by The Serbian Empire » Sun Aug 14, 2016 7:22 pm
by Pope Joan » Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:14 pm
by The Serbian Empire » Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:18 pm
Pope Joan wrote:If you are a food addict, you will sit down and eat a whole loaf of bread at one sitting.
Where do you put all the warning labels?
ABED is a serious condition.
by Mefpan » Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:20 pm
by The Serbian Empire » Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:23 pm
Mefpan wrote:I'm rather skeptical of any success on that front. For smokers (at least in my country), it's just provoked companies to produce silly cloth things one can drape over cigarette packs to hide graphic pictures of destroyed lungs, or pre-produce as much of the old packaging as humanly possible before such legislation takes effect so that there's plenty of storage backlog to go through before one has to rely on the new, graphic ones.
While I don't seriously think that anyone's going to put a sock on their Snickers, I do wonder if there'll be any real success in scaring people off. Eventually, people will just get used to them, I suppose.
by Internationalist Bastard » Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:25 pm
by Conserative Morality » Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:27 pm
Pope Joan wrote:If you are a food addict, you will sit down and eat a whole loaf of bread at one sitting.
by Mefpan » Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:35 pm
The Serbian Empire wrote:Mefpan wrote:I'm rather skeptical of any success on that front. For smokers (at least in my country), it's just provoked companies to produce silly cloth things one can drape over cigarette packs to hide graphic pictures of destroyed lungs, or pre-produce as much of the old packaging as humanly possible before such legislation takes effect so that there's plenty of storage backlog to go through before one has to rely on the new, graphic ones.
While I don't seriously think that anyone's going to put a sock on their Snickers, I do wonder if there'll be any real success in scaring people off. Eventually, people will just get used to them, I suppose.
I bet they'll be producing as much of the old packaging as possible. But if they need to put a sock over the goods, it probably has some customer shame effects.
by The Serbian Empire » Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:39 pm
Internationalist Bastard wrote:It'll always ruin my already terrible appetite
by Cannot think of a name » Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:40 pm
by The Serbian Empire » Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:45 pm
Cannot think of a name wrote:If your understanding of weight and health comes from hacky stand up comedy, then sure. That'll work.
by Dushan » Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:54 pm
by The Serbian Empire » Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:56 pm
Dushan wrote:One but not the only thing about addiction including Food one, is that People get their (Dopamine) kicks from eating stuff. Neurochemistry can be a bitch.
Works the same way with many other addictions, Social Media, Video Games, Porn etc.
by Salus Maior » Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:35 pm
by Costa Fierro » Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:41 pm
by Zakuvia » Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:48 pm
by Costa Fierro » Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:03 pm
Zakuvia wrote:Costa's got the right idea, even if it's one that will never catch on stateside. A 'sin' tax on useless food is where change can most effectively come from. Those taxes can help fund healthy eating initiatives or go into the coffers of public school cafeterias, which is where the most underprivileged children get most of their nutrition.
by Renewed Imperial Germany » Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:31 pm
Costa Fierro wrote:I don't think so. The thing with the smokes is that while New Zealand has graphic images of cancer, gangrene etc. on the cigarette packets, it also has massive tobacco taxes which do far more to reduce smoking rates than images could.
by Lunalia » Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:33 pm
by Costa Fierro » Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:36 pm
Renewed Imperial Germany wrote:A 'sin tax' on junk food would only hurt poor people living in food deserts.
by Conserative Morality » Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:37 pm
Lunalia wrote:If you want to put graphic warning labels on foods which could cause weight gain... you need to put them on all foods, because any food in enough quantities could cause weight gain. And what, you're planning on making people who want to eat sandwiches feel sick to their stomachs because of the graphic pictures on their bread because some people might eat an entire loaf of bread in one meal?
by Lunalia » Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:38 pm
Costa Fierro wrote:Renewed Imperial Germany wrote:A 'sin tax' on junk food would only hurt poor people living in food deserts.
No it wouldn't. Because you wouldn't have the sugar tax and then keep other taxes on other food. Rather, you make fruit and vegetables cheaper and regular foods cheaper too, such as pasta, bread, milk etc. The sugar tax would be applied to things such as fizz/soda, ice cream, chocolate bars, chocolate biscuits etc.
by Minzerland » Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:39 pm
Conserative Morality wrote:Lunalia wrote:If you want to put graphic warning labels on foods which could cause weight gain... you need to put them on all foods, because any food in enough quantities could cause weight gain. And what, you're planning on making people who want to eat sandwiches feel sick to their stomachs because of the graphic pictures on their bread because some people might eat an entire loaf of bread in one meal?
Okay this is getting fucked up someone please back me up on the loaf of bread thing because I'm getting a little self-conscious now.
by Conserative Morality » Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:40 pm
Minzerland wrote:The question is; how many loafs do you eat?
by Lunalia » Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:41 pm
Conserative Morality wrote:Lunalia wrote:If you want to put graphic warning labels on foods which could cause weight gain... you need to put them on all foods, because any food in enough quantities could cause weight gain. And what, you're planning on making people who want to eat sandwiches feel sick to their stomachs because of the graphic pictures on their bread because some people might eat an entire loaf of bread in one meal?
Okay this is getting fucked up someone please back me up on the loaf of bread thing because I'm getting a little self-conscious now.
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