In 1986, GRID/AIDS was a death sentence. The lucky ones died before their friends, family, or lovers abandoned them. I spent a lot of free time helping in tiny kitchens, where (mostly) women would prepare meals for people too sick to feed themselves. I made many friends, then. They're all gone now.
Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.