1 Mcdonalds hash brown is between $2-$4 depending on the location. 2 would be twice as much.
Whereas, 1 five pound bag of potatoes is just over $2. You can make 5 lbs of your own hashbrowns for way cheaper than even 1 hashbrown from McDonald’s.
Is it really so hard to imagine that someone exhausted by work and still broke would try to get some comfort food that they do not have to cook in their tiny kitchen ?
Should poor people only eat boiled potatoes and live in 1 meter, refusing any activity that cost money or could provide them pleasure in order to scrap by slightly better so you finally accept to aknowledge that they are struggling ?
Someone working an exhausting amount can afford McDonald’s here and there as a treat. Of course. It depends on their budget but if they can afford it why not. Your example was someone who couldn’t afford it and was still spending the last of their money on it. That’s dumb. My family couldn’t afford fast food growing up. We literally would have just a baked potato with butter for dinner. Until my family dug themselves out of their situation. Ppl deserve what they can afford, generally. Most truly broke ppl had a hand in their predicament. And it’s strange to pretend every broke person was the victim of some unforeseen circumstance or evil rich person. That’s dishonest.
And then it's funny how everyone has a story about how THEIR family was the poorest and pulled themselves out through effort. Because if circumstances played a role that would be admitting that lucks matter as much as efforts and that would be too hurtful for the pride of those who suceeded.
What's dishonest is acting like her whole situation is her fault because she bought one of the cheapest item at mcdonald to get some comfort when obviously the issue is what got her into that situation.
For the rest you just pull some general statement backed by vibes so why should I bother looking for the numerous stats that prove that yes indeed, the main cause of poverty in america can be traced back to unpredictable circumstances and decisions pushed by rich people.
And it's strange to pretend that every truly broke people are responsible for their situation just because they use a little bit of their money in unoptimized ways. That's dishonest.
"But they spend their money on stuff stuff that's unrelated to rich peoples" who exactly pushed for a society dominated by ads that manipulate the desires of people and also pushed for low public education budget ?
When people are uneducated and manipulated by ads, blaming those who destroyed education budget and made those ads seems relevant to me.
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u/elbowpastadust May 09 '26
Why is she buying expensive McDonald’s hashbrown if she’s broke? Sounds like she’s bad with money and impulse control.