Boy, it sure is lucky for them you're around! I shudder to think how many resources might have been wasted putting this folly into production, had you not been here with all the facts and numbers to prove -- oh, wait...
No, you're into making excuses for pigging out at McDonald's, and are exceedingly defensive and irrational on the subject -- hence, you are fat. Obvious fatso is obvious.:) But who cares anyway? With mental problems like you've got just relax and enjoy the thorazine.
I don't think that's hypocrisy, just human nature.:) It's also good to remember that the assumption that everyone should be slim and otherwise they're not healthy is most likely incorrect. I have known some pretty big people with much more stamina and endurance than I have.
One thing I've noticed lately is several people in my circle getting fat because of prescription drugs. It might pay for you to cast a very skeptical eye at any meds you're taking?
Okay, sorry for the strong language -- but really, is it so hard to understand that some of us would just love to eat that entire cheesecake but just don't? Sometimes I want to eat baked goods so badly I could almost *cry*. If you think about something else, the craving just goes away. I might really want a cheesecake for an hour today, but if I don't have one I probably won't think about it again for a few weeks. If I do have one, I'll be thinking of it again the day after tomorrow. That's how those things work.:) That's the thing about cravings -- they can't *make* you do anything. So yes, I know resisting cravings can be hard. I *really* know it. That doesn't change the fact that if you don't find the wherewithal to do it you'll be a slave to your appetite, and that rarely ends well.
Actually, I'm the only person in my family who isn't at least 50 pounds overweight. Also, once I did go through a fat phase, and putt on 60 pounds. It lasted almost a year before I realized what to do. That was back in the klate '80s. Sorry, but I am not your problem -- by definition and design, that could only be you.
Maybe, but the fact that they are driven to eat is almost certainly either part of the problem of no impulse control, or a symptom of malnutrition. It does all go back to discipline, I'm afraid. People who have none can never see it, it's funny...
As I said elsewhere, I'm 51 years old and still the same exact size and weight as when I was 19. I don't expect that to be good enough for you, but understandably it's more than good enough for me. I do allow, however, that not all bodies have identical requirements, nor is everyone necessarily supposed to be thin. I really just know my body, not yours.:)
It's expensive to be poor and easy to be too poor to afford a frugal lifestyle.
Not really. Every neighborhood has food for sale, at the price the market will bear -- otherwise the markets would go under. But it *is* true that a lot of people are poor because they're not very resourceful. People who aren't very resourceful don't do well with any restriction, including the budgetary kind. I've been poor and and lived in ghettos, but I have always eaten well because I'm resourceful and consider myself capable. No offense, but people who say things like you've said are often all about disempowerment. "I can't" usually means "I won't" -- cooking one's own meals with only a hotplate or crockpot if necessary is a great example of something lots of poor, fat people won't do.
You're just making excuses. Brown rice and dried beans are about $17 per 10 lb bag right now, available in any supermarket in the US. The same markets conveniently sell fresh fruits and veggies. And it's all much cheaper than filling your cart with Top Ramen, Little Debbies, and Kraft Mac and Synthcheez , especially if you consider the cost of things like colon cancer, heart disease, etc....
Doing it wrong. A "TV" is akin to a "console stereo". All you need is a good monitor, a tuner, and a computer. And a wireless keyboard with trackball. And a good amp and speaker system. Okay, and you need (healthy) snacks too. And weed. Don't forget the weed!
Sorry to reply to myself, but just to clarify: Most of us actually only need to eat once per day. Cultural conditioning has us all expecting a cavalcade of taste sensations, but that isn't what we need. IME if you restrict your intake to a moderate amount of healthy, natural, non-factory food, after three months the very idea of scarfing down a half-dozen Little Debbies and a Starbuck's Caramel Brownie Latte actually becomes a nauseating proposition. You have to retrain your appetite to be in harmony with your best interests. Nearly all of us are raised to have an extremely self-destructive appetite.
As for all the people in this discussion who enjoy pretending they don't know what's healthy, well, that's called denial. You do know, you just don't want to know because it means you have to do something besides continuing to scarf down way too much (factory) food. If you're hungry all the time it means you're probably malnourished!
I didn't forget, in fact I've totally been there. Rice and beans with a side of fresh veggie was my staple meal for a couple of years. Didn't do me any harm and was cheaper than convenience food.
I already have a much better remote for my HTPC -- also commonly called a wireless keyboard with trackball. Gives me way more control and is much easier to use than some consumer-grade doodad with a hundred tiny buttons with labels too small to read.
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Until they run crying to the EU, then who knows how it might go?
Boy, it sure is lucky for them you're around! I shudder to think how many resources might have been wasted putting this folly into production, had you not been here with all the facts and numbers to prove -- oh, wait...
Noticing when technology is used irresponsibly is not the same as being a Luddite.
It's an easily observable law of nature that the desire to remove one's clothes in public is inversely proportional to one's attractiveness.
Ironic!
No, you're into making excuses for pigging out at McDonald's, and are exceedingly defensive and irrational on the subject -- hence, you are fat. Obvious fatso is obvious. :) But who cares anyway? With mental problems like you've got just relax and enjoy the thorazine.
I love linux, but this article reminds me of the head crusher.
I don't think that's hypocrisy, just human nature. :) It's also good to remember that the assumption that everyone should be slim and otherwise they're not healthy is most likely incorrect. I have known some pretty big people with much more stamina and endurance than I have.
One thing I've noticed lately is several people in my circle getting fat because of prescription drugs. It might pay for you to cast a very skeptical eye at any meds you're taking?
Okay, sorry for the strong language -- but really, is it so hard to understand that some of us would just love to eat that entire cheesecake but just don't? Sometimes I want to eat baked goods so badly I could almost *cry*. If you think about something else, the craving just goes away. I might really want a cheesecake for an hour today, but if I don't have one I probably won't think about it again for a few weeks. If I do have one, I'll be thinking of it again the day after tomorrow. That's how those things work. :) That's the thing about cravings -- they can't *make* you do anything. So yes, I know resisting cravings can be hard. I *really* know it. That doesn't change the fact that if you don't find the wherewithal to do it you'll be a slave to your appetite, and that rarely ends well.
I've seen some stupid statements on slashdot before, but you have got to be the biggest idiot on slashdot, Seriously.
Then go stuff your face with MickyDee's if that's what you want, makes no difference to me. Why you care what I think, chubbs?
Actually, I'm the only person in my family who isn't at least 50 pounds overweight. Also, once I did go through a fat phase, and putt on 60 pounds. It lasted almost a year before I realized what to do. That was back in the klate '80s. Sorry, but I am not your problem -- by definition and design, that could only be you.
That's irrational, obviously. I don't have a weight problem, so I'm to blame? Typical fattie...
Maybe, but the fact that they are driven to eat is almost certainly either part of the problem of no impulse control, or a symptom of malnutrition. It does all go back to discipline, I'm afraid. People who have none can never see it, it's funny...
Wrong rice, silly!
As I said elsewhere, I'm 51 years old and still the same exact size and weight as when I was 19. I don't expect that to be good enough for you, but understandably it's more than good enough for me. I do allow, however, that not all bodies have identical requirements, nor is everyone necessarily supposed to be thin. I really just know my body, not yours. :)
Not really. Every neighborhood has food for sale, at the price the market will bear -- otherwise the markets would go under. But it *is* true that a lot of people are poor because they're not very resourceful. People who aren't very resourceful don't do well with any restriction, including the budgetary kind. I've been poor and and lived in ghettos, but I have always eaten well because I'm resourceful and consider myself capable. No offense, but people who say things like you've said are often all about disempowerment. "I can't" usually means "I won't" -- cooking one's own meals with only a hotplate or crockpot if necessary is a great example of something lots of poor, fat people won't do.
You're just making excuses. Brown rice and dried beans are about $17 per 10 lb bag right now, available in any supermarket in the US. The same markets conveniently sell fresh fruits and veggies. And it's all much cheaper than filling your cart with Top Ramen, Little Debbies, and Kraft Mac and Synthcheez , especially if you consider the cost of things like colon cancer, heart disease, etc....
Doing it wrong. A "TV" is akin to a "console stereo". All you need is a good monitor, a tuner, and a computer. And a wireless keyboard with trackball. And a good amp and speaker system. Okay, and you need (healthy) snacks too. And weed. Don't forget the weed!
Yes, like lack of discipline! :P
Sorry to reply to myself, but just to clarify: Most of us actually only need to eat once per day. Cultural conditioning has us all expecting a cavalcade of taste sensations, but that isn't what we need. IME if you restrict your intake to a moderate amount of healthy, natural, non-factory food, after three months the very idea of scarfing down a half-dozen Little Debbies and a Starbuck's Caramel Brownie Latte actually becomes a nauseating proposition. You have to retrain your appetite to be in harmony with your best interests. Nearly all of us are raised to have an extremely self-destructive appetite.
As for all the people in this discussion who enjoy pretending they don't know what's healthy, well, that's called denial. You do know, you just don't want to know because it means you have to do something besides continuing to scarf down way too much (factory) food. If you're hungry all the time it means you're probably malnourished!
I didn't forget, in fact I've totally been there. Rice and beans with a side of fresh veggie was my staple meal for a couple of years. Didn't do me any harm and was cheaper than convenience food.
I already have a much better remote for my HTPC -- also commonly called a wireless keyboard with trackball. Gives me way more control and is much easier to use than some consumer-grade doodad with a hundred tiny buttons with labels too small to read.
Any fad diet fails the common sense test, none more than the Atkins. Moderation in all things.
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In the future, please try to avoid confusing evil actors with their conquests, 'k?