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> surrounded by a system that just wants them to buy shit to consume > Life is not easy and eating shit is a legal way to cope Smug or not smug, this is an ep
by mseebach 13y ago
> surrounded by a system that just wants them to buy shit to consume
> Life is not easy and eating shit is a legal way to cope
Smug or not smug, this is an epic cop-out. There might well be complex physiological factors that are difficult if not impossible to get out in front of, I get that, I really do (and I'm not exactly rail-thin myself, FWIW) - but "the system, man" is NOT one of them. You're an adult, you're endowed with fairly rare skills (by virtue alone of being on HN you're way ahead of the curve), man up and deal with it (which, by the way, you did, and kudos for that - obviously "the system" wasn't that much in your way, after all).
- barking 13y agoYou're attitude seems to be to tell them to 'pull themselves together'. Companies advertise because it works on humans. We're not machines and don't have unlimited amounts of willpower.
- mseebach 13y agoAnd your attitude seems to be that because advertising exists free will doesn't.
- GFischer 13y agoEverybody has a limited amount of willpower (search for willpower depletion). If someone's spending all his willpower just enduring an awful workplace or otherwise going through an awful day, it's a lot more likely s/he will be an alcoholic or overeat.