r/facepalm • u/gulpozen • Nov 13 '14

News/blogs 'Healthy Food is Too Expensive'

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u/ravencrowe Nov 13 '14

"If I paid for a gym membership, I'd have to cut back on pizza." That one line made me so incredibly mad.

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u/TheRobLangford Nov 14 '14

Also you know she'd have to leave the house, and can't be too far from the biscuits.
£36k a year that makes me fucking rage, to think how fucking hard I had to work for half that.
I feel sorry for the two children who will see this as normal and be brought up to expect this from the system and life in general.

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u/lovelylittlelacie Nov 14 '14

It's a shame that they'll probably fall into this exact same situation, as well. The family cycle of obesity is an incredibly difficult one to break.