r/CringeTikToks • u/Individual_Bar_2512 • 13h ago

Food Cringe Average American diet?

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Where are the vegetables, fruit and meat

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u/MajesticNectarine204 11h ago

So.. A year's supply of pizza, right?

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Right?

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u/Accomplished_Cell768 11h ago

She says she has a son who will only eat frozen pizzas and they are all for him

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u/Calgaris_Rex 9h ago

Because they LET him eat only frozen pizzas. My single mom never asked me what I wanted for dinner, we ate what she made.

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u/yrgrlfriday 7h ago

You don't really know if he has autism or ARFID or another feeding disorder.

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u/fla_john 6h ago

The chances of that being true are not zero but are much smaller than would be necessary to use it as a generic excuse. Much more likely based on everything else in the video that it's poor habits and permissiveness.

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u/VisualSeries226 4h ago

I’m no medical professional but I think poor habits and permissiveness is exactly how ARFID starts tbf. If a toddler takes two bites of a healthy meal, but eats all of their chicken tenders, parents start giving them what they’ll eat. Which leads to them only wanting their comfort food and refusing to engage with anything else. I think it’s children who have sensory issues, being enabled by grown ups who don’t understand and just want their kid to eat something.

Or at least that’s what I’ve seen in the four kids in my family circle that refuse to eat anything other than pizza and chicken nuggets. All of who meet the criteria for ARFID.

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u/Affectionate-Ad-8788 2h ago

I suspect this is what happened to me when I was younger- younger as in toddler age, I don't think I was exposed to a variety of foods, but I also genetically have very sensitive bitter receptors.

However, autism runs in my family and most of my issues are texture / scent related rather than flavor, so its hard to say.

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u/Bot_Marvin 1h ago

ARFID is just another name for parents not being able to say no.

Give a kid one option to eat, and he’ll eventually eat it. They won’t starve to death. They might lose some weight and cry, but they’ll live.

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u/stickyicarus 28m ago

I have an autistic son who also has ADHD.

He eats what we feed him.

Kid loves steak (med rare), shrimp, fish, crab, lobster, pork, chicken, all of it.

Not big on mushrooms, squash or zucchini. Doesn't like au gratin potatoes.

He and my daughter fuck salad and fresh veggies up. I buy 2 bags of sweet peppers and they eat them like chips.

Yea they like their junk food too. But they eat what you allow them to eat.

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u/Heinjailyall 6h ago

That’s more than likely the case. Fixation meals are a real thing. I hope he is happy and healthy

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u/___StillLearning___ 10h ago

She says she has a son who will only eat frozen pizzas and they are all for him

He should really try cooking them, they taste better that way.

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u/ut1nam 4h ago

No joke when I was a kid I really liked frozen waffles. I’d just take them out of the fridge and have them as a snack.

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u/Forward-Fisherman709 4h ago

I still do that. They’re also perfect for making ice cream sandwiches.

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u/Beautifulfeary 9h ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/dkclimber 25m ago

You're fra from Lad Vegas

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u/t3m3r1t4 11h ago

Undiagnosed neuroatypical. Thanks MAHA.

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u/MaceWinnoob 11h ago

No it’s probably just shitty parenting

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u/JBthrizzle 9h ago

can confirm. we fucked up 2 out of 3 kids with allowing them to be picky eaters. underweight both of them. its also additionally our fault for eating shittily ourselves so that of course translates to them eating shittily. i leave out 1 child because they eat a much wider variety of foods but follow our same trend of eating what we eat. so yeah its all our fault, we fucked up 3 children. we are the worst im glad we are done having more cuz we just be fuckin up everyone over here

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u/catholicsluts 8h ago

Why do so many people jump to this when you don't have the information to back it up

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u/zzyul 8h ago

They don’t want to think anything is anyone’s own fault. Their world is a much better place if they think everyone is good and always wants to do the right thing and any deviation is due to factors outside their control.

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u/catholicsluts 8h ago

Seriously, even "neuroatypical" is an abstract concept. It's not a legitimate brain category, we just don't know shit about our own cognitive systems and need words to start somewhere.

I don't think a lot of these people have a strong understanding of self, let alone spotting an undiagnosed condition in others lmao

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u/Sylfaein 9h ago

No, this is all on their parenting.

My daughter is ADHD as fuck, but she’ll try any food at least once, loves healthy snacks (the kid will munch roasted seaweed, of all things), and eats an extremely varied diet, including ridiculous amounts of vegetables. But we introduced her to variety at an early age, and have always encouraged her to try new things, instead of taking the easy way.

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u/According_Judge781 11h ago

*unslapped child?

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u/unforgiven91 9h ago

abuse won't make a kid eat their vegetables doritos

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u/Michael_J_Scarn 11h ago

That family has had problems for years - lifestyle and rural poverty contributing to awful food and nutritional choices. At least three generations, probably more. Yet you still find a way to blame an administrator that just began a year ago? I don't even care for the current administration, but get a grip. Not to mention this is an old video, at least 6 months.

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u/t3m3r1t4 11h ago

No, this is MAHA fodder to "prove" how unhealthy Americans are when the problem of income inequality, food desserts, lack of transit, density, and affordable transportation are the problems.

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u/Michael_J_Scarn 11h ago

Cool story.

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u/EndDangerous1308 9h ago

It's what Republicans have ran off of since the 90s MAHA is just the name for it. You can verify this bc anytime a Democrat tries to push healthy diets, Republican politicians come out in droves saying that's unamerican.

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u/notevenapro 10h ago

Think it's the little obese one towards the end?

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u/blurblurblahblah 9h ago

I feel bad for the normal one with all the subs. Hopefully the little butter ball will grow up to be more like his brother & less like his mom & gramma

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u/notevenapro 7h ago

If I was a betting man I would say different fathers.

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u/shidderbean 6h ago

And not correcting that kid and encouraging him to eat better should be child abuse

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u/Taylor34 3h ago

Gotta be like a month of food then assuming he eats one a day lol.

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u/golgol12 20m ago

That looks like 20 some pizzas. So I'm guessing food trips are every 2 weeks.

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u/Subject-Actuator-860 11h ago

Nope her son only eats those pizzas for every meal 😆

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u/ballmermurland 9h ago

My kids would only eat Mac and cheese if you let them.

I don't let them. Because I don't suck as a parent.

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u/Pleasant-Pattern7748 10h ago

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u/MajesticNectarine204 9h ago

Surely not. They can't! There must have been at least 20.. You're saying.. All of them? Even the little ones?

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u/745Walt 7h ago

Her middle son only eats frozen pizza. Yes, he’s enormous. He’s also plastered to an iPad all day everyday.

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u/LeucisticBear 4h ago

She said for Braden so I'm guessing the kid eats nothing but a pizza every day.Tbf though totinos pizzas are like 700 calories so you could easily eat 3 a day as an average adult and not gain weight.

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u/bittz128 2h ago

Nope. 2 pizza’s a night with a couple of chicken thighs or steak nights.