Re: Now we "food shame" too??!!

Posted by Hofstra26

Posted by tourist

the label may be new but the practice isn't.

I once came back from subway with the foot long veg sandwich, and one of the giant bags they put it in & my co-worker, yells out " THAT's your lunch?!"



I know it was b/c a- she was bitter & tactless & b- she was a diabetic who had to watch what she ate carefully, but it did make me self conscious of what I ate in the office.

For sure! People have been expressing their opinions and making snide remarks about everything and everyone under the sun since the dawn of time. I *personally* don't understand why we now need to label it all. I just think it's ridiculous and makes a bigger deal out of something than it really is. Everyone is always rallying around something these days.

Now we

I am a food facist. The smell of some foods literally make me vomit. I'm sorry, but people should be respectful of others before whipping out their stinky food in the office. Eat it at home.

Other than that, I love my Mcdonald's fries and chicken selects and anyone who judges me can go eff themselves.

ETA: I get a whiff of the stinkies on the LIRR sometimes. Between the rocking of the train and someone's week old tuna I want to literally vomit ON them.

Message edited 7/7/2015 12:53:05 PM.

Re: Now we "food shame" too??!!

Posted by Century 21 Dallow - Christine Braun

Posted by Hofstra26

Posted by tourist

the label may be new but the practice isn't.

I once came back from subway with the foot long veg sandwich, and one of the giant bags they put it in & my co-worker, yells out " THAT's your lunch?!"



I know it was b/c a- she was bitter & tactless & b- she was a diabetic who had to watch what she ate carefully, but it did make me self conscious of what I ate in the office.

For sure! People have been expressing their opinions and making snide remarks about everything and everyone under the sun since the dawn of time. I *personally* don't understand why we now need to label it all. I just think it's ridiculous and makes a bigger deal out of something than it really is. Everyone is always rallying around something these days.

I think the difference today is the existence of the internet and rise of social media. People were opinionated jerks before, but unless they were going to write a book about it and get published, or managed to get their own TV show or radio show, their audience was limited.

Now, people are more aware of other people's opinions on eating habits (and EVERYTHING) because they can post it, tweet it, pin it, blog it out to the universe, etc.

The article posted here did make a good point about how nowadays, people (especially women) tend to be perfectionists and rigid about eating, following this plan and that. We overthink it so much. Years ago, people just ate without so much angst and agonizing over it, and probably had less prevalent weight/health issues of all kinds.

And while yes, people have become more sensitive, I think the "shaming" verbiage has arisen out of the prevalence of social media in our lives. Because everyone's opinions are more public, and it's easy to have a gang-up situation which can make people feel more "shamed" then the average one-off type comment.

It's kind of like the old - if a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it - adage. If an a-hole made a comment with no audience, did it really happen/matter? Versus an a-hole getting on his virtual pulpit online and spew forth his judgments, opinions, and every thought.