So apparently, as of last Tuesday, the official snack of New York State is yogurt.
It was suggested by some class of 4th graders in some school somewhere in the state, and became official.
And state politicians are actually arguing against it like it's a serious fucking issue.
Like, why should yogurt be the official snack? What makes yogurt better than any other snack? Is it right to represent the state of NY? Isn't it true that not all types of yogurt are particularly healthy? Is that really the image we want for our state? What better options are there? Well, to answer that question, we have to answer another: what counts as a "snack"? For sake of argument, let's assume that people generally eat three meals a day, and everything else is considered a snack. Even then, is there any real limit to what food can be consumed as a snack? Where is the line between snack-food and non-snack-food?
Auugh.
I promise I'll never complain about shitty political debates again, so long as you go back to having shitty debates about things that actually matter, instead of upsetting a bunch of 4th graders. Please.
It was suggested by some class of 4th graders in some school somewhere in the state, and became official.
And state politicians are actually arguing against it like it's a serious fucking issue.
Like, why should yogurt be the official snack? What makes yogurt better than any other snack? Is it right to represent the state of NY? Isn't it true that not all types of yogurt are particularly healthy? Is that really the image we want for our state? What better options are there? Well, to answer that question, we have to answer another: what counts as a "snack"? For sake of argument, let's assume that people generally eat three meals a day, and everything else is considered a snack. Even then, is there any real limit to what food can be consumed as a snack? Where is the line between snack-food and non-snack-food?
Auugh.
I promise I'll never complain about shitty political debates again, so long as you go back to having shitty debates about things that actually matter, instead of upsetting a bunch of 4th graders. Please.
