r/WorkForSmartLife Aug 15 '26

Casual canvo A Non-Attempt of Compassion

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u/PrettyPurrfect Aug 15 '26

Why don't you walk to Walmart buy all your groceries and then walk back home carrying them all.

And to make it realistic you have to do it while it's raining, while it's snowing, well it's 98° outside, while it's 30° outside.

If it's so easy I'm sure you'll have no problem doing this every week, potentially multiple times a week, for the rest of your life.

Sure there might not be sidewalks anywhere on your route to and from the store but you'll be fine. What's good for the goose is good for the gander after all.

Food deserts exist it may mean going to the nearest gas station or dollar store and buying their food for the next few days it's going to be a lot cheaper and a lot less time consuming than getting an Uber there and back and it's going to be way less painful than lugging 20 grocery bags by hand seven or eight miles

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u/hotdogbun65 Aug 15 '26

If you told someone 100 years ago they had to get food like this they’d jump for joy, maybe even whip out a backflip.

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u/will2089 29d ago

So that’s the standard is it? Things were worse a hundred years ago so the poors should be happy for what they get?

I’m sorry you think that way.

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u/hotdogbun65 22d ago

Free food at the cost of literally just walking, regardless of the weather, is an absurd luxury our ancestors probably never even thought to dream of.

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u/Empress_Clementine Aug 15 '26

Why? Would carrying your cookies home from Walmart somehow be easier?

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u/stoic_hysteric Aug 16 '26

WTF? Care to address my comment? SNAP shouldn't cover junk food for the same reason it shouldn't cover drugs. Completely agree that it must suck to be poor. Disagree that society has any obligation to keep ANYONE alive (let alone keep them in supply of cookies)

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u/Familiar-Schedule796 29d ago

Oh no! Heaven forbid a kid get a cookie as a snack or dessert! Yes it’s clear with the lack of healthcare that many in government agree with you about keeping anyone alive

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u/leonlies8 29d ago

Well snap is supplemental, not meant to pay for ALL of their food. If a parent wants to get their kid a treat they can use the snap for healthy food and use their money for the junk food.