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Well that's a bit unfair considering the huge amount of money these companies spend making there food addictive

Where do we draw the line with personal responsibility.

Like say with guns do we just let everyone have guns and tell them not to use for violence and crime.

I mean it's up to their personal responsibility, right?

Legalise all drugs and all people not to misuse or give to children.

Or are children also to be held personally responsible?

Spoilt dogs cause no harm. Spoilt children grow up to be w@nkers.

So its the owners then?

There are socio-economic factors at play as well.

You can make healthy meals quite cheaply. Everyone has a powerful mini computer in their hand that no one had a few decades ago, you can google cheap quick recipes. No excuse really.

I see you have a very simplistic view of life. A lot of people have an emotional attachment to tasty food.

Yes healthy food can taste nice but it's not as nice as unhealthy food. The makers of unhealthy food often know how to use extra sugar or fat to give that hit of dopamine. I eat healthy 75% of the time but it requires time, effort and a little discipline. If someone has a stressful job, are a parent or going through a tough time eating healthy can be quite challenging.

I think it can mean both Kev. And that was the whole joke.

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Personal: belonging to a person.

Responsibility: the state of having a duty.

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On a Saturday when you have a few hours, go to the shop.

A 1kg bag of pasta = €2 tops of generic store brand. A 1kg bag of spaghetti, generic store brand = €1.50. Mixed herbs, store brand = €1.50. Large tray of Mushrooms = €2. 3pk Peppers = €2-€2.50. Bag of onions = €2 tops. 3 large chicken fillets, €5.50 in most supermarkets. Large jar of pasta sauce = €3.50. 1Kg of lean mince, around €6 in a butchers. Light fry spray oil = €3.50. Garlic = €1.

Chop up the mushrooms, two onions (3 if small), the peppers, two cloves of garlic and the chicken.

Use three sprays of the fry oil, and light fry the chicken on a pan with one clove of chopped garlic. In a saucepan, two sprays of the fry oil and put on the mince to simmer on a medium temperature with the other half of the garlic. On another pan, one spray and light fry the the mushrooms. When the mushrooms are just done, add in the peppers and onions. Keep going with the mince until it is brown. Put on 500g of the pasta (we use fusili). When the mince (leave in the saucepan you were using off the hob), chicken, mushrooms, onions and peppers are all done, place them in separate bowls. When the pasta is cooked, strain it properly, place back in the (cleaned) saucepan and add 1/3 of the pasta sauce, one small tablespoon of mixed herbs, 1/3 of the mushrooms, 1/3 of the onions, 1/3 the peppers and all the chicken. Add the rest of the vegetables, pasta sauce and a tablespoon of mixed herbs to the mince, mix up, and leave simmer on a low temperature for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally until just warm.

Go eat the pasta/chicken dinner, which should be enough for a family of two adults and three children (more than enough in our house).

The whole process should take one person 90 minutes max from chopping to finished eating.

When finished eating, take off the simmering mince, leave it cool, split it into 3 portions which combined with remaining pasta/spaghetti should be another three dinners, and freeze the portions for dinners on days you're stuck for time.

A bit time consuming on a Saturday/Sunday I know, and a little bland, but if you can do it, that's €31 for four healthy dinners, with pasta/onion/spray oil/garlic/mixed herbs left over for use in other dinners/lunches.

PS - If you fancy going all out and having a treat on a Saturday, get some pre-cooked rolls (€2), garlic Butter (€2) and mixed mozzarella/cheddar (€2), the cheaper the better. Cut the rolls in half, put the garlic butter on them and stick them on a tray in the oven. When they're about 1/2 done, put on a sprinkling of the mixed cheese and leave until the cheese is just starting to brown. Savage.

The bright light towers or laptops, I've never gotten and I like to game. It's just very tacky. High hz monitors, I've never had one but the 500 ones seem to be marketed at the competitive market which in the scheme of things are niche.