• Xanthrax@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    I don’t know why, but this brought back a memory for me. I used to work at a Jewish retirement home, and CHEESE BURGERS were always the non-kosher thing people wanted that got me in trouble. No one wanted shrimp or pork, but God damn, did they want their cheese burger.

    Edit: I’m sorry if you’re Kosher, I probably slipped your parent(s) meat and cheese (if they asked). Generally, they needed it. They usually live a lot longer with a more varied diet. I worked at a pretty nice home, so they had a nice Kosher diet, too. It got complicated with different Europeans. Dang I miss them.

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      10 hours ago

      I’m sorry if you’re Kosher, I probably slipped your parent(s) meat and cheese (if they asked). Generally, they needed it. They usually live a lot longer with a more varied diet.

      People can eat whatever they like but I seriously doubt these people you slipped meat and cheese “needed” it. Especially cheese burgers. Vegans (plant-based diets in general) live longer, healthier lives compared to meat-eaters. They can still get sick and die since these diets don’t cure all diseases but generally they have better health outcomes.

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        9 hours ago

        They did. They wouldn’t have eaten otherwise. It was a dietary choice. When you get that old, you’ll die before you try new things. Nutrition is also very important. We we’re SUPPOSED to keep track of everyone’s nutritional needs, but honestly, no one does. I’m not trying to rep. Myself. That’s just the reality of the situation.

        I’ll give an example: (real world, this man died)

        You’re a man from Romania who survived the holocaust. You taught physics across Europe. You had children, but none of them talk to you because you’re too conservative. They put you in a home. Now I, a random, young dude with 0% understanding of what you went through, is trying to keep you alive. You just want your meat broth with wine, or perhaps a rye sandwich with cooked salami and sauerkruat. No matter what, those people couldn’t even show up to meals in time, and they’d be cut off. The doctors gave them vitamins. Im not certified to do that. Treat people with kindness, please. I could give a list of their dietary needs. We could go all day.

        I don’t agree with old, conservative views, but I’ll keep your Grandpa alive while facilitating their diet/ religious views. I don’t like it, but that’s how it is, unless you want to change it.