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Help me understand something, why do poor people take pride in being picky?
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and there's a study or article about this or is this your ignorant narrow minded point of view.
and if it is a case of you being upset about picking up the bill then don't do it. why would you take someone out when you get upset about paying for it.
and if it is a case of you being upset about picking up the bill then don't do it. why would you take someone out when you get upset about paying for it.
G-Lexington
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Just one more way you're better than them.
Lex
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I have never seen this. In my experience, poor people will eat anything that's available for the simple fact that they don't have many choices - even though I cannot imagine why anyone would ever begrudge another person the fact that there are things that they simply do not like to eat. Isn't this a part of the human experience? Being poor or wealthy has no relationship whatsoever to that fact. It's just personal taste. Besides, why should being poor turn anyone into a grinding machine that will accept anything resembling food?
However, I must say that the most insufferably picky, pedantic and unreasonably finicky people I've ever met are nouveau riches and people of recently acquired middle class status - the levels of obnoxiousness and infuriating rudeness that these people tend to display in their quest to appear refined, and deny that they come from working/underclass environments, are mind boggling. Chavscum with money (and, sometimes, not so much money) are always the worst offenders when it comes down to ridiculous snobbery.
However, I must say that the most insufferably picky, pedantic and unreasonably finicky people I've ever met are nouveau riches and people of recently acquired middle class status - the levels of obnoxiousness and infuriating rudeness that these people tend to display in their quest to appear refined, and deny that they come from working/underclass environments, are mind boggling. Chavscum with money (and, sometimes, not so much money) are always the worst offenders when it comes down to ridiculous snobbery.
Beachguyj
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That's a very preposterous theory.
G-Lexington
Lex. Icon. Devil.
Where your taste and preference is to be accepting towards all things that come your way. And the poor put on airs and act superior towards foodstuffs they should be grateful to have, considering their diminished status. I'm confused as to why you can't see how this makes you superior.
Lex
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I have mixed opinions about this. Usually my "richer" friends would not mind dining anywhere.
I am fine with eating anything and usually I am only picky when I am unwell i.e cough / flu so I would avoid eating fried foods or when I have been eating fast food for few days in a row then I would eat something different the next few days etc. I always try to rotate what I eat and I eat some fruits and vegetables at least daily (Not sure if this is too picky or anything)
A lot of my friends complained that I spent a lot on food and it always confuses me because I don't really eat that often, standard 3 meals a day and I hardly ever go to high class restaurants.
However, I understand that different people have different ways of spending money and some simply think spending too much on food is a waste. Usually If my friends choose to dine at some really unhygienic but economical that I don't usually favour, I just go ahead with them.
Personally spending too much for food would be going to TGIF or some High Class Restaurant for every darn meal.
This topic always got brought up whenever I eat with my friends lol.
I am fine with eating anything and usually I am only picky when I am unwell i.e cough / flu so I would avoid eating fried foods or when I have been eating fast food for few days in a row then I would eat something different the next few days etc. I always try to rotate what I eat and I eat some fruits and vegetables at least daily (Not sure if this is too picky or anything)
A lot of my friends complained that I spent a lot on food and it always confuses me because I don't really eat that often, standard 3 meals a day and I hardly ever go to high class restaurants.
However, I understand that different people have different ways of spending money and some simply think spending too much on food is a waste. Usually If my friends choose to dine at some really unhygienic but economical that I don't usually favour, I just go ahead with them.
Personally spending too much for food would be going to TGIF or some High Class Restaurant for every darn meal.
This topic always got brought up whenever I eat with my friends lol.
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I probably shouldn't even post in here, but rich or poor... some PEOPLE are picky about what they eat.
I'm one of them. I am picky about what I eat and drink because I'm very aware of my health and how to get the most out of it and my body. If it weren't for that, I'd eat all sorts of garbage. Remember, there is a LOT of food that is just plain NOT good for you.
As a result, I am FAR healthier now than I was in my teens and 20's. Personal choice.
But that doesn't mean that I don't sin on occasion if someone invites me. I enjoy a Pizza or nice greasy double bacon cheese burger with fries just like anyone else. Just very RARELY.
But that's just MY reason...
I'm one of them. I am picky about what I eat and drink because I'm very aware of my health and how to get the most out of it and my body. If it weren't for that, I'd eat all sorts of garbage. Remember, there is a LOT of food that is just plain NOT good for you.
As a result, I am FAR healthier now than I was in my teens and 20's. Personal choice.
But that doesn't mean that I don't sin on occasion if someone invites me. I enjoy a Pizza or nice greasy double bacon cheese burger with fries just like anyone else. Just very RARELY.
But that's just MY reason...
ixthrock
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The equation of prejudice is "all x=y;" in this case "x" = "poor people" and "y" = "picky eaters." As a (1st world, granted) poor person, I think this [STRIKE] is offensive[/STRIKE] displays ignorance. If someone's footing my dinner bill, I'm conscious not to order the lobster, but really that's more because I usually prefer the beans and rice anyway. I like anchovies on my pizza, but realize I'm in a minority. Some people have food allergies regardless of socioeconomic status, or are perhaps vegetarians. My roommate makes 3.75x my salary (being generous, here - I'm currently underemployed) and although I'd like to cook for him more often, he seems to be a little picky about what he'll eat - and he won't do leftovers at all. So my experience does not bear out your premise. Finally, like I told someone last night - I've never had much money and probably never will, but if my heart is at least half as good as my dad's, then I will have considered my life well lived.
I may not have the bling, my friend, but from the meanness of your opinion it seems I'm richer than thou.
I may not have the bling, my friend, but from the meanness of your opinion it seems I'm richer than thou.
I have an idea stop taking your "friends" out to dinner.
because they would be better off without a friend who is so judgmental.
I'm sure they will find their porridge somewhere else.
because they would be better off without a friend who is so judgmental.
I'm sure they will find their porridge somewhere else.
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I'm hesitant to put my oar in with all the vitriol spraying around this topic, but I think I can explain:
By making a show of being choosy about what one eats, one achieves two ends: first, you show that you're not so poor that you have to eat any old scrap that comes along; second, you excuse yourself from eating expensive things by claiming to not like them... even telling yourself that you don't like them.
A lot of people from certain socioeconomic classes will deride any food that is "fancy" because it makes them feel inadequate; and so they make a show to themselves and others that the fancy food is just overpriced junk that they wouldn't touch if they were starving. You do this for enough generations, and you come up with a cultural behavior. Eventually the fanciness of the food is no longer the reason they don't like it, it's simply a cultural habit to not like unfamiliar foods. You may be observing this behavior in people with low-paying or no jobs because this cultural habit tends to accompany other cultural habits that tend to limit people to the bottom rungs of any career.
The thing is, poverty is just as inherited as affluence: the children of poor people tend to remain poor all their days, while the children of the rich tend to stay rich. Lots of people change their socioeconomic status, but the overwhelming majority of people do not. And since people tend to stay in one socioeconomic bracket for generations and generations, socioeconomic status becomes a subculture, with its own codes of behavior, its own languages, its own priorities, its own motives.
The affluent, on the other hand, are more willing to try new things because it is seen as sophisticated to do so. To be adventurous with food is really the province of those who can afford to eat anywhere, even if the food in question is not expensive. But one is more likely to find the eat-anything mentality in people who are not poor or rich, but who are socioeconomically mobile.
There are plenty of old-money types wandering around who won't try anything unless their mothers' cooks knew how to make it; go to any country-club in America and you'll find a dinner menu identical to the menus of every other country club, and not very different from those same clubs' menus from the twenties or the fifties. But the people who belong to those clubs tend to not know people who do not belong to those clubs... i.e., you or me.
See, there's another psychological element at work: curiosity. People who are curious are naturally more likely to be socioeconomically mobile because they want to know what the world is like beyond the borders of their own lives, and are not blindly loyal to their backgrounds. They are more likely to become educated, and therefore more likely to get higher-paying jobs. And they are more likely to eat things just to find out what they taste like.
And those are probably the people you find yourself among.
By making a show of being choosy about what one eats, one achieves two ends: first, you show that you're not so poor that you have to eat any old scrap that comes along; second, you excuse yourself from eating expensive things by claiming to not like them... even telling yourself that you don't like them.
A lot of people from certain socioeconomic classes will deride any food that is "fancy" because it makes them feel inadequate; and so they make a show to themselves and others that the fancy food is just overpriced junk that they wouldn't touch if they were starving. You do this for enough generations, and you come up with a cultural behavior. Eventually the fanciness of the food is no longer the reason they don't like it, it's simply a cultural habit to not like unfamiliar foods. You may be observing this behavior in people with low-paying or no jobs because this cultural habit tends to accompany other cultural habits that tend to limit people to the bottom rungs of any career.
The thing is, poverty is just as inherited as affluence: the children of poor people tend to remain poor all their days, while the children of the rich tend to stay rich. Lots of people change their socioeconomic status, but the overwhelming majority of people do not. And since people tend to stay in one socioeconomic bracket for generations and generations, socioeconomic status becomes a subculture, with its own codes of behavior, its own languages, its own priorities, its own motives.
The affluent, on the other hand, are more willing to try new things because it is seen as sophisticated to do so. To be adventurous with food is really the province of those who can afford to eat anywhere, even if the food in question is not expensive. But one is more likely to find the eat-anything mentality in people who are not poor or rich, but who are socioeconomically mobile.
There are plenty of old-money types wandering around who won't try anything unless their mothers' cooks knew how to make it; go to any country-club in America and you'll find a dinner menu identical to the menus of every other country club, and not very different from those same clubs' menus from the twenties or the fifties. But the people who belong to those clubs tend to not know people who do not belong to those clubs... i.e., you or me.
See, there's another psychological element at work: curiosity. People who are curious are naturally more likely to be socioeconomically mobile because they want to know what the world is like beyond the borders of their own lives, and are not blindly loyal to their backgrounds. They are more likely to become educated, and therefore more likely to get higher-paying jobs. And they are more likely to eat things just to find out what they taste like.
And those are probably the people you find yourself among.
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^ An excellent insight into the subject as well.
I'm just not sure it can be entirely generalized.
I have found in many cases that the opposite is also true...that while some of our friends certainly have the ability to eat anything...they have tended to become more narrow in their tastes and fussier about how food is prepared as well, while our poorer friends are just delighted to have the opportunity to eat out and eat anything.
I'm just not sure it can be entirely generalized.
I have found in many cases that the opposite is also true...that while some of our friends certainly have the ability to eat anything...they have tended to become more narrow in their tastes and fussier about how food is prepared as well, while our poorer friends are just delighted to have the opportunity to eat out and eat anything.
RE: "who work dead end jobs"
Wow, it's amazing how 5 short words can reveal so much about a person.
RE: "thankyou"
No...thank you.
You have to read between the lines...he's obviously implying that he's so "affluent," he's a secret Santa who's been giving free pizzas to every poor person in the world. Because how else would he know that all poor people are picky?
^ That...we have a winner! Congratulations, you've won a free picture of a pizza...
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Beachguyj
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Exactly. The answer 75% or more of people.
In the old days it was called Slavery.
Today it's working less 30 hours a week job at walmart, target or any other multinational chain that refuses to give you more hours so you are denied benefits.
but it's okay at the end of the day you can go to the food bank.
G-Lexington
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I think Swell's points were well-made. I have some friends who aren't poor, necessarily, but I'd say they'd agree that they fit into the definition of "jus' folks". And cooking for them and/or picking a restaurant for them is often a bit trickier than normal. We usually stick to American cuisine when cooking, or what you might call "ethnic-American" - lasagna, tacos, what have you. We've occasionally taken these friends to places that we wouldn't think are too "out there" - like a Middle Eastern restaurant - and found them out of their depth. They not only don't know the food or "how to order", they seem very uncomfortable having to ask or being forced to try something they've never tried before.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, we have friends who are college students and bohemians (usually musicians). These people probably have far less money to spare than the "jus' folks" friends, but they never have any trouble trying something unusual or new. Sometimes they have specific dislikes - maybe one hates curry, or another hates mushrooms, or what have you. But they've always come to that conclusion after trying things. They're always up for trying something new that doesn't force them to go outside that small "uncomfortable" area.
Quick sum up - I don't think it has to do with economics so much as mindset.
...and can I have a slice of the second pizza, instead? I prefer supreme over pepperoni. (Preference, not insistence.)
Lex
On the opposite end of the spectrum, we have friends who are college students and bohemians (usually musicians). These people probably have far less money to spare than the "jus' folks" friends, but they never have any trouble trying something unusual or new. Sometimes they have specific dislikes - maybe one hates curry, or another hates mushrooms, or what have you. But they've always come to that conclusion after trying things. They're always up for trying something new that doesn't force them to go outside that small "uncomfortable" area.
Quick sum up - I don't think it has to do with economics so much as mindset.
...and can I have a slice of the second pizza, instead? I prefer supreme over pepperoni. (Preference, not insistence.)
Lex
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Beachguyj
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It really is a fucking scam. They rely on people going on Medicaid or food stamps because their income is so low that they qualify, so they want local governments to subsidize their employees while the rich corporations get richer and get tax writeoffs for hiring more poorly paid workers. The worst are the ones that claim to be oversees companies so they don't have to pay American corporate taxes.