So interesting about the take aways stats . I see that in city Resturant’s, a group of guys ( usually dark skinned) on bikes or motor bikes just waiting. It is sad because these take aways are inferior foods, full of chemicals, that are causing the obesity epidemic and ill health. These are also the meals that can easily be replaced with insects or other cheap crap that the corporations want us to eat.
Cooking real food , especially meat is rebellion, because us rebels need to be strong and healthy.
I rarely cook anymore. I used to love to cook, and I was pretty good at it. But, when cooking for one there is little motivation. I can count on 1 hand the amount of meals I have eaten with another person in the last year. I found it is not just the work involved to prep/cook/clean up, it is that after a while of eating alone food no longer is enjoyable. You eat because you are hungry, it is no longer an enjoyable event. Everything you eat tastes bland.
I have mostly gone to cooking Chinese type foods. It is much easier to portion for one. I make a pot of rice every few days and portion it into single serving containers. I have a wide variety of veggies on hand to select from. Cleanup is just rinsing out the wok and spritzing it with some oil to prevent rust. I could do it with other style cooking but doing the Chinese food feels fancy and is better than takeout.
As horrific as it is, the murder statistics are a red herring are used for convenience.
Murders are by and large a unique crime. Usually, it is committed by somebody known for a known reason. There is just too little incentive to commit murder randomly. Your chances of being a random victim of murder is comparable to your chances of being struck by lightning or killed by a shark. The crimes that commonly affect everyone, they don't talk about.
The government has huge financial incentives for the other crimes to continue. The for profit justice system thrives on it. They can confiscate vast amounts of money. The prisons and monitoring of offenders makes a lot of money. It allows them to increase staffing and buy all the fun toys. It allows people to make lots of money looking the other way.
Look at the War on Drugs. It has not reduced the availability of drugs. It has only made them immensely profitable. Both for the distribution and the interdiction. If they were not illegal, there would probably be less available as there would be no motive to produce them. They just wouldn't be worth that much money to produce. Yes, they would still be disastrous for the people inclined to use them but they are getting them now anyway. At least they would no longer be committing crimes to support their habits. We could just spend all the money we are spending now on treatment and save as many as we could.
So interesting about the take aways stats . I see that in city Resturant’s, a group of guys ( usually dark skinned) on bikes or motor bikes just waiting. It is sad because these take aways are inferior foods, full of chemicals, that are causing the obesity epidemic and ill health. These are also the meals that can easily be replaced with insects or other cheap crap that the corporations want us to eat.
Cooking real food , especially meat is rebellion, because us rebels need to be strong and healthy.
I rarely cook anymore. I used to love to cook, and I was pretty good at it. But, when cooking for one there is little motivation. I can count on 1 hand the amount of meals I have eaten with another person in the last year. I found it is not just the work involved to prep/cook/clean up, it is that after a while of eating alone food no longer is enjoyable. You eat because you are hungry, it is no longer an enjoyable event. Everything you eat tastes bland.
I have mostly gone to cooking Chinese type foods. It is much easier to portion for one. I make a pot of rice every few days and portion it into single serving containers. I have a wide variety of veggies on hand to select from. Cleanup is just rinsing out the wok and spritzing it with some oil to prevent rust. I could do it with other style cooking but doing the Chinese food feels fancy and is better than takeout.
(1) home cooking as rebellion, I’ve been saying this for years.
And let me add that we have to be rich nowadays to be as poor as my Depression Era grandparents were, as children, 100 years ago:
• eating only real food cooked from scratch, at home
• Dad’s paycheck provided for a stay-at-home mom plus “a lot” of children
As horrific as it is, the murder statistics are a red herring are used for convenience.
Murders are by and large a unique crime. Usually, it is committed by somebody known for a known reason. There is just too little incentive to commit murder randomly. Your chances of being a random victim of murder is comparable to your chances of being struck by lightning or killed by a shark. The crimes that commonly affect everyone, they don't talk about.
The government has huge financial incentives for the other crimes to continue. The for profit justice system thrives on it. They can confiscate vast amounts of money. The prisons and monitoring of offenders makes a lot of money. It allows them to increase staffing and buy all the fun toys. It allows people to make lots of money looking the other way.
Look at the War on Drugs. It has not reduced the availability of drugs. It has only made them immensely profitable. Both for the distribution and the interdiction. If they were not illegal, there would probably be less available as there would be no motive to produce them. They just wouldn't be worth that much money to produce. Yes, they would still be disastrous for the people inclined to use them but they are getting them now anyway. At least they would no longer be committing crimes to support their habits. We could just spend all the money we are spending now on treatment and save as many as we could.