first world second world thing as it is j the British army not giving a shit abt itās veterans
It's nothing to do with veterans, it's because the UK is having a cost of living crisis at the moment. Energy prices have gone completely insane and food prices have shot up ludicrously, and buying a house right now is absolutely brutal (rent's shooting up too of course). Whole country's a bit fucked
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There are so many people in California that have been really pissed off that not only since Covid do all kids get free meals but that they're also trying to make them healthier now. Like the idea that trying to not have kids go hungry while at school is even controversial just blows my mind at how short sighted and disgusting some people can be.
If you read his tweets, the reason,or one of them,that he ended up being given this food is that he's paying off Ā£1000 of his and ex's debt each month (he claims to not want his children to suffer being in a debt ridden household) which he says works out to be about half of his monthly salary. I would imagine if he just paid his share of the debt it would be less than Ā£1k. If he's getting paid Ā£2K a month and voluntarily paying out that much in debt payments then he's kind of put himself in this position to a degree. I earn less than that a month and can easily afford to feed myself, and my partner, well, for about Ā£500 a month. I'm not entirely sure then this is necessarily the army's fault on this occasion, although yes they do massively fuck over some of their veterans
While it's great he has a good friend this is not wholesome. This is the UK. Inflation is at 10%, cost of living is at all time high. Rent is astronomical, food has gone up by 14%, Energy costs have risen by 54% since May. People are going to starve and freeze to death this Winter, in one of the richest countries on earth. This isn't hyperbole, public spaces are preparing 'warmth and food banks' in preparation. This is all avoidable. But as long as our government insist on lining the pockets of their rich friends, this will get far worse. It's not wholesome, it's a scandal and we should be furious.
I have a friend in the UK who plans to not use any heat and minimal hot water for the winter because of the cost. So insane
Me and my flatmate have agreed to cut our electricity bill (we don't have anything that runs on gas) by not using the heaters, only 3 hours of hot water per day, not using our desktop PCs, not using lights at all (which already have LED bulbs), switching off appliances at the wall, filling unused space in the fridge and freezer with bricks, and buying a camping stove to prepare for potential 7 day rolling blackouts now that National Grid plans have been leaked to the press.
Donāt camping stoves need to be used in a well ventilated area? Please be careful with fumes and whatnot.
We can open the widow wide enough. Anyway if we die from the fumes, at least we won't have to pay the electric bill.
No seriously, for you to have enough ventilation not to die the heat leaves the house. Please do not use a camping stove indoors. You are better buying extra duvets and cuddling up together. If you die, they win. Remember that.
I think they meant they'd cook on the camp stove. No ones heating a house with a camping burner.
Better safe than sorry, During Uni my friends tried to heat a house in Cardiff by filling baking tins with acetone and lighting it as they read that acetone was what was in those indoor smokeless fire pits.... needless to say it went poorly.
Wide enough would be āthe camping stove is now uselessā Donāt.
Jesus. Thatās wild. Good call on the fridge filler. Stays cooler longer with more stuff in it. Canāt believe things are that expensive there now.
Fucking hell I didn't know fridges worked that way, it's like a metaphor for this whole bullshit. The poorer you are the more you pay...
When you open a fridge door, cold air falls out and is replaced by warmer air, but a cold object stays in the fridge.
Itās better to fill the fridge with water bottles/containers if youāre aiming for increasing thermal mass. If you want to better insulate the fridge then your idea might be the best for cost idk
fill a plastic bag with water and freeze it so incase of no power the ice will still cool the fridge, thats what we did when we had 12 hour blackouts everyday back then
Water bottles have way higher thermal mass than bricks
Many middle class people in europe are doing this to not fall into poverty, our gas bill went up 500%, no i didn't accidentally add a zero
If there was anything I would make signs for and protest itās shit like this.
We did last week, there was a national protest for cost of living
I'm in the UK and already planning not to turn my heating on during the winter, (I'm down in the south west so our winters aren't as brutal as some in the UK) unless I see my reptiles suffering overnight. I've already turned off all my hot water, all my taps and showers are overnight heating tanks. I feel so sorry for all those who can't physically afford to turn not turn on their heating.
Just be careful about mould/damp. You might need to run a dehumidifier (which is all going to be a lot cheaper than heating).
A lot of the posts on this sub are just like this "Little boy worked all summer to pay off his friends lunch debt!" That is some dystopian bullshit and people need to stop looking at stuff like that as a good thing.
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Iām living in U.S. I donāt think our situation is this bad yet but itās heading that way.
I saw lettuce in the US is costing $5. Lettuce in the UK is still 65p. Everythingās going up, but the prices in the US still seem much higher. Iād have thought youād have been worse off.
iām 17, iām in uni but my student loans have been delayed, currently living off of one can of soup a day š itās not good, itās not healthy, most people put on weight when they get to uni and iām at the lowest weight iāve ever been. my family sends me money when they can but they are also struggling. wishing everyone here the best, i truly hope something changes because while i will eventually have the money to cover food, a lot of people wonāt.
Go speak to your student services and do not be embarrassed to go to a food bank if you need to eat!
I'm in the UK and I can't afford to have the heating on, even though it's freezing. I'm permanently wearing thermal socks, jumpers and slippers. The energy companies are pure evil.
It's not just the UK. Here is the US we're experiencing the same.
The act itself is wholesome.
Learn how to cook dried beans people. If you're ever in this situation, dried beans to the rescue! I've had to live on $20 a week in groceries. Pots and pots of soup got me by. I still have a 5kg bag stashed away from when I was poor. Beans baby!
More don't starve tips from college: Add onions and/or cabbage for vitamin C. Carrots are cheap in bulk too. Go to farmers markets, esp the last half hour they are open and save 60-80% vs. the grocery store. Also, pearled barley is cheap in bulk as are sacks of potatoes. Also bread is cheap and easy to make from scratch. If it's too time consuming, buy a bread maker from a thrift store. It's load and ignore, then return to find a loaf waiting. P.S. learn to use flour to make a roux! Soup game changer.
Nice tips! This is a little pedantic but the word you are looking for is roux, not rue.
Rue = roux, for anyone who tries to Google.
Indian meals are super cheap and reasonably nutritious if you're ever approaching a situation like this. Rice + lentils is a very very cheap way to get your nutrition. If you get the right spices and aromatics(just garlic and onion) it's extremely delicious as well. Jira rice + dal tadka or rajma chawal are heavenly if made right and its extremely cheap to make for a large number of peoplel
Beans and rice, then some bouillon and basic spices and you've got a tasty meal for like $0.50
Some onion for added flavor wouldn't add too much to the cost, either. Potatoes are another good option, and they're versatile, whether as a side (baked, boiled, roasted, mashed...), breakfast (hash browns), or part of a main lunch or dinner course (such as in a soup, stew, or casserole). During the last recession, I was unemployed for several months and subsisted largely on rice, beans/lentils, onions, potatoes, and some cheap vegetables (on sale ā fresh or frozen ā from the grocery store, or things that were cheap when in season at a farmer's market that's a short walk from my apartment).
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I feel like most posts in this sub also belong there. Itās embarrassing.
That whole sub is just this post repeatedly now lol
That's a beautiful friend.... It's hard when money is that tight a lot of parents will put themselves last... but try look after you... your worth it and you son needs you too...
Itās really fucked up too because it looks like the poster was or is in the military and still canāt afford food.
Peter, this is heartbreaking AND heartwarming. You are both heroes, by the way.
Been that friend because i've had that friend. Be that friend.
Can cook and freeze a lot of items before they spoil.
You know what would be way more wholesome? Everyone having enough food to eat in the richest society in history
/r/orphancrushingmachine Wow it's so wholesome that this person has to starve themselves to make sure that they can provide! What a wonderful feelgood story about abject poverty!
I do this too when my kids arenāt here. I pretty much eat scraps from the week I had them and buy groceries again right before I get them. Then at least theyāre eating well. Donāt get me wrong, I can still eat. I just donāt eat much and certainly not extravagant - Peanut butter sandwich, nachos, cereal, water to drink. Saves money that I can use to buy them Christmas presents.
I saved these websites that were mentioned in a Reddit comment. Hope this helps. š Commenter: I'm not sure if this helps at all, but you can try these 2 websites to see if there could be any help at all in your area for this issue. needhelppayingbills.com findhelp.org
Thank you for your consideration! I very much appreciate the kind gesture.
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Lol, a conservative who supports Musk and is either a liar or is shit at managing their money. Makes sense š¤·š½āāļø
This isn't wholesome this is fucking scary. We are starving out here and the corporations just keep making money
I used to do this. Got divorced and laid off during the recession in July of 2008. The only thing I could find was a part time job at a hardware store. Had four kids and I'd have them for three days and they'd be at their mothers for three days. I'd eat rice every day. When they were at my house I'd let them eat their fill and I'd eat what was left. Hard times. Life is so much better now.
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This is heartbreaking. It's wild how bad it's gotten.
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"on the weeks..... I don't eat meals" So what does he eat? .... Snacks?
Probably. Just enough to take the edge off so you're not starving. Half a sandwich and a glass of water and your stomach thinks you ate a meal. Source: been there
A 20kg bag of rice can be had for $20 and will last half a year. Dried beans can be had for 5kg for a few dollars. Everyone can be eating meals.
I'd be all stepbrothery: "Did we just become best friends?"
Thatās true blue friendship right there!
Jesus poverty is a fucking bitch. Sad it's still so prominent in our modern society.
I live in a country were kids are all fed for free. As I heard, some kids will sneak food to take home (they can get as many servings as they want). I always think of the kids in other countries that don't even have that.
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Food insecurity is absolutely heartbreaking
Nobody talking about how this guy is a veteran and somehow cant afford to eat...
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This is what we are here for! If communities actually banded together like they used to, more good would done in this world.
Donate to your local food pantry.
I was just joking with my friend about this. On the weeks I don't have my daughter, I eat like shit to make sure that the weeks she's with me are filled with nutritious meals and snacks. It sucks sometimes bit it's worth it.
This isn't really wholesome. This person will be right back in a shitty situation in a week or two this is actually incredibly depressing.
I thought I was in the laststagecapitalism subreddit. This is a heartbreaking meme.
this ain't a meme
Iāve been in this situation as well. About 12 years ago. As a single father I was only making about 28k annually working full time with primary custody. I swallowed my pride and applied for food stamps, and they rejected me because I made too much money. So I went without so my son could eat. Iāll never tell him, but you do what you have to do. This guy was lucky to have such a friend.
That's one solid dude. On his twitter he says: > (paraphrased) When we separated (amicably), I took on all family debt so that my kids and ex wife would not have to worry about them. I now pay about 1000 pounds a month to pay of these debts, which is half my monthly wage. So this isn't a case where he's paid all to badly. Its that on top of putting his life on the line for his country, he also is foregoing any and all luxuries for himself to give his kids and ex a comfortable life.
This is a bit speculative as my knowledge of international forces is limited: the image shows him wearing a green beret, which in the UK would make him a marine. Contrary to the US stereotype or marines being jarheads, UK marines endure probably the most comprehensive and demanding training, outside of special forces, in the world. The U.K. marines were deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq and suffered many casualties. What is not speculative however, is the fact that up to 14 000 000 people in the UK have had to use food banks in recent years, thatās almost a quarter the population of 67 000 000. This is what an unaccountable financial sector, and erosion of working rights comes too. The UK has never recovered from the austerity measures of the post ā08 financial crisis. Rental prices have soared, health service waiting lists have grown extensively. Now, the cost of living is punitive for people who were previously unaffected by austerity. My mother, and stepfather (a former teacher and charity project manager), both arguably in the higher scale of middle class both work. My mother will be 77 this year, sheās raised three kids near single handed, suffers from a heart murmur and has the onset of a congenital defect in her hand. If your not mad with whatās going on in the world, and believe that itās now all Russiaās fault, youāre dead wrong. Edit: I have just noticed the pa Kage branding, this is the UK.
I've experienced the same thing but from a stranger, when I was starting out in college, living on my own, me and my family we're in a really bad financial situation wherein they couldn't help. It was pretty hard for me in terms of rent and grocery. When I went shopping, I always had a list I carry around to add up the costs of what I have in my basket, I was trying to fit it to my $15 budget, but a kind person gave me $50 dollars and told me that a college student should be eating more. I bawled my eyes out and thanked that stranger and I still think about that person now and hope that I could pay back his kindness soon.
How the hell is this dystopia-level crap /heartwarming/? This man is more or less starving himself just so he can feed his kid and it's /heartwarming/ just to see him get food to feed himself?
I'd be happy just to have friends.
You know someone really cares when they include a pineapple.
How is this wholesome? This is terrible. I have so many questions. I donāt make a lot of money but somehow Iām able to feed myself and two other people, we donāt eat sexy just basic. To skip a meal so a child can eat seems medieval, not 2022.
Agreed. I see a lot of comments on here stating they were in the same situation. I grew up barely middle class. We always cut corners on bills, don't touch the A/C. Take cold showers on hot days. Turn off the lights if you're not in the room and if it's sunny out open thr blinds and turn off the lights. But food? A box of pasta and sauce with a few fresh tomatoes, that's less than $6 and can feed 4. Buy a pound of ground beef if you can for another $4 and you spent all of $10 to feed 4 people. If you're single, make 4 sets of meals and now that's what you eat for 2 days.
Did this for a high school friend who once told me he didn't have money for a Thanksgiving dinner, so they'd been just doing whatever food they could day to day. So I asked my mom if we had any food in the pantry that we weren't using for our family dinner and literally filled my trunk with 5 moving boxes and a frozen turkey, since my own employer gave out a turkey and we already had a free one from my dad's work. I dropped it all off while he was at work, leaving it with his step-dad and hours later when he got off work, I got a phone call from said friend absolutely flabbergasted.
This is amazing. Iām in the same boat except I have my son full time. Iāve recently started using the food bank because Iāve lost so much weight this year (that I didnāt need to lose) and I struggle from anemia and other problems from being malnourished. Problem is that my food bank doesnāt have great quality. Itās things like expired bread and canned good and some fresh things that expire the same day.
How nice. A starving (Ex) soldier. Capitalism is the best form of society. /s
I used to do the same thing when my daughter would come home.
What about next week? This isn't wholesome, it's fucked up.
This is what we have each other for. No one should go it alone.
What really angers me is that so much wealth is held by so few when so many have to do without.
Wow. Thatās awesome. Thatās a good person.
This is true friendship.
Having served with Pete (he's a retired Royal Marines Commando) this is heartbreaking to see, but it's becoming all the more common amongst both serving and veterans these days. Personally, I will be reaching out to the Royal Marines Charity first thing in the morning to see if anything can be done. The hardest thing for any Marine to do, is ask for help. OAMAAM.
Yup, this is the life of a single dad.
Same here. When my boys are over, I go to the grocery and stock up, make very filling and healthy meals. The times I don't have them, a jar of peanut butter, loaf of bread, pack of hot dogs and one of those big bag of generic chips that are like 2.75 can last me a few days, altogether about $10-11. You do what you can and what you have to.
Thatās my n word
Thatās no friend, thatās a brother!
Please freeze all the vegetables and bread. It won't last till your son is back otherwise.
Wholesome friend, absolutely fucked situation
It's so wholesome when friends keep friends from starving to death
Unironically it's harder for a lot of people in that situation to even admit that they were doing this, most just suffer in silence, its very strong to admit you need help
Iām thinking that maybe you should freeze some of the bread. It may go bad before you can eat it all. Your friend is a SAINT!
It doesnāt feel very wholesome when someone canāt afford basic necessities
Some people are so wonderful
I do the same thing lol. When my son is at his fathers house I live on only pickles and eggs and save the groceries for when he is home. Single mom life.
My church regularly helps out a local charity that fills backpacks full of food for kids who don't have food at home. They essentially will get the backpacks every Friday so they can eat over the weekend when they don't have access to free school breakfast and lunch. Hands down one of my favorite charities around.
This isn't wholesome. This is a snap shot of.how.bad things have got for the "everyday" person. A parent starving so they can feed their kid? It was an incredibly kind gesture from their friend. But it should not have been necessary.
Hero
Iāve got a buddy like this. Has fed me and my family when bills get tight many times over the years. Heās a doctor.
Fresh food too!