Everything Is Stupid - America Has a Problem with Food

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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🗓️ 9 July 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Ronny Chieng spotlights frivolous lawsuits against food giants, including absurd cases being brought against Godiva, TGI Friday’s and Poland Spring. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:02.6	Pfff!
0:03.6	Pfff!
0:04.6	Thank you!
0:06.6	America has a problem with food.
0:08.6	You guys want your food to be cheap and fast, but also to be fresh and healthy.
0:19.2	That's too many things, okay?
0:21.0	You can't have both.
0:22.2	It's like racial diversity at a ski lodge.
0:24.2	It doesn't exist.
0:26.2	And when Americans don't get everything they expect from their food,
0:28.8	you end up with dumb lawsuits like this one.
0:31.4	The Redding Eagle reports on a $5 million class action lawsuit that accuses
0:35.5	Godiva of misleading consumers.
0:37.2	The suit says Godiva's packaging reads Belgium 1926,
0:40.6	who's playing the chocolate is made there when it's actually made in Redding, Pennsylvania.
0:44.3	Godiva says the Belgian brand is proud of its roots and the company's logo reflects the spirit.
0:50.0	Come on guys, you're telling me that Americans care that the chocolate isn't from Belgium?
0:54.7	I'll give you the money myself if you can show me what Belgium is on the map.
0:58.2	But also Godiva, why are you tricking people about where your chocolate is from?
1:04.0	Nobody cares.
1:05.0	You can say that was made in Bernie Sanders shoe and people would still eat it, okay?
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