I worked at my job a good 6 or 7 years before anyone knew I was one of those wegetarians. I don’t preach, no one will listen anyway, I live in The Heartland where they eat steak for breakfast. Then when I visit my parents in Myrtle Beach and maybe have fish, one of these health/veggie Nazi’s will bash me for eating fish. Hell I’m in Myrtle Beach, SC where you can’t swing a dead mackeral without hitting a seafood restaurant or two! It’s not like it’s bad for you.
Those people even piss me off.
Am I right in thinking they’re made by the same people who make communion wafers?
The message that the healthy-eating Nazis never seem to get is that life is too short to not enjoy such a fundamental pleasure like food. We humans are very lucky to be omnivores so we can enjoy ALL kinds of food. Food, sex, sleep (especially afternoon naps), a good book, and a good poo, these are the things that make life worth living.
Bwaaaaaahahahahahaha!
This is funny. <minor hijack>I went to church last weekend for the first time in a long time. I watched the priest go into that little cubby where the communion wafers are stored (I used to know the name of that) and I couldn’t help but think, “Hey, if the priest got stuck in here with no food or water, would he snack out on those little communion wafers? I wonder if they would make a commercially successful snack food like Doritos or something… Ranch flavor? Salt and Vinegar? Bar-B-Que?”
Okay, I’m completely crazy.
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I hear ya, Tretiak. There are those who eat healthy because it makes them feel good about themselves, and then there are those who eat healthy because they think it makes them better than others. They are people who see food-as-religion, or food-as-philosophy. In my experience and opinion, these are people who don’t quite grasp the distinction between having a life and having a lifestyle, and they latch onto this stuff so they’ll have something to talk about. They are pretty much egos with vestigial personalities, and they ALL are very, very, boring.
They get so testy when you go back for seconds.
yes, I admit it…I…SMOKE CIGARETTES!!!. And I am sick and fucking tired of the unsolicited comments of strangers and co-workers who feel that it’s perfectly within their rights to accost me, saying" you shouldn’t do that," or “why don’t you quit?”
I know that it’s bad…Yes, I am aware that it will kill me, but last time I checked, it was still legal. If I want your prissy, self-righteous advise, I’ll ask for it. Until then, shut your fucking pie-hole. Hey, When you’re at a restaurant, and there’s some 350-pound behemoth at the next table, you don’t lean over and tell her, “Hey; you really ought to cut back on the saturated fats,” do you? There’s a methadone clinic down the street from where we work. Next time some junkie comes staggering down the street, why don’t you lecture them on the evils of narcotics use? You won’t do it to them, so Don’t do it to ME!!!
Can I speak up as a health advocate? I have never conquered Poland or staged a coup in Austria, so I don’t qualify as a Nazi.
I don’t go up to people and say, “How can you eat that crap?” I don’t put anybody else down for their diets and, if you’ll notice, I stick up for fat people. I have always said that the aesthtic ideals we are handed by the media are unrealistic and unachievable by most people. So you can take your self-righteousness and cram it, with walnuts.
I work out and eat right because I want to be physically fit so I can run up the Dupont Circle Metro escalator, for example. I don’t want to get winded from just walking down the block. I want to reduce my risk of cancer and heart disease. Yes, Jim Fixx died at 54, but he had been an obese, chain-smoker for a good portion of his life before he got into running. I daresay he might have died at 44 if he had not started exercising.
More important, I just turned 40, and I want to retain good looks and vigor for as long as I can. I see nothing wrong with that.
I guess the fact the he was a smoker, ate lots of red meat, and didn’t start jogging till he was in his late 20’s didn’t have anything to do with that? Nope sure couldn’t. We talked about this guy in my Intro to Health Science class a couple of weeks back. Not that I’m advocating eating like a health nut it just looks like your trying to paint a picture that even if your try to be healthly you can’t help when your going to die.
The “healthier than thou” attitude of the Health Nazis would be less annoying if they could settle once and for all on what’s healthy and what’s not.
“Eggs are good for you. Oh, wait - I mean they’re bad for you cholesterol-wise. Alcohol’s bad for you. Oh, wait - I mean that it’s actually good for you if you have a glass of wine every now and then. Milk does a body good. Oh, wait…”
Seems to me that if someone is going to get all high-and-mighty about their diet, they had best figure out whether they know what the hell they’re talking about first.
Scout1222- “in-n-out double double animal style”?
Here you go, katie: In-n-Out Burger.
The best food on the planet.
Heh heh. It does sound kind of perverted, doesn’t it?
I admit I was embarrassed the first time I ordered it. Since it’s not on the menu, I thought maybe my friends were trying to set me up in a practical joke!
And here’s a quote to add to those who bring up Jim Fixx & the fact that you can get hit by a bus at any time:
Eat Smart, Live Well, Die Anyway.
You’re one of those people who stands at the back and says, “But wait, an ant couldn’t have sex with an elephant!” and makes everyone uncomfortable, aren’t you…