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shimmanyesterday at 6:45 PM2 repliesview on HN

You must have been a child when Michelle Obama said that children needed better food and half the country lost their collective minds. Hard to do anything when corporations control what most legislation is passed.


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betabyyesterday at 6:50 PM

> You must have been a child when Michelle Obama said

My kids were born long before Obama took the office.

What's your point again? That president can't control the quality of the food in the country under their control?

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reaperduceryesterday at 6:52 PM

I've always wondered if her initiative, which caused some big food companies to reduce fat and salt in their products, and change their frying media, is the reason for the rise of Sriracha in America.

My theory is that the food tasted less flavorful, so people compensated by adding their own.

I don't eat a lot of junk food, but for a long time after the Obama administration, when I did partake, often my immediate reaction was "Wow. These aren't as tasty as I remember."

/I'm looking at you, Cool Ranch Doritos.

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