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Why bother counting calories when we all have a one-way ticket to the grave? Might as well enjoy some extra cheeseburgers and pizza along the way.. :D

• speedgoose 3y ago
  Having an unhealthy body isn’t great and worth the extra pizzas.
  • JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    Key word: extra.
• kleiba 3y ago
  Because the way you treat your body has a lot to do with how enjoyable that ride is going to be for you. For instance, obesity is correlated with a whole range of different health problems. But your nutrition is also vital even if you don't gain a lot of weight. Take the extra cheeseburgers for instance, where we know that excess consumption of red meat can cause colon cancer, to name just one example.
• weregiraffe 3y ago
  >Might as well enjoy some extra cheeseburgers and pizza along the way.. :D Or you could enjoy being more health along the way. Do you prefer decaying slowly from heart disease and diabetes, or going out with a stroke while jogging in your 80s? It's all a trade off.
• chris-orgmenta 3y ago
  Mm, "The candle that burns twice as bright, burns half as long" and all that. I suppose it is just a case of balance. I sure am on one end of the bell curve, apparently. People don't seem like risk takers and play it safe (from my biased perspective). 'Try anything once' doesn't seem like a mantra that people actually do take to heart. "Live a little" gets proverbial blank stares. "Spend your money, what's the point in it otherwise?!" gets a concerned shuffle, then no action, from elderly relatives. "The world is your oyster!" results in no holidays being booked despite them opining the need or want for one. Well, from this very opinionated view, there are a lot of people playing it safe and hiding in their boxes, letting their resources go unused. But to each their own, if people are comfortable and happy and society is utilitarian. Book a skydive, indulge in fancy unhealthy food for once, get a flight somewhere! Last night I bought tickets to a dance festival in Albania. I just need to get to Corfu by June to get my boat trip. Next week I am going to wander around the English countryside for a week. I think in Feb I will get the train to the Netherlands. I might wander EU for a bit. Meanwhile I have a friend that is miserable, stuck in an apartment, unwilling to spend the gold pot she sits upon, but wishing she could join me. The gold pot will go to charity in her will though at least. Anyway, I suppose it is not in my nature to do Calls to Actions like this, but I found myself writing this because the person that I am replying to reminds me that IMO there is a bias in the other direction in the Overton window and in literature. It all feels very boring and safe to me. It's too longevity based and not quality based. I don't think Instagram trends are a counter-example - If anything I think they reinforce my point (that people will satiate their desire for things by watching someone else do it instead of themselves).
• xtracto 3y ago
  What's up with all these low effort comments? Like these and the "eat 0 calories" jokes? Let's keep comments "thoughtful and substantive, not less."