The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Always found it strange that the US bans black pudding and haggis
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bimble
floofy
Just found this, really interesting new paper (free to download)
The maths and equations are beyond me but the findings clear enough:
Says that the wealthier you are - most particularly property wealth - the more likely you were to vote leave.
Because your perception of the risk to yourself of any economic hit to the country as a whole was lowered due to that security.
This is a really different story to the one we've gotten used to, obviously just a part of the picture but an interesting part.
Mind the Gap: Why Wealthy Voters Support Brexit
Does insurance alter voters' decisions to support the status-quo? Since wealth provides a cushion against financial risk, which in turn decreases risk-aversion,
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The maths and equations are beyond me but the findings clear enough:
Says that the wealthier you are - most particularly property wealth - the more likely you were to vote leave.
Because your perception of the risk to yourself of any economic hit to the country as a whole was lowered due to that security.
This is a really different story to the one we've gotten used to, obviously just a part of the picture but an interesting part.
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mojo pixy
...שלא נמצא בשמאל
I think they have black pudding, don't they? They have what they call Blood Sausage (in the US I expect the name Black Pudding would be considered problematic for imaginable reasons...)
No idea on haggis but I bet it can be bought for Burns Night at least.
bimble
floofy
It won’t be helpfully labelled ‘this is cheaper but it’s got health risks’ will it.
mojo pixy
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We already have American puke-flavour 'chocolate' and crappy biscuits. Not long till the Twinkies and 5lb sacks of crisps arrive.
More seriously, food quality is a class issue and always has been. Since when did the poor ever get to eat as well as the rich, even as members of the EU?
Check the price, then check the ingredients, is how it goes for most people and no doubt always has. I'm not sure stuff from the US is going to be worse than what already gets sold as 'economy' and 'savers' range stuff.
More seriously, food quality is a class issue and always has been. Since when did the poor ever get to eat as well as the rich, even as members of the EU?
Check the price, then check the ingredients, is how it goes for most people and no doubt always has. I'm not sure stuff from the US is going to be worse than what already gets sold as 'economy' and 'savers' range stuff.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Honestly, if I'd known that 5lb sacks of crisps were an outcome, I might even have voted.
bimble
floofy
Bit slow but just realised that if your healthcare system like in America is totally for-profit and handed over to the insurance sector there’s just not going to be very much motivation is there, to weigh up public health against the interests of the pig farming lobby or whatever.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
I am amazed that anyone is still alive in the US, all their food is apparently poisonous.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
That's not true though - the US spends loads of public money on healthcare.
bimble
floofy
They do die 3 years earlier than we do but that doesn’t sound too bad if you get to have bacon with maple syrup for breakfast and nobody raises an eyebrow.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I'm pretty sure you can actually get intravenous cheese over there.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
As a percentage of money spent on junk food marketing though?
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
The quality of the cheaper end of supermarket food in the US is abysmal. Far worse than here.
On the other hand, I found that the quality of fruit and veg in Trader Joe’s was distinctly better than any U.K. supermarket.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
If you have the money to pay for it you can eat well. But it costs.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
But their bacon is shit. Cooked to a crisp in a dehydrator and served mostly with a fake maple syrup made out of fructose. How much do we really need a trade deal with the US?
Apart from digital content and US themed foods, what have they got that we really need or that we won’t be able to source more locally?
Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
That's always been the argument used by those who want to get rid of cheapo crap. Forgetting that loads of people are skint and can't afford good quality food. Or that they don't care, which is not a choice to eat poor food, just lack of awareness.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Food standards generally in the US, including agriculture standards are lower than they are here. Is anyone really arguing that lowering standards to US levels is anything other than an appalling idea?
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Most of the US dodgy ingredients will remain illegal and it won't make economic sense to import the US version, so we won't stuff like this changing:
Meat in processed/preserved products is one thing that might be sourced from the US, but I doubt there will any health implications because tinned frankfurters or whatever are already unhealthy so the fact their cows didn't see much grass isn't going to make any difference.
Meat in processed/preserved products is one thing that might be sourced from the US, but I doubt there will any health implications because tinned frankfurters or whatever are already unhealthy so the fact their cows didn't see much grass isn't going to make any difference.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Whenever I am in the States my turds are solid and massive, unlike the skittery crap that I mostly deposit over here. In fact my largest ever log was born in a shopping mall in Georgetown, 15” with a 6” cousin, in 2001. Imagine if camera phones had been around then...
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Not true. Grass fed beef is more nutritious.
Seriously people are downplaying this?
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Twinkies are very disappointing. Not even entertainginly bad. Just shiny, greasy tubes of nothing.
It was way, way cheaper than UK supermarkets too.
bimble
floofy
Gold, airoplanes and ‘tree nuts’ apparently.
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TopCat
Putin fanboy
It’s more the medications given to US animals and subsequent residues in the meat.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
I have heard all their chocolate is like that.
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