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are you suggesting that people with allergies should always cook every one of their meals? That's quite unreasonable.

by mgaunard 2y ago

gedy 2y ago
If your allergies are as life threatening as they were here? I would definitely prepare my own food.
- alexey-salmin 2y ago
  Well this just means that for you avoiding death at any cost is more important than leaving a full life. Other people often voluntarily partake in activities that involve low-to-moderate risk of death because they enjoy them.
  - lupusreal 2y ago
    > Well this just means that for you avoiding death at any cost is more important than leaving a full life Don't be hyperbolic. It means that avoiding death at the cost of preparing your own meals is more important than eating at restaurants. Restaurants aren't very important and preparing your own meals isn't very taxing, so it's not a high bar to clear.
    - alexey-salmin 2y ago
      Preparing meals is about an hour a day which would be more than 50% of my free time outside of work, sleep and training. This is extremely taxing and I'd happily exchange it for a low probability of death in a restaurant.
    - mgaunard 2y ago
      Many people would consider food to be the greatest joy in life, and eating out at a restaurant to be a treat. There is also the social aspect, it's one of the best opportunities to enjoy a good moment and bond over, be it with family, lovers, friends or colleagues. Even outside of all that, the new generation of city dwellers rarely cooks at all because of their active lifestyle.
jhhh 2y ago
Should they have prefaced their statement of personal preference with 'I'm not making a universal normative declaration' to make it clear they weren't doing that?
lupusreal 2y ago
Cooking food yourself is reasonable if one fuckup is likely to kill you. It's what I would do. It wouldn't be so much of a burden, it would only change my routine a few times a year.

are you suggesting that people with allergies should always cook every one of their meals? That's quite unreasonable.

gedy 2y ago

If your allergies are as life threatening as they were here? I would definitely prepare my own food.

alexey-salmin 2y ago
Well this just means that for you avoiding death at any cost is more important than leaving a full life. Other people often voluntarily partake in activities that involve low-to-moderate risk of death because they enjoy them.
- lupusreal 2y ago
  > Well this just means that for you avoiding death at any cost is more important than leaving a full life Don't be hyperbolic. It means that avoiding death at the cost of preparing your own meals is more important than eating at restaurants. Restaurants aren't very important and preparing your own meals isn't very taxing, so it's not a high bar to clear.
  - alexey-salmin 2y ago
    Preparing meals is about an hour a day which would be more than 50% of my free time outside of work, sleep and training. This is extremely taxing and I'd happily exchange it for a low probability of death in a restaurant.
  - mgaunard 2y ago
    Many people would consider food to be the greatest joy in life, and eating out at a restaurant to be a treat. There is also the social aspect, it's one of the best opportunities to enjoy a good moment and bond over, be it with family, lovers, friends or colleagues. Even outside of all that, the new generation of city dwellers rarely cooks at all because of their active lifestyle.

jhhh 2y ago

Should they have prefaced their statement of personal preference with 'I'm not making a universal normative declaration' to make it clear they weren't doing that?

lupusreal 2y ago

Cooking food yourself is reasonable if one fuckup is likely to kill you. It's what I would do. It wouldn't be so much of a burden, it would only change my routine a few times a year.