What do you think of this idea?

How about we all promise to eat no more than our share of the available food in the world, and hope that everyone else does the same. That would be no meat, animals take up too much of the available resources. It comes out to a few bowls of rice with fruits and vegetables a day.

While initially your idea is good it won’t do much for others in practice. I must say this particular behavior has been a trend for the past couple of years, many people all around me used to post whatever they eat in a restaurant on Instagram (some people even said this is a modern Asian culture), all the time, as if anyone really care about what they eat, I believe some people still do that these days. As for your suggestion, who will know whether or not the one who posted the picture has done any sort of philanthropic activities prior to posting the picture? And if you mentioned or post your philanthropic pics in relation to your food pics people will think that you’re bragging about your ‘kindness’, good deeds need no announcement. You can, however, do it to make yourself feel good/less guilty.

I also wonder if people that are lacking food will spend their time chatting in Facebook.

I can think of a couple people I know who are homeless, but still use Facebook.

^My mistake. I forgot that there are libraries in developed countries that allow public use of their pc and internet, which are even used by the homeless. My thought was that if you can’t afford your food how come you could keep your self busy in Facebook which normally require someone to possess a pc/gadgets and being able to pay for internet.

@Unofficial_Member – In the US, stuff is easy to come by. Stuff is a lot easier to get than a home. There’s stuff everywhere.

About a year ago, I transferred a cell phone number that I hadn’t paid a dime on in six months to a new company, and they just gave me a new smartphone. It was a promotion they were running. I’ll pay for a month of service ($30) and then when it runs out just use Google Voice (a free service) and whatever free WiFi hotspots are around town. After two months of not paying for service Boost will give me a free month. Then I’ll pay for a month and start the cycle again. Or not. Whatever.

That phone’s speaker just stopped working, so I’m going to do it again. Cricket is giving away a phone with transfer this month.

^Good to hear that (and I envy you a bit). In my country, all the privileges you just mentioned here could only go as far as limited promotional deals.

There are a lot of homeless people that would welcome a meal and probably an equal number would not want food, they’d want cash if they had their choice.

Also, good point mentioned above that people’s food posts are probably not going away. I find them annoying because we’ve all had all kinds of meals in our lives but I understand some are more picturesque than others. I know with FB or anything on the internet, if something is annoying we can just keep scrolling, which I do often.

I think @filmfann‘s point is not that the homeless need to see it on FB, just that people who parade their meals should find a way to share food with the hungry. Donating to food banks is one way to do this. Buying food coupons and giving them out on the street is another.

In the wake of the coming climate in America, it behooves us all personally to act in a kinder, gentler way. Private and non-governmental actions are going to be more and more important.

How about I don’t take pictures of my food or help homeless people?

So what happens when peope post pics of their homes, interiors?
“Here’s a tin of paint for your cardboard shelter”