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"Moderation" doesn't mean anything, obviously.

• notyourloops 9y ago
  Moderation is usually a thought-terminating cliche. Whenever there's a conversation among of those looking to examine the details, someone is around to dismiss the inquiry with "everything in moderation".
  • ue_ 9y ago
    Sort of similar how in political discussions, there's always someone around to dismiss grievances with "left and right both suck, I'm in the center". I've taken to calling these people "enlightened centrists". They will usually mumble something about "horseshoe theory" while they are at it, too.
• jshevek 9y ago
  Exactly. Moderation is relative to thresholds deemed 'extreme', and there are usually no objective, culture-independent standards on which the extremes are based. Moderation can be whatever you rationalize it to be.
• overcast 9y ago
  You're wrong, moderation is lowering the % of something contained in your diet. Instead of 40% of your diet consisting of carbohydrates, how about trying 30%. Work from there. Jumping on this no carb nonsense, is not an existence I want to live.
  • jshevek 9y ago
    What you describe is "reduction", not "moderation"