Comment on YSK tricks for one of the cheapest meals: beans and rice
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 21 hours agoMalnutrition perhaps, but nobody in the world’s richest, fattest country - where the fattest people are the poorest ones - is dealing with “hunger”. I wish we could just abstain from manipulative Orwellian language.
The USDA differentiates food insecurity from hunger, and both exist in the United States. See www.ers.usda.gov/…/definitions-of-food-security and en.wikipedia.org/…/Food_insecurity_and_hunger_in_…
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Yes, that was my point. The word “hunger” is being conflated with food insecurity. We all know what “hunger” means, and it is not the same thing as malnutrition or food insecurity. I don’t care if it’s been redefined by NGOs to make a (valid) point more punchy, it’s not the same thing. It’s manipulative Orwellian use of language. That’s all I have to say here.
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 20 hours ago
tell me you didn’t click either link without telling me you didn’t click either link 🤷
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Tell me that you haven’t read 1984. “War is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength”, and today “obesity is hunger”, apparently.
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 20 hours ago
I have in fact read 1984. (As an aside, I highly recommend reading Isaac Asimov’s review of it…)
Anyway, FYI:
Obesity and hunger often go hand in hand
What Is the Hunger-Obesity Paradox?
etc etc 🙄