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Originally Posted by ZenGum
I cannot believe that poor people are completely ignorant of nutrition. Fine details maybe, but a general veggies-good-coke-bad idea must be around, surely?
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You'd be surprised. Stunned, even. I end up in a lot of conversations in the store checkout line, because my groceries are so unusual (20 pounds of zucchini every week, for example.) One woman, on seeing my bag of fresh green beans, asked me, "You know, I've always wondered... Do you, like, keep the cans at home to put them in, or what?" She honestly didn't even know you could eat a green bean without giving it a proper aluminum soak first. Another, while nominally approving of my selection, asked if I knew about this great new Vitamin Water thing. "I just let it take care of all that for me."
Picture the people who come into UT's pawn shop every day. It's like them, only more widespread.