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amelius ◴[03 Sep 25 11:01 UTC] No.45114342[source]▶

Many people are against throwing away of food because of certain principles.

But the irony is of course that in the West most people eat _far_ more calories than they really need, so they are doing basically the same thing.

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1. barbazoo ◴[03 Sep 25 15:59 UTC] No.45117286[source]▶

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I do t see the irony at all. You can consume lots of calories and also not waste food that seems like a completely reasonable thing to do to me.

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2. CRConrad ◴[05 Sep 25 08:27 UTC] No.45136272[source]▶

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I don't get it: How can you not see that eating food you don't need to eat is wasting food? If you throw away food, it has been made for nothing and goes to waste. If it hadn't been made, that would have saved resources, and nobody would be worse off.

If you eat food you don't need to eat, same thing: If it hadn't been made, that would have saved resources, and nobody would be worse off. Exactly the same end result: Food was made for no net beneficial end result; resources were wasted.

What's your definition of "waste", that they can be anything but the same thing?

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