Jack Monroe #244 Why has she turned this into supermarket sweep?

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meowquiz

Sadly outside of r/discworld there are many more threads on uk and uk politics subreddits with many more upvotes and comments all wetting their knickers over Jack's article - some with over 7000 upvotes and 500+ comments that are vastly positive.

I use reddit and enjoy it as my feed is curated (its intended use) but reddit is wildly suggestible and "most upvotes comment" often seems to be taken as the absolute gospel truth. I hate to think how many more squiggles her being posted there have created.
 
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PunkyMonkey

1) Vimes would hand you your arse, Monroe, he actually grew up poor.

2) this, for future reference, is gaslighting.

Oh and also whilst the angry reacts are unsettling despite them being totally appropriate to my Rashford comment I am loving that "anecdata" has taken off!
 
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Orphan_Black

Reddit is an absolute hive-minded echo chamber. It's making me furious seeing all this praise she's getting. She's done nothing, like she's done nothing for a decade. Like she's done nothing her whole wasteful life.
 
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bowiethesdmn

Cucumberthunder said:
It's an excellent theory. Has no application to food.

At a stretch you could say cheapo carby ready meals don't fill you up so you are hungry again quicker, but that's not her point
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I will reluctantly attest to this as I ordered McDonalds at work this morning (their new vegan meat-a-like burger is pretty good) and then
even after being affronted by the 'Serves Three' on the cheese melt sharebox I got with it, ended up buying chippy in the afternoon. Normally I wouldn't eat that much at work and I'm hungry again now

The Vimes thing works for goods like boots etc because, for example, our flashy pretty toaster at work finally conked out last year. It was replaced with a cheapo placcy travel toaster. Less than a month later I came back from my lunch break to be informed said toaster had set alight and had been thrown out the fire exit. We now have a much more substantial one.

Actually we've had far more fires in the past year than I'm comfortable with but I could rant about that all day.
 
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Into_the_tunnel

Will you be advising work to get a smeg or Emma bridgewater toaster next time the inevitable happens?
 
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MooBelle

Lads, calm yourselves. I know she is infuriating but we have to get through this
She has to rise before she can fall.
The higher she climbs, the giddier she becomes. Then she'll do something stupid and her lies will be all the more public. She'll face questioning from people who actually know what they're talking about and it will start an avalanche of backlash against her.
She's publicly named and shamed supermarkets and they really won't like that. They will have a response and it will be well researched by people who actually know what they are talking about.
Oh and it will definitely be the taxman or taxmanlady that brings her down. She'll either get in serious poo for not filing and face public scrutiny for it or she will file and the lies about how much she earns will be made public.
We just have to wait.
 
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sarahjay

Rekyavikgirl said:
Tell me Jack, why do we need your index? Other than self aggrandisement, that is.
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I was literally just about to say the same thing. Why is she going it? Who is it for? How will people use it? It makes no sense! It’s a complete vanity project for her.
 
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Elthi86

I would say that the Vimes thing doesn't work for rice, specifically, because in lower income, diverse areas like mine, the Asda sells the huge bags of rice because that's what the local people want and budget for. Its not generally rich (white) people buying 5kg bags of rice.
 
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Flash123

I hope Rice-Bag accountant is sharpening whatever an accountant sharpens when they begin their numbers.
I also hope there is a Viggle working in the HMRC investigation department who hasn’t forgotten
 
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HotesTilaire

The Vimes Boots theory was published in 1993. Pithy as it is, it’s very “last century” you won’t see kids saying it’s great, it’s all boomers. Of the white middle class type. There are whole sections of society which don’t hold with promoting witches and wizards. Just saying.
 
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For the truth

It is more expensive because it’s fiddly to process. Sorry to vegan fraua but small limbs etc to deal with on the production line means more people and cost. But it packs a big protein punch if you can afford and if folk ate more of it in GB and exported less I think it would be one cheaper. Of course I’d have to check that with the new Jackie Monroe index.
 
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bowiethesdmn

Into_the_tunnel said:
Will you be advising work to get a smeg or Emma bridgewater toaster next time the inevitable happens?
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Yes absolutely x

I'll also be advising them to knock the whole bloody building down and start again, we've had fires, floods, plagues (infestations, covid, and once multiple reptiles somehow - I work for the NHS), the place is like something out the Book of Revelation.
 
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