TerribleAttitude

TerribleAttitude t1_jef71o0 wrote

The sugar itself in the fruit is not particularly better or worse for you than the sugar in sweets, but fruit is better for you than processed sweets. You’re eating the entire unit of food, not just one component of food. It depends on the fruit exactly how much but fruit will have fiber and many vitamins, but lack things like sodium or saturated fat. The fruit (as long as it’s fresh) also has no added sugar, and is usually also hydrating. A piece of chocolate cake has not too much in the way of vitamins or fiber (though it has a surprising amount of iron), but is full of added sugar and saturated fat.

Also, since you separated “chocolate” from desserts, I’m going to say that “chocolate” itself isn’t necessarily bad for you or so high in sugar that you shouldn’t eat it ever. (To be fair, desserts aren’t bad enough for you that you should never eat them either.)

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TerribleAttitude t1_jd0hsjc wrote

There’s also a ton targeting Latinos, though it is often overlooked as it’s frequently in Spanish. It’s also not discussed ever, but I am quite convinced that left-of-liberals are being heavily targeted.

As for the why, because they’re very online groups, often polarized, and that tend to vote a particular way but don’t necessarily identify with the way they vote. Moderate-minded people who identify heavily as democrats or republicans aren’t going to change their views as easily. Those groups also have plenty of valid anxieties about the political system, and that can be exploited.

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TerribleAttitude t1_ir6cmjv wrote

I’d say that at least for Americans, yes, there is a cultural expectation among many groups to eat meat at every meal, and for meat to be the predominant aspect of the meal. A lot of that is regional or generational though, and it’s starting to change.

What other people have said is pertinent though. A lot of eastern countries are tropical, so their habits can’t always be applied to temperate or cold climates. It’s very easy to center your eating habits around fresh produce and rice when you live in a place where those things can be grown year round and are essentially falling off of trees for free. Historically, people in cold climates (including eastern countries) eat a lot more meat, or even base their diet around meat. Even today with modern conveniences, a lot of people in parts of Alaska and Canada just don’t eat fresh vegetables as a daily thing because they can’t grow there and shipping them, even frozen vegetables, there makes them an extremely pricey luxury. And the people living there have been living on meat and fish for as long as they’ve been there. While the idea that people in temperate areas are somehow entitled to meat on a thrice-daily basis is obviously ridiculous and overprivileged, so too is it a privilege to live someplace where eating fresh plant based dishes for every meal is cheap and easy, and to assume everyone has the same access to those things.

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