Kids: Much Like In The Mid 90's They're Still Trying To Fuck You In The Lunch Line

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Ever wondered why American kids are stuck with hockey-puck chicken nuggets while their Italian peers enjoy fresh risotto? DJ ESG serves up a scorching take on the sad state of school lunches that will have you both laughing and fuming.

This unflinching examination of cafeteria "compliance cuisine" takes listeners on a journey from elementary school trays featuring "dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets, congealed mashed potatoes, and milk cartons colder than the school nurse's soul" through the increasingly depressing offerings of middle and high school. The contrast with international school meals is stark and damning – while Japanese schools teach children to serve each other nutritious food as part of their education, American cafeterias dish out processed items that wouldn't meet quality standards for fast food chains.

The episode doesn't just identify problems; it exposes the systemic issues behind our failing lunch programs. From the political battles over nutrition standards to the latest humiliation of digital food cards that publicly deny students certain items at checkout, DJ ESG connects the dots between budget cuts, bureaucracy, and the resulting "side of mockery" served daily to millions of kids. With characteristic fire and unapologetic language, this episode champions the radical idea that children deserve food you'd actually want to eat yourself. 

Keep your trays clean and your bullshit detectors fully charged – Rock Bottom Podcast is cooking up the kind of unfiltered truth that might just spark real change in a system desperately needing an overhaul. Share your own school lunch horror stories and join the conversation about how we can demand better for the next generation.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 0 (00:00):
What's up, guys?
It's DJ ESG and we are onspring break week.
You know what that means?
I'm gonna leave Captain Dipshitin this micro midget alone just
for one week, so they can donothing at the beach or on
vacation, or with their families, or in a t-shirt or whatever
the fuck they wanna do.
You know why?
Because I don't give a shit.
Let them do it.
I'll be back Monday, though,smashing and racking, All right.
So welcome to the Rock BottomPodcast, where the truth isn't

(00:22):
served lukewarm.
It's set on fire, rolled insarcasm and delivered with a
plastic spork right to the face.
If you know what a spork is,you were born when I was born.
I'm ESG, your cafeteria critic,mystery meat master and flaming
hot advocate for our nation'smost underserved and overfried
citizens.
The kids Strap in folks.
We're going down the lunch lineof shame.

(00:42):
Let's start at the beginning.
Little Kids strap in folks.
We're going down the lunch lineof shame.
Let's start at the beginning.
Little Timmy, age six, walks tothe cafeteria for the first
time and what's on the tray?
A dinosaur-shaped chickennugget, congealed mashed
potatoes, three peas and a milkcarton colder than the school
nurse's soul.
If you were alive when I wasalive, there was a picture on
there of missing.
Find me Meanwhile.
In Italy, those kids are eatingrisotto friggin' risotto with
fresh basil and a side ofdignity.

(01:04):
In Japan, kids get hot,balanced meals prepared by
actual staff who give a shit.
They learn how to serve eachother food as part of their
education.
Over here, we're lucky if ahair-net-wearing temp worker
doesn't call them booger eaterwhile slapping turkey sludge on
a tray.
Let's be honest if you fed anactual prison teammate what we
feed elementary school kids inAmerica, the ACLU would be all
up in arms, but we serve it tofive-year-olds and call it

(01:25):
nutrition.
Now we level up to the middleschool, where bodies are
changing, hormones are ragingand lunch is still a soggy,
beige rectangle of despair.
This is the age where kidsstart questioning authority, and
they should, because what thefuck is this food?
Here's a sample from aPennsylvania middle school
Microwaved pizza with a crusttougher than your dad's belt
from 1986.
A pair that could be used inmedieval combat.

(01:45):
Chocolate milk that's 50% sugarand 50% state-mandated sadness.
And, of course, french fries,because nothing says balanced
milk like a pound of oil-soakedstarch.
Let's talk names.
Michelle Obama tried to fix itand people lost their freaking
minds.
Oh no, my child can't getchocolate milk five times a week
.
What is this communism?
No, Karen, it's calledvegetables.
What is this communism?
No, Karen, it's calledvegetables.
They grow in the fucking ground, oh my God.

(02:07):
But then in came Sonny Perdue,Trump's Secretary of Agriculture
, and he basically said wholegrains, Nah, salt limits, Screw
that, let's get back to servingdiabetes in a tray.
He literally rolled back theObama guidelines because school
food was too healthy.
Too healthy, that's like sayingfiremen are too wet.
Welcome to high school, a placewhere choices include greased
disc labeled cheeseburger,rectangle pizza made from
despair and frozen sins, nachos,red stale chips and lukewarm

(02:28):
liquid regret.
Or the salad bar, which is thiswilted romaine and, ridiculous
sadness, ranch dressing.
At this point, the lunch programis a full-blown culinary
malpractice.
The budget's dried up, the foodcomes from government surplus
and the vibe is like the dmv meta waffle house after a fucking
fight.
Fun fact the usda actuallyallows meat into schools that
wouldn't meet the qualityrequirements for fast food

(02:49):
chains.
So, yeah, Taco Bell said nothanks, but we said give it to
the kids.
And if you think any of this isnormal, in Sweden, students get
vegetarian meals withsustainable ingredients.
In Brazil, meals are designedby nutritionists to combat
childhood obesity andmalnutrition.
In South Korea you get kimchi,rice soup, vegetables and the
feeling that your governmentgives a fucking shit.
And in America we're like can Iinterest you in lukewarm

(03:10):
chicken ring that doubles as afucking hockey puck.
And now, the grand finale ofhumiliation the fucking food
cards which Council Rock islooking into.
That's right Now.
Some schools let parents choosewhat their kids can and can't
buy in the cafeteria using adigital system.
So now little Billy walks up toget a cookie and beep fucking
denied.
Sorry, Billy, your mom says nosugar.

(03:31):
Maybe go cry next to thevending machine with the broken
Sprite button.
Are we fucking kidding?
These kids are already gettingbullied for their clothes, their
shoes, their TikToks, and nowwe're giving them custom lunch.
Shame, it's like the ScarletLetter, but for fucking pudding
cups.
Sorry, Fluffy, no chips today.
As if he wasn't already gettingcalled chunk in gym class, Now
he's gotta walk away from thesnack line like he's been caught
stealing from the fuckingregister.
Hey school districts, maybeinstead of putting kids on blast

(03:53):
for wanting a fucking RiceKrispie treat, you should figure
out why 70% of your fuckingfood budget is going to reheat
frozen junk from 2005.
Or it's going fucking statemandated joke.
This isn't food, it'scompliance cuisine.
It's what happens whenbureaucrats and budget cuts have
a one-night stand and create alimp taquito with a side of

(04:15):
fucking trauma.
So every school board stilldebating whether ketchup is a
vegetable, I say this if youwouldn't fucking eat it, don't
fucking serve it.
And to all the kids stuckeating this crap every day, I
see you.
You deserve better.
You deserve risotto, like thefucking French.
You deserve respect, like theJapanese.
You deserve a fucking hot mealthat doesn't come with a side of
mockery.
This has been Rock Bottom,where we all burn it down and
roast the institutions that needit most.

(04:35):
Until next time, keep yourtrays clean, your fork sharp and
your bullshit detectors fullycharged.
I'm ES.