“Why? What is your point, other than sneering at someone successful?”
Not sneering at her. I just think it is disingenuous. And since we have seen time and again how Hollywood elites make these “gestures” so they can look good , promote a film, whatever, if she is going to eat for 29 bucks a week, make it interesting.
I would go with something Iike a 29 buck challenge. For every family that takes the challenge, contribute a buck or two to a food bank. I am sure they would rather have a few million in their coffers than know Gwynth ate beans and rice for a week. And rather than just do it for one week, do it for several and come back with something useful like menus.
I get it. Instead of saying it she is doing it. But here is one for you. What kind of water do you think she is drinking while she is song this?
‘But here is one for you. What kind of water do you think she is drinking while she is song this?’
LOL. It seems like a kind of petty class warfare. Not somewhere, but right here, on FR! What difference does it make which water she drinks? She certainly haven’t advertised Perrier there.
C’mon, you can come up with a better retort than “What kind of water do you think she is drinking while she is doing this?”
At least she did it for a week. That’s not just a one-day version (like the “OMG I survived homelessness overnight” dweebs), it’s well past the “9 meals limit”[1]. Have _you_ tried it? I grew up on it, and never realized there was an issue.
She gave the “SNAP money is/isn’t enough” issue a fair try, and discovered it’s doable. This of course outrages the perpetually outraged who were rallying behind the “isn’t” version, only to have one of their own prove otherwise. I’m just puzzled at why so many FReepers are likewise outraged, relegated to snide comments about what kind of water she drank - thus completely [dis]missing the point that SNAP is not inadequate, and further increases are unnecessary (esp. in context of other “entitlements” like EBT, and minimum wage requiring just 4 hours for the capable to earn it).
[1] - the prepper’s observation that if people miss 9 meals, social breakdown ensues. If your diet leaves you in an OK state after 27 meals, it’s OK.