Comments on: The Fatted Gaffe http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/10/the-fatted-gaffe.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:56:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: vroman http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/10/the-fatted-gaffe.html/comment-page-1#comment-750 vroman Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:15:47 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=1596#comment-750 your candor is exemplary. as an individual on the other extreme, my preference curve puts the interruption of taking 30 minutes and spending $6 to get in the car and go get food, far below continuing to read wikipedia for say the next 72 hrs. Ive noticed I no longer mentally associate hunger pangs with the desire to eat. faintness is the signal I usually end up responding too. I semi-jokingly refer to fetching a meal as going on a "survival mission". In fact the burritos offered at book club are a big reason why I come, not because Im a mooch, just bc thats another day where I dont have to expend any thought on feeding myself. Ive been called anorexic, a label I decisively reject, bc anorexia is a mental disorder where the victim is obssessed w their appearance, and has an irrational fear they are fat, no matter what they weigh. I *know* Im skinny, and I do not forgo meals for my body image's sake. its bc its just slightly too inconvenient most the time. you should watch "Rescue Dawn". Its surprising how little food the human body needs to survive. Im not suggesting you try to get by on a handful of rice a day, but keep in mind that is the bare minimum, and build a diet from that point up. so why Im explaining all this, is bc obviously govt needs to start funding programs to make sure I eat *more* your candor is exemplary. as an individual on the other extreme, my preference curve puts the interruption of taking 30 minutes and spending $6 to get in the car and go get food, far below continuing to read wikipedia for say the next 72 hrs. Ive noticed I no longer mentally associate hunger pangs with the desire to eat. faintness is the signal I usually end up responding too. I semi-jokingly refer to fetching a meal as going on a “survival mission”. In fact the burritos offered at book club are a big reason why I come, not because Im a mooch, just bc thats another day where I dont have to expend any thought on feeding myself. Ive been called anorexic, a label I decisively reject, bc anorexia is a mental disorder where the victim is obssessed w their appearance, and has an irrational fear they are fat, no matter what they weigh. I *know* Im skinny, and I do not forgo meals for my body image’s sake. its bc its just slightly too inconvenient most the time. you should watch “Rescue Dawn”. Its surprising how little food the human body needs to survive. Im not suggesting you try to get by on a handful of rice a day, but keep in mind that is the bare minimum, and build a diet from that point up.

so why Im explaining all this, is bc obviously govt needs to start funding programs to make sure I eat *more*

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