"You can just"

[firecat]

About providing food for your family when you don't have a lot of money, and the thoughtless advice that people sometimes give if they don't know much about a difficult problem you have, especially if they give the advice using the adverb "just" (with the "it's so simple" connotation).

http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2011/08/31/you-can-just/

Comments

[elf]

Thank you for this. (I think. It certainly isn't fun to think about.) I always get ranty when I see articles about how the people living in poverty are there because they're so clueless and/or lazy as to ignore the obvious, simple solution to their problems. With bonus side irritation for people in big cities thinking everyone has a supermarket and mall outlet in walking distance, and people in rural areas thinking everyone has space for a garden and playground equipment.

Nice to know I'm not alone with the reaction of "No, dammit, it's not that easy to fix."