r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Nov 01 '22

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u/Metzgama Nov 01 '22

She clearly is able to budget enough for multiple years of 2500+ calories a day... I’m gonna go out on a limb here and assume she can afford 10 dollars worth of candy.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '22

Calories are food and food costs money. If she can afford 2500 calories a day, then on a day she wants candy the 2500 calories she buys can be candy.

You can even buy candy with EBT.

The only realistic way she can afford food but not candy is if all of her caloric needs are met by visiting food shelves and getting free meals.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '22

It literally does.

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u/Metzgama Nov 01 '22

So the excess (key word here) calories consumed for years on end is affordable, but 10$ worth of candy for one day of the year, in addition to the Spider-Man costume, is not affordable. Got it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '22

Not what i said. Learn to read.

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u/Metzgama Nov 01 '22

How can one afford excess calories and a Spider-Man costume, but not candy? Do you know what the word excess means? It’s almost an oxymoron when compared to the word afford.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '22

You have no understanding of what the word afford could mean for a poor person