Food

Daily writing prompt
What bores you?

OMG, I can tell you right now that thinking about food bores right through me. Like right now, I’m thinking about a quick snack to sustain me through my writing session. I carry a Kind bar in my computer case for that purpose. But I feel like the hunger is getting sort of urgent, as I can feel it boring through my thinking. I can only imagine how horrible it is for people living in food deserts, where food is not readily available, driving prices up beyond people’s means. How the thought of a good, healthy meal must bore through them. I can imagine them watching another person eat and find it boring through the center of their beings. That’s so sad in a world where so much waste is generated by inefficient distribution systems that depend on capitalism as the foundation to solve problems like starvation.

“Just how much food do Americans waste? Here’s some “food” for thought: While the world wastes about 2.5 billion tons of food every year, the United States discards more food than any other country in the world: nearly 60 million tons — 120 billion pounds — every year. That’s estimated to be almost 40 percent of the entire US food supply, and equates to 325 pounds of waste per person.” 

Yeah, food. It can be so boring. Something to think about as people complain about the price of eggs. Although many won’t.

They’ll find it too boring.

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  1. Hi Michael. I feel sort of like you but in a different direction. I have over the last two years lost all interest in eating. I have gone from 210 to 170 in weight. But even though I never want to eat, when I do I want foods that taste good to me, that I will really enjoy. If not why bother to eat. So my entire food system has changed to taste instead of easing a hungry feeling. The plus side is that I often now cook a lot of our meals instead of Ron which he likes at a lot. Hugs

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