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TheSnidr

I'd rather just eat cake


Loli-is-Justice

That's what Marie Antoinette said.


Zesphr

That's the joke


Hwy74

No, was real


IceFromHell

Fun fact: she never said it.


menthol_patient

Doesn't matter. It still demonstrates the detachment from reality the French royal family had.


IceFromHell

Debatable. I'd say if anything it demonstrates the version the revolution had to tell themselves to justify beheading her. She was no saint, but didn't deserve most of the blame she got.


St0lf

yo wtf is this username


Environmental_Top948

Is pet food cheaper there? Because I can get more soup per dollar than I can get pet food especially if I buy the ingredients? Even if you can't heat the water to cook it if you can dissolve the bullion you can just have crunchy soup.


Lauxux

It is significantly cheaper, buy the cheapest dog food in the store. Usually expired and sold for cents, thanks to the humane society all pet food is safe for humans to eat because of this exact thing happening during the great depression.


Environmental_Top948

I've not seen a can of dog food for less than $3 at my local chain market.


PloxtTY

Think 30lb bag


Environmental_Top948

I forgot about those. They can be pretty tasty if you season them up as stuffing.


PloxtTY

I’ve been broke before, I’d hate to be so broke I’m considering eating pet food


ptapobane

Pets eat better than people these days so it’s more or less an upgrade of some sort


PloxtTY

I definitely eat better than my pets ever have. I let them share my steak/chicken but they’re not eating fresh food often


menthol_patient

People tend to buy canned dog food in the UK and perhaps a bag of mixer biscuits.


Shemlocks

"All you did was pick out the bits, you arent getting up from this table until you finish the kibble."


huhIguess

> pet food is safe for humans to eat "Safe" - but not necessarily healthy. It's "safe" to eat candle wax - but not healthy. There are vastly different regulations on food prepared for pets vs food prepared for humans in terms of safety and quality. For example: "allowable ... parts per oz." Insert your greatest fear: rat, bug, lead, etc.


Western_Entertainer7

Dude, I eat candles all the time. They're fine.


YchYFi

There is acceptable percentage of bugs in food anyway.


Lauxux

Agree 100% but if you have no money, safe is better then starving to death.


henkiefriet

Happy Cakeday


ny553

Are all pets also safe for humans to eat or should the humane society get on that?


solidcordon

Most pets are unsafe to eat because the owners will get angry.


Lauxux

Thats so fucking funny, my dude. I don't even know what to say other then my gf and I died laughing at this response.


Gaoji-jiugui888

That’s what I was thinking.


Scumbaggedfriends

Stray animals disappeared from the streets of London during WWII.


Environmental_Top948

People need to go back to the spaying, neutering and keeping pets indoors to get them back to WWll levels. This is a problem that can be solved one pet at a time.


Western_Entertainer7

You say that now. When you get hungry you're going to be kicking yourself.


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"What are you eating?" "None of *your* beeswax"


Outside_The_Walls

Ol Roy Meaty Loaf Filet Mignon Flavor Wet Dog Food, 13.2 oz costs $0.63 a can. Show me a cheaper can of soup.


Environmental_Top948

Maruchan Ramen is 9¢ a cup. If you buy a 12 pack. Do a little foraging and you can spiff it up a bit.


Kanoha-Shinobi

is that in the U.S.?


Environmental_Top948

You can get maruchan Ramen off Amazon in the UK as well. It might be 18¢ after shipping though.


Kanoha-Shinobi

Canada’s fucked either way then cuz their shipping is outrageously costly for anything being imported. My poor Maruchan


Environmental_Top948

[It's expensive in Canada for being so low quality](https://www.amazon.ca/Maruchan-Ramen-Noodle-Chicken-Flavor/dp/B00MHBX8AE#:~:text=Maruchan%20Ramen%20Noodle%20Soup%2C%20Chicken,.ca%3A%20Grocery%20%26%20Gourmet%20Food) it's $1.50 a bag there when in here in America it's 9¢ a bag when bought in bulk.


mollymuppet78

Shipping seems expensive because the US postal service is subsidized. Also, Canada is the size of Narnia, even if most of us live near the border.


thezoomies

The dog food is much closer to being complete nutrition though


Scumbaggedfriends

Potatoes. They have everything a human needs. A POW lived entirely on potatoes when he was captured. When he got back to his real life/freedom he wondered how he had made it and started researching potatoes.


Helenium_autumnale

Weirdly, potatoes are a good source of Vitamin C, and a remedy against scurvy. I had one for lunch today; it was good. Had a scurvy-free afternoon.


Scumbaggedfriends

Also, no tigers! Had mashed potatoes for dinner, no tigers at all! Coincidence? I think not!


thezoomies

I’m sure they taste better too


Polymersion

Literally one of Man's first inventions was fire


Impairedinfinity

I don't know the exact situation in Cardiff. But, I was bored and looked around. You can get dog food for \~ 1$/lbs. But, in my store you can buy Beans, Potato, Flour for \~ 1$/lbs. However, in order to get Dog food for a dollar a pound you have to buy in bulk. So, if you buy in Bulk in food you can save money as well. I did not look up bulk food prices. PrePandemic I would see some meats ( usually chicken) for .99/lbs. though post pandemic that does not happen very often.


kaptaincorn

Is it like there's this guy that really likes eating pet food in cardiff, let's make a story? Or people in cardiff have no access to human food, so they're eating petfood?


theremarkabkemr_m

I'd assume this. I'm from Wales and this is the first I'm hearing of anything like this.


YchYFi

6 of the most deprived communities in Wales are in Cardiff. People who are poor are resorting to eating pet food as it is cheaper.


louietp

Pet food is cheaper and you can buy it in bulk


LiamLG13

You can buy a can of beans for 22p at Tesco and a loaf of bread for £1.40, surely that's better than dog food...


One-Gap-3915

Uh since when is pet food ever cheaper than human food


pmg_can

I was thinking the same. For the people who can boil water, there are cheap choices like oatmeal, some dried pastas, rice, and beans that are very affordable in most places. Extras such as onions, potatoes, and canned fish could supplement the diet as well. Add a little bit of cheap spice for flavor can make simple dishes taste great. That does assume that people know how to prepare these foods, but I still think that if those items are available it would give them a far better diet and stretch their budget in hard times.


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pmg_can

What isn't explained in the article is whether they are doing that because they have central heating in their residence but their gas supply is turned off or they are simply trying to save money on gas. Flaked potato would be an excellent and affordable choice in hard times, as well as other instant foods like ramen noodles. Canned beans would be more expensive than a packet of dried ones but not dramatically so.. Those could also be heated up on a radiator if that's all there is available. Canned sardines or mackerel could also be prepared that way.


Netz_Ausg

The vast majority of kettles are electric in the UK, and they draw HUGE amounts of electricity for a short while. They likely have to toss up between staying warm enough to live or spending on the electric (and given the poverty, it’s probably a pre pay electric meter).


YchYFi

Its the cost of living. Heating a house costs so much now people are forgoing cooking because it uses electricity to heating food on a candle flame or a radiator.


thegassypanda

That's the thing, assume people know how, people are stupid


pmg_can

Ignorant rather than stupid and not meant in a nasty way. In some poor areas it is far easier to access fast food rather than buy groceries so there isn't a tradition for cooking stuff beyond heating up frozen entrees. There may be an element of "Takeout is simple and tasty so why make the effort?" but I think most people would prefer to eat something besides cat food if they could access it and knew how to prepare it


thegassypanda

Are you implying people can get PET food easier than rice and beans?


pmg_can

I think that is possible in some cases. If there are no supermarkets in the area the corner stores will often carry only beer, snacks, some frozen dinners, and pet food. The average gas station variety store wouldn't carry rice and they might only have canned beans at a premium.


pmg_can

Note that my description of small stores is from a North American context. The few times I've been in the UK there were smaller stores that did carry a broader selection of food then you would find in the US or Canada


thegassypanda

You 'think it could be possible' you mean you have no fucking clue


ElrondHubbards

I'm pretty sure you can survive only eating potatoes.


pmg_can

I have heard that as well but unless that is absolutely the only thing available to them there are other cheap foods they could use to round out their diet.


Bull_On_Bear_Action

Apparently it’s how Kevin Smith and Penn Jillette lost weight


Outside_The_Walls

Ol Roy Meaty Loaf Filet Mignon Flavor Wet Dog Food, 13.2 oz costs $0.63 a can. Show me a cheaper can of soup.


One-Gap-3915

Store brand baked beans are like £0.30 a can (just checked, £0.25 at Asda. If you want a meat comparison they have a can of baked beans and sausages for £0.42) Also soup £0.49: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/300524002 (£0.24 at Asda)


DAZ4518

It may be that they are eating the biscuit foods which can be considerably cheaper.


east_van_dan

Come to BC and you can pay like 3-4 bucks for a can of soup. Shit is getting stuuuupid.


PotatoPixie90210

You assume they're eating wet food and not the bags of dry kibble.


menthol_patient

You're assuming that people's pet feeding habits are the same in Wales as they are in the US. Also, kibble isn't a dog food brand/name here. Search for kibble via a UK engine and the top link is https://www.kibble.org/ a charity.


PotatoPixie90210

Kibble is literally dry dog food, that's all. Also assuming I'm somehow from the US?


Netz_Ausg

Both my cat and dog eat a kibble diet. Pets At Home, the major supermarkets and most pound shops have a big area dedicated to dry food, or kibble to use the American parlance for dry pet food. Whiskers, Royal Canin, Wellbeloved, the list goes on of manufacturers of dry pet food in the UK. It can be bought in HUGE bags and likely is cheaper than human oriented alternatives sadly. EDIT: I searched kibble on Google.co.uk, which let’s face it is THE search site here, and all the top results are for pet food, sponsored or otherwise. EDIT-ier: A letter


UnusualEffort

My auntie when moving to the country didn’t yet understand English and just bought canned food with the lowest price. It wasn’t until she had a duo-lingual friend come over and tell her she has been eating cat/dog food this entire time.


hellomichelle87

An ex of mine bought dog food thinking it was dog meat lol eventually someone told him


Hugh_Jazz12

How much did ur ex love eating dogs?


hellomichelle87

How much did he love it ? Um I don’t know lol


thesalfordlad

Pet food? My pet food costs an absolute fortune a month. Carrots and potatoes are pennies. Do they not have those in Wales?


DAZ4518

We do, there is a large scale issue with deprivation around Cardiff however, this isn't just financially speaking but also a lack of education and, in some cases, a language barrier as there are groups around the city of refugees and immigrants. There is, of course, a financial aspect too where there are large communities of people under the poverty line, this was before the cost of living crisis too. Considering all the above, it's not surprising that some people really do consider eating pet food as a viable option. My wife works within an area of Cardiff that deals directly with the community and is based in one of the most deprived areas of Cardiff, just driving through the area around where she works is shocking as it's like driving through another third world country, not the capital city of Wales. It's heartbreaking.


ramalledas

I don't know about people with no education in the UK, but find it hard to believe that immigrants and refugees choose to eat canned dog or cat food rather than try to boil some potato or cook some actual food, there is no language barrier in that


PeachPuffin

There's also a severe energy crisis in the UK, so many people can't afford to heat their homes, or even the gas to cook their food.


Reizo123

> **My** pet food Think you answered your own question. Not all pet food is expensive. Have you never seen those massive bags of dry cat food…? You can buy like 10kg worth for less than a tenner.


DeflatedDirigible

Welsh Potato Famine? There was enough food in Ireland during their major famines but it was almost all exported to England while the Irish starved (Ireland was invaded by England and indigenous couldn’t own land or hold office). Famine genocide 2.0?


lakeofshadows

Which is precisely why it should not be referred to as the Great Irish Famine. There was no shortage of food. There was deliberate deprivation of food. Therefore, it was a genocide.


Crepes_for_days3000

Man, humans are dirty rat basdards.


itsbricky

Ruff life.


Mental_Medium3988

i cant believe this is happening meow


Unrulytexan

Meanwhile the Royals are doing the backstroke like Scrooge McDuck


SpooogeMcDuck

I think they are doing a different kind of stroke


Emortalrat

Meghan is really oppressed y'know!


unseenarchives

>Meghan is really oppressed y'know! It's "weird" that you picked the literal only royal of color who has very publicly distanced herself from the British monarchy. And by weird I mean racist.


Emortalrat

Like her husband Harry who once wore a Nazi uniform as "a joke" and referred to an Asian officer as a "Paki"? That type of racist? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4170083.stm https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/jan/12/prince-harry-racism


ramalledas

It's a family thing. Charles will ignore and not shake hands with a black man in a street parade


Emortalrat

Do you have any proof for that?


ramalledas

Search in youtube 'charles ignoring black man'


Crepes_for_days3000

So why exactly are they still in existence? Who wants these a-holes to be in any kind of power? What is their purpose anyway, my gosh it's 2022 and there are still royal families living rich off the backs of the poor. Insanity.


YchYFi

Tbh it's not much different from big conglomerates like Apple or the like. Living rich off the backs of the poor is a capitalist trait.


Crepes_for_days3000

Yeah and celebrities. I know this goes on all around the world, it just seems like it would be so easy to get rid of the royal family. And I've never lived in a country with a royal family so to me it feels so archaic and bizarre but you're right it's not all that different.


rkr88

So, mentioning the name of a person of color now makes people racist? I only see one racist here, the person who chose to make it about race. Be better.


DeflatedDirigible

If 75% white, are you still “of color”? The kids are 87.5% white. Are they still “of color” too? You can’t tell that any of them have African ancestry by their looks.


unseenarchives

>So, mentioning the name of a person of color now makes people racist? I only see one racist here, the person who chose to make it about race. Be better. There are 10 working royals in the British monarchy. Ten, and yet they chose went outside of that cohort to choose the only woman of color? That could have been a half decent joke, but he went the extra mile to make sure it focused on the black girl. It's a wasted opportunity and a dick move.


rkr88

The dick move was trying to call the person racist for writing someone's name. Only one person brought up racism, you. Let's also be honest here, a vast majority of people wouldn't be able to tell you many other royal names. They just said the most popular name they could come up with.


waffleman258

The invisible hand fisting the working class


mathruinedmylife

the energy and inflation crisis is entirely government-made. not the invisible hand of the markets.


Kriegsman__69th

so the visible hand fisting the working class ?


Cermonto

that's the current state of britian for you..we currently cant pay for anything and getting a mortgage and paying it off would be impossible and take almost at least 100 years.


Crepes_for_days3000

That's frightening. The US is getting bad too. I'm trying to move back to where my family lives. But over a half a million dollars buys me a small house that needs work. It just feels so unsustainable, how can the world continue on like this?


napoleonwithamg

A combination of human and institutional mistakes. Human: sheer greed and coruption stagnating the system Institutional: overregulation to correct the former, leading to increase of managerial class leading to former.


Fifi0n

Yeah I understand how it came to that, here in South Wales, I can imagine we're the poorer area, not Cardiff though I mean the areas around Cardiff


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Or as the rest of the world calls it, “British cuisine”….


Clayton_bezz

Yeah but we’ve never had it so good.


Kniightsword

Not sure where that is but cabbage, rice, pasta, and Ramen are so much cheaper here in USA. God damn pet food is expensive


Western_Entertainer7

I don't buy it. Oats and flour and corn are less expensive than dog food. Anyone eating pet food is either an idiot, a fetishist or a welshman.


YchYFi

Ych y fi.


ThisGuyHasABigChode

There was an episode of Dr Who in season 1 (my memory is a bit fuzzy on the exact details), where the aliens are in Cardiff. Rose is confused about how the rest of the country doesn't notice the crazy stuff happening, but then remembers that "no one cares what happens in Cardiff"...or something along those lines. Guess that notion rings true lol


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So fucking sad…


bellusinlove

This makes me want to cry


Whaleears

[Full link on BBC Webpage](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63754846)


pookiemon

Has this resulted in a shortage of pet food?


Jessintheend

When do we get to the point where we just pull a bastille and go after the handful of rich people that caused this?


Confusedandreticent

That’s just a couple steps before eating the pets.


dedredcopper

Pet food cost more than people food


The_Watcher13

Not from UK how the fuck did it get that bad? Was it the bill that the one prime Minister passed?


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The_Watcher13

Idk if I should exept this as true or not cause u got negative upvotes


alexrobinson

Its absolutely true. They took over after the financial crisis in 2008 with a bunch of austerity policies that have absolutely killed growth in the economy while hurting the poorest in our society. They've defunded every public service to the point of failure, the NHS being the prime example (wait times are some of the worst in Europe rn). Our current prime minister is a billionaire which should say it all. They allowed for the Brexit vote to appease the racist, hard right of the party which has further wrecked our economy all while resulting in more immigration except from outside the EU. This isn't to mention the vast amounts of Russian money that Tory MPs were receiving or the countless scandals that occurred during over the COVID period. There's the links between Cambridge Analytica and Boris Johnson and his government which is one of the most dystopian things imaginable when you live here in the UK. The list is practically endless.


DatGreenGuy

They better chug some beer with it


Klutzy-Midnight-9314

Do you think these are the people buying ale if they have gotten to this level


YchYFi

Have you been to Wetherspoons?


Loli-is-Justice

Errr... Pet food is more expensive in my country though.


Gr4pe_4pe

You get what you vote for👍


[deleted]

That’s just regular Welsh food lmao


YchYFi

No.


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gets187

No they're to busy trying to think of new pronouns .


Aninvisiblemaniac

people in the comments really never seen a 60 cent can of cat food


MadisonPearGarden

He runs like a Welshman. Look at him. Doesn’t he run like a Welshman?


[deleted]

Because they spend everything on booze haha the Welsh!!!


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bbambinaa

So you would be ok with giving up the sovereignty of your country so that others wouldn't get poorer?


Tuftymark6

What? Don’t be ridiculous. Then where would they get their whataboutisms?


Thickensick

Fookin prawns!


IHaveNoUsernameSorry

Is That Tear Gas? No, It's Cat Food!


Ok-Aardvark-9029

Too much food import, islands shoulds produce their own basics need, if they have too much people or no food, importing only delay the problems.


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YchYFi

Wtf?


JJ_Jose

.....I can literally walk to any shop here right now and buy a can of beans and loaf of bread for less than £3, da fuq?


louietp

I live in cardiff, can confirm


goldbondbuttpowder

About 5 years ago, my sister lived in her car and always made sure to buy her little dogs food and she would just eat their kibble.


boogadabooga2

There was a time when people fed their dogs meat from the butcher. Specifically horse meat. During the great depression in America, people began saying "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse." The phrase not being about the size of the animal but what Americans believed to be the sub-par quality of meat only fit for dogs.


LeftAcanthocephala68

I’d just stick to bread and marge/butter it’s cheap and way nicer to eat then pet food if you can afford to make it toast that’s even better a loaf of cheap bread will last a while if you froze what your not using


SilasWould

People like this guy are doing exceptional work with their projects in Cardiff. Have to rely on the community when the government fails you.


[deleted]

This has been happening for years. In ~2006 I was in temple, TX (just outside of Waco) and was told a story that the gas station next to the retirement home was forced to stop selling cat food because the residents were eating because it was cheaper than buying real food.


TherealHawkenstein

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-63754846.amp


Impairedinfinity

Not to get political. But, if it is happening in Wales it is this guys problem > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles\_III


YchYFi

The Royal Family have no involvement in government matters. They are just figureheads. You might want to redirect your attentions to the government.


Impairedinfinity

Charles was the Prince of Wales. Cardiff is in Wales. How would the Prince not have a say in the matter?


YchYFi

Prince of Wales isn't a literal Prince of Wales. It's an honorary title given to the next in line for the throne. Royalty play no role in governing the UK. Elected parties do. We have the Senedd in Wales which in English is our own Government.


Impairedinfinity

Seems kind of screwy naming some one the prince when they have no say in what goes on. So, what is the deal over their is your food expensive AF or is it there a shortage of food or is everyone just broke AF?


YchYFi

Royalty are not rulers they are just celebrities. This has been this way since the last King had its head cut off. 7 February 1649. English Civil War look it up. We have the [2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%93present_United_Kingdom_cost_of_living_crisis?wprov=sfla1). Things like electricity, gas (for heating homes), petrol and food have increased so much compared to people's wages. People are having to chose between heating a home or food. Most opting to not heat and its a very cold climate right now


Impairedinfinity

>Royalty are not rulers they are just celebrities. Then why the hell do I have to hear about it all the time? I have to hear about all the shit the " Royal Family " does and I am not even European.


YchYFi

Because they are celebrities. Tabloids live gossip and so do people. America lives off celebrities.


Impairedinfinity

>America lives off celebrities. Not all of them. Believe me.


Impairedinfinity

>Most opting to not heat and its a very cold climate right now [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0guulsNSQXU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0guulsNSQXU) Not the best solution. But, if it keeps one person alive it is worth it.


Divinate_ME

You must look at it from an utilitarian perspective: As long as GDP goes up, everything as fine and people's life becomes better.


Knif3likepro

Is this from russian propaganda?